As things are for now, I see this mémoire as a sort of case study of the perceptions of national and colonial identities by Britons within the Empire through the examples of the Indian Mutiny and the Morant Bay Rebellion. I believe that studying the tensions generated by revolts is a good means of getting to the bottom of one's…
as not to be forgotten in the past. The people in the book “Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through…
This book tells about a young West African woman prosecuted his second master to enslave her in 1876. Abina Mansah was a West African woman living in the British Gold Coast Colony. She cannot tolerate her master enslave her because it is in contravention of the "Gold Coast Slave-dealing Abolition Ordinance, 1874". So she escaping to the town of Cape Coast, she accuses Quamina Eddoo who was her master of purchasing and holding her as a slave. At this time, she met William Melton who was British magistrate. The William Melton decided to take the case to trial. Also she met a rich man and the man sympathize her in that time. Although ultimately unsuccessful in her lawsuit, she was a very intrepid character as an African woman. She forced a group of important men to hear her for her story, and they will learn her perspective to be enslaved. Historians recover her story as many photos and they put into the novel. So the reader can fell more emotion and expression more at the photos when the reader read the book. The author Trevor R. Getz and illustrator Liz Clarke are combining educational storytelling and meticulous historical research in the novel. So as the author created, it’s called graphic novel which is a graphic history. As I think of her story, although she is not win the case of the enslavement. She expresses her emotion and her experience for all the reader not only for me. She was a brave and mighty African woman, because in the year of 1874, the British law didn’t allow slave trade. The character presented her powerful psychological dynamics. So the Getz and Clarke include many of the graphic story and the prime documents for creative the rendition of facts. The author was using different parts to express the story. As the first part, they explained her experience and emotion. Also they told her background and the storyboard at the beginning…
As many events in history are remade into movies, films, or documentaries to depict the emotions and the stories of the people who were involved in the events, or witnessed them.Because movies can’t always depict real life events exactly as they happened, movies are changed as well and can be different from the actual event. There are however similarities showing the events and emotions that the people felt. Director Patricia Riggen,…
This is a first person autobiography narration about how the author, who was of African descent, is confined to slavery. His account about his life on the ship is very traumatic and distressing as the masters flogged the slaves severely, mentally and emotionally tortured the slaves, and some were nearly suffocated as they were not even permitted to stay on the deck to breathe in fresh air. The author felt like dying would be better than living his life as a slave. Finally, he writes about how he became his own master, becoming a freeman from being a slave – which in fact was the happiest day of his life.…
Not everything possesses its initial perceived meaning. The Swallows of Kabul, written by Yasmina Khadra, tells the story of two different couples facing the horrors and hopelessness of living in Kabul post occupation by the Taliban. Though most of the book contains serious events and themes, a scene exists in chapter seven showing what appears to represent a brief moment of happiness between the members of one of these couples. Laughter, an action traditionally perceived as a societal good as opposed to its absence, does not necessarily hold such a position and lack thereof, in turn, may not always carry a negative implication. By analyzing one particular scene from The Swallows of Kabul, the reader can ascertain the meaninglessness of Mohsen’s laughter.…
Ø History records an event that has transfixed the minds of men for more than 75 years.…
The interrelationship between factual history and factual memory allows a universal understanding to be gained. Denise Levertov's Libation and A Letter to Marek about a Photograph are showing personal experiences as well as a sense of separation and about the World War 2 refugees. Similarly in Nam Le's The Boat we can see the personal experiences and the refugees. Through all of these texts we can see the purpose of showing personal experiences and the stories/memories the refugees have an impact on us as individuals. As this can represent the different lives that refugees have to other people.…
When the ignorance of an innocent child collides with the harsh reality of the miserable slave-history, will the idyllic life, flourishing hopes and dreams of the little ones, soon be gone and forgotten. But this loss of innocence is likely to be replaced by maturity, which makes a clear distinction between child and adult.…
In Hemingway's short story "Indian Camp" we witness Nick's transition from an innocent child into a curious young adult. Throughout the story we encounter many topics, like adolescence, love, maturity, innocence, fatherhood, and suicide. The subject that predominates, however, is the different reactions of men and women addressing the same goal.…
With this you can see that disobedience and rebellion has got in things done. Men and women in history believe that the only way to get what you want is through rebelling. To improve situations that need improving, you improve them.…
In order to have a more comprehensible understanding of why women were silenced during slave revolts, one must first have a clear understanding of what a revolt is. For the purpose of Hall’s dissertation, a slave revolt is defined as any confrontational, violent, and/or coordinated act of resistance that kills or attempts to kill slave owners or their agents. To better illustrate the silence of women in slave revolts, Hall provides “Celia’s Conspiracy” as an example of a slave revolt initiated by a woman slave, Celia, who is completely erased from the account of the revolt. This example is one of many that Hall uses to illustrate the silencing of women throughout history in slave revolts.…
The Holocaust was a terrible event in the history of the world. Millions of stories of sadness come from World War II. One story that came out of this war, however, brings a message of goodness – the story that came from the pages of a diary belonging to a young Jewish girl, Anne Frank. The Diary of Anne Frank has been read by millions of people around the world since the end of World War II. Most Americans read the play that was made from Anne’s diary while they are in school. Aside from her diary and the play that was written, one might wonder who was Anne Frank? This research paper will explore the life of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who managed to find hope and goodness in the midst of one of the most sad moments in history.…
suffering of the war more vivid to the reader, who is invited to share the eyewitness…
I have written this piece in order to demonstrate that inner conflict is often underestimated and the wars that are within some individuals can be much worse than physical or external conflict between people. We interact with people on a daily basis that may seem in good shape on the outside but are dealing with an immense hostility within them. This concept is portrayed in The Quiet American where Fowler is deliberating privately whether or not to give the go ahead for Pyle essentially to be assassinated. The conflict between Fowler and Pyle seems contained but the contemplation inside Fowlers head is far more serious. The book “My sisters keeper” by Jodie Picoult was another motive for this piece as it highlights the discord between a family who’s second daughter refuses to continue donating parts of her body in order to save the eldest daughter whom is dying of cancer. The emotional and psychological conflict experienced by everyone in the book highlights that behind a strong demeanor there are often immense interpersonal battles being fought. Hoping to bring to readers attention that everyone is dealing with some sort of dissension that we probably don’t know about and thus should always consider how our actions could cause others to feel and react; realizing that one hurtful deed could be the tip of the iceberg for some; leading to things far greater than we could’ve imagined.…