Question

Read the passage below and answer the question.

''As soon as the District Commissioner left, the head messenger, who was also the prisoners' barber, took down his razor and shaved off all the hair on the men's heads.''

In the passage above, what word best describes the treatment of the prisoners?

A. torture
B. humiliation
C. disorientation
D. grudging respect

Answer 1

B. humiliation

Step-by-step explanation:

Correct on OW

Answer 2

B. humiliation

Step-by-step explanation:

By not giving a chance for a person to decide weather or not they want part of their visual identity ended and doing it anyway to prove a point is a way to assert dominance. To show power. It is a way to diminish the other.

By definition, to humiliate is: "make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect, especially publicly."