No man's land

Imperialism is the extension of a nation’s power over other lands through colonization and imposition of European customs and commerce. Today, many are aware only of the period of “new imperialism,” which took place during the late nineteenth century. Nonetheless, at this time, imperialism was neither a new or unfamiliar concept. In fact, by the sixteenth century, Europeans had set up colonies and trading posts in areas like North America, South America, and Africa. New imperialism was much…

the Flies, in which man’s capacity for evil is exemplified through man’s primal nature. As a species man is violent. Humans have used violence throughout history in order to secure resources for themselves, things such as hunting, raiding, and fighting have been consistent throughout time. Mankind’s condition is to resort to violence in all situations. Whether it is something necessary such as hunting for food or something unnecessary like warfare. When violence is man’s primary means to…

energy is focused on attaining success, and his whole life was devoted to this. Okonkwo transformed from the orphaned son of his late father, to obtaining “ the Idemili title, the third highest in the land.”(12) His attachment to his status and power is what compelled him to refute the white man’s contrasting culture, and ultimately drew the line between him and his…

Francis’s teachings that the commercializing of the economy and ownership of private land changed man’s interaction with nature,…

ownership is open access property. In taking common property and declaring that it is no longer available then men do not take from other men. Property left unused in nature is wasted since it contributes nothing to human welfare. The productivity of the land comes not from the beneficence of God, but from what men is able to make of the…

Torah. Genesis tells the creation story twice, in Genesis chapter one and two, but with each time it is told with a new focus (Sacks, 2004, 78). The first chapter of Genesis gives a full, over-all story of the creation of the heavens and the earth and man’s position within it. In the second chapter of Genesis, the story focuses of the creation of man and the result in God creating woman. The third chapter tells the story of how Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden and the…

As quoted from Abraham Lincoln, “Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.” The novel, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, tells about a group of English boys who land on an inhabited island after a plane crash. After realizing there are no adults around, the boys attempt to create their own society while waiting for rescue. Although the boys are rescued in the end, their lives were destroyed throughout the course of the book. This novel clearly shows…

during World War I in an effort to break the bloody deadlock of trench warfare” (Nash 1). Tanks allowed soldiers to move across barbed wire while taking minimal damage to themselves. Before tanks came about soldiers were forced to run across no man’s land to invade the enemy trenches. Enemies shot at soldiers while…

However, in T.S. Eliot’s, “The Waste Land,” it is clear to see the dramatic changes the war brought about to the people of the 20th century. The war buried the 19th centuries faiths in cultural and social institutions. Eliot’s epic poem is comparable to “A heap of broken images.” The soldier…

In his poem The White Man’s Burden, Author Rudyard Kipling instructs white men to take up the “burden” of responsibility for the “sullen peoples/half devil and half child” who are affected by colonization. Kipling, was a well-known pro-Imperialist writer and a prestigious college graduate who had won many awards, including the Nobel Prize for writing. His tone throughout the poem is insultingly patronizing and reflects the popular attitude toward imperialism at the time. Despite widespread…