Category: Social Issues

What you learned/what is important from the book When reading the book, I learned how many books could really change a person’s course of life. Malcolm never went to high school or university, yet he is known to be one of the 20th century’s most learned men. “So Malcolm, what’s your alma mater? Malcolm responded,…

How is women’s point of view evaluated in a Room of One’s Own? In feminist context Virginia Woolf says that ‘A Woman has Money and a Room of her own’. Woolf concludes that women have only one opportunity to overcome all of them and produce something new going beyond nothingness. A room of her own,…

Since the end of apartheid, several policies have been put in place in an attempt to address the inequalities that were brought about. Land reform policy and Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) have contributed to closing the poverty gap. There are, however, less apparent effects of apartheid which have persisted despite these policies. Oppression does not…

The later stages of the Victorian Era in England were times of great change. There was a shift from the big estates to a more modern urban economy. Work, such as industry and mining were two areas that saw major development. These two industries brought an opportunity for individuals to acquire new wealth and seek…

Throughout the world, individuals are stereotyped and misinterpreted by the society which can have drastic consequences on one’s lifestyle and the way they engage with the world. In To Kill a Mockingbird, author Harper Lee creates a unique novel to explore inequality and the impact of societal views in the segregated community of Maycomb, Alabama.…

Through chapters 1-11, there was a lot of prejudice occurring in the chapters. Often, the people in Maycomb would assume about a person, by the way they look or the rumors that they hear about that person. Like, Mrs. Dubose, she often appeared as a horrible and rude person, but she was a morphine addict…

Politics of Victimization In the novel we are exposed how the writer carefully reveals the politics is used to victimize those that have vulnerable in the society. This is done through his narration. In fact the narrator reveals unholy connivance between unscrupulous politicians and the media to conceal the truth and clamp down on those…

During the early 20th Century, both Zora Neale Hurston and Audre Lorde write about their experiences as strong African-American young women facing extensive racial discrimination, recounting similar but very different stories in their essays. These accounts are diverse in the management of their plight but typical for the voice of the generation and an unfortunate…

In Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, there are occurrences that cause the two lovers to rebel against various things such as family, fate, and the Prince which can prove disastrous at the end. Romeo and Juliet were two lovers who are caught in the middle of family feuds and even though they have…

The American dream revolve around the multiple ideals for freedom and reaching your highest aspiration. The American dream serves as an idealistic hope for future which was very common in the working class men. the novella suggests that after all the idealism surrounding a hope for better and a freedom filled future it is all…