The Oppressed

friend. No animal shall wear clothes. No animal shall sleep in a bed. No animal shall drink alcohol. No animal shall kill any other animal. All animals are equal.” These commandments are used to bring unity to the animals who feel they are being oppressed. They soon become just noise that over powers any type of discussion between the animals. In order to get the animals riled up against the humans and to give them hopes and dreams of a better future they all sing The Beasts of England song. A…

society no one wants to willingly talk about these different groups of people or cultures that are being held down or left behind. If you look at older stories such as Prometheus, Frankenstein, and even The Tempest, you can find a common ground of an oppressed people (or person) that can be…

“Harlem” and “Still I Rise”, use of simile and metaphor demonstrate different reactions and receptions of oppression. “Harlem” and “Still I Rise” uses simile’s to demonstrate the reaction of being oppressed. The similes in “Harlem” express the buildup of pent up frustrations of having a dream oppressed from coming true. The first simile, “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun” (lines 2-3)? makes the analogy of a dream to a grape, one so rich and juicy with life, that…

atheist, and I believe in nothingness. Now I cannot decipher whether or not this is a privilege or if I’m oppressed by it. I would see it as a privilege to be free of worry regarding unknown existential thought. Yet, I don’t exactly benefit from it unless I’m comparing myself to the religious equivalent of Pavlov’s Dogs known as the Scientologists. I also do not see a way in which I am oppressed by being part of this religion. Occasionally I will be called out as having lost my faith.…

The fight for gender and social equality has been going on for a long time. However, these two issues are still current big issues today. The goals of feminist therapy provide a positive insight for those who feel oppressed to come to experience equality. I would make the goals of feminist theory an objective in counseling. After achieving the goals, clients will the have the opportunity to feel as if they belong in the community. The first goal of the feminist theory is helping client's see…

the rich prevent the poor from ever organizing against them or resisting the will of the rich. The poor won 't stop doing their dirty work for the rich. This is a good example of our society and how the poor are living oppressed by the rich and powerful. The way Cinderella was oppressed by the sisters. Thus, they made the poor struggle to accomplish the most basic human standard of living such as having food and a roof over their heads. Moreover, our society nowadays the dishonest and immoral…

gender equality “is produced and maintained by identifiable social process and built into the general social structure and individual identities” (67). In Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins, she explained how Black women were considered oppressed because of their gender as well as the way they were raised and taught to do things. I agree with both of these author’s main points because this is how race and class is looked at in society. In both of these excerpts it seems that both…

address the privilege that the reading, White Privilege and Male Privilege, suggests, “Gives license to some people to be at best, thoughtless, and at worst murderous.” The Critical Consciousness Theory allows the oppressed to discover themselves and participate in the educating of the oppressed and oppressor, while addressing the homogony/ licenses of the master status. The discovery of these experiences, and the reflection of them allows the privileged to discover the regimes of truth…

reinforcing and imitating the sex normative society which sees sex as a positive thing that everyone must participate in instead of a personal choice. Consequently, individuals who are abstinent and celibate are still excluded, stigmatized, and oppressed. Advocating for sexual liberation does not provide a solution to women sexual oppression, it merely reinforces the dominance of sex normativity. We must construct a new notion of sex that allows everyone to choose…

become slaves for the white people; just because of the color of their skin. While I believe that you can also be oppressed and have some advantages for different parts of yourself, your personality, I believe that king was oppressed for being black but was probably idolized for being such a prominent speaker and a respected clergyman in his community. Beauvoir would have also been oppressed for being a woman, but might be given some advantages for the same reason, such as she wasn’t drafted for…