Dear Professor Walter and members of the tenure committee, I am pleased to write this tenure review letter for Dr. Cash Ahenakew. At the outset, my contact with Dr. Ahenakew has been confined to occasional interaction at scholarly conferences. In this evaluation I specifically respond to the questions asked by Professor Walter in his ‘invitation to review’ letter. I will also review the research dossier of Dr. Ahenakew, briefly, assess his service to the academic community as well as his agentic engagement with various communities beyond the scholarly circles. I do so on the belief that it is imperative for scholars to try to create praxis and bring about the change that they profess in their academic research Dr. Ahenakew’s record of research…
In the two poems “Hawk Roosting” and “Golden Retrievals,” demonstrates the different points of views from each aniaml. They provide the same similarity, which is that both of the main characters are talking animals. They also differ from one another, the hawk is more prideful and confident, while the dog is more anxious. Both poems, “Hawk Roosting” and “Golden Retrievals” provides techniques, such as point of view, imagery and caesura to characterize the different personalities of the animals and their views of the world.…
Wealth Matters: Loss of Black Land Ownership "Finders Keepers, Loser 's Weepers." --Unknown Introduction Finders keepers, losers weepers is a childhood adage that means whatever a person finds can be kept and whatever a person loses cannot be reclaimed. There is no principle of law that supports an individual is entitled to keep whatever is found while the original owner bears the loss.…
In the story “The Gilded Six-Bits”, there are several important elements of literature. Elements of literature are included in every piece of literature that has ever been written. These elements are not just in stories, but in every written work that exists. These elements that are included in each written piece of work help progress what is written, and make it more interesting for the readers. Each element helps the reader make the piece of literature come to life using their imagination.…
“Being rich has nothing to do with where you live and the digits in your income, yet instead everything to do with how much you can appreciate the moments in life when the smallest things hold the greatest value” (Unknown). In East of Eden by John Steinbeck, Adam Trask and his half brother Charles grow up with a dark rivalry between them. Since Adam knows the struggle of having a brother, he should understand the difficulties that his twin sons, Cal and Aron, face. With help from Lee, the servant, and the Hamilton family, Adam has a journey of raising his sons alone after his wife, Cathy, is consumed by madness. Throughout the story, money plays a major role in determining what true wealth is, obscuring deeper desires and distinguishing a successful life from an unsuccessful life.…
Tips on Choosing Tapestries Tapestries are something that pleases the eyes and at the same time careful consideration is given while making it. That being said, it is also necessary to give real thinking about selecting a tapestry. At the point when looking for tapestries in Toronto to decorate your home, it is critical to choose one that you cherish. Much like an oil painting, it is a bit of workmanship that will improve your home for a long time to come.…
Explore the world of Dorne, a vast land filled with magic and monsters. Where greed triumphs and unfair men rule. You will look over Rye, a humble sixteen year old boy in the great town of Weld, which shelters its people from the evil of the outside world. Although some of this evil has managed to pillage the town for years, in the form of the dreaded skimmers. Following in the footsteps of his two older brothers Rye will venture beyond the wall to find his brothers who have been gone for years in pursuit of the source of the skimmer attacks.…
In the two different sections of reading "Ship of Gold" by scholastic, and "Gold Grubber" by Sean McCullum, Tommy Thompson was presented in two completely different ways. In the article "Ship of Gold," Tommy was presented as a hero. The article states "In the early 1980's Thompson began a determined search he spent millions and faced many setbacks before finding the wreckage" (Ship Of Gold 20). This shows that Tommy had patience and perseverance often found in heroes. However, from a totally different view, the article "Gold Grubber," presents Tommy as a greedy criminal.…
Andrew Carnegie began working at the age of 13 in a cotton mill for $1.20 a week. In 1853, Carnegie became a personal secretary and telegrapher to Thomas Scott, superintendent and later president of Pennsylvania Railroad. About twelve years later, Carnegie quit the railroad business to focus on iron and bridge building, oil and the sale of railroad bonds. In 1882, Carnegie bought Homestead Ironworks from Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Company.…
The biggest gold nugget discovered during the American Gold Rush weighed nearly 195 pounds (Holub 3-4). This was just a small part of the 750,000 pounds of gold that was extracted during the Gold Rush - equivalent to 375 tons! (History.com Staff). “And [The Gold Rush] started by accident! (Holub 5).”…
In 1911, when W.E.B. DuBois published The Quest of the Silver Fleece, the African American community stood at a critical time in the course of black history. For the first time in America, they were “free.” Looming all around was the Negro question. The whites asked “what to do with the Negro,” while the blacks asked “what shall I become?” These questions are mentioned explicitly and implicitly through DuBois’ novel.…
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-born American industrialist who gained great wealth in the steel industry before turning into a major philanthropist. His family moved to America to seek better economic opportunities. He started out working in a cotton factory as a boy and then rose up the latter of command through time. By his early thirties he was already well off and realized he wanted change. In 1901 he sold his company to J.P. Morgan for $480 million dollars and devoted himself to philanthropy.…
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie’s article “Wealth,” later known as “The Gospel of Wealth,” was published in the North American Review in June of 1889. In his writing, he rejected the traditional goals of charity. He depended less on carefully discriminating between the “worthy” and “unworthy” recipients than on attacking the root causes of unequal distributions of wealth itself. Carnegie believed that wealth should be invested in such worthwhile ventures for the wellbeing of the public being rather than using money senselessly and ineffectively. With regard to Carnegie’s belief, he indicates that the estates of the dead millionaire, or so to say, should be taxed increasingly so that the tax can go towards helping the public.…
The use of gold coins prevents readers form drifiting off from the story, and to intrigue readers to keep on moving throughout the book. Gold coins can appear as a small scene, fact, or even tellling a quote. Conrad uses gold coins as a literary device throught chapter 9-13 in the book the Secret Agent as a cliffhanger and as a story engine. Conrad have shown that the use of gold coins can intrigue readers into what is going to happen next throughout the book. Such as in the following exerpt “Mrs. Verloc spread out with care the scanty table-cloth… and suddenly stopped in her methodical proceedings.”…
Candide: Class and Wealth In his novel Candide, Voltaire uses satire to show the folly of wealth and class status. One of the major themes of the novel is how those with wealth and higher social class corrupt and gain power over others. The classes, the poor and the wealthy, are often in conflict with each other, and wealth is often fleeting—gone as fast as it was obtained. Candide, the naïve protagonist of the story, encounters many examples of injustice throughout his journey of love and enlightenment.…