Latin Rite

The characters in “The Portrait of a Lady” by Henry James are mostly American people who came in Europe at a moment in their lives. They have lived in Europe from the beginning of their life, as in the case of Madame Merle, or they came there in their adulthood, like Isabel did. Either way, the European lifestyle had an influence on their shaping of identity. Isabel Archer is the main character of James’s novel “The Portrait of a Lady”. The personality she has created while…

The Native Americans and the United States’ Government's relationship was not off to a great start in the 1800’s. When the settlers first came to America, the Natives viewed them as untrustworthy. The suspicions were confirmed, when the settlers started to expand into the Natives land. This caused conflicts and they were only solved by violence. Finally, the Americans and Natives came to the biggest conflict of all, The War of 1812. This was a war in 1812, between the Natives and the white…

There are a few events in a person’s life that define who they are and, consequently, who they will eventually be. For me one of these events was my trip to Mexico which changed my view on the world. This is the trip that made me realize how beautiful the world is. It also gave me the desire to travel and visit the abundance of other beautiful places the world has to offer. It also set me up for a future where I work to be able to travel to all these different places. Before my adventures in…

When Europeans first began to step outside and explore beyond their homelands they referred everyone they encountered on their way as 'barbarians'. The term barbarian existed several thousand years back. The Greeks and the Romans used it to signify a person who is uncivilized and did not belong to their culture. In fact they had enslaved all barbarians. These encounters with other societies in far off lands, led to a curious need for the Europeans to interpret the origins and nature of these…

Buck, Rinker. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey. Revised ed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. In the book, The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey, Rinker Buck travel with his brother alone the Oregon Trail. Rinker Buck and his brother, Nick, experience reliving the journey taken by the original nineteenth-century travelers of the Oregon Trail. Although the journey was harsh, and was at times unpleasant, the brother agreed that the journey was a trip of a lifetime because of the…

Despite being increasingly democratic and globalized, the Latin American region faces widespread poverty, affecting a large proportion of its population. According to Nelly P. Stromquist, Professor at the University of Maryland College of Education, “poverty increased during the 1980–1990 decade in Latin America, growing from 46 to 60% in urban areas and from 80 to 85% in the countryside” (Stromquist, 2001, p. 966). Due to the region’s globalization, there is more emphasis on the importance of…

Engineering Marvels of the Ancient World Humans have always advanced technologically, since the beginnings of their existence. They have adapted over time to different types of obstacles, and advanced society in progressive ways to overcome those obstacles. Through building several types of institutions, several human civilizations have had their own types of engineering skills. Various palaces and monuments built throughout time have had their own unique types of architecture, through certain…

Firstly, the U.S. backed the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista who was continuously defied by revolutionaries like Fidel and Raul Castro (Chasteen, 271). Furthermore, Marxist ideology, which was gaining considerable popularity in Latin America in 1950’s, contributed hugely towards the weakening of the relationship between these two countries. According to Marxism, capitalism was a huge reason for class exploitation and according to the Leninist theory, imperialism from an outside…

Spain, Great Britain and France all had different reasons for exploring and colonizing the New World, however many of the same consequences occurred from their actions. Spain continued their search for gold, as well as for slaves in the New World, which was later named America. Great Britain, although joining later in the century began to explore America as a result of social unrest due to inflation within Britain. France was also experiencing social unrest within the country in the form of…

As a black man in today’s society, it is no longer surprising to log on to Twitter and see that another black life has been taken. The issue is that black people are being killed for illegitimate reasons by white people. Furthermore, these same people are getting away with these killings. For instance, the Trayvon Martin case which was one of the most famous recent occurrences of injustice done to a black person. Martin’s death, among many others, started a civil movement within the black…