Essays on Seclusion

In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” we follow the spinster Emily as she progresses through her life in Jefferson. However, the way this tale is told is rather unique, as instead of following a single narrator (Emily or someone else in her life), the audience is given a first-person collective narration, many people throughout the town offering their opinion on the goings-on in Emily’s house. The use of the collective first-person narrative is Faulkner’s way of building up a notoriety and legend to Emily, so that when the grisly truth is discovered at the very end of the ...

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 ...

The writer in the literature has explicitly discussed and evaluated the aspect of multiculturalism in Toronto city of Canada with intent of examining how it is influencing the lives of Canadians, immigrants as well as foreigners.

He start by first describing his encounter with the Canadian culture, where he describes it as quick-wittedness and intelligence yet so free of the bustle and noise that exists in bigger cities such as the new York.

Great note has also been taken on the existence of a hierarchical type of governance that is not easily traceable by strangers to the city. Therefore one ...