The Untouchable

hierarchy. The caste system called for Brahmins or priests being the head, the Kshatriya class of warriors and rulers coming second, followed by the Vaisya common class, succeeded by the Sudais class of natives and/or servants, with finally the untouchables being at the bottom of the hierarchy. The caste system was an extension of Karma, the belief that one 's actions in a past life resulted for their placement in their future lives. As a result, people seeking to move up a class in the next…

4. Representations of Gandhi For nearly six decades, Gandhi has been a recurring figure in diverse mediums all over the world. Whether it’s a new biography or a modern take on Gandhi’s philosophies, the Gandhian tradition has been kept alive in not just literature, but in almost all art forms. However, it creates an interesting but a paradoxical situation; during his lifetime Gandhi was likened to other eminent figures like Lenin, Tolstoy and even Jesus Christ. Soon after his death a discourse…

Incognito When you are camouflage behind a wall of inconspicuity, you do not have any concern about who or what you are tormenting. Masked by anonymity, the anonymous feel empowered and untouchable by those who they harass. For instance, Miss Strangeworth a sadistic, unsympathetic, and unyielding antagonizer who uses undisclosed letters to provoke the ‘evil’. A person such as herself may be categorized into the toxic disinhibition faction. Miss Strangeworth surmises that nobody will ever…

The 18th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which banned alcoholic beverages. This happened in a period of time in American history known as Prohibition. The result of a worldwide temperance movement during the first ten years of the 20th century. Prohibition was difficult to make happen but people pushed for it until it was passed. Bootlegging is known as the illegal production or selling of alcohol. Speakeasies are illegal hangouts where mostly men go to drink. The increase in…

A Brief Comparison of American Classics: Dexter & Hop-Frog How far is to far when it comes to getting revenge? The modern TV show Dexter by John Goldwyn and the historic “Hop-frog” by Edgar Allan Poe are two stories separated in time by nearly 160 years, yet they share many similarities worth mentioning. In Dexter a psychopath uses being a police investigator as a front to exact his revenge on criminals, while in Hop-Frog a crippled dwarf who also happens to be a court jester exacts his revenge…

were patriarchal and tightly knit. Indian civilizations used the Caste system where there are specific social classes. The highest groups were the warriors, governing class, and priests, then traders and farmers, than common laborers, and then untouchables. Aryan’s religion…

believe in any sort of intelligence that is not their own, so when one is asked, “would you rather be an animal or a human?”the answer is always of course, human. Despite my current appearance, I am a mere shell of what I once was. They call me an “untouchable”, a human but…

associate with one another. The different castes in order from most important to least important are Brahmin (priest), Kshatriyas (rulers and warriors), Vaishyas (landowners, merchants, and artisans), Shudras (slaves), and Pariahs (outcasts or untouchable). They believed in one god named Brahman, but he is also in many forms that the Hindus worship. The main ones are Brahma (creator), Vishnu (savior), and Shiva (destroyer).…

Greetings! Since I can remember I was always enrolled in catholic schools; Catholicism is one of the strongest religious believes in the Hispanic community. Having this formation, I acquired the ethics to forge strong foundations in my life. The religion is one of the most controversial discussions I have found in the psychology world, and personally, I keep my distance from it; knowing that as a society, the theological believes vary in a big percentage, I assume a respectful position and I…

Caste and Autobiography: The protagonists of the mainstream autobiographies not only enjoy but also boost their caste privileges. They become pathetic for their caste identities when they have lost the economic security, parallel to their caste hierarchy. Many times the modernity has been cursed for such destruction. They argue to maintain the economic security which ultimately gains them caste hierarchy. Their crisis is that they cannot uphold their economic status as per the caste hierarchy.…