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    A French term, stereotype, was used as an adjective. It has been derived from two Greek terms, stereos, which means firm and solid and, typoes, which means impression. In other words, it shows how an impression ideas make. As far as its first use is concerned, it was first used in 1798 in the printing trade. I Firmin Didot was the person who used i...

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    Stereotypes have two major categories. The first is an explicit category in which a specific group or specific person is presented as a stereotype through some specific generalizations. Stereotyping, thus, becomes a weapon to stigmatize people. The other category is implicit in which the victims are not aware of stereotyping and also have no contro...

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    Example #1

    The Kite Runnerby Khalid Hosseini This passage occurs in the novel of an Afghan English novelist, Khalid Hosseini. It is clear that the Hazara communityliving in Afghanistan is a victim of stereotyping. Some of the generalizations that he counts in other parts of the novel are quite implicit here. The soldier’s comments are stereotyping the Hazara boy to make him a scapegoat for the societal norm of their social construction.

    Example #2

    The Book Thiefby Markus Zusak This passage occurs in the novel of Zusak, The Book Thief. Zusak is presenting double stereotyping in this novel. The first is of the Germans that are Nazis, which is nowused in the negative sense and the second is of the Jews as of Hans Huberman whose identification shows how they were stigmatized, othered, and then butchered.

    Example #3

    A Passage to India by E. M. Forster M. Forster has presented Hamidullah ste…

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    The first function of stereotyping is to make a person feel belittled or belittle a person to win hegemony over him. It happens explicitly or implicitly. It is explicit when the victim is already aware of it and knows his place in the social fabric. In such a construction, a further attempt of the person engaged in stereotyping shows that he wants ...

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