The lives of enslaved men and women Introduction Slavery in the southern part of the US was rampant in the early nineteenth century. It was marked with harsh slave treatment and poor working conditions. Large sugar plantations were the primary destination for most of the slaves. Other slaves worked on small farms; domestic slaves worked in their masters’ houses and did all the house chores; other slaves worked in industries and transportation. Enslaved men and women were charged with planting and harvesting, cutting trees, slashing, and preparing bushes for planting. Repairing houses and tools used in the farms was done with the slaves. The work was divided according to gender. Men were allocated to work that was physical engaging like carpentry, blacksmith work, mechanics, and driving. Women took care of children, weaving, sewing, and household chores. The working conditions were deplorable. Most enslaved men and women worked barefoot in rice plantations that were swampy. This predisposed them to water-borne infections such as schistosomiasis. Inadequate clothing, poor nutrition, lack of treatment, poor wound care, poor hygienic conditions, and Heavy labor also…
SONNETS IN THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE. Harlem Renaissance poets used sonnets significantly to convey different messages to their African American fellows. The black people faced various problems in those times such as racism, poverty, illiteracy and most of all, slavery. They lived in fear and pain. The poets wrote sonnets some of them to comfort them but some to express their pain to the world. In this essay, we will contrast the works of Langston Hughes, Claude Mckay and Countee Cullen. Langston Hughes expresses the hope for a better life to the Black Americans in his “Dream” sonnet. His strong wordings imply the pain of the Black Man in America. He takes us to the slavery that was ongoing by that period in time. However, in some of his sonnets, he writes of the joyous moments of the Negros too. His heartfelt poems display the common encounters of black people’s culture. He shows how the African Americans were forgotten and their dreams not considered at all. He depicts how far liberty and equality were from them. He writes in a point…
Country with High Mortality rates Introduction Zimbabwe is a landlocked country found in southern Africa known for its dramatic landscape and diverse wildlife, much of it within parks, reserves and safari areas. I have decided to conduct my research and study on this country since it is surrounded by very bold political and economic realms that are very questioning. Location Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in southern Africa. Population The population of Zimbabwe has grown during the 20th century in accordance with the model of a developing country with high birth rates and falling death rates, resulting in relatively high population growth rate (around 3% or above in the 1960s ). The population of Zimbabwe is about 14.15 million. The high death rate is due to the impact of AIDS which is by far the main cause of death. This leads to a small natural increase of around 0.5%. However, outward Migration rates of around 1.5% or more have been experienced for over a decade, therefore actual population changes are uncertain. Government The government of Zimbabwe is divided…
The Theme of Filial Love in Tobias’ Wolff’s “Powder” Tobias Wolff’s short story “Powder” depicts a rough connection between a father and their child. As observed through the child’s viewpoint, the father is attempting to make a superior association with him by taking him on a skiing trip before Christmas. Wolff uses the idea of filial love to delineate the father and child’s relationship. Despite the fact that these two characters are direct inverses, the affection between the father and the child abrogates majority of their family issues. Throughout the “Powder” story, Wolff uses the theme of filial love to show how a child needs their father’s love for self-identity and the way a father’s love influences their child. The story by Wolff starts with a conflict where the boy’s mother does not want the child to be taken for the trip. Wolff presents the mother’s anxiety by saying, “He promised, hand on heart, to take good care of me and have me home for dinner on Christmas Eve, and she relented,” (Wolff, 1). This shows that the mother…
The theme of the underdog: book, Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger and the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness. The theme of the underdog is evident in the book, Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger and the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness. Underdogs are individuals associated with minimal chance or no chance at all to win under a normal environment. Underdogs are always regarded as weaklings in an environment that requires a struggle for survival. In most cases, however, underdogs have an advantage in that, attention that may pose unnecessary competition is not directed on them. Underdogs are viewed by society as being disadvantaged by an unfair life or maybe to have failed in life. The lives led by underdogs represent the under-privileged members of the community whose fate in life does not show any signs of a bright future. However, underdogs appear as winners at the latter stages of an initially crisis-dominated life. In literature, underdogs are presented as winners in fights involving legends. When the battle between underdogs and legends end up with the underdog winning, the result is received…
