How is “Clotel” a novel based on mulattos? To answer this question, “Clotel” must be broken down into figurative language, symbols, and history. With criticism by Gerald Rosselot, L.H Welchel Jr, John Reilly, Andrews, Robert S., Levine, Anne Ducille, Paul Gilmore, and John Ernest question the reasons for William Wells Brown purpose in writing the book and identify him as a trickster. It is very important to know what Clotel represents to the African American people and white. This story is…
The 2014 Ebola epidemic was one of the most publicized events in recent history. News sources from all over the world covered the crisis 24/7. With many varying views on the topic, it was difficult to get an unbiased opinion on the topic. With the competition between these various media sources, much that information was skewed to please particular constituents. This lead to false information to being spread and the epidemic being viewed as a bigger threat than it actually was. Large news…
Bondage existed in West Africa essentially as a method for aggregating grounds and riches, however after contact with Europeans and the foundation of slave-exchanging posts, the inner slave exchange adjusted promptly to meet the new requests from abroad. C. Sexual Division of Labor in West Africa In West Africa men and ladies shared horticultural obligations, with the men additionally chasing or grouping while the ladies performed family unit errands and oversaw neighborhood trade. In Lower…
A Descendant of Robert E. Lee and the youngest child of Amasa Coleman Lee, an attorney and a newspaper editor, and Frances Finch Lee, a pianist, Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926. Harper Lee grew up in a very tiny southwestern Alabama town of Monroeville where her best friend, whom she enjoyed her presence, was the pre-pubescent Truman Capote who provided the basics of the character of Dill in her novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”. As a child, Lee was a tomboy, having developed certain…
Walter Plecker, joined by pianist John Powell and ethnographer Earnest S. Cox, were the three leading figures of the Anglo-Saxon Clubs. Together, they were part of a broad movement in the 1920s and 1930s to develop policy inspired by eugenics. Rooted in the Progressive Era ethos of reform, eugenic theories proved palatable to a large segment of the public—welfare workers, public health advocates, and white supremacists—committed to applying the principles of biology and medicine to what they…
Online dating has always intrigued me. Although I have never made an account for myself on any of the myriad dating applications, I was still fascinated to hear what my friends had to say about their experiences. Coming to live in a new country added another layer of curiosity and before I knew it, I had more questions about human attraction, interaction, and online dating than subject matters in my classes at university. That is, until I was assigned to read Chapter 12 of my Social Psychology…
The Effect of Gender Roles and the Feminization of Migration Migrant workers come from all around the world, traveling from Third World countries to First World. Men and women alike travel abroad to send back funds to their family in order for them to survive. They sacrifice their own dreams, and time, to help their families. Although both genders migrate, the work that they do is very different. Jobs are divided between what are suitable for men and what is better suited for women. The…
‘Burger’ is a word used by Americans to describe a beef or chicken patty stuffed between two buns and cheese. However, in Pakistan it is used to describe someone who wants to be, or is, ‘westernized.’ Westernized here refers to someone who can fluently speak English, goes to a private school, is ‘modern’ and wears jeans. On the other hand is the ‘Bun Kebab’(local food) who can be defined as someone who attends a local school or university with other Bun Kebabs, knows more Urdu than English, may…
The literary standards of the eighteenth century differ from those of the American Realistic and Naturalistic literary period in many aspects. For instance, eighteenth century satirical texts and American Literature take different approaches in their use of focalization and the way in which it functions. Purdue University’s Introductory Guide to Critical Theory, defines focalization as “the presentation of a scene through the subjective perception of a character. The term can refer to the person…
These travels, including spending five months with a German host family, helped Roosevelt to better understand foreign customs and mannerisms (“The Life of Theodore Roosevelt” 1). After completing his adventures abroad, Roosevelt entered Harvard College in 1876. While in college, he gave up his childhood nickname in favor of Theodore, his formal first name. Contrary to popular belief, he never liked nor used the name “Teddy”. At Harvard, his studies included such…