The Prisoner

“The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses” by Bessie Head expresses optimism about the future of South Africa because it shows convicts and law enforcers working together. At the beginning of the short story, Brille and his fellow convicts are resentful towards their warder. As the story progresses, Brille and his fellow inmates realize that Hannetjie is not a terrible person. When Hannetjie first meets Brille he tells him “‘I’m your Baas’” (Head 127). Hannetjie expresses a sense of hierarchy against the…

Prisoners’ rights generally reflect from the United States Constitution. According to Schmalleger and Smykia (2015), prisoners have the right to free speech, due process, personal rights, and protection to cruel and unusual punishment (p. 356). Prisoners have the right to free speech like anyone else, given that they must remain peaceful. Prisoners also have the right to a quick and speedy trial, they cannot have any unnecessary delay from trial. The prisoners also have personal rights to things…

was a prisoner of war and here is a little imformation about his story. When the Germans came to Poland Isak left his family and fled to Russia. While he was there he worked as a carpenter. When Hitler finally invaded Russia, Isak enlisted in the Russian army to escape the immediate threat of being departed. Before his army could fight they were captured by the Germans. He was stationed in Kremenchung, Ukraine when the Nazi’s captured him and his entire troop. They were sent to a Prisoner of…

Prisoner Of Tehran by Marina Nemat is a great book that teaches strength, love, anger, courage and to never let your voice not be heard. It's a great book that challenges the reader to think deeper into Marinas words and really understand her struggle her pain her love and her courage, this book will send you on a rollercoaster of emotions. This book and the discussions we had on them were helpful, I got to see what my group members thought about the book and what they interpreted from Marinas…

In the words of Gail Devers, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can’t allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” In the nonfictional, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini, being the clever man he is, demonstrates Dever’s words though the 36’ Olympics, a treacherous trek in the Pacific, and in…

The Living Unknown Solider, expressed the hope and despair citizens of France felt after a man had been found with no name and no recollection of who he was during the First World War. Citizens of France felt despair because many families were given the notice that their loved one had gone missing. This left a deep hole in the mourning process and the man with no name brought new hope to families who received this information. This man was given the name Anthelme Mangin and he was placed in an…

until tragic struck the people of America until Roosevelt chose to join in. On December 7, 1941 -the attack on Pearl Harbor forced America to partake in the war. After this attack, over 100,000 lives would be changed within just a few months. In Prisoners Without Trial by Roger Daniels, writes about the lives of these families and how they were forced to leave everything they owned in order to be placed in internment camps. From 1940-46,…

Health Act in 1983, those who are suffering from a mental illness can be taken to hospital for treatment against their wishes resulting in a high population in hospitals and mental facility. Brooke et al (1996) stated that a high population of 680 prisoners is being transferred to hospitals for psychiatric treatment but more than 50 percent of them are suffering from serious mental illness. Tracing back to inmate’s history…

(University of Edinburgh). He also was the founding editor of the Journal of Religion in Africa. Walls was one of the first people to document a southward gravitational shift of the Christian Church. He first wrote about it in his essay “The Gospel as Prisoner and Liberator of Culture” which was published in 1982 The aim of this paper is to assess and critique Walls’ analysis in his understanding of the relationship between Christianity and culture as revealed the essay above. It will do this by…

American philosopher David Cottrell once said, “Doing the right thing isn't always easy, in fact, sometimes it's real hard, but just remember that doing the right thing is always right.” For approximately twenty-eight months, Louis Zamperini, a prisoner of war, was victimized in as many barbaric ways as possible. Deranged Japanese guards, especially “the Bird”, made certain that Zamperini suffered from not just malnutrition, exposure, and grim conditions but also excessive physical and…