Think back to life in primary school. Running around the school oval with your friends, chanting rhymes and skipping or maybe you were reading a book with a large tree shading the harsh sun from you. What you were not doing was standing in a sweatshop for over 10 hours straight, cutting thread or feeding buttons through fabric. 170 million...
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No novel may have as clearly exemplified the profound impacts of oppressing an individual’s freedom of speech as effectively as Margaret Atwood’s, ’The Handmaid’s Tale’. Despite much of Atwood’s story encompassing the various mechanisms ‘The Republic of Gillied’ used to oppress, degrade, and dehumanize its populace. Atwood’s depiction and philosophical stance of the controlled use of language in Gilead society...
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Ashima, the Indian mother of the story, is born and raised in Calcutta, West Bengali which she calls home; that is until her arranged marriage with Ashoke Ganguli causes her to travel across the globe to North America and settle in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In the early stages of this transition, Ashima struggles with leaving her entire family behind to now...
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In Plath’s “Ariel” Collection she expresses anger at a patriarchal society and the sufferings patriarchy brings, confining women to their sphere and archetypes. Women are described as “voiceless, confined, dehumanized and dismembered because of patriarchy”, the adoption of the Jewish metaphor to dramatize the collective female helpless response in what is the face of male assertive power. In “Daddy”, Plath...
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The feminist perspective argues that the oppression of women is morally wrong and structural changes need to be adopted to stop the oppression of women (Francis, 2000 p. 20). It tries to end oppression through structural reform and challenging unfair social structures (Morley & Macfarlane, 2012, p. 689). Feminist theories have helped identify ways to remove oppressive practices in many...
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Ethics is what we are to do and who we are to become, reflecting systematically and rationally. It involves; principles and norms, right versus wrong, justice, fairness, qualities of characters, and actions that make us successful human beings. Conscience is defined as “the awareness of a moral or ethical aspect to one’s conduct, with the urge to prefer right over...
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Introduction Published in 1722, Daniel Defoe’s 'Moll Flanders' is a picaresque novel that tells the story of a woman and her struggles for success and survival in 18th-century England society, where key elements include wealth and money. The full title of the novel is 'The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders.' Daniel Defoe is regarded as the first...
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“Dystopian writers focus on the oppression of their gender and fail to consider the oppression of the other sex within their novels” Explore how far you agree with this view [30] Dystopian literature often suggests that gender plays a pivotal role in one’s freedom, both Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty–Four’ demonstrate the difficulties within different gender divides....
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I wonder how many of us really know what goes into making Samsung’s new slimmer tablet or Apple’s newest iPhone? The answer is the mining of rare earth minerals without which none of these devices can work. The unsettling truth about how these minerals are mined is probably not what you want to hear, but it has been kept under...
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The United States is home to people belonging to diverse cultural backgrounds. According to Pew Research Center in 2017 around 44.4 million immigrants live in the United States who came with hopes of securing a better life for themselves and their future generations. The idea of a better, prosperous life in the Western world forces people to sometimes risk their...
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Some personal experiences are not based on our own choices. In Beatrice Mosioner’s fictional autobiography In Search of April Raintree, the two sisters, April and Cheryl Raintree show how much of an impact oppression and racism followed by freedom and love can make in their emotional and psychological state. This leads to proving incorrect the myth that Aboriginal people must...
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Tell Me a riddle is a complex literature material by Tillie Olsen that uses several stylistic devices including coded language, irony, symbolism, and themes, among others to narrate a story centered on love and relationship, freedom fight, mother and daughter relationship, and the power of art. The story talks about Eva whose freedom is curtailed by her family and one...
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Throughout Voltaire’s Candide, a multitude of themes became evident as one progressed through the narrative. These themes were essential in provoking thought and consideration amongst readers, as well as increasing the interest level that motivated the audience to dive into the meanings of this literary work. The recurrence of concepts that were woven into the narrative, such as wealth, optimism,...
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Profile Who - Name the Figure/Persons involved Emmet Till When - Identify the dates of the key events that this person/Group was involved in. Born: 25th July 1941 in Chicago 20th of August 1955, he saw his mother for the last time. He went to live with his uncle, August 28th – Roy Bryant and half-brother J.W Milam killed Emmet...
