Essays on Polygamist

Question No. 9

Public assistance is controversial in American society because of the belief that has taken root that poverty is basically the fault of the poor. This goes, in part, back to the idea of the Puritan work ethic and the concept of the American Dream, which teaches that anyone who is willing to work hard can succeed at whatever he wants to accomplish. While this is a positive statement, the inverse means that there is an assumption that people who have not succeeded somehow are intrinsically lazy or simply do not want to get ahead. This attitude is corrosive because ...

The Church of Latter-Day Saints-- sometimes called the “Mormon” church-- is an American sect of Christianity that became famous for its practice of plural marriage, or polygyny. Even today, certain sects of the Church of Latter-Day Saints (referred to hereafter as the LDS church or Mormon church) practice plural marriage, or, more specifically, polygyny: the plural marriage between one man and multiple wives (Land, Schippers). Before discussing the current Mormon policies on polygyny and plural marriage, however, it is important to understand the historical structure of polygyny in the Mormon church. Mormonism, as a religion, is quite a young one; ...

Compare and Contrast Absalom and Achitophel and 2 Samuel

Introduction This paper gives a critical and in-depth analysis of Absalom and Achitophel. It does this by comparing it to the story of King David which is recorded in the second book of Samuel of the bible. This book presents a story parallel to King David’s. It was written by John Dryden in 1681. In deed, Absalom and Achitophel is a political satire which alludes to the bible to unveil the succession controversies which confronted England towards the end of the rein of King Charles II. In the first section which was solely written by Dryden himself, he gives ...

The Pokot is a tribe in Africa living in both Kenya and Uganda. However, most Pokots live in the Northern part of Kenyan Rift-Valley which lies along the Kenya /Uganda border. An interview with Daniel Lotodo, a 78 year old man from the community revealed a lot about the ethnography of the community The Pokot for a long time are predominantly pastoralists’. Their occupations of cattle keeping has been necessitated by environment factors. The area is semi arid and agricultural produce can hardly do well. However, through barter trade with neighboring communities such as the Samburu and the Marakwet, the society would ...