Caste

She lives in North Carolina with her parents and siblings. She also could become the princess of her country. Big change comes with big decisions. The castes put people on levels, from 8 which is homeless, to one which is the royal family. She is a 5, while the boy she is in love with, Aspen, is a 6. Being with someone who is in a different caste is almost unheard of, so they have to keep their relationship a secret. He encourages her to enter the Selection since it would give her family more…

A major theme in the novel “The Bees” is an individual’s inherent role in society and their ranking or class-level within that society. This theme can also be seen as an allegory for the different social class distinctions that exist in human society as well as the author’s perspective on the lives of real bees and their possibly social hierarchy and “hive mind” within their hives. The novel follows a young bee named Flora 717, with her name indicating her “kin” or social class level and her…

whether or not the deltas and gammas could be happy on the way to their date. They eventually decided that’s what they were conditioned to know and love, so they are in fact happy. But right after that, the author mentions the ‘barracks’ where the lower caste resides in the metropolis, much different from the sprawling forty-floor apartment housing for Henry. Henry and Lenina decide it is fine, because the deltas and epsilons have been conditioned for the…

and the humans, as well as the non-human animals amongst themselves. Rowling’s human characters openly display a divide between the humans and the animals, Lewis’ humans hold great respect for all the creatures presented. However, there is still a caste…

Aravind Adiga portrays a gut-wrenching, vivid display of a country that is defined by the oppression of the proletariat by both the super-structure and bourgeoisie. India is a relatively new “free” country, and can be defined by three periods: the early caste/pre-colonization, the British rule/colonization, and Western globalization/post-colonization. During the last period, an economy based in capitalism grew from the ashes of the previous British colonization where a vacuum for power was left…

During the Vedic Age (1500 – 1000 BCE), the Indo-Aryans, a group of nomadic people, were able to bring their many traditions and practices into the Northern region of India. This migration was done willingly and played a substantial role in the development of the Indian language “Sanskrit”. This language is used today by religions such as Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism. Within the languages the Indo-Aryans brought forth to Northern India were “poetry, hymns, prayers, and heavily allegorical…

Sikhism is a religion that was founded in 1496 by Guru Nanak Dev Ji in Punjab, a state in India. It is a monotheistic religion that is based on Hinduism and Islam, however, it is a distinct religion with a unique path to liberation. Sikhism is the fifth largest religion in the world with around 20 million followers. The foundation of the religion is based on the teachings of the ten Gurus, who were spiritual mentors and teachers. The Sikh religion is one that moves me the most out of all of the…

the lower rungs of the caste, and regarded who ran the tribes and the empires as the elite. Further, they had all been overrun by the Spanish settlers, who…

India is the births place of two of the world’s major religions: Hinduism and Buddhism. Around the year 500, Brahmanism dominated India, which was the continuation of Vedism, the culture bought to India by Aryans around 1500BC, The Aryans’ ideas of Brahmanism merged with the ideas of the native people in the Indus Valley, developing Hinduism. Around 500BC, Buddhism was established by Siddarttha Gautama. Both Brahmanical Hinduism and Buddhism in India are inseparable from its society, culture and…

believe the soul to be eternal,this is reincarnation as their soul is moved to a new body. Every action, deed, thought and emotion is to be judged; playing a role in the quality of life the person is to move onto. This is a reason many follow the Caste system in such a religious manor. Buddhists beliefs are slightly different as the do not believe in reincarnation, but rather a rebirth. They believe that the soul is not eternal and when it is time to move on, our energy moves onto the next birth…