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In many of the developing countries, economic conditions are bad and multinational corporations are known to hire underage children to work under harsh conditions for very low wages. These firms were charged with the unjust exploitation of workers and were accused of having a basic understanding of the global economy. It is important to respect these children and work with...
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In Ohio, the debate over gun control has reached the surface. After mass shootings occurred across the United States and in Ohio, the red flag bill has been reintroduced in legislation by the governor, Mike DeWine. He wanted Ohio’s legislature to pass the red flag law. Now the red flag bill is at its first hearing in the Senate. It...
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The early onset of systematic oppression forced racism through laws and actions, the creation of the government, slavery, and the inadequate treatment of African Americans throughout time. A long-term effect can be seen in the treatment and statistics of African Americans over the years. In present-day America, the saying “Make America Great Again” is seen everywhere among Donald Trump’s supporters,...
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'When motherhood and childhood are free, we then can go hand in hand with man, to remake the world, for the glorification as well as the emancipation of the human race.' Margaret Sanger ended her passionate speech debating birth control against Winter Russell with that quote. Sanger, born in 1879, was a revolutionary woman who spent her lifetime defending the...
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An essential factor in leading a fulfilling life is the consideration of both risks and management of risks. It is vital to identify a person's human rights to be able to make their own choices in life. However, this right is based on the theory that a person can understand and evaluate the risks and consequences of choices made. It...
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Classic Essay: “About Men” The purpose is to talk about how the stereotypes about cowboys are false. Cowboys are very useful, providing, and caring, and are not at all the rough men portrayed in movies. On the outside cowboys do look very rugged and tough. This rough exterior is the reason a lot of people have assumed that cowboys are...
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Many individuals view abortion as a solution to unplanned pregnancies and a way to relieve responsibility for children. Many individuals also see abortion as an invasion of everyday life and depravity to society. Many women do not receive the support, education, and resources needed to take care of their pre-pregnancy children. Lack of education, resources, and contraception has broken the...
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Modern Birth Control faced many challenges by society. Birth control is seen as both a positive and negative thing. People do not take into account the benefits that it can provide such as it can reduce the chances of obtaining an ovarian cyst and cancer as well as a reduction of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID). Some disadvantages are the side...
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In A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, there is an underlying theme of women’s rights (or the lack thereof), that is prevalent throughout the entire novel. This novel shows that women in Afghanistan have no rights and are forced to marry a specific person with no say in the decision and the women are forced to wear extensive clothing,...
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The present chapter deals with the history of African-American Black people’s slavery, oppression, and empowerment. Women are treated as slaves in their own country. They are not free. They had a lot of problems in their life. The common bond of struggle stands for women’s struggles such as seduction, violence, racism, etc. These are all the major factors in every...
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Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns centers around the predicament of women in Afghan culture which powers women to wear the veil (burqa). This veil is a veritable image of both the harsh idea of male dominance and the stifling impacts of accommodation concerning women, much similarly that dresses of specific hues and uncommon caps that women are made to...
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The problem of trafficking of humans is widespread and it is estimated that annually, approximately 14,500 and 17,500 individuals are victims of trafficking into the United States. This is a hidden population involving factories, restaurant businesses, agriculture, the commercial sex industry, agriculture, domestic workers, some adoption firms and marriage brokers. 80% of individuals who are trafficked individuals are female; therefore,...
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Most people have probably heard of those horror stories. Blacking out, and the next thing you know, you are in a bathtub covered in ice. A laceration of the side of your body. A missing organ. Organ trafficking is defined as the “practice of using exploitation, coercion, or fraud to steal or illegally purchase or sell organs” () A lesser-known...
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The United States of America is a land of opportunity. As citizens, we have the opportunity to pursue an education, the opportunity to practice freedom of speech, and the opportunity to engage in business affairs. Each of these opportunities functions under a set of guidelines, principles, and procedures. The field of education has a set of standards and expectations that...
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Celie remarked, “All my life I had to fight” (Goodreads). Growing up in the rural south during the twentieth century as a young black woman was burdensome. Women faced racial discrimination along with sexual oppression. Instead of black oppression by whites, this novel turns out to be black oppression by blacks. In addition to the oppression by blacks, despite solitude,...
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The first thing I learned from this activity was the difference between the portrayed stereotypes of Muslims in contrast to what their religion and community are really like. From this activity, I was able to learn about the different stereotypes that social media, the news, and the film industry created to portray Muslims and their religion. Before this activity, I...
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