19th centuries brought the European imperial powers against difficulties which had never been encountered before. One such difficulty is that of the local wildlife in Africa‚ such as lions or other big game animals. In The Man-Eaters of Tsavo‚ by Colonel John Patterson‚ a railway bridge project in East Africa is terrorized by a pair of man-eating lions. This completely true story shows the great difficulty in colonizing Africa by demonstrating the somewhat harsh environment of Africa. The story
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Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain’s characters play an intricate roll in the literary structure of the book. They come into Huck and Jim’s life almost like the changing wind‚ and changed their characters indefinitely. The character that I found interesting was Colonel Sherburn who is the owner of the largest store in a town that Huck happens upon. The town Huck ventures into a town that is in the middle of a festival; all the families have their wagons and are eating their dinners in them. During their dinner
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Examining the Representations of Love‚ Marriage‚ and Romance in ‘Colonel Chabert’ and ‘The Lady with the Little Dog’ The two novels‚ Colonel Chabert by Honore de Balzac and The Lady with the Little Dog by Anton Chekhov‚ both explore the darker side of love and marriage. Traditionally marriage is viewed as a strong emotional bond held between two people who are truly in love. However‚ each story portrays the different ways in which people express love in the public sphere compared to their actions
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Review and Critique of: "Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective" A book by Caroline Bretell Carolyn Sargent By Introduction In this book the focus is on how gender is constructed around the world. The book demonstrated many different areas in which women either ruled or ruled together with man. It leaves people with hope that the world is capable of an equalitarianism society. Many topics in the field of anthropology
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Revenge is a selfish action that brings a person’s personal justice to one’s wrong-doer‚ where it can spiral into an uncontrolled cycle. Both bring consequences to one’s actions‚ and yet they are one in the same. According to Francis Bacon‚ the Colonel set up his own justice for his people through revenge. Justice is actually only mentioned once in his essay‚ and that is just in the first line: “Revenge is a kind of wild justice‚” (597) this statement shows that revenge and justice are one in
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the excerpt from Forche’s Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness‚ she explores a prominent issue within poetry: the presence of two distinct poetic categories‚ the personal and political‚ both of which‚ she claims‚ produce bias. In the first paragraph‚ Forche distinguishes between the “personal” and “political” bias‚ claiming one is too emotional‚ while the other too divisive. Consequently‚ she introduces the concept of “poetry of witness‚” in which one’s personal and political viewpoints have less influence
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(Kevin Spacey) and Carolyn Burnham (Annette Bening) prove that there is a big difference in appearance versus reality. With the help of Colonel Frank Fitts‚ (Wes Bentley) we learn that people cannot just be judged by their outer appearance‚ but rather by what’s inside‚ because people are not always what they seem. Lester Burnham serves as the films narrator. He is an almost middle-aged father‚ husband and advertising executive. Obviously‚ his marriage with his uptight wife Carolyn is barely hanging
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drama that tells the story of Lester and Carolyn Burnham and their daughter Jane‚ a stereotypical American family who have a beautiful home like a typical rich family would have. This creates the illusion that they have the perfect American family. Lester is facing a mid-life crisis. His life is meaningless because of a job he has had for more than ten years and his family seem to hate him. Lester feels Carolyn controls him and forces him to act happy. Carolyn is frustrated as she feels she has lost
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personal "worth and value" based on how they are seen by others. As success’ in terms of a big house‚ happy family is normally unattainable by most‚ the characters in the film create an image. Carolyn states in a scene: "In order to be successful‚ one must portray the image of success at all times." Carolyn Burnham is obsessed with materialism and other’s opinions of her and her family. She loves her house and possessions and to her these things equal success. She tries to surround herself with whom
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Reunion by Carolyn Forche On the phonograph‚ the voice of a woman already dead for three decades‚ singing of a man who could make her do anything. -The persona is listening to something that she can relate to. -She is listening to something that makes her remember something (a man/a broken relationship) from the past. On the table‚ two fragile glasses of black wine‚ a bottle wrapped in its towel. -These three lines refers to an act of sexual intercourse. -The two fragile glasses could
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