Adam Hochschild’s King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed‚ Terror‚ and Heroics in Colonial Africa presents insight into the nature of a Central-African fiefdom owned entirely by a single European man: Leopold II‚ King of the Belgians. Recorded history of the Congo began with Portuguese arrival on the west-coast of Africa in the late 15th-century; further colonization was limited to the coastline as equatorial diseases and terrain proved too hospital for Europeans‚ leaving the Congo Basin unobtainable
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Koi Fish‚ Meditation‚ and Ghosts Koi fish has always fascinated me – there is something calming about their simple existence. I am reminded of the meditative state of mind aimed for in Zen‚ where thoughts‚ feelings‚ and sensations are allowed to come and go as they please while the source of our attention is firmly anchored within itself – in the breath‚ in the moment – immersed in the physiological sensory experience yet removed from it. Somehow the elegantly lazy movements of the koi fish bring
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Moby I sat in the car‚ my heart fluttering. After months of begging and convincing my mom finally agreed to adopt a dog. I stared out the window watching the leaves dance like butterflies through the cool winter breeze. I saw a little girl being tugged along the sidewalk by a Saint Bernard with fluffy hair like a mop‚ soaking up the rain from the night before. Soon I saw all that my dog could be‚ a tiny puppy‚ with fur as soft as a cloud in the sky‚ that would bark and jump at my feet when I entered
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A Thought on Ghosts As a teenager‚ my father told me of a story where he was young living in his old house. One day he had to acquire something that his parents had asked for. However‚ as he approached the room he felt as though he was being observed upon. In the distance‚ he saw two glowing red eyes speaking in a language my father barely understood. He then took what he needed and left the room as soon as possible. Many people have experienced encountering ghosts or any manifestations. The question
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Adolescents undergo many social issues as part of this stage of ‘growing up’. In the graphic novel Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol‚ Anya struggles with her identity and self confidence but stumbles upon a ghost that could help her face these issues. The novel greatly focuses on elements of ‘fitting in’ at school: a problem that many‚ if not all teenagers face during this development stage. Brosgol explores this topic of social acceptance through various visual techniques that expresses Anya’s desire
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James Romm wrote Ghost on the Throne with the purpose to inform the reader of Alexander the Great and the empire he established‚ with the ensuing chaos the came after when Alexander tragically died at a young age. The book was organized somewhat chronologically‚ starting from opening the tombs in which Alexander was buried and how he fell ill‚ to the closing of the tombs and a reflection of the fall of his empire. Romm tried to answer the question of how Alexander died‚ providing multiple theories
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I chose the Haitian tale called (Ghosts) because I don’t know much about the country and I was curious to learn something of their culture. Ghosts The text tells about a person called Pascal Dorien that lives in Bel Air‚ a city compared to Bagdad – Iraq. It describes the violence the people are exposed to‚ and mainly the children. Pascal Dorien’ s parents own a restaurant where fried pigeon is the specialty‚ but‚ against their wish‚ they had to supply pigeons to a Haitian ritual where boys had
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He Touches A Ghost There are good guys and bad guys in the world. People love to stay with a kind person since kind people are sincere and care about others. But people are not willing to be close to bad guys because they always bully others. Similarly‚ there are good ghosts and bad ghosts. People don’t hate good ghosts because they don’t hurt people. They are willing to know and stay with good ghosts. On the contrary‚ evil ghosts are scary. Those vile ghosts’ presence always means misfortune since
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Background: King Leopold’s Ghost this book is talking about Belgium’s king Leopold II and tyranny of his African colonies. For this story it happened in the later 19th century to the 20th century‚ Belgium’s king Leopold II have huge power to control Congo‚ he want his country become to more powerful and he want became to more rich ‚ than rough use forced labor in his Congo to create wealth for their personal and country used. Two main aggressos The first
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I walked in the doors and looked around at the blazing lights and large crowds. I walked up the large set of stairs in the dingy room where we were to get ready. I striped down to my shorts and walked onto the large scale to test my weight before the match. I weighed in at just 97 pounds. The matches went by weight‚ from smallest to largest‚ and were displayed on the clean wall by a projector mounted high in the gym ceiling. I was in the third set of matches‚ and could barely stand because of all
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