A Passage to India

twins are waiting to meet Jack, Robert explains that Jack is resolving a problem. Jack, the new chief, was “going to beat Wilfred” for a reason Robert “[didn’t] know”. Jack just “got angry and made [the boys] tie Wilfred up” (Golding, 159). This passage reveals that the boys rely on violence to solve any problems they have. Jack got angry at someone, and his only solution was to beat the person. Nowadays children are taught how to deal with anger in a humane way, such as taking deep breaths…

alcohol laws that deal with drinking age. Out of 190 countries, there are only 12 countries that have a minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) of 21 years old. This includes the United States and is the highest MLDA even though there are a few regions in India with a MLDA of 25 or 30 years old. Despite these findings, there is still about 61% of countries with a drinking age of 18 or 19 with exceptions to 16 year olds if they drink at the establishment where they obtained to alcohol and only for…

popular and why in some countries it isn’t. If for example, we take USA which back in the days was part of British West Indies, one can suggest that tea was popular in US during British rule. The drinking of tea in the US was largely influenced by the passage of the Tea Act and its subsequent protest during the Revolution. Tea consumption sharply decreased in America during and after the Revolution, when Americans switched tea to coffee, considering tea drinking to be unpatriotic. (Campbell,…

was worried about the worlds future. Where it would be governed by people unfit to do so, and there would be no alternative because of the current education system where such as America is not producing as many scientists or doctors as for example India, or china. With out future hanging in the balance he simply wanted people to listen, if not with his words, then perhaps his…

the main message remains the same and illustrates specific important Buddhist concepts and beliefs. It is my intention to demonstrate those core values which guide Buddhism, by using his story to link The Dharma (law or teachings) with specific passages. It is important to briefly note who was The Buddha before enlightenment. Prince Siddhartha was the sole heir to the kingdom of the Shakya…

The Ottoman Empire faced devastating losses at the First Balkan War in 1912. The problem originated, when Ottoman Turks crossed the Black Sea straits and that resulted into uniting the Balkan states into the ‘Balkan Union,’ that agreed to defeat the Ottoman Turkey. Bulgaria and Serbia ruled the Balkan Union, who aspired to conquer Macedonia because Macedonia was already at war with Italy, thus it was weak. Later, Greece and Montenegro advanced against Turkey with military forces. Within weeks,…

discuss the ethical issues within the book of Esther and the outcomes of the ethical decisions made by Esther, King Xerxes I, Haman, and Mordecai. I will apply the appropriate ethical theories to catalog values displayed in the passage. Further, an explanation as to how the passage relates to nursing practice, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics, and my personal practice will be provided. Additionally, the Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) world changer characteristic…

As a matter of fact, every historian or person with basic knowledge in history draws to the conclusion that history repeats itself throughout generations. Nevertheless, what differs from being the same are the light way agents that change over time such as the insistence and the environment. The term “insistence” is defined here, as the variation of the desire for success, and the “environment” is defined as the advances of technology in every epoch. Truthfully, when analyzing the book Empires…

Originally published in September 2001, Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a brilliant story of survival to the most extreme, eloquently written by Yann Martel. As stated in the preface, Life of Pi is Martel’s fourth book – the second and third of which were failures. Life of Pi is a comeback novel for Martel – his first appreciated novel, and justly so. Life of Pi is a fictional story which incorporates non-fiction in order to blend the lines between the two genres. The book is most interested in…

people, Europe decided to look to Africa for more laborers. These practices developed in the Canaries would follow the Europeans to the Americas. Christopher Columbus reached the Caribbean Islands by mistake and was convinced he had arrived in India. He believed the native “Indians”…