There are two neighboring islands. In the first one live two men: an uncivilized savage and a civilized man. On the other island, there are several people, among them a girl who is in love and has a relationship with the civilized man.
The girl wants to go to the opposite island to meet her lover. She asks the only boatman of the island how much he wants to take her there. The boatman says that he does not want money and he will take her to the other island if she is naked in the boat.
The girl is shocked… not knowing what to do she goes to the wise man of the island to ask for help. He listens to her story with attention and gives the following advice: “Do what your heart tells you, my child…” So the girl decides to accept the proposal of the boatman in order to meet her beloved man.
So, they go to the other island. But when they arrive, the savage is on the seafront and gets crazy at the sight of the naked woman so he rapes her… At the same moment, the civilized man comes and sees the scene. He goes mad and tells the girl that he does not want her anymore and she must leave immediately…
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Each character of the story represents a priority in your life:
Savage = how important sex is for you;
Civilized man = importance of other people’s opinion;
Girl = your need for an emotional relationship;
Boatman = your need for earning money;
Wise man = how much you rely on logic.
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I think people missed the whole point of the test...it's mainly about what you prioritize...that's why the interpretation doesnt say you're messed up mysogynist for chosing so and so first...
My question is why does the civilized man represent importance of other people's opinions?
Cause he is civilised plus he didn't want the girl after the savaged had her maybe ?
Because the civilized man judged her quickly by what he saw and left her. It's someone else's opnion of what happened. It connects that judgment to other people's opinions. So if we see him as more of the best/good person in the story, we sympathize and care about what he represents more -- which is other people's opnions.
Hola, que tal !? So, about that test :
I) Da girl : she's in love and would have done a lot of things to see herlover as we noticed. She seems to good morals since she asked the wise man for advice before attemping anything although she should have thought about the consequences.
II) The wise man : I hesitated about that one. To me, his advice is a good advice one should follow BUT giving such an advice considering the situation is NOT wise!! Yes, the girl should have thought. I would say it still sound wise actually as I think it's all about free will.
III) The savage : well, he raped the girl. He's a savage,he was born that way and thus doesn't get the concept of rape, it's natural for him. Yet it doesn't excuse his behavior.
IV) The boatman : he's selfish, he knew what would have happened when they would be on the other island. Plus, he took advantage of the girl's naivety.
V) The civilized man : the absolute worst for me. He could have gone to the opposite island. He has no respect for his girlfriend and left her. He SHOULD have known she didn't want this to happen. However, the worst thing to me is that he is civilized and he had to civilize and show good manners to the other man so that he would know about what to do and what not to do!! He's a savage and the girl's lover know that : NO excuse.
1. Wise Man. He gave some pretty solid (if not a bit cliqued) advice free of charge so clearly he did nothing wrong.
2. Civilised Man. From what he saw, the girl he was in love with was naked and having sex with another man which would make anybody angry, he was fair to turn her away with the context he had been given.
3. Savage. He is literally like an animal with one simple need of fulfilling whatever the hell he wants, and has no idea of the concept of society or laws.
4. The girl. Even though she simply needed to see her lover it was in all honesty pretty dumb of her to get on a boat naked with a stranger who could likely overpower her. I know I would rather swim across the water than do that.
5. The Boatman. What a sick man. He's the one that initiated the start of anything awkward. It's just plain creepy to tell a girl something like that in the first place, knowing she's already pretty vulnerable.
1girl : silly and nieve but would do anything for love
2.civilized man: even though he reacted without looking at the situation as it was but was upset about seeing someone touching the girl.
3 savage: well he doesn't know better and went with his own feelings though he did the act of rape.
4wiseman: after the girl telling him what she was doing , if wise he should of had the insight that the girl was in danger and shouldn't of given encouragement for her to consider it
5boatman: he was doing it to belittle the girl and molesting her which put her in the position for her to be in further danger.
In my opinion,
1. Girl
2. Wiseman
3. Boat men
4. Savage
5. Civilised man