Fatherland

If I hold out here and I lay siege to Troy, my journey home is gone, but my glory never dies. If I vonage back to the fatherland I love, my pride, my glory dies… true, but the life that’s left me will be long, the stroke of death will not come on me quickly. (9. 497-505) In the Greek and Trojan cultural it’s best to be known for kleos instead of just being a person…

tests performed for ourselves as witness and for no other judge. Not to be dependent on any one person, not even the most beloved-every person is a prison, and a nook. Not to be dependent on a fatherland, not even the most suffering and needy-it is certainly easier to detach your heart from a victorious fatherland. Not to be dependent on pity, not even the if it were for higher men into whose extraordinary suffering and helplessness we have accidentally seen. Not to be dependent on any science,…

Okonkwo faces many difficult things in his life, one of which being his exile from his fatherland. When he returns seven years later, he discovers that the white men have come in and made a place for their religion in Umuofia. Okonkwo has always resented his father for being weak and thinks that the other men are being weak for allowing the…

Dearest friend, I am very glad that you had reached out to me about Things Fall Apart, it is quite the interesting read. As I started divulging deeper into the character of Okonkwo, I had noticed that the idea of respect shaped the outcome of this character. In addition, I found in my readings that the emergence of the “white man”, in a way, threatened Ibo fundamentals. Many instances in my readings I found that respect played an important part on the outcome of Okonkwo. The priestess of the…

William Blackmore and Sitting Bull both had different viewpoints over who should have ownership of the western lands. William Blackmore believed that the Native Americans would soon die out, leaving room for a “higher and more civilized race.” He used derogatory terms such as “savages” or “Red Men” to belittle the Native Americans. Blackmore made it clear that even though the Native Americans had a population of just 300,000, their hunting practices and free roaming lifestyle took up valuable…

Lupita Nyong’o continuously soaring high as she graced the Vogue magazine’s October issue. The 32-year-old star talked about her family, heritage, fame and upcoming movie projects on her interview with Plum Sykes. This is the second time that the Mexican-Kenyan actress posed for the said publication. To recall, she was the face of the fashion and lifestyle spread in July 2014. The covergirl looked stunning in her golden metallic Valentino Haute Couture dress with geometric cutouts. Her…

village isn’t treated with the same respect as men are, but there are some women that are both feared and extremely powerful. Also, Ani their earth goddess is a women that is greatly revered by the whole village. They say that a man goes to his fatherland during good times, but he goes to his motherland when he is sad and suffering. As a matter of fact, they say mother is supreme because she nurtures, cares for, and protects her children. The Ibo women can be viewed as the foundation of the clan…

good for Germany. Martin says “the old despair has been thrown aside like a forgotten coat. A leader is found !” He is talking about Hitler as the new leader. As a result Max writes “I am in distress at the reports that come pouring in from the Fatherland picturing terrible programs, ease my mind, tell me that these things are not true.” The Germans start to close down all outsourcing to other countries. The friends have to start using bank notes instead of regular stationary to correspond,…

repeatedly reminds himself that the people of Mbanta aren’t as fierce, and therefore respectable, as those of his fatherland. When the white missionaries arrive in Mbanta and begin to establish their presence, Okonkwo is disgusted by the clan’s compliance and apprehension towards the new settlers. He claims that “this was a womanly clan…such a thing could never happen in his fatherland” (159). After constantly comparing the two clans’ cultures, Okonkwo’s choice to holdfast to his beliefs…

Machiavelli’s Prince seeks to recruit and educate a ruler in the art of ruling. His ideal rulers are founders, men who created a fatherland and were not afraid to sacrifice lives and their self-interests for the common good. Machiavelli stresses that a ruler needs to appear virtuous while using vices when necessary to achieve positive results. Machiavelli teaches the ruler to divide his self. “It is essential, therefore, for a Prince […] to have learned how to be other than good, and to use or…