Fall of Saigon

Cane was just an average citizen. His father Cil was a farmer who, wanted Cane to take over his farm, and time-after-time Cane refused. Because, if he took the farm he would have no success in his life. Cane’s disrespectfulness angered Cil more, and since Cil had no heir to his farm he decided to kill himself. Cane was happy that his father was dead because, then he would be able to become a rich merchant, without being pestered by his father. Cane’s mother, Gia was a very gentle woman, she…

Scholars raised a host of questions about the political struggles over suffrage, social reform, and equal rights for both sexes, and they studied changing configurations of domesticity.1 At almost the same time, the field of American Jewish women's history emerged, marked by the appearance in 1976 of Charlotte Baum, Paula Hyman, and Sonya Michel's The Jewish Woman in America, and five years later by a special issue of American Jewish History entirely dedicated to women.2 Since that time there…

The African diaspora has enriched many religions that have been influenced by its culture, these religions were made by these people for their people, who have been transplanted to the Americans and Caribbean with the enslavement of Africans. When these enslaved Africans were brought to their host land by the Europeans, they brought their beliefs and spirits along with them. African- derived religions are both a central and a rural phenomenon, religion’s like Vodou, Santería and Candomble…

It was a fucking wild goose-chase. The stalker had planted the email address, and buried it deep in his communications with his last victim, and whilst the Detective spent the entire night interrogating a wheelchair-bound retired schoolteacher, the incident with Lila was filed away at the back of his mind. Eventually, not long before the break of dawn, they'd departed Harold Greer's apartment complex, and he and Jarrod parted company. Only when Tom was alone again did the evening's events come…

Showing emotions especially for men, is considered shameful, because only women can show emotions, and this is the case in many parts in the world. Men in the Igbo society are challenged to prove their power and how they are emotionless. Showing emotions especially for men is not acceptable for them. They will be considered weak and will lose all the respect they had from the men. Okonkwo was from these men that are afraid to look weak, or even to show emotions. He was trying extra hard to look…

Colonization, Thenceforth Colonization has played an enormous role in shaping a multitude of societies and cultures around the world. While it may be argued that the colonization of less advanced countries is ultimately helpful for their people and economy in the long run, what does it cost their cultures? Moreover, how does it affect the people living in these countries, and what roles do they play within the process of colonization and their societies? In Chimamanda Adichie's novel, Purple…

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe was written during the turn of the nineteenth century. The book documented the downfall of African tribes by christian missionaries along with the protagonist Okonkwo. But what if this so called “downfall” was written by and through the perspective of a missionary? The book, Things Fall Apart, would change completely in its focus in which the author Chinua Achebe wanted it to be read. The effect of christian influence would highly overcome the focus of Ibo and…

Have You ever wondered the difference between Tell Tale Heart and The Landlady.Well I found out some information about the difference about the two stories were that they have different writers. One of them likes to make the story creepy at the beginning and the other hides the horror till the end of the story.The stories both have suspense, darkness, horror, and mysteriousness in the stories.Obviously the writers have different writing styles and have a different way of appealing the evil in…

He soon became frustrated as he felt he was denied the one essential skill for success which was the ability to communicate with the native tribe. “He came to believe that his own ‘martyrdom’ was a bloodless one in which he was asked daily to give his life in service with very little personal sense of reward or accomplishment” (“Our Patron Saint”, 1). Despite his loneliness and discouragement, he carried on as best as he could and served in any possible way that he could. He was always in the…

Masculinity as a concept is attributes, gender roles, and behaviors associated with being a boy or man. It is clear that there is pressure put on adolescent males to embody masculinity in all aspects of life. From playing on a sports team to dealing with bullies Kindlon and Thompson (2000) explain the urge a male feels to mask feminine traits. Perhaps it is because of the pressures of an androcentric society, but it is not shocking these traits are still viewed as less than. Due to the fact men…