A Passage to India

hegemony. Straughan defined cultural hegemony as, “ the idea that American culture, as represented in widely exported American movies, TV shows, fast-food restaurants, and brands, is overwhelming the traditional cultures of other countries.” In the passage Cultural Hegemony: Who’s Dominating Whom, Straughan’s argument is that the theory of cultural hegemony is invalid and flawed. She claims the theory is “arrogant” and is also a subtle put-down of other cultures because it concludes other…

Words on a page translate to sentences that translate into paragraphs that translate into chapters, and finally translate into books keep vibrant cultures alive. No place else in the world is as full of a rich culture as India, the homeland of author Santha Rama Rau. Rau strived to spread her Indian culture on her many journeys around the world. In one interview, the Indian author explained, “Our job-those of us lucky to have lived in these two countries- is to interpret them to one another… If…

The oppressed groups in India, South America and the United States were similarly going through the same thing. The oppressed group in India were mentally and physically enslaved. Their way of life had been altered and westernized. The British in India used the idea of western civilization to enslave the Indians. The British used laws to keep the Indians oppressed . Laws about what they could and could not do. The Africans in South Africa were being oppressed by the government shutting them out…

but he devotes himself to Christianity and the Islamic religion. He survives 277 days in a lifeboat with Richard Parker, a 450 pound Royal Bengal tiger after the Japanese ship sinks in the Pacific Ocean. Pi is separated from his family. I chose a passage from chapter 16 because Pi’s belief in God helps him to survive at sea. From this chapter, Pi Patel learns that it doesn’t matter what religion you believe, but he finds all religions share the same fundamental love of God. Pi use to live in…

Introduction: Imperialism in India had both positive and negative effects. Imperialism in India occurred from 1750 to 1914. British had taken over the country during this period of time and make a lot of changes to the country. Imperialism has hindered the growth of India politically, economically and socially. India is a country located in the southern-most part of Asia. It is the 7th largest country by area, and second most populated country in the world. India is the birthplace of…

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Reading a passage from the book Education for Profit, Education for Democracy by Martha Nussbaum. Going to school for a good part of your early life is basically need. The average rate of people going from high school into college and actually finishing is not at the highest averages, in relative terms it is actually getting smaller. If you want the country to grow or have a “economic growth” is how Nussbaum explain in Education for Profit, Education for Democracy; the priorities really should…

of South America, where he would search for a passage that connected one ocean to another. As the voyage went on, food and drinking water became scarce. The crew was not happy with these difficulties and started a mutiny against Magellan, who quickly squashed it. Near Santa Cruz, the Santiago crashed on a scouting mission. On October 21, 1520 Magellan found the passage he was searching for, and reached what we now call the Pacific Ocean. This passage would later be named the Strait of…

The Life and Significance of Henry Hudson The exploration of a majority of North Atlantic exploration is thanked to Henry Hudson, who tried to find a northern passage. Europeans did not know of ice in the north, as the Arctic was unexplored. Geographers thus believed that you could travel to the Indies by any northern path. Henry was born in England approximately in 1565. Most of his life prior to 1607 is unknown, however, it is believed that he learned seafaring first hand from sailors or…

The European Exploration of Louisiana and the Mississippi had some similar and different techniques used than in the exploration of Brazil. The French once they landed in the Louisiana and Mississippi area stated to barter with the natives. The French were looking for gold, silver, and anything that was shinny. The Portuguese sailors got off their ships and started enslaving the natives to work in mines, and the Portuguese sailors took the women and raped them. These two ways of first meetings…