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Offensive or Derogatory Words or Phrases The five poems in this next category contain demeaning and derogatory expressions for Africans and African-Americans, including the offensive word “nigger” in the first two. “De Ole River-Ox” (undated) The racism analysis of this poem includes the use of the “N” word as well as the dialect itself. De…

In Zora Neale Hurstons short story, Sweat, Delia finds herself stuck in an unbearable marriage. Her husband, Sykes, mistreats her, leaves all work to her, and is unfaithful. After being married to Sykes for 15 years, Delia has lost all hope in the marriage. The countless beatings and painful acts of Sykes have brought her…

In a letter to Harold Preece postmarked September 23, 1928, Robert E. Howard wrote the following: I have just received the July and September Juntoes. I enjoyed very much your article in the latter and was disappointed to note that you had nothing in the July number. I agree with Truett as stated in his…

His company’s software not only sold computers, but also sold groundbreaking applications that shook the world. Although the world was changed by Stave’s vision, most people don’t understand how it was achieved. Jobs was born on February 24th, 1955 by an unmarried couple who gave him up for adoption. Paul and Clara Jobs, a lower…

A comparision of the “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” and Gullivers Travels Gulliver sails across the wide expanse of an ocean on a voyage, just as Icarus, son of Daedalus did on a pair of wax welded wings. Both met their disasters on the waters of their journeys. Gulliver was ignorant and naive and…

In Night, a novel by Lie Wisest, a dark sky looms over Lie and his family. Weasel’s declaration of intolerance toward the Jewish communities denial of human did unity by the Nazi party speaks to why this book is celebrated and studied. Wisely’ firsthand d experience incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps and careful descriptions of…

Describe the elements of war and death in Stephen Crane’s The RedBadge of Courage. This book is divided into two parts. In the first part the maincharacters, Henry Flemings. illusions disappear when confronted by the reality ofbattle(WAH 642). During the first battle he sees vague figures before him, butthey are driven away. In the next…

Bell Hooks explores the intricate connections between classism, racism, white supremacist ideology, and sexism in modern American society in her book “Where We Stand: Class Matters”. She emphasizes the significance of acknowledging this complex interplay by sharing her personal journey from a working-class background to the upper class achieved through academia and prolific writing. Despite…

The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Expectations The culture of narcissism was widely recognised as a socio-cultural critique of American society when published in 1979. Written by Christopher Lasch, the book analyzes a social phenomenon identified by Christopher Lasch as ‘cultural narcissism’, a process by which certain attributes of the pathological…

We all take the lives of others and ours for granted. We never think about how our lives would be different without someone. This is only because we only think of happy endings. We always think it will be alright after a period of time, but it’s not. Imagine waking up in morning and getting…