Essays on Evils

The 1960s was a vital period for civil rights movements in the USA. For black people it was perfect time for promoting equality and non-discrimination. There were many civil rights groups and leaders that had different opinions about how to deal with injustice that had dominated in the USA for many centuries. Martin Luther King was one of the most prominent civil activists, but there were many other influential people, including Malcolm Little. Both activists were assassinated in the 1960s. One may get familiar with some of their ideas by reading their speeches “The Ballot or the Bullet” (1964) ...

The opium war which took place in the 19th century was one of the first major defeats of the Chinese government. China had a tremendous amount of wealth which was mostly attributed to the tea trade in the country. Britain had a great demand for this tea, while the country had nothing to offer the Chinese government in return. China was also ignorant to the western revolution and considered the western culture barbaric. China was a traditional country which held strongly to its traditions and culture. While China hoped to keep its culture free of the western culture effect, ...

The novella, Heart of Darkness is, in the literature world, considered one of the greatest cultural literary works of the 19th century. Conrad takes us through the experiences of the European colonialists in the heart of Africa. The clash of the European and non-European customs form the basis of Conrad's writings. The book has garnered a lot of criticism from African scholars who argue that the book negatively targets the African nation and the African people. The book, according to Chinua Achebe is a mockery of the African people. It ridicules the customs of the native Africans, terming Africa ...

In his book, Robert Meister criticizes Human Rights Discourse that has developed after World War Two and continues to rule a mainstream discussion today. The author discusses critical defects of this paradigm and supports his arguments with the relevant works from various areas of knowledge: from psychoanalysis to religion to political analysis. Besides, he analyzes historical examples of injustice from two perspectives: as a dichotomy of a native and a settler, characteristic of anticolonial struggle and a triad of a perpetrator, a victim, and a beneficiary, which is relevant to class struggle. The key postulate of Human Rights Discourse, ...

Human existence is marred by contradictions and Hesiod’s Pandora myth introduces man to the complexity of male-female relations as well as the futility of hope. This paper seeks to analyze Hesiod’s myth paying particular attention to the depiction of Pandora, the meaning of her name and the role that hope plays in man’s life. The paper further explores the parallels between Pandora and Eve of the Old Testament. The depiction of Pandora and Eve from the Old Testament is full of ambiguities that make it difficult to easily decipher whether they are intended to be good ...

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Mark Twain, one of the most important figures in the American literature, through his essay “The damned human race” throws light on the mankind’s useless ethical outlook. Twain sarcastically points to the fact that humans carry out evil deeds while claiming to be the only species to have moral sense. According to him, man is not a developed creature but the least evolved species in several respects. He says that the birds, the fishes, the insects, the reptiles, etc “are links in the chain which stretches down from the higher animals to man at ...

In the real world of today, one can illustrate Socrates argument for content, knowledge and facts against mere fantasies, fictions, and even straight lies. In our political scenarios today, politicians have employed the use of rhetoric to try and persuade the public, they do not care to provide facts and lay bare truths. These are also common in social media and blogs and these have managed to strengthen the art or rhetoric even with no knowledge or rational reasoning behind what is presented. Socrates opposed false rhetoric which he explained that was mere sophistry. Sophistry, as Socrates explained, is ...

Collaboration and Collectivity have become central methods of advancing contemporary art. Artists associations, groups, networks, partnerships, and coalitions are terms often mentioned in light of contemporary art. As such, collaboration and collectivity become generic names used when an artist chooses not to work alone, but to come together and co-work with other artists. The collaboration may also entail an artist cooperating with members of a certain community as they all work to realize the objectives of a given project. The slight difference between cooperation and participation comes in the extent of the controls between the parties involved. The collaboration ...

A look into the work of Fredrick Douglass and Robert Browning shows that the society around them heavily influences their work. While Douglass concentrated on larger social issues such as slavery and false use of religion, Browning looked into the interpersonal relationships of members of their societies. A common aspect of both writings, however, is the social critique that the two writers engage in. Through their work, they attempt to point out at the evils they see in their society, with the hope that their criticism will help change the situation . Fredrick Douglass, in his poem, a parody, analyzes ...

If the political candidates in the current electoral fray were to be believed, especially from those on the right, the country is in the throes of an immigrant and religious takeover. All the social evils of the country are attributed to the outsiders. The lack of jobs, security and growth are all blames on the ‘others’. If we were to take their words to be the truth and also be swayed by our own biases we would end up being narrow minded individuals filled with hatred for things and people about whom we do not really know much about. ...

Creation myths and origin stories are often symbolic narratives about how the world was created and how the first human beings,plants, animals and other living things came to inhabit the earth and the heaven. These stories are often passed on through oral traditions and have different versions. Some form the basis of religions such as the seven day creation story in the judeo-christian faith, some like the Japanese creation story give basis and legitimacy to the ruling family (the japanese emperors are believed to be direct descendants of the sun god) and others remain as they are. Although ...

Humankind considers religious studies to be the most disputable field of science and / or view of life. Such approach based on division of people into those who perceive religious corns of world construction, and those who do not believe in God, known also as “atheists”. An issue under discussion is the problem of evil or so-called theodicy problem in the world. The main idea of above-mentioned problem is that if God is perfectly good and all-knowing Creator then why there are so many troubles all over the world. This is the way why existence of God called into ...

After the American Civil War of between 1861 and 1865, the United States witnessed a rapid transformation in its societies as the people shifted from an agrarian-based economy to industrialization. The development of better transport and communication infrastructures across the States paved the way for the fast and profitable transition that made up the Second Industrial Revolution during the Gilded Age. The federal government supported the developing industries by imposing high tariffs to protect the interests of industrialists from foreign competitors. Subsequently, the high taxes on imports and exports guaranteed that the local markets were favorable for both the ...

Education is imparted through instructors who convey knowledge to student by instructing them. However, the attitude of the instructor towards the student has a great influence on the quality of education that the instructor is going to give to the student. Teachers ought to erode any feeling of prejudice that they may feel towards the students. Black students who find themselves in schools where racism is still being witnessed are faced with more obstacle than their white counterparts. For instance, the teacher might give them harsher punishments and give them less chances as compared to the white counterparts. This ...

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Myanmar (Burma) is blessed with a vast variety of renewable and non-renewable resources. Among these resources is the forest resource which is a vital resource for the country due to its support of livelihoods and economic growth. The country is home to the world’s best quality teak which has proven a valuable commodity all over the world. The extensive logging by government authorities, foreign and private companies, and the local people has caused massive deforestation which has led to increased flooding, biodiversity loss, sedimentation of water bodies, water shortage, soil erosion and loss of wildlife species. The country ...

Political cartoons are image representations having a political or social image that relates to current events in the nation. In the U.S cartoons played an important long-term role by criticizing injustices, political corruption and social evils such as forced labor on the citizens. For this study, animated cartoons such as Bug Bunny were used to symbolize the soldiers and the task they were to perform during their war operations. Bugs Bunny Cartoons also relied on images to address political issues during the war at that time. Cartoon symbols were used to clarify deeper meaning of the context and the ...

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Abstract The topic of the essay is Feminism and Nationalism in India and China. The main idea is that people all over the world are to be treated equally regardless of sex, place of birth, religion or color of the face. The problems that were reflected in the paper are:

The difference and similarities between nationalism and feminism;

Prerequisites of the appearance of nationalism and feminism movement in China; Prerequisites of the appearance of nationalism and feminism movement in India; The contemporary situation in both countries. In this paper, some examples of cruel attitudes toward women were given with the author’s explanations. This essay consists of ...