Fear of a Black Planet

A gruesome catastrophe, called The Black Death, took place in England, wiped out nearly two-thirds of the population, and left behind a continuous fear amongst the people. This vile disease caused great mortality. Those that were affected by The Black Death struggled with rationalization. The three social pillars were forever changed once the Black Death entered England. The Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, claimed countless lives. The plague began in 1348, and the last outbreak…

right way. Nwoye's struggle from the book is a perfect example of this. Especially after his father killed Ikemefuma Nwoye is starting to doubt the Tribal religion more and more. The Christian missionaries tell him about men living in darkness and fear while ignoring the love of god and this message touches Nwoye, who has always been a sensitive boy, deeply and a door opens to a new life. A life where fathers don't kill their own sons or beat up their own wives for not being home on time and a…

felt were never ending as if the black storm cloud never left from above her. The pain and endless sorrow of that cloud followed her everywhere she went, with never having an escape. This setting contributed to Lusus’s sorrow and presented itself with the dark cloud, now covering the whole town. It is as if the pain that Lusus felt was now being spread throughout the towns people and over their land. Was it a curse or a test? Everyone seemed to never lose their fear of the little girl when she…

Earth, third planet from the Sun, Milky Way Galaxy, home. The word home, of having a place that is meant for only a few people, implies there are other homes out there, that we are not alone. Which we aren’t: we’ve proven to ourselves using words and numbers and formulas like the Drake Equation that space is too large and weird and wonderful for just us to exist in it. The real question in the sentence that everyone ignores in favor of alone, is we. Even though we use aliens as a metaphor for…

The Black Death was the largest disaster in European history which killed off more than one-third of the total population. Infectious rats could be found on almost every merchant caravan or trade ship which carried the disease throughout Europe rather quickly. This infectious disease was found in three different forms; septicemic, pneumonic, and bubonic. Septicemic plague occurred when the bacteria multiplied in the blood killing the host in a matter of days because it showed the least amount of…

affect my socializing. All of my friends in High School were White after I returned. They were the only ones that I could get along with socially, but they noticed that I did not behave like other Black people. One of my friends, Derek, told me that he liked hanging around me because I was the only Black person that he could be friends with at the time. He said it was because I behaved like them, White people! I felt confused. I did not know whether to take that as an insult or a compliment. I…

As a child, everything in the world seems so clearly black and white. It seems like everyone just naturally gets older, goes to college because they have to, and work wherever they and up. Then I myself got older and started to question: But why do I need to go to college? What’s so great about it? It got worse when I went along and realized that I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, had no idea what I even wanted to go to college for. This then resulted in years of me being anxious,…

CRASH!” I must have read those emergency escape handouts nine times before the plane took off. The sign above my head flashed for all electronics to be turned off. I looked to the left of me and there was a man who refused to turn off his gigantic black ipad. I thought to myself “Great, I am going to die because Americans are addicted to social technology.” Soon after, we started moving. I grew impatiently excited coupled with extreme nervousness. The plane took so many twists and turns, I…

country itself. My brother Victor Salas, 13, explains that although he was taught the imperial system at school, he would rather use the metric system, for its simplicity and worldwide usage. Secondly, their food quality is among the worst in the planet. A country known for their franchises and fast food restaurants, it is ranked second among populous countries as regards obesity, with over 30% of its population being obese, and this is not likely to change. Finally, their importance on ethnics…

minded and limited in terms of thinking. The narrator of the poem is expressing to the audience that the experience of her capture was eventually an eye opener to her. It is a unique experience that made her question her entire life and purpose on this planet. This theme was shown in the poem when the speaker first mentioned that, “We were pursued by God’s agents or pitch devils, I did not know. Only that we must march.” This quote represents…