The Untouchable

Under the Articles of Confederation, after earning its freedom from the British rule, America established a limited self-government in the year 1781 to create a place that was safe and ruled without a king. America was creating the famous democracy it is known for and ensuring the power of its people for years to come. Democracy is a type of limited government where the power of the government is not omnipotent and it is keeps any one particular person or group from having all the power. This is…

There was a loud, blood-curdling scream coming from a dark gloomy ally. A man walking down a nearby street heard the cries and turned down the ally to investigate the awful sound that he had just heard. While investigating, he came to find a trail of blood leading to a small bin. The man then checks his surrounding before opening the lid of the bin. He found a woman’s dead body stuffed into it and turned to run in a panic only to find a man wearing a bloody hoodie and track pants blocking his…

Everyday Use by Alice Walker explains heritage to be a tangible object, oral stories, or significant places that are shared from generation to generation. Any form of heritage is remarkably important in a family tree. It keeps us connected to our family line, religion, and beliefs from a long background of where we come from. Traditions change with many different aspects of a family’s background and each family is unique. My family, the Grubbs and Trivitts, have various ongoing traditions like…

Chapter 4: The Cruel Hand This chapter considers how the caste system of operation, and once people released from prison. In many ways, the release from prison does not represent the beginning of freedom, but the humiliation and cruelty of a new stage of control. Official discrimination and social discrimination follow discourage offenders released to re-enter the larger society. Numerous laws and regulations discriminate against ex-offenders, prevent its significance for economic and social…

The Toronto born rapper, singer and songwriter, dominates not just rap music, but the entire music industry. With countless infectious hits and four full length studio albums, his impact in the music world is second to none. To put Drake’s almost untouchable position and widespread influence on the hip-hop world into perspective, even allegations having a ghostwriter, someone who secretly writes for another person, did not damage his career or diminish the opinions of fans. Considering the fact…

was a major impact in the society” (Bulliet, 2008). Based on your skin color it was decided what class you were in and , this new system was called Var. It was really hard to change their status if they were lower classes because they were the untouchables. The caste system is always a great impact of separation, skin color was also another impact that would some impact in the caste system. Many people disagreed with the separation of classes and ran towards the forest believing it was a…

America is no longer the Land of Opportunity that Uncle Sam so boldly embodied. Instead, it is now a siren that sings the Star Spangled Banner and lures millions into her den where they are cast under her spell “The American Dream”, only to be crushed afterward by the cruel reality; The American Dream is dead. It is now for sale to those who can afford it. Dating back to the reconstruction when America was rebuilt with the blood and sacrifice of thousands of Americans-White, Black,…

Macbeth is a Shakespearian play set in Scotland in the 11th century. The play centres around Macbeth’s ambition, and how his ambition caused him to spiral out of control. Macbeth puts his faith into the prophecies of three witches after their first prophecy came true. This leads him to believe that their second prophecy stating that he would become King of Scotland is going to come true. He then does everything possible to make sure he will become King, while under the continuous pressure of…

Despite the rise of feminism in the 1960’s ERA still didn’t have enough support. In 1972 ERA was passed in Congress and was sent to the states for its ratification. In the end ERA was three states short from being ratified. As opposition to it grew during its ratification period ERA lost momentum (Radek, 2006). Even in the 1980s after the ratification period ended more opposition increased. Opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment It seems ridiculous for the U.S not to grant equal rights to…

CASTE CONFIGERATION IN MUNSHI PREMCHAND’S GODAN (THE GIFT OF COW) PREMCHAND believes the greater truth that a writer has a social function to show and to perform; he had adopted and taken realism as a form and its shape in literature. To him realism in art was ADARSHONMOKHI YATHARTHVAD meaning Idealistic Realism that had an important realistic function-to assist to the transformating society by creating awareness about the existing…