Slavery

    Charles Darwin was a very influential man who changed the hearts and minds of both scientist and average citizens for ages to come. His discoveries in evolution and natural selection were accepted by the scientific community soon after publication, but were strongly condemned by the Church. He was Read more…

Introduction The civil war was a battle fought between the Union and Confederate states in the Americas. They were fighting if slavery should still be allowed and the rights of westward expansion. It began April 12, 1861 ended May 9, 1865 resulting in the Unions victory. The victory had a Read more…

The Reconstruction started in December on the year of 1863, after president Lincoln announced a governmental plan for the South in order to stay loyal to the Union. Although it is typically dated from the year 1865 to 1877, it lasted about 12 years, many people call it the tragic Read more…

The phrase ‘pumping in the living room’ denotes that everyone feels that the author has earned whatever she have without any hard work and now enjoying sitting in the living room. But no matter, how everyone behaves or feels the author is hopeful and compares her life with that of Read more…

Introduction God is a Supreme Being who created and sustains existence of universe eternally. Different religions and belief systems have ascribed God with different attributes and names, but what is consistent is the attribute of creation. Although lesser gods exist, God is the one who formed everything in the universe Read more…

The story ‘Bartley’ is a description of a Scrivener or copyist of a law firm. The narration of the story is done by a lawyer of a firm who had employed Bartley. Apart from Bartley, the law firm had two other employees working as copyists who were Turkey and Nippers. Read more…

The parable of the cave is a philosophical argument by Plato depicting the dilemma what human life is and what it means. In his vivid presentation, human beings live imprisoned in a cave throughout their lives, unable to see the world around them as they are chained in such a Read more…

In Zora Neale Hurston’s 1928 essay “How It Feels to Be Colored Me”, Hurston exudes through the statement “Slavery is the price I paid for civilization” that the then way of civilization and the treatment of colored people was a direct result of slavery. On the account of slavery, white Read more…

In 1666, three-fourths of the great city of London was nearly burned to the ground. This disaster came to be known as the Great Fire of London. One of the main reasons this great fire happened is because the citizens of London weren’t keeping their chimneys cleaned properly. After this Read more…

The author described a part of her body. At first it seems that this is the main purpose of the whole poem, however, a quick review of the said poem will instantly reveal that she is referring to something else. Her hips is a symbol of her strength and attributes. Read more…

David WilmotDavid Wilmot was born in Bethany, Pennsylvania, on January 20, 1814. Wilmot received his academic education in Bethany and in Aurora, New York. He was later admitted to the bar at Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, in 1834. He soon began practice at Towanda, where he afterward resided. He was first brought Read more…

But his elder broodier taught him to be courageous the hard way. One day the elder brother had taken Jim under the pretence of shooting the birds, diverted his attention and ditched him in the jungle itself and went back home. Poor Jim had spent the whole night in die Read more…

Aristotle’s Politics is considered one of the most acclaimed and influential pieces of political philosophy since its publication. While this may be true, it is also considered highly controversial for Aristotle’s view and discussion of natural slavery. In Politics, Aristotle outlines his belief in “natural slaves,” who are not only Read more…

“It is the ultimate gesture of a loving mother. It is the outrageous claim of a slave”(Morrison 1987). These are the words that Toni Morrison used to describe the actions of the central character within the novel, Beloved. That character, Sethe, is presented as a former slave woman who chooses Read more…

After the abolishment of slavery, the black community became the core of African American culture and life. This was due in part by segregation and other socioeconomic factors, but also to the spiritual and social unity of each black member. This was well exemplified in the story, as each former Read more…