In the Born a Crime novel by Trevor Noah, Trevor says: ‘I didn’t feel bad about it at all. I still don’t. The lawyer in me still says that I am completely innocent. There were matches and there was a magnifying glass and there was a mattress and then, clearly, a series of unfortunate events. Things catch fire sometimes. That’s why there are firefighters.’ Do you agree that Trevor was innocent? Give reasons for your answer.
Since, in European and American culture, the idea of children being granted access to matches is typically seen as an unspeakable one and an egregious breach of safety rules, the situation with matches that Noah describes appears to be the direct effect of him and the neighborhood kid playing with...