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    plain To seek another’s profit‚ And work another’s gain. Take up the White Man’s burden-- The savage wars of peace-- Fill full the mouth of Famine And bid the sickness cease; And when your goal is nearest The end for others sought‚ Watch sloth and heathen Folly Bring all your hopes to nought. Take up the White Man’s burden-- No tawdry rule of kings‚ But toil of serf and sweeper-- The tale of common things. The ports ye shall not enter‚ The roads ye shall not tread‚ Go mark them

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    shocked to see him‚ and often referred to him as a “living wonder.” Baldwin explains how the kids of the village would also call him “Neger‚” in the streets. Similarly enough strangers outlined in “The White Man’s Burden‚” were labeled as lazy (“sloth”)‚ uncivilized (“heathen”)‚ and foolish (‘folly’) (Kipling

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    Josiah Royce explains best that until we are able to look beyond the physical aspects of a person‚ then we will never be able to diminish racial prejudices every race has. Royce does not hold back when stating that every race has these prejudices. It is not just caucasians‚ African‚ Americans‚ but also Asian Americans. When reading this quote‚ I thought of W.E.B. DuBois The Souls of Black Folk and Claude McKay’s poem “America”. The Soul of Black Folk relate to the fact that these prejudices have

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    whenever set on a clear piece of glass‚ a person can actually observe the internal organs working. A person could spend days watching the 140 mammals that inhabit Corcovado. You don’t have to look hard to spot jaguars‚ ocelots‚ monkeys‚ anteaters‚ sloth‚ and the armadillos. National Geographic calls it “the most biologically intense place on earth.” But there is much more to explore in the Corcovado National Park than just simply the wildlife. If you prefer a little more adventure‚ the Salsipuedes

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    There is a certain method humans deal with stress-inducing situations. Pi created a fictitious mask that saw the horrendous acts of man in a better light in order to carry on with his day-to-day life. A cover-up of good faith to preserve the bits of good humanity that left in Pi’s life. In Pi’s alternate story‚ the one without the animals‚ there was a malevolent chef that operated in unconventional ways. The chef was pure evil‚ murdering a Chinese sailor to settle his hunger. These violent actions

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    in the justification of imperialism through theories‚ writings‚ and images. One of the major ideas brought about in the late nineteenth century was Social Darwinism. Social Darwinism explains the “why” in how some people are wealthy and some are “sloth.” Hebert Spencer idol of Social Darwinism‚ virtually described it as a natural process in which all people deserved their dismal fates. It was encouraged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to justify imperialism to discourage intervention.

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    European sanctimoniousness of their culture is the poem Carry the White man’s burden by Rudyard Kipling. This poem gave the Europeans a justification for establishing colonies and plundering them at the expense of the natives. The lines‚ “Watch sloth and heathen folly bring all your hopes to naught”‚ gave the Europeans the best justification‚ because

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    Journal Entry 8: Zootopia-Maria Luiza Perez Chavez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns9kL1JILeo Zootopia as the commercial says is a world for the new civilized animals were predator and prey live peacefully together. The movie is about a bunny Judy Hopps‚ who is told she cannot be a cop‚ since she has been little she has been discouraged from the dream she has‚ and she works extra hard to prove that a little bunny can become a cop. She goes to the police academy and works hard after being pushed

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    reflection Harry thinks: “He had destroyed his talent himself… by laziness‚ by sloth‚ and by snobbery‚ by pride and by prejudice‚ by hook and by crook...it was never what he had done‚ but always what he could do” (Hemingway‚ 8). Harry has made a trade in his life that he evidently finds worthless by trading in his artistic talents for wealth and comfort. It is also interesting to see that of the things Harry has listed “sloth” and “pride” as two of them; both of which are considered to be two of the

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    Throughout literary history‚ animals have been utilized in tales to convey moral ideologies. Frequently‚ these animals interact with the human race. This literary technique is modeled in the novel Life of Pi. This novel details the adventure of Piscine "Pi" Martel as he is stranded in the Pacific Ocean with a hyena‚ a zebra‚ a orangutan named Orange Juice‚ and a tiger named Richard Parker. Pi is polyreligious; he is a Hindu‚ Christian‚ and Muslim. Pi’s religious beliefs aid him in his struggle

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