First Congo War

as John Clayton/Tarzan and Margot Robbie as Jane Clayton, recycles an old tale of the beefy white man in a loincloth saving African yet again. The movie starts in 1890, the post era of “King of the Jungle,” roughly ten years after Tarzan left the Congo. Tarzan has been re-assimilated into 19th Century England under the new name, John Clayton. He is a more civilized version of the swinging hero most know and love as he has adapted to life in London along with his wife Jane. As a celebrity,…

between the Free Congo State and Europe. This led Morel to start the first great international rights movement of the twentieth century against the Congo. Morel found this slave trade had a continuing effect on the society. So, he made it his responsibility to make a change in the Congo. First, Morel enlisted support from public figures like Theodore Roosevelt, Booker T. Washington,…

monkey was commonly mistaken for “dwarf chimpanzees” (Myrtille Guillon). Comparatively to the chimpanzee, bonobos are much smaller, the misconception arose since the common chimpanzee and bonobos share a similar environment, separated only by the Congo river. Many people believed they were the same type of chimpanzee but the Bonobos were smaller because their food sources were more scarce causing them to not grow to their full potential. Instead, bonobos and chimpanzees evolved from a “common…

was due to economic challenges in which the country underwent during two decades of war and conflict (). The accumulated debt the DCR collected affected the government’s priorities on public health issues. More emphasis was placed towards major diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in comparison to NTIs such as cysticercosis. This research investigation was a crucial to the DCR because it was the first initiative to evaluate the economic and public health consequences of…

Heart of Darkness Essay The history of dominance by the white civilians over darker-skinned individuals spans hundreds of years. The biggest attempt to “civilize” these “barbaric” humans was through Imperialism by European countries. It became such a social norm that the country that was able to “civilize” the most people was considered the most powerful country. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a story in which characters follow a path of self-discovery to find the true nature of their…

In The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver, the need to break away from family on behalf of someone’s own well being is a lesson readers have learned from this novel. When the family’s missionary effort to convert Africans to Christianity becomes perilous, the father/husband, nonetheless, continues to follow through with his mission at the hands of his own family’s demise. Later on in the novel, the family goes separate directions after the youngest daughter passed away from a snakebite,…

significant in his life; home’s significant to instill the morals that he lived by before his move to Congo and how they were able to be heightened afterwards, leading him to develop a more controlling personality while inflicting his beliefs on others. Nathan fought in War World II and almost lost his life, but was lucky enough to escape the death around him and move him and his family to Congo, Africa; he is also a christian preacher .Kingsolver developed Nathan to believe that those who do…

within your loving arms” (Shawl 63). Everyone yearns for a home where they belong, a place where they can be free from persecution and oppression. This is the ideal society. This is Everfair, a small, bold nation tucked inside of the Belgian ruled Congo, a safe haven for people of any background. Nisi Shawl’s novel of the same name explores the diverse cast of characters that make up Everfair’s population, its founders, and the people who are fighting to keep it alive. Amongst these are…

Prejudice - “an unfair feeling of dislike for a person or group because of race, sex, religion, etc.” In a world filled with a plethora of races in the world, prejudice still seems to be alive and well. Prejudice is something that does not discriminate who it affects and in what situation. The judgements people make based on stereotypes can truly cripple someone or it can even not allow people to resist immersing themselves in culture. The novels The Poisonwood Bible and The Concubine’s…

based on their different attitudes about their children’s futures. The story is told through the perspective of the son in the family, looking back on his childhood in the 1930’s in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The narrator begins the story with the first trip he took with his dad on their boat. It was a 32 by 9 foot “Cape Island boat” designed for small inshore fisherman. Coming home to questions from all his family "How did you like the boat?" "Were you afraid in the boat?" "Did you cry in the…