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Abstract: Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss deals with multitude of interests, of which cross-cultural discord and symphony, gender relations and conflicts, political interests and Diaspora are foremost. This paper is concerned with searching for how social hierarchy, class and culture as well as political and social issues may infringe into gender relations and distort them. Desai’s intention may have been to put many aspects of gender relations within the course of a novel, which goes…

is the cause. In chapter 9 Nyasha’s disorder had morphed into Bulimia. Tambu returns to the mission house to find Nyasha throwing up dinner in the bathroom and confesses that it is something that occurs rather frequently. When Tambu moves to the convent school, she writes a letter to her revealing her anxiety about the social aspects of her life. The reason for her Bulimia is to discipline her body and occupy her mind. 3 months later when Tambu returns she sees that Nyashas disorder has…

In the 1300s the ideas about religion in the West were challenged in many ways which led to the churches being divided then leading an end to it all in 1648 with the Wars of Religion. The technology that was developed during this time period helped to expand the churches and their ideas. Also, politics were very confusing because the church controlled everything that occurred. The cultural change that divided the church was the Reformation and Counterreformation, people wanted a change so they…

World War II was a destructive and horrible war. Britain was the main target of the Germans at the beginning of the war. The Germans focused much of their air force at Britain. Air Warfare was an important tool they used to cripple Britain. London got attacked quite often in particular by German aircraft. London and its surrounding cities were targeted often to destroy Britain’s defenses and morale during the blitzkriegs. Blitz was taken from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning lightning war.…

“Institutions that boast of their insularity, whether convents to military academics, are commonly pictured in the public imagination as static, unchanging abstractions, isolated from the ebb and flow of current events.” (Faludi 82). Faludi emphasizes the amount of isolation the comes through the exclusion of…

During the course of my internship I worked with a young woman I will refer to as Maria or the student. I will take a moment to discuss the student, Maria, both personally, and academically. Maria is an eleven-year old sixth grader. While Maria is native to the United States, she lives in a Spanish speaking home. Both Maria's mother and father are Mexican immigrates and speak Spanish as a first language. Maria's mother and father both speak English with limited proficiency, however, Maria's…

In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer depicts women as inferior and immoral, but also shows them as individuals who desire and use power. He uses these contrasting descriptions to properly show the diverse kinds of women in his society. The unique characters of the Wife of Bath and the Prioress show that women are more than the roles they fill. The Wife of Bath is unique because she is skilled and has unique opinions. The text states that the Wife of Bath “spun and weaved her cloth with such…

From War Zone to Holy Land: Rostand’s symbolic settings in Cyrano de Bergerac Throughout Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand purposefully implemented symbolic settings to foreshadow the actions of the characters. Each of the symbolic settings either introduces a motif, creates an allusion, or is a metaphor; all of these further develop the theme. The earlier light-hearted settings in the book juxtapose with the somber settings later in the book. This shift in setting is purposeful to represent…

The name, Aung San Suu Kyi is very well known not only among South East Asian countries but also across the world. Numerous countries and world leaders have invited her to give speeches on her ideals and values. Suu Kyi is a well-known and loved celebrity amongst the people of Myanmar (also known as Burma) who is respected all over the world. She is loved not only because of her looks or riches, but because of her monumental political movements. She gave up everything and would be willing to…

The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder, begins with its focus on a bridge in Peru spanning between Lima and Cuzco. This specific bridge was beautiful and thought to be indestructible. The bridge of San Luis Rey collapsed suddenly, taking five people down with it. This troubled the locals and caught the attention of an Italian monk, Brother Juniper. This man had dedicated his life to using science and reason to prove God’s justice. Brother Juniper said, “But this collapse of the bridge of…