Ebony

“Every African-American is bilingual, all of us, we speak street vernacular and we speak job interview”. The crowd roars with laughter at comedian Dave Chappelle's words. But even as the comedian smirks, there’s something in his face that shows that what he said wasn't entirely a joke. What Dave Chappelle is trying to address here, is something that is controversial and continuously debated by linguists. That is if code-switching, alternating between two or more vernaculars in a conversation, is…

Lizabeth Cohen’s book A consumers’ Republic part II concentrates on some of the social consequences of the 1950s. The main points of discussion centered on the GI Bill and those who did or did not benefit from this Act. She provides statistical data to prove that those vets that were previously middle-class or above prior to entering the War benefited the most, both in educational and receiving VA loans. Cohen proves that the working-class, women, and black veterans were left thinking upon…

of their life drifts by. At the end of the story, the clock seizes, further embracing the use of the clock as a deeper meaning for the lives of us all. As the last of the attendees die or get closer to death, the author states that “the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay.” (Page 452). In conclusion of the story, the clock goes out hand in hand with everyone’s life, supporting the underlying message of the story. The use of the clock as an allegory for the passage…

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death” is about the wealthy Prince Prospero who tries to protect himself and his friends from a deadly plague by taking refuge in his castle. The story take place in the 1300s in England. During this era, a lot of people died because of the Bubonic plague. The events of the story take place in Prince Prospero’s castle, which is important for three reasons. Castle acts as a protector; Castle that is made by gothic style that mirrors Prospero’s…

Ghana, and the Mali Empire. Africa relied on trade for money. They traded rare jewels like diamonds, sapphires, and blue garnets. They traded with Portugal for objects that were hard to come across in Africa like luxurious animal skins, ivory, and ebony. Their economy had many incidents where it began to fail due to heavy taxes on gold and salt. In times of low income they'd rely on cash crops for income. When many of the coastal empire's began to become richer the economy would then settle…

The dread of this inevitable death is displayed symbolically and through the vivid language used by Poe. The abbey contains seven chambers each of which symbolizes a different stage in a person 's life. Within the most heinous room stands a grand ebony clock; this is a symbol that time moves in one direction and towards the inevitable fate of death.…

created one of the most extraordinary and exquisite pieces of furniture of the baroque era (Figure 1). It was an accumulation of uncommon patterns that were exaggerated with inlays constructed of merged materials such as tortoise shells, metals and ebony designs that relinquished the grace of the ingenious imaginative conceptions of the craftsman. French Baroque required a great deal of vigilant artistry and workmanship; this affected the history of furniture making and had become a unique style…

fear had kept them away. An expedition was planned to save the reckless larvae, but when they finally reached Erika’s chest the young larvae persuaded them to enter Erika’s ear to see her magnificent show. During the day, Erika’s eyes are framed by ebony eyeliner but at night they roll back to stare directly at her brain. They stay motionless until R.E.M, when the shuffling and changing of images projected on her brain mark the beginning of the featured presentation. By then, the termites rest…

upon the dark hanging through the blood-tinted panes, was ghastly in the extreme, and produced so wild a look upon the countenances of those who entered that there were few bold enough to set foot within." In a corner of the black chamber was a "tall ebony clock" where each time "the hour was to be stricken, there came from the brazen lungs of the clock a sound which was clear and loud and deep and exceedingly musical, but of so peculiar a note and emphasis that, at each lapse of an hour, the…

that way. The colonizers are blaming African people's hardships on solely their color. Even Equiano questions their logic by saying, according to the colonizers, God, “forbore to stamp understanding on certainly his own image, because “‘carved in ebony’” (45). He sarcastically suggests that the colonizers are going against God’s “own image” for the Africans, showing that these colonizers believe they have more “superiority” than Him. Equiano displays his…