The Samaritan Act 3 Scene I- Ethics lesson
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The scene is at Sagrada secondary school in a classroom, it is on a Friday morning.
Nicole comes in to teach the class about the society. They reflect on the previous lesson about solving the problems of human society. In the previous lesson, they focused on the mind and its role in solving the problems. Nicole informs the students that they will focus on the second part of the human heart which is the spirit. The spirit is made up of both the good and bad.
The students learn the relevance rules. They further learn that failure to follow traffic rules results in injuries and death. In comparison, Nicole tells the learners that God created human beings and gave them rules that they need to follow. These are the Ten Commandments that guide human beings. A biblical allusion is made of the fall of Jerusalem and the temple after a long siege by the Babylonians after failing to abide by some of the Ten Commandments like not worshipping other gods,not killing among others.
The students also mention vices such as corruption, murder, robbery and sexual immorality. The municipality faces a lot of challenges’ because of irresponsible leaders. The hospitals do not have drugs because of theft, soliciting of bribes by the police officers and injustices in courts.
The scene ends as Narine calls Nicole out of class so that she can take inspector Bembe to her office for investigation.