Cooperation In 'The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses'

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In the short story, The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses, the theme is cooperation through the main character’s words and actions. One way the theme is cooperation is on page 32, the quote, “ I’ll try to make up for it, comrades… I’ll steal something so that you don’t go hungry.” Brille said this because he got into trouble and since he got in trouble everyone gets in trouble. I chose this quote because Brille was trying to cooperate with everyone by trying to help fix what he caused by doing something risky for the other prisoners. One other reason the theme is cooperation is the quote on page 36, “We want you on our side. We want a good warder because without a good warder we won’t be able to manage the long stretch ahead.” This is an example of