Joseph Hooker

centuries and is still present today. At the very heart of the principle, imperialism is racist. It is the belief that all white men are morally obligated to “help” (or rule) all non-white people groups of the Earth. At the time of the publication of Joseph Conrad’s book “Heart of Darkness,” “The White Man’s Burden” had just been released and Europe was entirely consumed with the “scramble for Africa.” It is clear that both “The White Man’s Burden” and the “Scramble for Africa” heavily…

1.3 Research Gap There is a research gap concerning the understanding of the challenges that social entrepreneurs face in emerging economies of Latin America. The entrepreneurial landscape in this region entails difficulties in terms of institutional voids, which is why it is interesting to comprehend how these actors in the economy deal with social, economic and environmental tensions. 1.4 Conceptual Perspective To better understand the challenges that social entrepreneurs face in Latin…

beginning to penetrate into some of those unknown regions, bringing European government, religion, and attitudes to people otherwise deemed “savage.” The effect of this process of colonialism has been famously documented in two widely different novels, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1902) and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1959). Both of these writers, to great extent, portray the negative effects that colonialism had on the African people, with Conrad…

Okefenokee Swamp, “a convenient point of entry and a magnificent show-window for the “Land of the Trembling Earth”, yet it's not just what the description makes it out to be. Passage one may hint at that, but in passage two the magnificent in the description switches to hellish by the style in which the author writes. Although the passages are largely about the same thing passage one intends to draw visitors towards the swamp, while passage two warns against travel to the “hellish zoo”.…

The individuals of society come together to work towards a goal that is unachievable individually. This goal is seen to be a collaborative effort from all the individuals. In the Russian Revolution of 1917, the underrepresented lower class revolted against their imperial government. Their effort was rewarded with a government representing the different classes of society, but it quickly turns into a totalitarianism controlled by Stalin. These events are paralleled with the events in Animal Farm.…

The "Heart of Darkness" focuses on a critique of colonialism in Africa shown through the eyes and the storytelling of a colonist himself. Throughout the use of this narration by the main character Marlow, a story develops that combines the events of his trip to the Congo along with a deep inner thinking of right and wrong in the world. Imagery and symbolism function as the main ideas that push the understanding of "Heart of Darkness" and Conrad's overall theme throughout the story that man is…

There are a various ways to consider the meaning of the title (Heart of Darkness) on its own or as it relates to the story. The title implies that Africa is the Heart of Darkness, where white people (Marlow and Kurtz) go there to save Africans. Black natives are depicted living in darkness, needing to be brought into the light of civilization and white people seemingly have this enlightening knowledge. In the time of colonialism, Africa was frequently referred to as the "Dark Continent.” The…

The Nature of Blood in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the African Political Space By Segun Omosule Ph. D Department of English, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye.08052037088; jala1964@yahoo.com/omosulesegun@gmail.com/www.scholarsviews.com ABSTRACT The preoccupation of this paper is to prove that Macbeth and the orgies that are associated with him are borne out of fear and that the series of killings that are recorded during his reign are meant to prove that he is a fearless soldier and…

Ngugi’s novel A Grain of Wheat is concerned with fashioning a national consciousness through a shared historical experience. He weaves in a labyrinth of betrayals in order to show the sacrifices made during the struggle of independence. Unless his characters acknowledge their mutual betrayal and that their unresolved individual pasts recover from their burden, a collective consciousness remains dubious. The question that lingers is how might one be able to achieve this collectivity in a world…

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play about what happened during the Salem Witch Trials. It gives insight about what people had to deal with in this situation and how they handled it. The trials were basically a big test which helped figuring out whether or not people were guilty of witchcraft. This is an example of what a crucible is. In our world today we still have crucibles and even though they are different than back then, they all relate to each other because of what influence they have…