20th-century English people

the southwest. The northern and western shores of the region are guarded by the English Channel. Though known mostly for its agriculture and farming-based economy, it also functions as a prominent tourist spot because of its rich history and landmarks. Annexed by Roman legions and Viking adventurers, disputed for centuries by English and French kings, beach-head for D-Day armies, Normandy is a melting-pot of peoples and languages, a cross-roads where cultures and ideas, artefacts and produce,…

the 18th century. In 1761, an Englishman by the name of John Hill, a famous botanist and provocateur, first reported that the use of snuff could lead to mouth cancer. Hill went on to report that smoking tobacco led to greater mortality(9). In 1795, Samuel von Soemmerring reported that pipe smoking was correlated with cancers of the lip(2). By the 1820’s, German scientists recognized that a few drops of pure nicotine was a powerful poison capable of killing a horse(1). In the mid 19th century,…

In the late 20th century, English novelist Angela Carter published a short vampire fiction version of Sleeping Beauty that once again reflects society’s perception and expectation of women. In this story, an immortal vampire queen long lives in her mansion in Romania and feeds on the blood of young men. When a World War I soldier travels by on his bicycle, she lures him in and intends to eat him. However, the queen instead is “awakened” by the young man’s purity and virginity: after receiving a…

Toni Morrison was one of the most prominent authors of the 20th century. Her personal background helped her a lot when becoming an outstanding writer. She was born into an African-American family, in the 1930s, and credits her parents with giving her the love for reading, and her perspective on life. In her younger years she was never seen as inferior, even though she was the only black in the class. There was also a significant amount of historical context that aided to her successfulness.…

At the start of the 20th century the Afrikaners were a defeated nation after daring to challenge the British in the Anglo-Boer war. World War II and The Great Depression brought increasing economic troubles to South Africa, and convinced the government to strengthen its policies of racial segregation. In 1948, the Afrikaner National Party won the general election under the term ‘apartheid’. Their aim was not only to separate South Africa’s white minority from its non-white majority, but also to…

to visit New York City and I was not disappointed. Besides the key attractions, I was particularly impressed by the diversity and rhythm of life of its citizens. As a native Spanish speaker, I recognized all sorts of accents from Spanish-speaking people who walked past me. I also noticed a tense atmosphere because…

the time before, and after it life in the colonies was a lot more different than modern era. At first the English were trying to find a river to the Indies, however no river was found. Instead they settled down and build colonies. The English colonies started around 1607 with Jamestown the most famous of them and Plymouth colony. Many other ones also started. However, there weren’t just English colonizing the east coast, French, Dutch, Irish, Scottish, and even Swedish colonies started popping…

Like many other nations in the world, the people of the United States of America has wandered into a trap of conceiving their own nation as the “greatest”. Far from being the first nation to assume superiority over others, Americans often believe that their culture is somehow richer than of those on the other side of the World – regardless of how advanced a nation is in the first place. But “exceptionalism” – as it has come to be known – does not appear in a day to night fashion. As a very…

Vietnam soldiers and their daily life, and the large difference between the outside of someone versus the inner­emotions of people (Kraus 1). Through the poem’s actual text, Komunyakaa relates how war impacts…

Bhabani Bhattacharya was born in the same decade of the 20th century in which famous Indian Novelists Mulk Raj Anand, R. K. Narayan and Raja Rao were born. He is strongly called as one of the four wheels of the Indian English novelist. The other three are Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan and Raja Rao. Bhabani Bhattacharya is one of the most famous amid the older generation of Indian English novelists. He was born on the 10th of November, 1906 in Bhagalpur (Bihar). Bhabani Bhattacharya belonged to…