Industrialisation

A literary work is very often shaped on the context of the surroundings faced by an author while writing it. Be it social, political historical or artistic, it represents the state of affairs of a country in a particular time frame and this heavily influences the theme of the piece and the message the author is trying to convey through his/her piece of text. Many a time these works that draw inspiration from context criticize a particular aspect of society and this often leads us to question our…

The theory of alienation is ‘the intellectual construct in which Marx displays the devastating effect of capitalist production on human beings, on their physical and mental states and on the social processes of which they are a part’ (Ollman, 1996). Marx’s theory is based on the observation that within the capitalist mode of production, workers invariably lose determination of their lives by being deprived of the right to regard themselves as the director of their actions. Alienation refers to…

Kamala Markandaya occupies a prominent place among Indian English novelists. She won international fame and recognition with a publication offer very first novel, Nectar in a sieve in 1954. When she started writing novels, the themes hunger and degradation, human relationships, east – west encounter had already been dealt with by a number of Indian/English novelists. But Kamala Markandaya provides variety and vividness to these themes. In her all the novels these themes are reflected in the life…

What is democracy? Democracy can be defined as the system of government in which the ruling power of a state is legally vested, not in any particular population group or class, but in the people. Abraham Lincoln(President of the United States of America 1861-1865), said that democracy is government of the people, by the people, for the people. The word democracy comes from the Greek word demos and knatia, in other words rule by people meaning all citizens in the city state Athens. Democracy thus…

Following the years of severely strained relations between the United States and Cuba, Cuban leader Fidel Castro openly declared that he is a Marxist-Leninist. Castro came to power in 1959 after leading a successful revolution against the dictatorial regime of Fulgencio Batista. Almost from the start, the United States worried that “Castro was too leftist in his politics”. He implemented agrarian reform, expropriated foreign oil company holdings, and eventually seized all foreign-owned property…

environment and children. She says that “it seems the white people see things as separate. Themselves. The tree. The house. As though they don’t know they are part of each other”. Because of the detraction from their old ways and beliefs and the industrialisation and increasing pollution of their country, the people are now foreseeing an end of…

The extent to which the zionism movement is responsible for the present conflict between Israel and Palestine is significant. Zionism is a historic movement which centres around the desire for Jewish independence and a secure homeland in Zion. Palestine is where the land of Zion is located, also known as Jerusalem (Aviv and Shneer, New Jews, pp.4). The period before the zionism movement, the factors that contributed to the emergence of zionism and the aims of the movement have all been crucial…

One tends to feel that the expression of art in any form cannot be restricted to a predetermined structure of any sort. Art is diverse. Language through different mediums helps the authors, poets, painters alike to express their art. Language can maintain the uncertain and infinite possibilities of individual expressions. One can say literature represents one of the most persistent uses of language. Literary texts have the potential to motivate the reader in a very big way. Throughout the…

Criminology is the social-scientific academic study of crime and criminals. It focuses immensely on how and why crime happens and how to prevent it. Many criminologists queried and argued about when criminology first became its own independent discipline. Hayward & Morrison (2009), cited in Hale et al (2009), claimed that theoretical criminology has been an academic discipline for over two centuries. On the contrary, Garland (2002), cited in Newburn (2007) stated that the “new science of…

Within society, both past and present, we can discern a myriad of façades which present a deceptive outer appearance. William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, Willy Russell’s Educating Rita and D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover are works of literature which diversely consider a vast array of characters and situations which demonstrate such façades within society. These façades may be actively used by a character or be surrounding an abstract concept or institution, such as wealth or…