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Blindness Study Guide

by Jose Saramago

The Blindness study guide contains a biography of Jose Saramago, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

José Saramago's Blindness starts out with one man spontaneously going blind in the middle of rush hour. Confused and scared, a crowd gathers, their frustration forgotten, and one man offers to drive him home. Once he has the blind man home, he proceeds to steal the first blind man's car. Not long after, the car thief goes blind while trying to hide the car. Then a wave of spontaneous blindness follows. The first blind man goes to an ophthamology clinic–everyone there is eventually struck blind.

It is at this point that the narrative begins to follow the doctor at the clinic and his wife. Informed by the ministry of health that they must vacate their house and move to a quarantine, the doctor's wife decides to join her husband even though she…

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• Blindness Summary
• About Blindness
• Character List
• Glossary of Terms
• Major Themes
• Quotes and Analysis
• Summary and Analysis of Part I
• Summary and Analysis of Part II
• Summary and Analysis of Part III
• Summary and Analysis of Part IV
• Summary and Analysis of Part V
• Summary and Analysis of Part VI
• Summary and Analysis of Part VII
• Summary and Analysis of Part VIII
• Summary and Analysis of Part IX
• Summary and Analysis of Part X
• Summary and Analysis of Part XI
• Summary and Analysis of Part XII
• Summary and Analysis of Part XIII
• Summary and Analysis of Part XIV
• Summary and Analysis of Part XV
• Summary and Analysis of Part XVI
• Summary and Analysis of Part XVII
• The Blind Dictator: The Political Fiction of José Saramago's Blindness
• Related Links on Blindness
• Suggested Essay Questions
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 3
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 4
• Author of ClassicNote and Sources

• Blindness: Major Themes
• Blindness: Essays
• Blindness: Questions
• Blindness: Purchase the Novel and Related Material
• Jose Saramago: Biography