Maya & Miguel

The Aztecs had a very complex way of living. The Aztecs spoke the Nahuatl language, and lived in an area of what is now Mexico. The rich lived in houses made of sun dried brick, and sometimes stone, and the poor lived in huts with thatched roofs. They grew chili peppers, corn, tomatoes, beans, and squash. They put chili on almost everything they ate, they made stew, tortillas, and stuffed flat breads. At home women cooked and cleaned, and the men mostly spent time at war. Aztec society was…

In the play “A Doll House”, Henrik Ibsen utilizes bird imagery to represent the characters in the play and the obstacles that hold them back in everyday life. Birds are amazing animals that have the ability to fly wherever they want, giving them absolute freedom. However, it’s still possible to place limitations on these creatures through the use of cages, and other forms of restriction. We as humans are similar to birds, as every individual has the potential to accomplish great things, however…

Which one are you? Which one is me? Erykah Badu an American singer-songwriter, activist and actress. She reached number two on Billboard charts and number one on the U.S. Billboard's “Friends, Fans, Artists Must Meet” was one of the spoken words she was known for. She performed this poem at Def Poetry Jam which aired on HBO. In this poem, Badu discusses how success can be a pro and a con whether it is our personal life or our social life. She talked about how her environment and personal…

‘Still I Rise’ by the American, Maya Angelou presents the character of a black woman who is oppressed in the 1970s but refuses to accept this. ‘Disabled’ by Wilfred Owen, however, is concerned with a character who is ‘broken’ after the disabilities he suffers in the First World War at the beginning of the twentieth century. The poem ‘Still I Rise’ is about a woman who discloses that she will overcome anything due to her self-confidence. The line ‘But still, like dust, I’ll rise’ is a metaphor…

“Desiree’s Baby” is a short story written by Kate Chopin. This story is about Mr. and Mrs. Valmonde’s adopted daughter Desiree, and how she is courted by the son of another wealthy French Creole neighborhood family, Armand Aubigny who knows nothing of her origins. Desiree was found by an old pillar at a couple months old, believed to be left by a party of Texans. Desiree grew up into a beautiful and gentle young lady, but still had no knowledge on who she really was. Armand falls in love with…

fall to the tiled floor”. (Angelou 110) Both of these characters Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Maya Angelou who “was born Marguerita Johnson” (Angelou 107) have become very successful individuals. They both are writers and teach at different universities. Henry is “W. E. B. DuBois Professor of Humanities and director of the W. E. B. DuBois Institute for African American Research at Harvard”. (Gates 5) Maya “is currently on the faculty at Wake Forest University”. (Angelou 107) Due to their…

the Mata civilization. This civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples. They are known for their hieroglyphic script, the only fully developed writing system of the pre-Columbian Americas. They are also remembered for their art, architecture, mathematics, calendar and astronomical system. All of this is mainly due to their strong belief in faith. This essay will show why the Maya civilization beliefs are based on faith and not Empiricism. Discussing their ideas on…

In “Graduation” from the Norton Reader, Maya Angelou tells the story of her eighth grade graduation. Although she consistently implies her want to continue education, the text is mostly directed towards her views on how African-Americans were treated in the early nineteen hundreds. Angelou explains graduation as such a sacred event and something supposed to be cherished and celebrated with family. When Angelou gets to her graduation, she is ecstatic. This feeling of exuberance gets shifted when…

1) We move from the academic observations of Dr. W.E.B. DuBois and the cadences of Langston Hughes at the height of the Harlem Renaissance (1920-1937) to the time of the Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968) and the much more direct voice of Alice Walker. This poem, "Once," was published in 1968. Make some observations on this poem. Contrast it with the tones and styles of the two authors above, and talk about the differences. How do you respond to this? Discuss. This poem is hard to read at first…

Part B Anthropology 6) Collapse In Collapse Jared Diamond addresses the environmental and economic problems that societies encounter during their development. Diamond makes it very clear that no society is safe from a collapse and that the problems that societies face should not be underestimated or the results could be catastrophic (Diamond 2011:2). The definition that Diamond gives for a collapse is “a drastic decrease in human population size and /or political/economic/social complexity…