Joseph Lister

The poem The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats provides the inspiration for the title of one of the most celebrated African novels, Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, in the lines “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; /Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world”(2-4). Miscommunication and cultural ignorance have often been the basis of violence and conflict. This is certainly the case in Things Fall Apart, which explores the impact of European colonization of the Ibo people in modern day…

Pan’s Labyrinth, directed by Guillermo Del Toro, is a visually striking, dark fantasy film compiled of a range of gruesome and intriguing scenes that address themes of choice, gender and coming of age. In the ‘Final Task’ scene, the camera techniques, colour scheme, lighting, and sounds are the primary techniques used to express the ideas of good vs. evil, reality vs. fantasy, the effect of war on children and resistance. The scene begins with a high angle over the shoulder shot of Captain…

THEME 1 HOW IMPORTANT IS ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY? An entrepreneur is someone who is creative and innovative and is able to identify a business opportunity or gap in the market. An entrepreneur is also willing to take a risk in starting up business and is therefore a risk taker. They have belief in themselves that the opportunity that they identified can become real through hard work and commitment. They are prepared to back their business with…

Within Truman’s first few weeks of presidency, Truman attended the Potsdam Conference in 1945. The Potsdam conference was a conference where Stalin, Churchill, and Truman nicknamed the Big Three, met in Potsdam, Germany to negotiate the end of World War II (The Potsdam Conference). The Potsdam Conference was a significant event mainly because it gave the all of the leaders a chance to discuss their plans so that there was no confusion amongst the allies regarding post-war plans in Germany and…

Heart of darkness and things fall apart The books Heart of darkness and Things fall apart both discribe the European colonization of Africa in diffrent ways and from different perspectives. In Heart of darkness, the perspective of the European colonizer is presented, while the perspective of the African natives is presented in Things fall apart. The reader of the books will instantly come across the topic of race. The colonization of Africa, bieng the issue in the two books, race has a crucial…

In Joseph Conrad’s novella “Heart of Darkness”, the author has different tones in each book, but throughout all of the books Conrad has a judgemental tone. Conrad is honest about the atrocities that occur in the Congo but depicts them as wrong. The novella as a whole has a serious tone, because Conrad is serious about the events he’s writing about. Conrad’s judgemental tone is shown when Marlow addresses the Eldorado Exploring Expedition he says, “To tear treasure out of the bowels of the land…

living” (9). Coetzee’s novels have been centrally concerned with colonialism and its effects on human consciousness. In Guguletu, Mrs. Curren faces the pitiless violence that is ranging in the townships. When Florence receives a phone call about Bheki, she takes Mrs. Curren to Guguletu to find him. Through Florence, Coetzee exposes to the readers about Guguletu, she says “They were shooting again yesterday. They were giving guns to the witdoeke and witdoeke were shooting” ( 89). They meet…

EE 386 W-Disruptive Technology Insert your name 1. Introduction: Disruptive technology is the new innovation in the field of business. Disruptive technology, it makes and develops a new technology and makes up a new industry or ground, making product that complete a next generation industry. Disruptive technology is a new technology and limit the people and not to allow people to do some practical work. These technologies include smart…

We Didn’t Start The Fire was one of the most powerful songs in 1989, written by no other than Billy Joel. The number one hit mentions some famous events between the years of 1949 and 1989. In 1949 was when the singer was born and in 1989 was when the song was released. We Didn’t Start The Fire was nominated for record of the year at the Grammy Awards and was also number one in the United States at that time. But that’s not all the song was noticed for. The hit was known for it’s strong message…

Things Fall Apart, and The Poisonwood Bible contain plots where the characters leave their homes to create a new sense of home in future experiences. The Price family was forced to accept their new home based on their own decision to move to the Congo. Okonkwo created his home because of his shame for the past. These physical changes of home miss the deep points and allusions of the novels, only representing a small portion of the stories intent. Home is the central purpose in every action and…