Things She Said

because they needed to talk to me about something. I walked into that room knowing that they were going to tell me they were going to get a divorce. How did i know that? I have no idea, except the fact that my parents have been fighting about little things for a long time, and i just did not know how they could live like that for much longer. That night, my mom slept in my bed with me, we did not sleep much because I had so many questions. The next morning I woke up to find that my dad was gone.…

Too Easy Going Mindfulness allows myself to enjoy each step on the path toward my goals and my easy-going way put my colleagues at ease and they often comment how they admire how I connect with all types of people, fostering a diverse and enriching network. But, being more relaxed, less competitive, more reflective, slower to anger, I found myself, at times, too relaxed and laid-back and maybe I did not reach the uppermost of my career. But, I do have a healthy heart and awesome blood…

Ralph to find rescue, and Jack's obsession with hunting. The Littluns are shown to be attracted to Jack knowing that he can provide for them, but fear the backlash of society if they choose to shift to Jacks side. This is shown in the quote “Hands up?” said Jack strongly, “whoever wants Ralph not to be chief?” The Littluns remain quiet at this point in time, but gradually trickle off to Ralph later on. Both Jack and Ralph's ambition are affecting the littluns. Deep down the littluns want to move…

The Power of Imperialism, Race and Gender “The smallest Woman in the world” is a short story telling a tale of a French explorer looking for the smallest pygmy in the world. Upon finding what he believes is the smallest woman in the world, the story’s concept of exploration transitions from innocent curiosity to exploitation. Through Clarice Lispector’s short story, “The Smallest Woman in the World”, the reader will be able to identify the story’s allegory of superior and inferior and will see…

Both pieces speak of the bias of ethnocentrism from the west in accordance to the middle east. History is seen only by what is contemporary at the time according to the first piece by Abdullah Laroui. Within the second piece by Edward Said he is clarifying about his book over orientalism and the continuation of the same thinking that people see the middle east as a picture that does not move since it is not the same as those who are looking at it. Additionally both pieces remark about the issues…

I think Tsing’s pointing out the need for a sociopolitical model of egalitarian reciprocity, where all living things would find and establish mutually rewarding encounters that preempt no voices in the process of its foundation. She states, “Perhaps…we need to tell and tell until all our stories…are standing with us to face the challenges of the present” (34). However, there is a problem of fear of implication in the messy…

There is currently a growing body of research in postcolonial criticism and analysis of Renaissance literature. Inspired by efforts to decolonize the canon, I am interested in studying the roots of colonialism in the Renaissance and its influence on the modern world. In my second year of undergraduate study, I was introduced to postcolonial literature and theory in an introductory course with Dr. Stanka Radović. Reading polemic texts, as well as ‘subalterns’ writing back or breaking away from…

In the time period of 1840 until 1900 Japan and China were both subjected to western imperialism, but they reacted in different ways. Japan was able to adapt to imperialism much better than China was by changing their economy and government. They abolished feudalism, and in order to become more western, they created a new army and industrialized their economy. China on the other hand, was suffering from many internal conflicts, so it was not difficult for Great Britain and other western…

Orientalism. Orientalism, as defined by Edward Said in his book, Orientalism, is a western construction of the east that is both a product of western imperial ideas and a justification of western superiority both culturally and morally. While Orientalism…

The notion and study of orientalism in the West reached a different understanding from an iconic book called „Orientalism“, written by Edward Said. Nevertheless, contemporary discussions have highlighted various types of orientalism in the Western world, their perception of the „East“ , frailty of epistemological distinction made between "the Orient" and "the Occident“ and have moved way further than Said's description of the phenomenon. The author, Vera Tolz, wrote this book as a study of…