The Wretched of the Earth

Paul Baumer is a nihilist because he does not think anything matters and questions his existence from his war endeavors. In heart, paul is a sensitive, caring, and compassionate young man but is bastardized by the horrors he endures during warfare. The battle indoctrinates him to uncouple himself from his feelings and focus on abiding the war. From this, he has a profile picture as a black X and his background image is trench gun because he spent most of his time during the battle fighting in a…

on institutional supremacy, people have a hard time seeking for help when they encounter difficulty in their life. For states have already blocked the tunnel , or have framed their problems to something less important. Fanon in his book the wretched of the earth describes a series of unfair circumstances for people living under the structured supremacy in the colony. He states that when the native is tortured, and his wife is killed or raped, nobody could he complain to, though there are…

Examining the roles of women: India and China Imagine a woman holding her deceased child in arm, a woman selling her body to make ends meet, or a woman who has little say so in anything she does. The women to whom this description applies come from India and China. In both societies women are seen as weak and of low importance. The woman of subject go through events which reveal their worth and meaning. The Women of China and India have roles in regard to parenting, marriage, and work that…

companion, Samwise Gamgee, are stuck wondering the barren slopes and stone cliffs of the land called Emyn Muil for five days in dismay, unable to find a path that safely directs them southbound towards Mordor. It is not until the companions capture the wretched creature Sméagol,…

of the Capulets, he stands in front of the tomb and demands, “Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open,/ And in despite I’ll cram thee with more food” (5.3.47-48). Romeo is speaking to the tomb, and claims that because it ate the dearest creature on earth -- Juliet -- it must eat Romeo too. Using the phrase ‘cram thee with more food,’ Romeo orders that after the tomb took in Juliet, it must take in Romeo as well, meaning that he must join Juliet in death. Romeo indicates that he indeed wants to be…

Living in a world where the lives between normal and abnormal are quickly being cut off with a society falling in a false way of life, people still see things as part of the group or not. The acceptance of society is the main theme. A lot of people hesitate and pull away from what they are afraid of or do not understand. The characters of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” in their own way must deal with the fact of being an outcast, and unfortunately an…

who had survived the Plague, from the town of Florence by the name of Boccaccio. I was under the impression that much of Italy had died off after the initial outbreak, but it would seem that a few buboes of life still clung to the surface of Mother Earth. I also heard that he wrote of its horror and how it caused social collapse, sure signs of the Plague on various individuals, and how many people chose to cope with the ferocity of its wrath. I got ahold of his writings, and one line stood out…

"All men hate the wretched; how then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you my created detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bond by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us." The monster explained to Frankenstein that he has no friends and was lonely and his quest in life was companionship and understanding. He said, "It is my loneliness that made me savage." Frankenstein heard his voice and it scared him; he saw his reflection and…

In the Anti-Transcendentalism era you lived in a Puritan society, you had to live life based on the religion which was Christianity. The Anti-Transcendentalism period was in the 19th century and anti-transcendentalism was a literary movement that focused on the dark side of humanity and the evilness and guilt of sin. Themes of that period were suspense, sin, dark settings, and symbolism. Those themes were portrayed in The Scarlet Letter, ‘The Minister’s Black Veil, and “Young Goodman Brown”. The…

To illustrate, the elephant “... caught him [the coolie] with its trunk, put its foot on his back and ground him into the earth… He was lying on his belly with arms crucified and head sharply twisted to one side” (2). Crucifixion entails prolonged tortured death for the purpose of maintaining control of the people by instilling fear; therefore, because the elephant crucifies…