PrepTest 158 - Section 1 - Passage 2 - Question 10

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Native American stories often feature a character called the trickster, a comic figure who has both mortal weaknesses and supernatural powers. ███

Trickster · Native American comic figure

"Trickster" · Term has been applied to the picaro of European literature

Both are heroes; live on the peripheries of society; are morally flawed

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Main Point · Applying "trickster" to picaro obscures essential differences

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Premise · Picaro satirizes society

Picaro is human. He indulges in vices which enrages society. He is authentic. He acts as foil to society to reveal its hypocrisy. Society marginalizes him because he is viewed as dangerous.

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Premise · Trickster does not satirize society

Trickster serves as moral instruction: do not behave like the trickster. Trickster is animal; lives in world of myth; flaws are the trickster's own, not the society's; is a comic figure and socially marginalized because he is fundamentally antisocial. Trickster only makes himself look bad.

Sub-Premise · Example of a trickster fable

Coyote trickster embodies a moral lesson: reaching beyond proper limits will result in negative consequences.

Passage Style

Critique or debate

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Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea)

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The line mentioning the flaws of the trickster is intended to describe one of the ways in which the trickster is different from the picaro. Whereas the flaws of the picaro are a foil to society, this isn’t true for the trickster.

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Not the purpose. Although the trickster is a comic figure with supernatural powers, the author doesn’t mention that the trickster is not a foil for the purpose of showing that the trickster is a comic figure with supernatural powers. The purpose is to present a difference between tricksters and picaros.

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The purpose is to point out a difference, not a similarity.

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This best captures the purpose as explained above.

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It’s not clear that the trickster character is used for social commentary. The picaro is the one that points out the hypocrisy of society and is used for satire.

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Although the trickster is an anarchic character, that isn’t the purpose of mentioning that the trickster doesn’t act as a foil to society. The purpose is to present a difference between tricksters and picaros.

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