🟨 Text III — On Children
And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children.
And he said: Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you and yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness; For even He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
From The Prophet (1923). Public domain.
🟨 QUESTÃO 46.
It is possible to understand that kids
🄰 have their own way of seeing life, unlike their parents.
🄱 will never follow their parents’ footsteps since they wish to live their own lives.
🄲 are born destined to follow a way of living that will always overwhelm their parents.
🄳 belong to themselves as independent people and will eventually find their own way.
Gabarito: 🄳
🧭 1️⃣ Leitura orientada
O poema afirma que os filhos não pertencem aos pais. Embora passem por eles, possuem pensamentos, destinos e trajetórias próprias. A metáfora do arco e da flecha reforça a ideia de autonomia e projeção para o futuro.
📝 2️⃣ Análise técnica das alternativas
(A) ❌ Incorreta. O texto não estabelece oposição direta entre pais e filhos, mas sim independência existencial.
🚩 Pegadinha: leitura reducionista do conceito de autonomia.
(B) ❌ Incorreta. O poema não afirma ruptura absoluta com os pais nem rejeição deliberada de seus caminhos.
🚩 Pegadinha: uso de “never”, termo absoluto não sustentado pelo texto.
(C) ❌ Incorreta. Não há ideia de destino opressor ou de sobrecarga parental.
🚩 Pegadinha: interpretação emocional exagerada da metáfora.
(D) ✅ Correta. O poema defende que os filhos são seres independentes, pertencem a si mesmos e seguirão seu próprio caminho. ✔ Síntese fiel do sentido filosófico do texto.
⚠️ 3️⃣ Armadilhas clássicas da AFA
• Uso de termos absolutos (“never”, “always”)
• Interpretação literal de metáforas poéticas
• Confusão entre independência e rejeição parental
🧠 4️⃣ Resumo B3GE™ Master
✔ Filhos não pertencem aos pais
✔ Possuem pensamentos e destinos próprios
✔ Metáfora do arco e da flecha → autonomia e futuro
🔎 Gabarito confirmado: (D)