The Innocents Abroad

with Robert Walton’s letter to his sister, revealing his plan to obtain glory by reaching the North Pole. During his journey, he comes across a man named Victor Frankenstein, who tells Walton the story about his creation. Although the monster is innocent at first, Victor explains to Walton that he must end the monster’s corrupted life to obtain vengeance for his friends’ deaths. Pursuits for power present in these three characters result in one of the major themes of this novel: power corrupts…

took a complete strong hold of the power in the world. It started very early on with progressions by early Presidents, and big business owners holding ideals of controlling our abroad assets, and pitching their concepts of what patriotism should encompass. As citizens we get caught up in the hoorah mindset of kicking ass, and taking names. I look at most of our recent conflicts left somewhat unresolved, and often left people asking…

abolition of slave trade, in the 1850s, had serious consequences for farmers, who had relied on slave labor.” (Baten, Pelger and Twrdek 2009). The term ‘Blackbirding’ by definition means “the act or practice of kidnapping persons, and selling them abroad as slaves.” ("The Definition Of Blackbirding" 2017). The Peruvians started to raid Rapa Nui in 1862 in order for them to gain more of a work force for their more recent export, which was guano. Stealing the people from the pacific islands was an…

Fierce patriotism combined with the idealism of masculinity involved with defending one’s country were initial major causes of enlistment in WWII, but as the war progressed, soldiers turned their focus and reasons for fighting to their comrades, as well as the resentment towards the enemy. Nationalism peaks during the time of crisis, specifically if there is a common enemy to rally against as a nation. This was the case during WWII, where the people were unified more than they had ever been…

Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein tells a story of an obsessive man who allows his pursuit of science to take over his ability to think about the consequences of his actions. By playing god to satisfy his intellectual curiosity, Victor Frankenstein gives life to a monster that he cannot properly deal with and that leads to his ultimate demise. By illustrating this tragic affair, Mary Shelley shows that just as an unfettered flame can both illuminate a room and burn it down; science can be a positive…

Wallerstein’s The Modern World-System, “The expulsion of the Moriscos deepened the economic difficulties still more and sent Spain looking for even more ephemeral scapegoats of it's decline. Meanwhile, the government found itself ever more indebted abroad, ever more prone to meet budgetary crisis by debt reputation, and finally unable to raise more…

Chapter : 5 Assassination of Indira Gandhi and Riots against Sikhs Indira Gandhi ordered Indian Army to storm Golden Temple to flush out Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwale and his followers from the temple. Although Operation Blue Star was successful in getting rid of Bhinderanwale but it initiated resentment among the Sikhs against Indira Gandhi. The Times of India published excerpts of an Interview which Mrs. Gandhi gave to BBC reporter on 20th June 1984 with a headline ‘Action against terrorists,…

He uses the idea and purpose of reflection in his organization of the speech first he talks about the battle of moral ideas the people are facing then he moves onto his larger idea and the fight against the Soviet Union. That is what leads Reagan to use the narrative of the young fa-ther, and a quote from C.S. Lewis to help illustrate what the root of evil is and where it comes from. This is also to establish the fear of what life would be without faith; the lack of faith and not knowing God is…

age how girls are “suppose” to act like. Never to open your legs when you sit down, only boy can. No wearing makeup. No crop tops, booty shorts, and piercings other than the ears. In Asia, a great number of teenage girls, and women strive for the innocent and cute look, therefore, everyone dreams to be super skinny (90-100 lbs), have pale skin, an oval shaped face, high nose bridge, red plumped lips, and double eyelids (Hua). Southeastern Asian relatives, not only parents ruthlessly insult you…

gap between the western world and the characters’ native country. Here, Kiran talks about the illegal immigrants like Father Booty, Noni, and Lola who are all are living in India on the other hand Biju living in America. Basically, Biju is a very innocent boy, and also he is fearless and brave boy. He easily mingles with the people in his native land and he respects the elders. “In our village, most of the dogs bite, and some of them have teeth the size of sticks, but when Biju went by no animal…