53 3. "The Sound of the Ciadas" by Arturo Vivante (source. "The Sound of the Cicades," by Arturo Vivante, in The French Girls of Killini (Little, Brown, 1967).

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53 3. How does the author show that losing one's identity is one of the dangers of fascism?

Asked by greta r #218157 on 10/29/2013 6:21 PM

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Answered by Aslan on 10/29/2013 6:27 PM

Everybody is told when to act and how to act. The author would get lost in the sea of drone-like people performing exactly as they are told to,

"Sometimes I would see myself, one of a crowd, per- forming like the rest, indistinguishable from them, and be disgusted.”