The Untouchable

It is the latter who keep alive the bhasha theory of democracy, which sees democracy not as an import but a form of life native to the people. The Bhasha theory, if I may call it that, does not look for voice and partaking. Voice which has no theory of speech is like a viewer who can never be a witness. He cannot tell a story. Democracy is a commons of memory; the vote is simply a marker of their memory. Memory needs retelling, reinvention, but the memory of the modern democracy reads more like…

Okonkwo, the protagonist, was a very successful man. The Coat of Arms I made symbolizes his life in summary; the colors, symbols, and objects all stand for his goals, personality, and lifestyle. To begin, the red in the background symbolizes Okonkwo’s desire to serve the clan of Umuofia. When the majority of his clan converted to the new religion, he decided it was time to stand up for his clan. Okonkwo didn’t give in to the new religion that Mr. Brown brought and he believed that the new…

Is the solution to struggle gaining power over you weaknesses? Powerful words and actions can cause others to be entangled in them, however power over others can remedy being trapped. Power can lead to destruction. Macbeth is feeling pressure from the witches to complete their prophecies as well as his own desires. Macbeth is also feeling pressure from Lady Macbeth because she wants power. In order to escape other’s pressures, Macbeth seeks to have power over them. Macbeth’s people perpetuated…

Cats are crazy, silly creatures that tend to engage in odd behaviors such as going from being extremely grumpy one second to being unbearingly affectionate the next. They also like to eerily watch us while we pee in the bathroom and knock over things while looking straight into our eyes without a hint of guilt. Cats do the most random things that either make cat haters roll their eyes in frustration or make cat-lovers love them even more. However, there is one cat mystery that baffles even the…

James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on the 1st of February, 1902 in Missouri. His parents got a divorce when he was young, and he was raised by his grandmother till the age of thirteen. He worked odd jobs such as assistant cook, launderer, and busboy. In 1930, he won the Harmon gold medal for literature. He wrote several novels, short stories, plays and poems, and he was well known for his interest in Jazz and how it influenced his writing. His life and works helped start the Harlem…

In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Caesar’s arrogance and inability to heed the bad omens leads to his death which ultimately could’ve been avoided. Throughout the play, Shakespeare foreshadows tragic events, however Caesar focuses more on his public image, than his ruling of Rome, which is a tragic flaw, allowing him to be vulnerable to unsuspected attacks; his slaying. As the plot unfolds, it is clear that the omens warn events, however they are only to be shrugged away. Most of the omens,…

“Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” Mary Anne is just a sweet and beautiful teen girl. She comes up to Vietnam to only visit Mark Fossie. While, staying longer than what she was suppose to she changed from an innocent teen girl to an adventurous and untouchable teen girl with no feelings. In the beginning of the chapter it thoroughly explains her, “ Mary Anne Bell was an attractive girl… with terrific legs, a bubbly personality, and a happy smile...she gave off a kind of energy, coy and…

A woman, an adult human female. It is fair to say that all throughout history, women have not shared equal rights as men. Even in the 21st century women are not taken as serious as men, but are beginning to expand their power and fight for more respect. In both Hesiod’s Theogony, and Homers The Odyssey; both men chose to represents women in Greek society in a degrading way. Unlike Euripides play Medea that shows a different kind of representation of women in Greek society. In Hesiod, homer, and…

The Conflict of Great Kingship in Sophocles Play “Oedipus the King” The righteousness and transgression of two great kings, Oedipus and the biblical character David both have similarities in their sudden rise to success as kings in their young age and their degradation at the end of their reign as prominent monarchs. These powerful kings descended into sin, immorality, and lack of perception to distinguish their false self-righteousness. King Oedipus is the victim of a cruel sinful fate, which…

Throughout his life Mahatma Gandhi transformed a social movement during British Imperialism. He enforced the ideas of non-violent, passive resistance and civil disobedience by meeting with politicians, fasting and launching campaigns to protest in order to regain rightful ownership of Indian self-government. Mahatma Gandhi once said that, “ Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of a man.”…