What is a Review of the Literature? Imagine yourself having come from a meeting in which a complex debate took place. You want to tell a group of friends about the meeting, and to do so you need to describe the conversation. You will explain the important ideas that got covered, who made various points, and why they made them. When you’re finished, your friends will have a good sense of how the conversation went, and they’ll feel able to jump into the same discussion and make their own points. This is exactly what reviews of literature do. They appear, in one form or another, in virtually every academic article, recounting what has already been said in the conversation as well as what has been left out of the conversation, so that readers can understand where the writer is going to jump in. Lit reviews describe what is considered known and unknown about a given issue. They synthesize the arguments that have already taken place, and create a space or a “niche” for the current writer to make her argument…
VIDEO:Muncy The Tang Dynasty 618-907 CE Tong is the Golden Age of Chinese Culture. They took poetry seriously as other arts. This was a time of high culture. The Tong was a cosmopolitan culture. They were a melting pot of the world. It was home to the Han Chinese, Turks, Persians, Arabs, Jewish, Muslims, Christians, etc. Chang’an capital. This cosmopolitan type was driven by the Silk Road. In 751 CE, they battled the Abassids in Sagdia. Women were also empowered here until the Communist Revolution. The first century and half was the power point. Emperor Taizong (r. 626-649 CE) – wasn’t the first but set the tone for the dynasty. Emperor Wu (r.690-705 CE) – the only woman to rule in her own right within Chinese History. Emperor Xuanzong (r.712-756 CE) – He was an excellent emperor but made dumb mistakes. In 755, his general rebelled against him. An Lushan. In 907, the last Tong Emperor was deposed by one of his generals. China then went into the Five Dynasties Period from 907-960 CE. Eno: The Junzi Administrators of…
Young Adults Library Collection Young adult literature genres might include contemporary realistic fiction, poetry, drama, and short stories, comic, magazines, and graphics as well as informational books. Science fiction, fantasy, and horror profoundly impact young adult readers due to how much they connect to this category of literature. Bucher and Hinton (190) state how this collection is age-specific and is determined by social needs, behavior, interest, and informational needs that cannot match up to other categories of readers. YA Science Fiction Genre These literary works of technology and science set a stage for conflict in a story. Existing scientific facts are extrapolated and characterized to happen in the future. Existing real-life intellect determines if a fiction will be a fantasy based on its actual existence. The setting is based on imagined scenes and non-existent dialogues. Characters are children or teens who are portrayed to be dealing with teenage issues. The popularity of YA fiction is based on the recent rise of sci-fi pop culture with the application of allegory and metaphor that determines the success of young adults. YA fiction…
Kindness and Love Love and kindness have different meanings, Love is not for sale; it is for a few who have patience and tolerance People who want to buy love and kindness fail to excise fairness, They display their arrogance secretly but pretend to care Are these people good or misunderstood These people are full of rage and anger, Their prejudice lifestyle blinds them Only to communicate gestures that do not show any signs of justice, respect or forgiveness Their deceptive ways of life create discrimination, stereotype, Their hearts are filled with deceptive motives, if it is true that they mean well, Why do small conflicts turn to war, with no hope for resolution or peace. . Not every men have the heart to express good deeds, instead, they hide their deceptive ways as they practice racism which creates fear among his subjects To uncover their revengeful ways speak kindly to them to abandon their ways of survival frustration and evilness are their ways Kindness is mightier than swords, it changes the ways of our thinking brings back the wicked…
Symbolism and Metaphor The poem, “After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes” by Emily Dickson’s is a piece that is acclaimed as the greatest in portraying life and death(Dickinson& Franklin, 1862). The poem underlinesthe theme of misery andpain as a part of human existence that is inevitable but also compares the impacts of pain on the slow numbing process of freezing to death. This essay focuses on discussing the key symbols and metaphors in the poem, “After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes,” the meaning these symbols and metaphors convey to the readers and how they enrich the poem by deepening the understanding of the theme of pain and misery. Symbolism, Metaphor and the Theme of Pain and Misery In the first stanza, there is the funeral motif that is emphasized through the symbols of the ceremony and the tomb. The second stanza has the stone, wood, and quartz that are symbols of benumbed consciousness, which gives place to the image of frozenness and desolation in the third stanza(Dickinson& Franklin, 1862). All these images symbolize a sense of shock, pain,…