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Marxist theory states that “capitalists enjoy profits due to surplus value” (Aviles). Rodney argues that this so called ‘surplus’ was African labor and raw materials: “colonies should exist for the metropoles by producing raw materials and buying manufactured goods, the underlying theory was to introduce an international division of labour” (177). This point was demonstrated through examples such as the slave trade, wage labour, technological advancement, and politico-military advances. These…

Then introduced the dramas of Donna and Vic Trenton’s marriage and that it is slowly falling apart. Vic has suspicions his wife is cheating. In truth, Donna actually has been having an affair with a man named Steve Kemp, but she had very recently terminated it. Unfortunately, Steve is not happy with the end of their relations and he writes a note to Vic, making it brazenly clear that Donna was cheating. He confronts her, and she gives excuses as to why she did it. To my surprise they both stay…

There are two principles: The first is the idea of “no account of proximity or distance.” The second is the idea of “this principle makes no distinction between cases.” Sometimes, one person can deal with everything about cases of disaster, but other times one person can just help in one situation with a few people. Singer states that his idea in the second principle is the need to defend those in need more. For example among the Bengali refugees, many people are in a terrible situation, but…

Introduction Second amendment was one of the first 10 amendments. Second amendment’s main framer was James Madison and several other famous faces of our nation like John Adams supported the second amendment. Amendment second is the amendment that says that “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”. It was created because if the central or the state government was not be able to protect the rights…

you can never truly know everything about all your employees, but a good leader aims to gain as complete a picture as possible. It is the goal of any good leader to make sure they know all the possible gifts their employees have to offer them. Postscript: I really enjoyed the last sentence from this chapter, because leadership is more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart then a set of things to do. This means that there is never one correct way to lead, and the best leaders are…

When thinking about the United States as an upstart country, as it was in Washington Irving’s time, certain basic terms and images come to mind, as they were taught in primary school: puritans and pilgrims, Indians, untouched landscapes, new settlers (in this case Dutch), and so on with things of that nature. Accompanying these terms are some more abstract ideas. The notion of freedom, the American dream, hard work, self-interest, and the concept of rebelling against an unmatched power also…

individual, the subject, and its relation to the world and the truth. As the “Father of Existentialism”, one of Kierkegaard’s main themes is subjectivity and so, the way people relate themselves to the earthly truths. In his Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Kierkegaard states that “Truth is subjectivity” and that “faith” is the most profound form of subjectivity, and hence the highest truth of the individual. The purpose of this essay would be then to elucidate what he means by that.…

between the European Kurtz, and the savage Kurtz, Marlow learns how far the Darkness can bring a European down, which only influences Marlow’s obsession over Kurtz’s self and supports him to not give into the Darkness like Kurtz did. As he reads the postscript, “‘Exterminate all the brutes!’”, Marlow discovers that Kurtz fell to the Darkness and gave into the savage nature of humans and ends the beacon of hope that Marlow viewed at the start of the journey. Now, Marlow obsesses over Kurtz…

Danticat Essay CULT 320 Dina Copelman Sunita Mehta Danticat wrote “Create Dangerously” since she wanted express her own personal views on life living outside from her homeland Haiti. Danticat wanted to examine what it truly meant to be an immigrant artist from a country in crisis while at the same time showing readers experiences she went through first hand. Throughout the book she tells stories about many artists, she included who dealt with many horrors…

Witchcraft lasted for hundreds of years, mainly from the 1500s to the 1800s.Throughout multiple centuries, Scottish courts tried to prosecute numerous amounts of men and women for witchcraft, including magic stemming from anger and worshipping the devil. Men and women were both guilty of witchcraft and witch-hunting, particularly from the 1640s-1670s. In that time period, community members became determined to prosecute and execute witches and people in the wrong. Witch-hunting and trials became…