Race condition

Nervous Conditions and Upsetting Illnesses Tsitsi Dangarembga’s novel Nervous Conditions focuses on many difficulties the indigenous people of Rhodesia faced in the 1960s. English colonization resulted in a radical shift within the local education systems. Rather than learn about their own history, local children were taught about the greatness of Western culture. Due to this educational shift, Rhodesian children struggled to understand their identity amongst the old traditional ways of their…

Each humanities course focuses on a different aspect of the human condition. History is tinged by the perception of the writer, while Sociology focuses on the human society, and psychology focuses on the human mind. Literature on the other hand, has the unique ability to incorporate all of these through short stories and plays. Over the semester we have had assignments where we had to read several of these. In each of these, there always seemed to be some sort of moral dilemma. Sometimes…

The skin is the largest organ of the human body, it is a barrier not only from water and dirt but from most viruses and bacteria. From the outer appearance of the skin you can infer if anything is wrong or may be going wrong inside the body. Diet is a factor for how how skin can appear, knowing this I want to find out if a specific diet could possibly help clear my skin. In the beginning of my skin flare ups, I visited with my primary care physician. Hoping to eliminate the possibility of…

Internal Vices To be human is to be at a constant mental battle between being moral or succumbing to personal desire. People are naturally embedded with emotions that often dictate our decisions and thoughts; therefore, people’s minds are often completely ruled by this internal struggle. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the theme of morality versus desire presents itself in its characters such as Hamlet, Claudius and Ophelia; Hamlet who is completely trapped in his own hatred, Claudius who is envious…

as human can yearn for, whether it be from family, friends or a relation with more of an intimate intent. Through personal experiences and beliefs, along with the reading of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in class and personal readings of the Human Condition by Hannah Arendt, I came to the conclusion that a person cannot reach their full potential, find happiness or simply live without some type of human connection or love in their hearts. With love in our hearts we can thrive and grow, when love…

one must absorb the complete breadth of wisdom that Sinclair Ross has imparted in this, what is surely one of the greatest pieces of Canadian literature of all time. One property of this prominent, small-time opus is the grand scale of the human condition it takes a brief study on. The experience of humanity takes upon itself many forms and facets, and this novel is a prime example of such experiences; even if not primarily evident at first. Another example that can validate the station of this…

Tsukuru Tazaki is a builder. His name, meaning “to make” and his profession as an engineer is indicative of that. Though Tsukuru’s name is in absolute correlation with himself, he experiences an overwhelming discontent associated with his name, a discontent attributed to the fact his name is not a color. Tsukuru believes he is colorless, empty, meaningless, while his cohort of high school friends, each graced with a name of color, depict genuine meaning and purpose for existence. When said…

Murdoch approaches a number of issues but does not raise any of them to a level that can be considered as an absolute truth. From the title of the book, she does not explicitly take a truthful position of the meanings of the novel’s title. Other incidents that are falsely represented are Bradley Pearson’s initials, which do not help to identify the wretched truth hero at the peak of the evil. She seems to heavily borrow from Plato’s idea that the world of every day life is an illusion with a…

name a few. He even reflects on human nature which is the topic for which I have chose to write this paper. In the same chapter Nietzsche analyses the human nature when he says “Under peaceful conditions a warlike man sets upon himself.” (Nietzsche, 81). This psychological observation of the human condition reflects the tendency of violence that we all posses. Well, we aren’t all warlike and Nietzsche doesn’t really…

ideas, and metaphors to mirror a story to an event, person, or idea in the world and the purpose of an allegory is to transcend its original context. Lord of the Flies allegory is tied to WWII and the Cold War, and is meant to connect on the human condition between the boys and humanity. The theme of the novel is the human nature that cause us to hurt, steal, and kill which then is counteracted by the law and civilization of the world, that was created to eradicate these sins. The theme is…