Son

In this version of “The Second Son,” I took your advice to tell the story from another POV the extreme and changed from “single I” to an epistolary piece, with no central narrator. In this version, Mal Dallon is less of a “crazy” man, wandering the streets and fighting off his own personal demons, and more of an ignored messiah, in that he’s bringing a message to an unenlightened world (through his death), only for it to be quickly forgotten for the next news bite. Is this version better than…

In year ca. 1160 Rabbi Benjamin, son of Jonah, started off on his journey from his native city of Saragossa, Spain and then travelled through many cities in what is now known as Asia, Europe and Africa. This travelogue was first written in Hebrew by Benjamin but was then much later translated and complied by Marcus Nathan Adler. Benjamin documented his travels through explanation of the people, geographical nature, culture and the existence of the Jewish populations. He was connected to his…

Is it unpatriotic if athletes do not stand during the national anthem in protest of their beliefs? I will use the controversy around athletic protests as an example of Geertz' theory of anthropology as interpretation. Colin Kaepernick is an American football quarterback who did not stand during the playing of the national anthem during the entire football season for 2016-17. He was released from his role as quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers in 2016. He is currently a free agent and…

killed or trespassed someone who was white. When Bigger killed Mary in Native Son, the text stated, “she was dead; she was white; she was a women; he had killed her; he was black;…

Book Summary Richard Wright’s Native Son is a Harlem Renaissance era novel which utilizes a unique type of protagonist that, unlike most characters from social justice novels at the time, exhibits a very violent demeanor. From the very first scene, Bigger Thomas, a 20-year old African American man living in 1930s Chicago, is shown to be aggressive towards his family and friends. He and his gang make their living by robbing the people in their neighborhood, taking advantage of the fact that the…

were seen as failures because they were unable to “engage with the racism” (Thomlinson 454). White feminist would try to use a work made by a woman of color to represent all women of color. Richard Wright highlighted this issue in his novel Native Son. Wright pointed out that whites like to look at one person to represent a culture (255). One person alone cannot represent the entirety of a culture. The view of a culture must come from the culture as a whole. Therefore, white feminist must use…

I read 100% of the assignments for week four. The intention behind the book of Roman’s reveals Paul’s theme of being delivered from sin via God’s righteousness for those who believe in Jesus (Gundry, 2012, p. 435). Paul exuded excitement not only in his future travels to Rome, but also in being able to share what he thought was good news regarding salvation, which is illustrated in this verse, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God salvation for everyone who…

Macbeth becomes evil when the other people in his life coax him into doing the wrong actions. Macbeth has multiple encounters with different people in his life that influence his decisions. The witches tell him the prophecy, which initiates his plan and desire for power. Lady Macbeth further exploits him by making him feel like he isn’t manly enough. This creates a necessary feeling to prove his masculinity. When Macbeth decides to kill Macduff’s family, he’s gone down the rabbit hole of evil.…

Through the play of “Macbeth”, the celebrated playwright, William Shakespeare, presents numerous elements of witchcraft and supernatural, accompanied by a number of other themes as well. The present theme of Appearance versus Reality contributes to the overall intriguing air of the play, and will be the focus of this piece, including the three main points being: Trust, domestication of women, and dramatic irony. Trust, being the major disparity of the piece, is an element used to the fullest to…

Life is filled with many unexpected situations, nothing ever goes as expected which is the definition behind Thomas Hardy’s quote. The quote reads, “Nothing bears out in practice what is promises incipiently”. Thomas Hardy’s quote relates to a numerous amount of events in A Prayer For Owen Meany mostly with how John’s life starts to unravel. The way John Irving wrote the novel has a unique chronology in the way that the novel tends to skip through different parts of John’s life. A Prayer For…