Assumption

Corresponding to my post about Offending, I have been looking at assumptions throughout the book. What I think is that- when a character assumes something (or takes someones word for something), examples being all the things the narrator assumes and also how during the trial it is not based on hard evidence, it is based on people's word, that that person is not in power any more. (the townspeople make all types of assumptions too) I think that every time an assumption is made, that person has just made themselves inferior. (ps. we as narrators assumed a bunch of things too) I'm sure you can argue my point in many ways but if you think about how assumption makes people loose power, in the end that person ends up in a predicament or as someone who has been controlled/influenced therefore not all knowing which equals the all mighty/powerful.