The White Man's Burden

another. His mission was to inform the public that there was more depth and richness to the Igbo culture than what The Heart of Darkness depicted them as. The Missionaries had taken on a similar mindset as Rudyard Kipling had. In Kipling’s The White Man’s Burden he…

The chapter starts with Maya describing how she and Bailey were learning the times tables with the speed of Chinese children on their abacuses in San Francisco and how Uncle Willie, a cripple after an accident in his early childhood, is their disciplinarian that forces them to perfect their homework for fear of the stove. They would learn information by heart, like time tables, without understanding the significance because they had no alternative. Later on, we see how Willie was the “butt of…

ambiguity that allows for both the interpretation that this woman isn’t speaking or that Mustafa doesn’t have a voice. The “Christian sympathy” in her “eyes” is the same sympathy that masks hate. Sympathy here can easily be equated with the white man’s burden and an idea that the western world is more civilized and should take pity on and help less developed areas. Mustafa refers to having “been transformed,” which explains that someone else through perception had changed him and he lacked…

In order to have any discussion about the notion of ‘happiness’, it is first necessary to develop at least some definition of what is being discussed. Whilst there have been many attempts to define happiness — like the maximisation of pleasure and minimisation of pain or as a complete satisfaction of our desires, for example — what is most fundamental and irrefutable is that happiness is a product of the mind, an experience just like love or anger or devotion or any other. Perhaps it is even…

Globalization is not a new phenomenon that we are experiencing. It has taken place for thousands of years. People have always wanted to explore the world around them. Odysseus himself tells us that it is boring to stay in one place. (Tennyson) Hundreds of years ago people had to travel by boat or horse to get from place to place. Then they were introduced to trains, cars, and airplanes. Now humans can communicate with each other from anywhere in the world via technology. Our world is continuing…

As a woman, I feel I should be able to go out, have a good time, and dress how I please. Realistically, as a woman, I need to be aware of my surroundings, the company I keep, and how I am presented to other people, and even then I could be taken advantage of. In recent years, statistics show a 25% increase in reported rape and sexual assault. It has been one of the fastest growing crimes in America and has ruined the lives of countless victims. According to RAINN nearly 63% of women have…

Iconic Ms. Dorothy Day: Preface” There are fewer people that could recognize a problem or issue that plagues our society; contained by reason, internalize the situation without benefiting personally, answering and muster up the fortitude to attempt a solution. This notion was embodied by Ms. Dorothy Day. All around us are passionate, loving and concerned human beings, but almost never to a fault. Some people’s sacrifices are pretentious and selfish due to the fact that the person(s) sacrifice…

she decides to see people for who they are, not the colour of their skin. Scout is willing to stand up for what she believes is right and to make sure everyone is treated equally. Her voice juxtaposes the cruel, bigoted opinions of the rest of the white society of Maycomb and, in the same way, the Grannies on the train. Whether it be disability or race, we have pushed those whom we have condemned to the fringes of our society and this behaviour has continued to prevail into our lives today. Who…

The Unspoken Power Struggle Earnest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” if read as written is a simple conversation about a couple drinking and taking in the scenery around a train station, but when broken down is actually a conversation about abortion. Many critics have analyzed the story from a descriptive and conversational stand point. From a descriptive stance they look at how Hemingway described the setting around the train station, and what the couple has with them. Whereas looking…

THE MYTH OF THE DARK CONTINENT: The Representation of Africa in Black Ivory Honors Thesis By Abubakar Abubakar Mairamri Supervised by Ass. Prof. Dr. Mansoor ABBASI THE DEPARTMENT OF ENLIGH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE MELIKSAH UNIVERSITY KAYSERI June 2015 The Myth of the Dark Continent: The Representation of Africa in Black Ivory Honors Thesis By Abubakar Abubakar Mairamri Supervised by Ass. Prof. Dr. Mansoor ABBASI THE DEPARTMENT OF ENLIGH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE MELIKSAH UNIVERSITY KAYSERI June…