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black and identifying as a black girl had never impeded my dreams, hopes or aspirations in anyway. Although admittedly in Jamaica under the broader label of black we had various subgroups; brown skin, light skin, red skin, yellow skin, mulato, and coolie, however, at the end of the day we all acknowledged that racially we are black. While in Jamaica, being black simply defined the color of my skin and my moderately proportioned amounts of melanin never dictated my standing in society, my…

On the Top of Mount Everest Have you ever thought about being at the top of the world? Person without the will and fortitude cannot imagine to do so. But, some person has strong desire and passion to achieve the adventurous glory to reach in the top of the world. Two person to achieve such glory at first are, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa. These two ideal personalities from different countries who have everything uncommon except their willingness to climb the highest peak, came…

Orwell sees the British govern as "an unbreakable oppression, as something braced down. . . upon the will of prostate people groups" on the grounds that he watches firsthand the savage detainments and whippings that the British utilization to authorize their control.{6} Nor would he be able to converse with the Burmese on account of the "utter quiet that is forced on every Englishman in the East." This "utter hush" results from the thinking behind government that says, "Our societies are…

The first time I heard about George Orwell was in high school. As one of my high school teachers has told us that George Orwell was a social critic with a strong critical thought and he preaches equality and justice, I had a brief knowledge about him. After reading some of his works such as 1984, Animal Farm and Shooting an Elephant, I found out that each book he wrote was to use some fable or some facts that he had experienced to expose the darkness and the lie of the society and dominance.…

What do you know the history of the island state in the Caribbean, called St. Lucia? St. Lucia is only 27 miles long and has a width of a short 14 miles and the capital and major port is Castries, but who lived on the island and why were Europeans interested in it? What was life like for the people on St. Lucia before, during, and after the British empire had ruled and how indigenous systems have changed since the island won its independence from the British. The Arawak were the earliest…

Throughout the year, the class and I have read several texts written by North American writers. By reading these texts, I have attained a better understanding of my role as a United States citizen. Out of all the texts that I have read, three of them stick out to me that give me a better understanding. The three texts that stick out to me are George Washington’s Farewell Address, John F. Kennedy’s Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, and Dennis Kearny and H. L. Knight’s Appeal…

In the essay “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, the author is faced with a very conflicting situation that overall changes how he views himself and how others view him. Orwell believes that confession does not ease one’s guilt about a misdeed; this idea is shown through the tone of penitence and the metaphor of imperialism. Years after committing a wrong action, Orwell confesses his wrongdoing, but feels no weight lifted off of his shoulders. He feels just as guilty writing about it as…

“Shooting an Elephant” “Shooting an Elephant” is about the guilt of British colonialism that George Orwell faces as a sub-divisional police officer. Based on his experiences, he has seen the real wickedness of imperialism. In “Shooting an Elephant”, Orwell displays the evil of imperialism as harsh, belligerent, and provoking. First, Orwell encounters the harshness of imperialism. Orwell says, “ the sneering yellow faces of young men… the insults hooted me when I was at a safe distance.”(323)…

Art therapy and Veterans Combat is an event unlike any other, it causes an extreme amount of stress over and over again. About 30% of men leaving war zones will develop post traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) (Coolie). “ In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.” José Narosky said this in a speech he gave on veterans day in 2010. He was right, men not left with physical injuries from the war are left with mental scars that will not be quick to heal. Art therapy can help them to work though the…

regular basis as a strategy to show domination or superiority, “Liang was subjected to drinking urine, but more specifically, to drinking urine of a black female slave” (Yun 175). This form of humiliation was used to denote the value of the chinese coolie as inferior that the enslaved female african. In regard to the female enslaved african, she was subject to humiliation by having to pee in front of her master. Indenture Chinese were subject to humiliation just as free laborers in Jamaica as…