Anambra State

critiquing the native people and compares them as if they were animals. Nothing in that passage would lead a reader to believe that the Africans Marlow encountered with it; he considered to be equal with him. The passage even goes on and continues to say Marlow gives the dying young man a biscuit to eat again. It is almost as if Marlow is feeding a starving dog in Europe. What is a canon? A canon refers to a body of books, narratives and other texts considered to be the most important and influential of a particular time period or place. The book Heart of Darkness is not one of these examples. Heart of Darkness can not be considered as a canon because it truly represents the ignorance of people back then. In Two Visions in Heart of Darkness it states: “Conrad does not give us the sense that he could imagine a fully realized alternative to imperialism: the natives he wrote about in Africa, Asia, or American were incapable of independence”(Said). Westerners believed that they had the right to imperialize these areas and felt it was their duty to teach the native people. Heart of Darkness does not support the idea that imperialism was horrible; allowing the reader to realize this story is truly racist. It clearly shows what people back then really believed about native people and the ignorance that came with it. This neither influential or important but instead its pure hate Heart of Darkness should not be considered a canon since it wants to disempower.…

There are a lot of plays that have irony. A Greek play called Oedipus have all types of irony. The author of the play Oedipus uses dramatic, situational, and verbal irony in his play. This play is about a man named Oedipus who becomes a king by killing his father which he was not aware of, later he marries his mother. This is a famous play because people all over the world have read this amazing play. First, One of the irony in the play Oedipus is dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is when we…

consistently fuelled Biafra agitation and the only way to end the agitations was to demonstrate, not just in words, but in practical terms, that Igbo are part owners of the Nigeria project. It said that having examined these issues, they were aligning themselves with the position of Ohanaeze Youth Council, Worldwide to kick-off an aggressive campaign for Igbo presidency. The following names were shortlisted as possible presidential candidates of Igbo extraction: the Deputy Senate President,…

in the plainest form is to be a member of a political community, such as a nation-state and possess legal rights and political duties. As can be seen from its many ideals – namely republican, liberal, bound, cosmopolitan, pluralist or solidarist – citizenship has multiple sources of meaning, be they cultural, religious, ethnic or gender related. These conceptions each have their respective merits and downfalls, which shall be assessed and measured in this essay by the extent to which they permit…

In William Blake’s poetical verses explaining the two contrary states of human existence, he observes the world with an extensive view from a state of “innocence and of an imagination unspoiled by stains of worldliness” (Keynes 12), and from a state of “indignation and pity for the sufferings of mankind as he saw them in the streets of London (Keynes 12). Holding firm to such ideologies as proposed by John Milton and Emmanuel Swedenborg, Blake believed in the philosophy that because all men were…

There is always the conception that extensive rules and regulation which the Australia government placed among its citizens are slowly taking the personal freedoms to take risk away from the individuals. Although the restrictions placed upon its people have certainly help Australia government to earn its reputation as a ‘Nanny State’. It can be argued that we are not in the danger of becoming a nanny state as long as the restrictions are reasonable. This essay will focus on how the rules and…

The police need to be accountable in order to gain confidence among the communities; therefore they should tolerate zero corruption in offering their services to the people. In providing services and rendering assistance in emergency cases the police are expected to be on the forefront. This will ensure that they meet the expectations of the community, and they can be treated as part of the community (Jeans, 2007). The communities expect the police to offer services in equal measures in order…

In most cases, countries implement regulations on lobbying only in response to public outcry over a recent scandal. In the United States, national lobbying regulations were passed through congress and implemented as early as 1933, and the first widespread act to cover all groups was passed in 1995. Even prior to this regulation, most states had their own regulations starting in the 19th century. Since 1995, the legislature has made many changes to the existing rules, creating a complex web of…

The word 'Authenticity ' happens to have multiple meanings and be seen in many different perspectives. Authenticity is the concept of being truthful, and genuine about something. The poem "Still I Rise ' by Maya Angelou, is an authentic poem. The poet speaks real, genuine facts about how blacks were seen, and treated back in the day. Although, it may seem she is speaking upon herself that is not the case when she wrote this poem. The first section of the poem, Maya states "You write me down in…

letter you state that my book is indicating that humans should go back to a stage of nascency but I rather believe that it is not only impossible to regress to that stage but rather that humans should have stopped progression when societies emerged. You also express the idea that I claim that it is because of thinkers and philosophers that our world is in a state of pandemonium. However, I rather am of the opinion that it is the maturation of the power of…