First They Killed My Father

thirst for the blood of Prince Hamlet does not set in until later in the play after Hamlet kills his father Polonius. Soon after the death of his father, Laertes seems hell bound to do all in his ability to get his revenge saying to the King “I dare damnation. To this…

Assignment 1. How would you describe Okonkwo’s life and background as portrayed in the beginning of the novel? What role did his father play in this? A. After reading the beginning of the book, I am confident to say that Okonkwo's life has been spent attempting to shy away from his father's legacy, and create his own, from his own ideals. From Okonkwo's perspective, his father Unoka was an unsuccessful man, lazy and improvident. There is a passage on the fifth page which says "his wife and…

“Breathe” by Sarah Crossan Abhinav Vasu – Book Review ★★★☆☆ US - $17.99 ISBN: 978-0-06-211869-1 The beginning of this book is quite interesting. But it got boring very fast. As with every dystopian novel, it follows the exact same plot. A totalitarian government. Teens who know the truth. The people figure out. There is widespread chaos. Etc., etc. … Well, that is pretty much this book’s plot. It is a story set in the future where there is an oxygen problem. Some scientists thought that…

Yasser Arafat: Father of Modern Terrorism “I come bearing and olive branch in one hand, and a freedom fighters gun in the other. Don't let the olive branch fall from my hand.” This was Yasser Arafat’s most famous quote spoken when he addressed the United Nations. This was his life, a constant battle to try to gain that olive branch, freedom for Palestine, through way of the freedom fighter’s gun or war. He was fighting a losing battle, losing more men than Israel was. Yet through all this he…

The tragedy begins with the discovery of King Hamlet’s death, Hamlet’s father, from natural causes. When someone does not die from natural causes, then their ghost comes back to haunt. Hamlet encounters his father’s ghost and is told that King Hamlet was killed by Claudius, his brother. Hamlet vows to avenge for his father and kill Claudius. While trying to avenge his father, Hamlet goes through a series of conflicts with himself and inaction over action. Hamlet thinks over…

Jewish people were dehumanized by the Nazis and robbed of hope and faith in God. The novella “Night” by Elie Wiesel begins in Seguit and continues from Auschwitz to Buchenwald during which time, Eliezer and his father, along with millions of other Jews were enslaved, tortured, starved and killed over a period of nine years. The treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust, broke their physical and mental stability and left them helpless. Hitler achieved his goal of making the Jews feel inferior by…

after she disappointed him first with the marriage and second because she rather gave the power to Claudius instead of him. He also sees how Ophelia cares more about his farther commands and reputation; instead of the love that he feels for her that is why he reacts very aggressively towards her. He learns to distinguish which ones are his friends and which friends are just conspiring against him. Hamlet realized that Horatio was his truly friend because he was the first one who saw and told him…

Sylvia Plath “The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence" (Plath). Throughout her life, Sylvia Plath wrote about her hardships and emotions, to contribute to her main theme that death brings the hatred out of people, as reflected in her own life, which allows people to relate to her work and feel as though they are not alone. Sylvia Plath faced a challenging childhood and reflected her emotions within her poems. Otto Plath died on the night of November…

“Buckeye”, written and narrated by Scott Russel Sanders, is a short memoir that skillfully reflects the author’s reminiscing of his father and his hometown back in northeastern Ohio. At the start, Sanders introduces the cherished wooden box that holds the buckeyes, in specific, along with other memories of his father, nature, and his hometown. Sure enough, the central image of this essay is the wooden box that acts as a safekeeping of Sanders’ past. With the use of rhetoric and literary devices,…

believe the play would be another tragedy filled with blood and death from which the plot was centered on; redemption. If this were true, would the reader not question as to why Hamlet didn’t immediately follow the orders from the ghost and avenge his father? The answer is simple; action is complex. In the story, the character of Fortinbras is introduced as a device to highlight Hamlet’s indecision…