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xiiiViewer’s GuideThe titles attributed to each of the slave figures to be viewed at thebeginning of chapters 2 to 7 are not determinative of their identity. Theyrepresent the names given to them by the author of the website from which theyare sourced (i.e. http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/artwork/michelangelo-sculptures.htm). As is noted and exemplified in chapter 2 differentauthors afford different names to the same image.For the purpose of this extended reflection I am suggesting that eachfigure be regarded by the viewer as oppressed. However, beyond thisfundamental perspective, the onlooker is invited to view the figure before themfrom their own standpoint. Questions concerning the imagined circumstances ofthe enslavement, and the understood relationship between onlooker andoppressed figure, are for personal interpretation.I am also proposing that the narratives detailed in chapter 6 be viewed asa fabric that depicts institutional life, and the lives of those who live in thatenvironment. From this perspective, the strong threads of the fabric, that is, thosethreads that most determinatively and commonly describe and facilitateunderstanding of the institution and its people, will be discerned through carefulnarrative reflection.

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