Cockroach

Man continuously wants to see himself as separate from the rest of the world of natural forces, something that he alone can control, not the reverse. Perhaps it’s as simple as being unable to truly comprehend the very long time over which nature takes to work its magic i.e. truly appreciating the fact that the universe itself is some 13 and ½ billion years old. In over the two and a half million years that we’ve been around (geologic and evolutionary time are very slow moving forces) a lot can…

its soil either. She tells Rochester that the nature is ‘not for you and not for me. It has nothing to do with either of us’ (p. 82) implying that neither belongs there: they are not autochthonous. When Amélie sings about Antoinette being a white cockroach, she tells Rochester, ‘That’s me. That’s what they call all of us who were here before their own people in Africa sold them to the slave traders. And I’ve heard English women call us white niggers. So between you I often wonder who I am and…

Everyone in the world wants to belong. In the two books, The Year of Secret Assignments, by Jaclyn Moriarty (Realistic fiction), and Divergent, by Veronica Roth ( Science fiction), they both develop the theme of how it can sometimes be hard to belong into two different places, but it can sometimes come easily to someone and won’t be a problem at all. To begin, The Year of Secret Assignments, definitely develops that it can be hard for people to fit into a place just because they aren’t accepted…

As we read a book, fiction or non-fiction, or watch a movie or drama series, what do we see and understand? Is it only a story or is there something more important the author trying to convey? In Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda, Jean-Philipe (JP) Stassen tells a story about a young boy, Deogratias, experiences before, during and after the genocide, the war happened due to the division between ethnics: Hutu and Tutsi. As the story progresses, it shows something significant in life that we can take…

music exposes his lingering, inner humanity. From the outset, Gregor is established to be a “monstrous vermin” with features such as a “vaulted brown belly” (1). Evidently, he has lost his physical humanity as his human body changes to that of a cockroach. However, his mindset from before the metamorphosis is retained as evident by his need to “hurry like a madman” to not be late or his attempts to convince that he is “willing to work” in his current…

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys discusses White-Black relations during a crucial changing point in the West Indies. According to Maria Olaussen, the Wide Sargasso Sea showed that racism was still alive during the setting 's time, although the Emancipation Act, otherwise known as the Abolition of Slavery Act, had already been put in place (65). In my own opinion, I believe that Rhys showed racism with her characters throughout her work of the Wide Sargasso Sea. In Wide Sargasso Sea racism between…

It is easy to get stuck in the mud of routine. Life can be difficult, and complacency is all too sweet a friend in these times. If one is not careful, however, this stagnant way of life can be crippling, as it causes one to settle for less than their best. Once caught in this rut, it can be almost impossible to get out. In Franz Kafka’s novella, The Metamorphosis, the protagonist, Gregor Samsa, finds himself in this very situation. Gregor leads a mediocre life. He provides for his family,…

There are steps that we put animal, ideas on how we see them and how we reacted with them. Like in the home, where we want the animals like cats, dogs and mice and animals we do not want, like ants and cockroach. Animals in homes that we want are animals we take care of and we think that have feeling and we have morals to keep them happy. Then there are farms, where we have animals for food or animals to wear. Here people think of animals as not having any…

Often, we look to religion for spiritual guidance and wisdom. Without religion, life seizes to have purpose. Some religions are polytheistic and others are monotheistic. Some of the earliest religions include Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. These are some of the most influential religions that are still used in the world today. However, there are several similarities and differences between these religions such as philosophies and purposes. One of the first major religions is Hinduism.…

The loss due to suicide leaves behind a void and loneliness in the hearts of friends, parents, caretakers, teachers and anyone who know the victims at some time in their life. The ongoing ache in the hearts of their families, spouse and loved one can be prolonged for a limitless period. The deaths affect everyone’s feeling. The prolonged pain could be felt by someone close. The deep pain hardly goes off, but the grief can come in waves until someone feels like there’s no way forward and no way…