Stranger in a Strange Land

that are distinct from those of the much larger and uprising societies in which they live. Their culture is very distinctive with their traditions. The indigenous people and their environments are constantly under pressure of being kicked off their land by industries such as mining, oil exploration, and logging. The commitment from…

class because many technological advances were made in the agricultural society that were considered revolutionary. For instance, cities situated along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers built irrigation systems, an artificial application of water to the land. This stimulated farm-production tremendously and made possible to support thousands and thousands of people (42). This invention shows that at this point in time, humans were in an advanced state in society. Following this development, people…

between the people continued, a civil war could break out and possibly destroy Rome. To resolve this problem, Numa divided the city into trade guilds including, goldsmiths, shoemakers, carpenters, blacksmiths, and others . He gave each guild a plot of land, their governance, and religious ways. Once Numa did this, no one was thought or spoken of a Roman or Sabine, but were now identified by his guild. All feelings of resentment towards the other disappeared, and the city was a made…

McCarthy’s “A Stranger in Strange lands” discusses factors that determine success between classrooms. To determine the factors that lead to discrepancies in success between classrooms, McCarthy studies a college student named Dave who is enrolled in many different courses. Dave…

played a fortune telling game, people noticed they started acting strange, and one of the girls claimed that she was working for the devil. Many people and scholars debate on what the real cause was of the hysteria associated with the Salem Witch Trials. Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum disscuss in their book, Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft, that two factions of the town, jealousy,…

today. In today’s society we are often blinded by the light that is our high-standard of living in first world countries, while not seeing the dire negative outcomes of colonization. Whether lives were lost for the benefit of today’s America’s or a land was completely left astray seeing common day Africa, an alternative perspective must always be used when viewing the aspects of historical exploration. Seeing the positive and negative outcomes that came about a dominant European exploration,…

children were playing, one child would climb a tree to be a watchman, as assailants would come in attempts to kidnap children of the village. One day at the age of eleven, Equiano had climbed a tree to be watchman. From atop the tree, he witnessed strangers entering his village. Although, on this particular day, the assailants were stopped, both Equiano and his sister were eventually captured. Terrified, both Equiano and his sister were unable to escape their kidnappers. After a few terrifying…

Nearly every day, most Americans spend a dollar bill from their pocket without giving much thought to what it stands for and who it represents. The dollar bill, while a symbol of our economy, is also stamped with the powerful words “E pluribus unum”, Latin for “Out of many, one. Some people believe this represents the states merging together to form a nation and others believe that it is a representation of a melting pot society, a group of people coming together to become one. This wishful…

this states the immigrant presence was strong. The first group of immigrants to move here was Dutch they came here looking for beavers, but they settled because they saw potential in this land. Before Dutch move to here this was the home of Native American, the name they give to the land was Mannahatta (mean the land of many hills) but the Dutch named New Amsterdam. Nowadays New York is a big city full of immigrants, this people are from every corner of the world. People still seen potential in…

enjoyed a wonderful feast while his host was attending the funeral. After satisfying his enormous appetite, Hercules grew boisterous and his servants attempted to calm him down to respect the funeral. Hercules, not understanding why the funeral of a stranger was so important remained rambunctious, forcing the dinner servants to reveal the truth about who the funeral was truly for. After learning the truth, the great hero was mortified by his behavior as a guest of someone who was beyond…