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that others should do it. He did not refute the opposing claims to leave room for those who may have better ideas than Swift and therefore, he is not so bent on his ideas. The weakness in Swift’s argument is that it does not account for how the people would feel about helping the poor. They may not feel the need to do anything for the poor; such as feeding them or giving them food. If they abuse what they get they will be equally just as poor. Also, those who may be offered a job of…

The scene opens at an award assembly to honor the few distinguished students of Ballou High School. Unfortunately, the assembly basically made sure "the ‘whiteys' now had faces. The honor students were hazed for months afterwards (Suskind 3)." In addition to showing the adversity Cedric faces from his peers, the opening chapter also portrays Cedric positively. "Cedric Jennings often retreats [to Mr. Taylor's classroom to practice SAT problems (Suskind 4)]." Unfortunately, one person can only be…

So, in the April of 1874 a group of artists consisting of Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, Cézanne, Morisot, and Degas organized their own exhibition at the studio of a photographer named Nadar. They invited some other progressive artists to exhibit with them. There were a total of thirty artists that participated in the exhibition, and was the first of eight that the group presented between the years 1874 and 1886. The response of critics was mixed and Monet and Cézanne had to bear the harshest…

s and curandera customs like the gathering and use of medicinal herbs to show the readers how indigenous cultural traditions can influence people. Bless Me, Ultima is about the spiritual transformation of a young boy confused by the societal and cultural changes that took place during World War II. The novel succeeds in making people sensitive towards people…

way of life. The Ibo people lose sight of the very things that keep them closely knit together like faith, the tribal…

Writing Assignment #2 1. Noel Hypothesis characterizes three features: ethnocentrism, competition, and differential in power. If all three characteristics are present in a contact between groups, subsequently minority groups will be formed. If one or two characteristics are instant, then some unequal treatment between the groups will occur. Black Africans/African Americans and Native Americans contact situation with colonists can be described by all three characteristics, only that Native…

Upon first glance the films Pinky (1949) and Lost Boundaries (1949) appear to be progressive. They portray controversial ideas such as miscegenation and equality between whites and blacks. But are these films really trying to make a statement of equality? While on the surface Pinky and Lost Boundaries, make a contentious political statement; in actuality they make a mockery of the idea of egalitarianism. The film Pinky addresses the questionable idea of a mixed race couple and of a black…

children. The men mostly bring home the money if they have a job. Jobs are hard labor, low wage jobs and are mostly seasonal. Women can be on aid from the government if not working. Stack had a hard time at first getting any result for her study because people around her were hostile towards her. She was not like them, so she had to learn how to act, speak, and dress like them. Then, she started to understand how close and dependent everyone was on each other. Chapter One is titled The Flats.…

perfect canvas for film, stands another minority that are quite often forgotten. Like with many countries over the globe, Australia has an Indigenous race, made up of those people who were there long before settlement. Misunderstood and misrepresented this race has been often ignored, however the last decade has seen these people and their lifestyles come out of the shadows and perfectly exhibited, in Australian film. Beginning in 2001, non indigenous director Steven Johnson released the culture…

Through literary techniques, writers are able to generate stories that arise sympathy and increase understanding of their audience, providing them with the tools necessary to bring change within society. This is demonstrated in Jacob and Douglass’s works as they embody the human correlation in races through their description of the dehumanizing body of slavery. In his autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas”, set in the early to middle 1800s in the states of Maryland, New…