Freire's Hypocrisy 'The Banking Concept Of Education'

Hypocrisy in Manipulation Have you ever been manipulated by someone who wants you to believe something that isn’t true? This person would be called a hypocrite. Hypocrisy is contradicting oneself. Contradictions involve use of manipulation in order to side track people from what is really going on. In his essay, “The Banking Concept of Education,” Freire is nothing but contradictory to his own argument. Hypocrisy, however, may not always be intentional. Freire contradicts himself without even realizing what he is doing. Freire is disagreeing with the banking concept, but finds its usage unavoidable when trying to teach his view. He manipulates the reader first by his use of the concept itself, then with negative words which appeal
He states: “instead of communicating, the teacher issues communiques and makes deposits which the students patiently receive, memorize, and repeat,” a statement that marks his first steps of hypocrisy (318). He is telling the reader that teachers in the banking concept just list what they want the students to know and understand, and the students passively receive the information. Freire, however, utilizes the banking concept with page 319 with his list of the aspects of the banking concept. Within the first two pages, he has manipulated many readers into thinking that he hates this style of education, but in order to portray the banking concept as bad, he uses it. On page 326, he uses a colon in the last paragraph, which signifies he is about to list something. By using a list, he is teaching the reader about this concept while using the same concept with which he disagrees so vehemently. He is telling the reader that this way of educating is an illness that needs healing within the education system while he uses it to manipulate, or “bank”, the
He goes from comparing humans who believe in the banking concept to animals, to comparing them to robots or “automatons” (320). He presents this comparison when he says: “The ‘humanism’ of the banking approach masks the effort to turn women and men into automatons--the very negation of their ontological vocation to be more fully human” (320). By calling humans robots, he is saying that they do what they are told; they have no mind of their own. By using robots, he is calling those who learn through the banking concept inhuman. He says they are programmed to memorize and regurgitate information on command without any interpretation of their own. No human wants to be considered a robot. This attacks the emotions by inciting fear in the reader and forces him or her to forget their own views. Freire is providing “factual” evidence in order to make the reader believe his views without considering their own opinions or