Igbo people

The Rohingya are a Muslim ethnic minority group that has lived in Myanmar for centuries. Today, more than a million of Rohingya people are living in Myanmar, mostly in the western coastal state of Rakhine. They use their own language, and they have their own culture. However, Rohingya people claim that they have a long historical connection to Rakhine State. There are many conflicts and clashes between the Rohingya and the government, as well as some other ethnic groups in Rakhine. When Myanmar…

In awe, Cortés saw the Mayan pyramids for the first time. Cortés went to talk to the people of the island and he became lucky once he heard of a man on the next-door island who was shipwrecked near Jamaica in 1511. Geronimo de Aguilar would become Cortés’ personal translator who could communicate with the Mayan people. However, as he continued his journey down the tip of Yucatan, he stopped at Potonchan. The natives greeted him with food and a gold…

Life of an Adventurer People are often motivated by the same reasons and choose similar life paths because of it. The way someone’s relationship with a parental figure or deep passion for the outdoors affects their character, can similarly impact someone else based on identical experiences. John Krakauer’s Into the Wild depicts two American men with the same angst and adventurous spirit that pushes them to find a higher purpose in life. Plagued with the same characteristics such as stubbornness…

Everyone has a dream. Even when we were little kids we had things that we looked forward to, things we wanted to accomplish in life. On the contrary, can our dreams in life harm us in the long-run? Does it make people greedier? Of Mice and Men relates to this aspect in our daily lives. The majority of the characters in Of Mice and Men had big dreams and ambitions. Their dreams did more harm than good. Their desires brought on a chain reaction of various conflicts that were sometimes fatal. Take…

Cole’s Profile In the book, “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen, Cole Matthews is a bad boy. He’s a 15 year old baby faced child who has been in trouble with the law half his life. His father whips him with a belt whenever Cole sets him off while his mother just stands there watching. Because of that, he has let his anger out on everyone and everything else. I would describe Cole as a distrustful kid because of his actions. I believe this because he cannot trust anything or anyone…

demise. Analyzing Parsons physical characteristics, actions, and thoughts, it is clear Parsons had anxiety and is even afraid of Big Brother. Perhaps the most telling physical characteristic of Tom Parson was his abnormally excessive sweating. People often sweat when they are nervous and have anxiety. Parsons was described as “Giving out from every fold of his body what seemed an inexhaustible supply of acrid-smelling sweat” (Pg 149). Tom’s character constantly sweats because the sweat…

In the short story, “The Father,” by Hugh Garner, the main character, John Purcell had always been unhappy with his life and family. John and his son have never been that close, but a dramatic event could change their relationship for the worse. The father is neglectful, selfish and addicted which lead his relationship with Johnny to its eventual demise. John's broken relationship with Johnny is because of his consequential actions. To begin, John is too preoccupied with other things to pay…

sprang. This was the terror from which I fled.” This phrase shows us how Richard is not accepted in the culture he grew up in. How he is not accepted in his so to speak “home”. It tells of how he was rejected and therefore threatened because the people of his home saw him to be different and couldn’t accept that he was not like them. It shows how Richard was scared he couldn't find acceptance because he couldn’t even find it in his own culture. In the story Black Boy by Richard Wright it tells…

The world is full of constant change, and in literature, change is used to progress storylines, develop characters and prove theme. The novels Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe carry out similar themes while their main characters analyze African and Western culture. Heart of Darkness is Marlow’s journey into the Belgian Congo, where his identity is forever changed while being away from his typical European lifestyle. Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart ultimately…

Inhumanity Elie Wiesel has just witnessed firsthand how a man can treat other men. He saw how they can be treated like animals. Son, brothers, and father turn against each other. He saw what people will do to survive. This essay will progress through the story showing how inhumane man can be to a man. In the beginning, already there is character vs character with Moishe the Beadle. “He was poor and lived in utter penury”. The town did not believe him and even Elie who tried to believe but…