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The prefix meso originates from the Greek work, middle. Mesoamerican culture, as well as Mesopotamian, sprang up in the heart of their respective locations. Shared regional settlement is only one of the multiple similarities that these two early civilizations share. This essay will discuss not only the similarities of art and architecture, but also will discuss fundamental differences that occur. The Olmec civilization thrived from c. 1500 BC to 400 BC, in the modern day Mexican states of…

From the prosperity of the 1920s and the poverty of the Great Depression, the Modernist era in American literature brought an end to the sense of optimism that reigned earlier. The disillusionment and uncertainty led to bold new ideas and ideologies that affected each individual differently. The modernist poems in American literature captured the sense of uncertainty through the challenges of segregation and nativist attitudes toward immigrants. Within The United States, the country was in a…

such a big part of our lives, and we do not value it above all else. It probably would not be a good idea to be as extreme as the Mayans, but we may want to value intelligence more. The reason this practice continued through most of the years of the Maya, is because they blamed droughts on sacrificing scholars. The fact that there were no recorded uprisings about this…

In All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes, Maya Angelou travels to Ghana with her son. Throughout her travels, she faces many hardships and experiences a personal reawakening. Maya Angelou’s personal identity, history, and experiences facilitate the realization of the goal of acceptance into Ghanaian society. Ms. Angelou moved to Ghana because she believed that she was a descendent of West African tribes. She thought that the instant the she arrived she would be welcomed with wide open arms…

The novel The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, a young African American girl in Ohio who faces great adversity as a result of her race, gender, and age. She wants nothing more than to have blue eyes, believing that they would make her beautiful and improve her quality of life. She lives in a small house with her mother Pauline, her father Cholly, and her brother Sammy. In an excerpt titled “Battle Royal” from Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, the narrator faces…

Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri, is a writer,and she is known for many auto-biographical novels and she also writes poetry and essays. She also loved to study music, dance,and drama. From 1963 to 1966 Angelou was involved in the black civil rights movement. Maya Angelou wrote this specific poem called; “Phenomenal Women”. Angelou has a very creative way of saying things throughout her poem. Angelou talks about a woman in the poem that talks about herself a lot she repeats the…

Anita Desai's first novel Cry, the Peacock (1963), is about Maya, a dissenting female who battles against three traditional forces in her life: male authority expressed by her husband; her female friends who play stereotypical submissive-wife roles; and her religion's beliefs in karma and detachment. Being over-sensitive, sentimental and imaginative Maya is a total contrast to the rational, logical, Gautam. By making a beautiful use of the symbolic technique, Anita Desai has delved deep into the…

“Beautiful in the mind, Like a word we are waiting to hear”. Adrienne Rich was an amazing poet, her two poems I chose, “A Ball is for Throwing” and “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” not only captured my attention but required genuine thought while discussing them. In both of her works, Rich uses her work to show the importance of seizing the meaningful moments in your life. Both works have metaphors helping the reader understand what she truly means. In “A Ball is for Throwing” Rich uses the ball to…

Bangladesh is a country rich in archaeological wealth from different periods. One of such places of archaeological interest is the Jorbangla Temple in Pabna district. It is also known as the Gopinath Jorbangla Temple. Among the 10 Jorbangla temples in Bangladesh this is the only one declared as a protected monument by the department of Archaeology of Bangladesh. The Gopinath Jorbangla Temple is located in the south-eastern part of Pabna city in kala chand para. The exact age of the temple is not…

This was some what hard for me to find a poem that is interesting to me, because I enjoy poems by Langston Hughes, Emily Dickerson, and Robert Frost. Sometimes I even like poems by Edgar Allen Poe. However, my all time favorite writer is Maya Angelou. Out of all her poems I would have to say that I love “Phenomenal Woman” more. “Phenomenal Woman” is a poem that expresses and honors the achievement of women in life. It also tells women no matter what your size may be you are beautiful inside and…