Fear of a Black Planet

Epics in India and elsewhere have always been a rich reservoir of tales. Time and again, different perspectives emerge from the re-readings of these ancient tales, inspired by the challenges thrown up by the vicissitude of contemporary life. As Workman has observed “…the literary attractiveness of mythology is due to its enduring depiction of significant and sometime very uncomfortable relationships, some admittedly between man and his environment, but others of at least equal importance between…

There was no light, no voices or soul; just darkness. I felt every cell in my body panic as my air supply began to cut off. I felt my body sink lower and lower. The increasing pressure made it merely impossible for my muscles to contract. My body was immobile, in my head I kept screaming, begging my arms to move, I was pleading my body to desire life. Finally my eyes opened and I realized I was alive. The soil, air and sound where all the same as before, except I could feel every living…

rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.” ― Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shaw shank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons The tiger is one of the most Iconic symbol of the wild that we fear and admired at the same time. In our imagination they rule the jungles but today many tigers have never even seeing the wild, many of them spend their life in captivity. When I was growing…

I. Political and Economic Situations surrounding the Space Race in America “The good news for space exploration in general is that public opinion favors it – but only when not taking economic costs and budgetary spending into consideration.” (Hsu) Setting up the backdrop for the rise of the space program simultaneously builds the opposing argument for its continuation past 1969 as well. As culturally beneficial as it eventually resulted to be, it can be widely agreed that the initialization…

Tyson asked his councilor at the detention center if he could have the opportunity to meet with Bobby Stewart. Tyson asked Bobby if he could be a boxer, and he was shocked at his harsh reaction. After the encounter, Tyson’s attitude and behavior changed completely (Mollett 2). He had a positive attitude, and the criminal behavior stopped immediately. Stewart was notified about Tyson’s behavior, and made a deal to coach him in boxing if Mike tried going back to school. This deal with Steward…

longer any fuel to keep them warm. And yet—here came more prisoners” (Vonnegut 69). This passage almost makes one feel as though he or she is reading a list of facts, rather than a story. On the other hand, it does exhibit Vonnegut’s unique sense of black humor; it describes the atrocity of Billy’s conditions while introducing the irony that is the worsening of the situation by accumulating even more prisoners. By giving such descriptions through Billy’s point of view, Vonnegut develops his main…

Throughout history many societies have attempted to control the uncontrollable, one of the most basic parts of human nature, the thirst for knowledge. And it is with books such as Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, The Giver by Lois Lowry and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley; that readers can witness the complications of living in a society dystopian society, where everything is being controlled by an outside force. This project will seek to explore how authors across different times have foreseen…

the key to immortality." A scientist commented. “How so?” "I am Dr. Crenshaw by the way, and by examining the Nephilim, it is far easier to research immortality because their fathers have that gift we would like to introduce to mankind.” “If the planet has a problem with overpopulation then why would you want people to live longer?” I interjected. “There is a simple solution my dear, there…

In the midst of modern history (post World War II), the New World Order discomposed the old world order and browbeat the term conquest and territorial aggrandizement into the closet; however, the Middle East seems to be the exception to every rule. Over the past sixty years , armed hostile conflict and unrepentant governments have raged unchecked throughout the Middle East. Stability and peace are foreign words that do not translate in this region of the world. War ravaged Iran and Iraq in…

feeling in my stomach as if I knew my death was inevitable, as if the world has finally come to an end, as if God and death were staring right at me and reaching their hand and waiting for me to reach back” She stared at me with a face with a mixture of fear and pity. She looked right past my scars, my burnt, disgusting face and yet she saw nothing. She couldn’t distinguish what to feel towards me, but that didn’t matter, I didn’t need some lady telling me how I’m supposed to feel, telling me…