Looking Backward

and marriage. Egyptian progressives think that women are threatened by the institutionalized head form of the “Hijab” ( Veil) and the radical idea that forces women to return to their traditional roles. Abu-Lughod states that the West needs to stop looking at the cultural differences by asking Muslim societies to distinguish themselves from their Western counterparts. Instead, we need to focus on how and what unites women, but not only through…

The painting was made by a Spanish painter called Modesto Broncos in 1895. In his work, three generations of the same family are portrayed. The Grandmother (black) is standing on the left looking like she is praying to God. The mother (brown) sitting right next to the grandmother and holding the baby (phenotypically white). The grandmother is raising her hands to the heavens in a gesture for “redemption”: the birth of the white grandson, who…

There were strange looking men by the shore. There were boats in the water. I was very confused as to what was happening and who was here. Heketi was still sleeping. I was hiding behind a tree observing what was happening. I saw my fellow natives being enslaved and tied up. What was happening I thought? All these strange new men, wearing silk clothing, coughing and vomiting all over the shore. I saw strange looking animals that looked like our cows; some natives were…

Outsiders only learn about Africa through travelers, who often tell stories about particular areas, not the whole continent, and through school, which does not teach about modern Africa, but a slight insight into the history of Africa. The book Looking for Lovedu, by Ann Jones, suggests that westerners/outsiders are ignorant towards many aspects of Africa. One perception of Africa is that the people are very…

Stolen Angel CODE BLUE, CODE BLUE in room 6710! All doctors report to room 6710. Watching my mother go into cardiac arrest while my family and I were told to wait outside. Walking backwards so I could see everything that was going on the hospital curtain was being pulled closed blocking my view. Waiting nervously, I remember hearing the doctors speaking in a high pitched panicked voice ordering the nurse to get the defibrillator ready. Next came the sounds of beeping, over and over the doctor…

But first, he says, we need to clean up the mess we left on the floor.” As she unbuttons her coat Martha turns looking at the floor, “Ho my goodness, she says, I was so excited that I forgot to take off my boots.” “I’ll clean the floor, Kris says, as he reaches for her coat, while you fix us a snack and some hot tea.” Stepping lightly across the wet floor trying…

skull, and sometimes this happens. Knowing the race of a corpse is highly valuable in the fact that it once again narrows down the list of possible identities. When identifying race, one way to do so is to look at the mandible of the skull. When looking at the jaw, if the teeth and jawbones extend forward from where the teeth were rooted, it is a common indicator of a Negroid skull; this is called prognathism. If it does not do that, then it is a hallmark for Caucasoid skulls. Identifying…

When a phone company puts out an advertisement, their main goal is to promote a message to prevent such tragic events from occurring in society. There are many advertisements trying to grab the audience’s attention to make a difference. In this advertisement, AT&T, uses a real life situation to show the audience how risky it is to use your phone while driving. Since AT&T is a major phone seller, they take advantage of that to reduce the number of accidents in a majority of people to…

characters have complete and separate ways of how they would use them. Dee wants to hang them on her wall because she respects them in a different manner than Maggie. “She ‘d probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use” (par. 66), said Dee. At this point I did respect how she wanted to keep the quilts looking the same. However, mama had previously promised the quilt to Maggie when she got married. So therefore, Maggie could use the quilt however she saw…

Lucius Annaeus Seneca once said, “It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness” (BrainyQuote 1). In Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s book, The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway has moved into a humble house in West Egg, right next door to the secretive billionaire by the name of Jay Gatsby. Nick acquires an invitation to attend one of Gatsby’s elaborate parties, realizing upon arrival that he is the only one to receive an actual invitation. Later in the novel, Gatsby gets the opportunity to…