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Death Row
Tom moved around the prison yard with the other inmates, waiting for the sound of death. There would be no stay of execution for their condemned mate, who would die in a most barbaric way.
“They don’t care that he’s innocent,” Tom said. “As are we all. The system is guilty, but no one wants to break tradition.”
The bang of the axe made him shrink. Tom lowered his head out of respect for the dead.
In the silence, he heard the executioner’s voice drifting through the chicken wire fence. “It’s a big turkey. We’ll have a grand Thanksgiving feast.
(Adaptado de BERTRAM, Pat. 100 Word Story: A Different Perspective IN: Bertam’s Blog (online) 28 Nov. 2019 Disponível em: https://bertramsblog.com/tag/drabble/. Acesso em: 19 ago; 2023.)
Sobre o tema central da história, considere as afirmativas a seguir.
I. A brutalidade da pena de morte em uma sociedade injusta.
II. A desumanização de prisioneiros políticos em uma distopia.
III. A suspensão de execuções durante determinadas datas comemorativas.
IV. A manutenção de tradições em detrimento do sofrimento alheio.
Assinale a alternativa correta.
