Northwest Passage

The New England and Chesapeake Colonies are quite different but they also have a lot in common. New England and Chesapeake Colonies can be compared and contrasted by the settlement patterns, demographic patterns, trading patterns, religion, government and economic activities. In terms of trading pattern the Chesapeake and New England Colonies had way different ways to trade. The Chesapeake Colonies mostly exported tobacco products, while the New English Colonies mostly exported things like fish…

assumptions (the assumption of the cause of death) provides a simple explanation for a possible complex situation. The prevailing theory for the absence of these ten slaves comes from the most common reason for death during the travel across the middle passage: disease and unsanitary conditions. However, the unidentified deaths could have easily come from the African slaves resisting this take over. Forced by the Europeans, the slaves may have fought these rebellious pirates, risking their lives…

The history of African Americans has always been limited in many school systems creating an ignorance to many people on the construction of this race. To truly understand why a race of people do things you need to know their history and where they came from. The African American Experience is often considered one of the most interesting pieces in history. Africa, the world’s oldest populated area and also considered the beginning of humanity was comprised up to 10,000 different states and groups…

The film Intruders proves to be more than just your average break in. We meet Anna who is shown as weak because of her Agoraphobia yet she overcomes three men raiding her home. The film is also known as Shut In, it was directed by Adam Schindler and written by T.J Cimfel, and David White.This film takes a disturbing view of how fears can motivate you, and give you strength. When we first meet Anna, she is quiet, yet stubborn. She is caring for her brother who has cancer. The scenes…

Annette had casually dismissed the guard from his duty of watching over Leonard in his cell. She stated, “My parents are having dinner in the dining hall, so that way isn 't possible, but there is at the end of the corridor a back way, it leads through the sewers, and we will get out at Denna 's Diner.” Leonard looked at her and responded, “I don 't see a princess dressed the way you are dressed going very far in the sewers, don 't you think your gown will get in the way and ruined?” Annette…

that the stories seem universes apart, but the characters are all just the same as me. Yes, the characters have different religions, family situations, and experiences than me, but we are all going through the same thing. It is one of our rites of passage to confront the transition from our simple innocence of childhood to growing up and becoming our own independent, mature beings. Unfortunately, this process takes a while, and many of the struggles we teenagers face…

they want to start a new life and look for the King of the Birds, Tereus, to help them. The main character is Pisthetaerus, and similar to most of the plays we have covered in this course, as the play unfolds, he under goes the process of rite of passage. The first part of rites…

experience his rite of passage of leaving his boyish self. To go in more depth, both stories share struggles and conflict for the characters to reach their goal, while having the same overall theme . Yet they differ from one another with their vast culture and mindset. To begin, the two stories concern a character who undergo rites of passage on their journey from childhood to manhood. Doing so, both characters,…

Rites of passage can be a large part of many cultures and vary all over the world. The rituals followed mark important times in an individual’s life in various different ways which they transcend from one status to another. The first culture’s ritual I’ve chosen to study is African tribal coming of age, being as rites of passage are extremely critical to them. Each rite of passage helps by placing someone in their title in the community and setting their social and or spiritual position. The…

of Passage” by Arnold Van Gennep is highly recommended for anyone interested in studying anthropology. Van Gennep effectively explains and demonstrates his theory of Rites of Passage but, at times, confuses the reader by bringing up many examples without going into further detail about how the example relates to his theory. Despite this flaw, many anthropologists consider his work foundational because of his declaration of a human universality. Van Gennep’s theory on how rites of passage…