Otherness

unrecognizable to him, and it apparently describes the future events of his life. Heinrich’s finding of this book mirrors Wilhelm Meister’s discovery of Turmgesellschaft’s recording in a scroll about his education; however, the depiction of future and otherness of the book in Heinrich von Ofterdingen signifies Heinrich’s departure from his previous perception of…

Racism has been a growing issue in society for many years now. In the past, places like public restrooms, water fountains, restaurants, and other public facilities segregated African Americans and Caucasians. Although there were people who were racist towards anyone that was not white, a big controversy that effects the present is between African Americans and Caucasians. Throughout history, African Americans have fought for equal rights in order to have their voices heard and to be able to have…

Jan Servaes (City University of Hong Kong) and Jim Anderson (University of Utah) have circulated a CFP seeking to address an apparent crisis in communication research. Aiming to publish in The International Communication GAZETTE, the crisis is rhetorically predicated upon questions such as “What has the communication discipline contributed to the social sciences? What has been its impact on policy and social change?” Citing, amongst other, the apparent lack of distinctive disciplinary problems,…

When you strip away someone’s wealth, title, and knowledge, the only essential thing that remains is their identity. Being able to fully walk out and live in your identity speaks louder than wrestling with exterior labels. Those that are confident with their identity stand very distinct from the rest of the crowd. However, there is a great emphasis on which identity you choose to cover yourself with. An exhorted and idealized identity many desire is to be an American. When someone is an American…

Journal 2: Negative Actions Expressing Prejudice My second journal for reflection is centered on my thoughts, emotions, and behaviors around three negative actions expressing prejudice; antilocution, avoidance, and discrimination. Subsequently, I must admit that I have not really thought much about prejudice in the past couple of years since I try to surround myself with like-minded people. Much to my chagrin, I am discovering that this self-induced segregation may not be ideal for my…

Modern Feminism has various strands of thinking as different factions of criticism strive to explain the world. Gregory Castle says, “What all of these women have in common is an interest in exposing patriarchal forms of power as the cause of the unequal and subordinate status of women in Western societies” (96). In particular, Susan Gilbert and Susan Gubar comment on the characters women must assume in literature, offering the three roles of angel, witch, and, less common, ghost. These…

forms need to distinguish themselves as self-conscious and individual. These two separate forms both have a necessary desire of recognition from the other as this is what will validate themselves as a being and not simply an other "supersede this otherness of itself". This means that both forms are necessary and essential to one another but are also a threat to the others self-conscious recognition. ‘that is, it exists only in being acknowledged." “Self- consciousness exists in and for itself…

Abulrazak Gurnah’s By the Sea, is unique in its approach to the African literary terrain, choosing to address those issues which were previously silenced or unheard of. The novel begins with the first narrator Saleh Omar who has just arrived in England as an asylum seeker from Zanzibar. His journey as an elderly refugee into England under the name Rajaab Shabaan Mahmud sees him come into contact with an ‘expert’ of his area – Latif Mahmud. When their paths collide a bitter cross-generational…

very fringes of European society (like Ireland—then a colonial possession of England—or the Orkneys), play in the novel? Why is Shelley interested in representing these geographies? How do these spaces develop or comment on the novel’s themes of otherness, social exclusion, and the non- or sub-human? How does Shelley’s novel comment on the relative roles that “nature” and “nurture” play in moral development? Develop your own prompt. Be sure to run it by me first. Intro Human vs.…

To cope with their traumas and steadily declining mental health’s, Lux Lisbon and Esther Greenwood both turn to sex as an outlet for their emotions, at this point not caring about any societal double standards or judgments. In doing this, neither really receives the gratification they are looking for and are forced to deal with their problems in different ways. a. “According to the boy’s descriptions, Lux had lost weight, thought we couldn’t tell through the binoculars. All sixteen mentioned…