be read today. One such poem is “The White Man’s Burden‚” which was a response to the Americans conquering the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.4 One possible reason as to why Kipling wrote “The White Man’s Burden” could be that Kipling was expressing the imperialistic views he developed in Britain with respect to America’s actions. Essentially‚ Kipling’s poem may have been written because of Kipling’s paternalistic view of races other than the white race‚ a view he probably acquired in
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Analyzing Bertrand Russell I believe what Russell was stating was that we not only need to nourish our bodies‚ we also need to tend to our minds as well. We must be careful not to sink into monotony‚ because when we do we tend to fall back to the base instincts of operating on routine rather than using our minds. When this happens we risk starving ourselves intellectually. The whole basis of philosophy is that there is no right answer‚ philosophers debate and never come to any real conclusion
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“The Man in the Well” by Ira Sher was a story about a couple of young kids who find this man in a well near where they live and decide to start talking to him. I think that one of the main themes in this story is identity. I believe that human beings are one of the most complicated species on this Earth. Human beings are so complex on how they think and act. When the children find the man in the well they very quickly seem to make a game out of it. They immediately decide not to save him
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Simms-Burton English 2140 21 March 2010 Mari Evans’ “I Am a Black Woman” “Mari Evans is one of the most energetic and respected poets of the Black Arts movement” (1850). The themes of her poems are very direct‚ but the simple lyrics make the poem eloquent (1850). “Lost love‚ a lost Africa‚ failed relationships between black woman and black men” are usually the tails of her poems (1850). Yet she also portrays that “losses summon from us the
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set-up (all of this is proven later): The narrator has committed murder. He might have done this out of malice‚ or self-defense‚ or anything in between; we don’t know. The fact is that he killed someone‚ was caught and sentenced‚ and is now on Death Row. The man is not an important person‚ so to speak. He is not famous‚ nor rich‚ nor anything of the kind. He has no high-priced lawyers and no "connections" to help him in his plight. The narrator implies that‚ if he had higher social status‚ if he had money
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greatest punishment upon her father; but the idea came like a dark shape that faded away and vanished into nothingness as soon as it came within the nimbus that surrounded the child’s person. The child was moving on to pluck still another flower‚ when there came a sound of hoof-beats‚ and Ben was aware that a horseman‚ visible through the shrubbery‚ was coming along the curved path that led from the gate to the house. It must be the man he was waiting for‚ and now was the time to wreak his vengeance
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“Dark Girls” The 2012 documentary Dark girls‚ is a fascinating and controversial film by American filmmakers‚ Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry. It goes underneath the surface to explore the prejudice‚ dark-skinned women face throughout the world. It explores the roots of classism‚ racism and the lack of self-esteem within a segment of cultures. Dark girls shows the many struggles which women of darker skin face. It allows women of all ages to tell their stories of the damage done to their self-esteem
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In the article “White Man forgotten War”‚ talk about the Philippine American War from the February 1899 to July 1902. During that war‚ there was a lot of lives was being effected. The Philippine American War being out the least conflict in the American history and it was well known as the deadly massacre of the Filipinos people by American soldiers. The conflict start off when the Philippine revolutionaries was getting their independence from Spain. The Philippines thought they would gain help from
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Analysis of “I am a Black Women” During the Black Art Movement from 1960 through 1975 several black American poets produced some engaging poems. Mari Evans‚ one of the most energetic and respected poets of the Black Arts movement‚ on her poem” I am a Black Woman” emphases the cruel reality black woman are facing on the daily basis in our society. She used her own experience as an example to give hope and perseverance to all black women who needed. The simplicity of her writing makes her poem easy
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Into the Dark A tunnel of light paraded across the ceiling of the dark room then widened as the painted wooden door creaked open. A pitch-colored shadow briskly swept across the invading gleam then without a moments hesitation disappeared into the swallowing blackness of the small room. A small girl asleep in her princess pink canopy bed was awoken by the loud sound of heavy breathing. The dog like pant sent a furious chill down her spine‚ slowly streaking throughout her bones like
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