Final Paper
American Literature E&C 120
Instructor - Arto Vaun
Student - Gayane Aramyan
Topic - “Slavery is not the only restriction of fundamental human rights, but also consequences of socio-economic, cultural situations.”
When we hear the word slavery, the first famous instance comes to our mind is a history of American black slavery. However, slavery has many instances and examples, as nowadays many people are still victims of slavery, and the practices are not only unique to American black society, but also in many different countries. As a writer Charles Bukowski mentioned in one of his letters, “Slavery was never vanished, it was only extended to include all other colors.” Modern slavery nowadays has more than seven forms: from debt …show more content…
As fighting against the system will deepen more the wound, and the process must always have to propaganda peaceful changes. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his “Nonviolence and Racial Justice” letter is mainly referring to this issue. As the awareness of Black American society was raised, now the society was both in despair and anger, and methods of rebelling are confusing. However, his has propaganda only mainly concentrated on peaceful and nonviolent resistance, as he writes “Through using this method wisely and courageously we will emerge from the bleak and desolate midnight of man’s inhumanity to man into the bright daybreak of freedom and justice.”
It is also noteworthy to mention about the totalitarian systems of Soviet Union in the 20th century, which is also another form of slavery, more intrinsic and convoluted. As George Orwell writes in his 1984 novel, “ WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH,” when a hall governmental system can change the way people think, an act which is far harder to rebel against it. However, it seemed one of the most powerful weapons in those days was literature where people are crushing the hall …show more content…
Even though it is as dangerous, as centuries ago to intervene in enslaving institutions, but freedom is a priceless gift to any person, and people must value it. This year in Armenia the first time held a humanitarian “AURORA” prize, where a person is being awarded for being one of the most humanitarian person in the world. As one of the nominees told during her interview “I have been witness to torture, extreme poverty, hunger and humiliation to which the girls and women are subjected to which the girls and women are subjected at the brick kilns. The horrors I saw filled me with resolve to alleviate their plight.” She set free more than 80.000 people from debt bondage, many times sacrificing her life. Still, she continues to free many people and stands with many Pakistani people fighting the existing
American Literature E&C 120
Instructor - Arto Vaun
Student - Gayane Aramyan
Topic - “Slavery is not the only restriction of fundamental human rights, but also consequences of socio-economic, cultural situations.”
When we hear the word slavery, the first famous instance comes to our mind is a history of American black slavery. However, slavery has many instances and examples, as nowadays many people are still victims of slavery, and the practices are not only unique to American black society, but also in many different countries. As a writer Charles Bukowski mentioned in one of his letters, “Slavery was never vanished, it was only extended to include all other colors.” Modern slavery nowadays has more than seven forms: from debt …show more content…
As fighting against the system will deepen more the wound, and the process must always have to propaganda peaceful changes. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his “Nonviolence and Racial Justice” letter is mainly referring to this issue. As the awareness of Black American society was raised, now the society was both in despair and anger, and methods of rebelling are confusing. However, his has propaganda only mainly concentrated on peaceful and nonviolent resistance, as he writes “Through using this method wisely and courageously we will emerge from the bleak and desolate midnight of man’s inhumanity to man into the bright daybreak of freedom and justice.”
It is also noteworthy to mention about the totalitarian systems of Soviet Union in the 20th century, which is also another form of slavery, more intrinsic and convoluted. As George Orwell writes in his 1984 novel, “ WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH,” when a hall governmental system can change the way people think, an act which is far harder to rebel against it. However, it seemed one of the most powerful weapons in those days was literature where people are crushing the hall …show more content…
Even though it is as dangerous, as centuries ago to intervene in enslaving institutions, but freedom is a priceless gift to any person, and people must value it. This year in Armenia the first time held a humanitarian “AURORA” prize, where a person is being awarded for being one of the most humanitarian person in the world. As one of the nominees told during her interview “I have been witness to torture, extreme poverty, hunger and humiliation to which the girls and women are subjected to which the girls and women are subjected at the brick kilns. The horrors I saw filled me with resolve to alleviate their plight.” She set free more than 80.000 people from debt bondage, many times sacrificing her life. Still, she continues to free many people and stands with many Pakistani people fighting the existing