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this scenario. Like DuBois said in chapter one of “The Souls of Black Folk”, “The double-aimed struggle of the black artisan--on the one hand to escape white contempt for a nation of mere hewers of wood and drawers of water, and on the other hand to plough and nail and dig for a poverty-stricken horde-- could only result in making him a poor craftsman, for he had but half a heart in either cause.” (371) It is impossible to be one thing without rejecting another part of the…

The beginning of cottage industry reduced the unemployment rates in South Asia. It helped the people to keep their traditions intact on smaller scales by working in smaller groups in small home based industries and deliver the product on demand. Since the cottage industry doesn't require a lot of imported material for the product, the raw material which is easily available in the rural areas, can be made use of. And since there were no lesser operating costs, it was easier for the people in the…

believe in manifest destiny. By multiplying millions, O’Sullivan meant that he wanted to force their culture onto immigrants coming to the U.S. John O’Sullivan also stated, “The Anglo Saxon foot is already on (California’s) borders… armed with the plough and the rifle, and marking its trail with schools and colleges, courts, and representative halls, mills, and meeting-houses… All this (will happen) in the natural flow of events” (Doc. A). What O’Sullivan meant was that he wants to spread/bring…

recount. Odysseus’ immediate betrayal of such values is presented within Shewring’s translation as he affirms that the Cyclops’ race are arrogant lawless beings who leave their livelihood to the deathless gods and never use their own hands to sow or plough; (Book IX, Page 101). However, this is ironically paralleled against Odysseus’ own actions as he plunders the Cyclops’ livestock claiming the god (Zeus) gave us game in plenty (Book IX, Page 102) therefore revering the god’s for giving him…

Sweden and the ocean are the two main settings in the first novel, The Emigrants (1949). The story begins when Karl Oskar's father, Nils clears the small amount of land they own from stones. The very first chapter is called "King in His Stone Kingdom". The use of the image of stones in the novel reflects the dissatisfaction in the old home, and the reason for Karl Oskar and his family to want to leave it. It represents immobility and lifelessness which the family experiences in Sweden. The…

obtain money for whiskey and alcohol or use the items for himself. Old Major elucidates to the animals how humans are the only creatures who consumes without producing. He says how humans does not give milk, does not lay eggs, is too feeble to pull the plough, and how he cannot run quick enough to capture the…

“The best laid plans of mice and men/ often go awry” (Burns 38). Steinbeck adapted this quote from Robert Burns to write his novel, Of Mice and Men, indicating similar themes such as companionship. Dreams of the characters are also mentioned in both works, along with how they are not achieved at the end. The characters and their personalities also tend to resemble each other between the works. John Steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men shows many allusions to the poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns…

“To a Mouse”, by Robert Burns, depicts this in his poem as a farmer apologizes to a mouse for upturning its home with a plough right before winter. At this, the farmer says “I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union” (7-8) Speaking for the whole of humanity, the farmer admits that the human society had disrupted Nature’s steady bond with the colonization…

‘Follower’ by Seamus Heaney is a poem that pulls on your emotions and that of many people can relate to. It is about a boy who has idolized his father his whole life, wanting to be just like him, but as he grows up he realizes that his father may not be as he thought he was and changes directions to where his life was heading. Throughout his life he was always following and looking up to his father but the roles switched, where he was once following his father, his father is now following him.…

One of the fundamental capabilities of humans that have been exploited especially in the business world is their ability to make choice, in most cases, rational ones. Human beings are endowed with the capability to make prudent choices and decisions which the view of maximizing their experience or satisfaction. At individual level, any decision arrived is meant to the highest self-interest and bring the greatest satisfaction to the decision maker. This subjective view of the reasons why…