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other international symbol, art strips away the barriers inherent to the limitations dominant orthodoxies of Church and State have...

could neither read nor write. Most were still slaves and white Southerners viewed Douglass as somewhat of an anomaly. An educated ...

that his novel is not fictitious, but, on the other hand, he also states that everything only happened more or less thus restricti...

in the continuing fight for womens rights. With the very first line, Truth exposes her defiance toward the systems rules, which, ...

be raised by her sister and brother-in-law. However, Remedios warns her against this course of action, saying that, in the north, ...

of all our family, which, in its entirety, lives only in my memory and in memory of those few siblings who managed to survive the ...

not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...

her experience offers rare insight into the feelings of Puritans regarding the Native Americans and their relationship with the wh...

his time. Another intriguing aspect of the story illustrates how Equiano was not born into slavery, but rather born into a free...

and she is burned as witch (evoking images of Joan of Arc, and martyrdom). Lang portrays, therefore, a society in which not only i...

playing ball, wrestling, running foot-races, fiddling, dancing, and drinking whisky; and this latter mode of spending the time was...

about the cost of lessons or the upkeep of a car was also attractive, and as such unlike many peers, I did not immediately learn t...

by the same name and so was translated to the silver screen. When this is done it is always a touchy business. Much of the motivat...

possible, including the attainment of the American Dream. His childhood is in sharp contrast to that of his lifelong friend, Jenn...

the more metaphysical idea that the world of the present is known as the physical world that one is able to perceive using the sen...

(which could mean anytime between the early 1990s and today, Coetzees "spare" novel (as some critics have called it) concerns Davi...

men see as hostility is in fact only the normal progression of the natural world. At first, they assume that that it is some consc...

1817. While a master could lawfully punish a slave, using his own discretion and judgment, state law established a limit and that ...

the student was supposed to learn for himself. Concrete Experience Not all recognize this collective and monumental lesson,...

existence. Thus, he sees himself as something more than a victim. He simply has a less desirable fate than some of his peers. Yet,...

most masters tried to keep their slaves ignorant on this matter, as it was regarded as a sign of a "restless spirit" for slaves to...

to break down from involuntary inactivity. I now recognize the increased muscle weakness in both my legs and arms, as well as dif...

getting the opportunity to visit the beach, alone, for a day. She was still five miles away from the ocean, yet the air seemed d...

not follow any timeline, as it jumps around continuously from one moment to another. In the end we are left understanding the enti...

are already well acquainted with the Torah, his book provides an excellent introduction for those that are only somewhat familiar ...

control of countries worldwide. Naturally, showing dark natives the benefits of Western culture did not come without a price, as E...

that she had organized her wards to the utmost efficiency. At the same time, her best friend Jessica had written to her brother in...

plantation, where she was put to raise the children of the younger women. I had therefore been, until now, out of the way of the b...

them, the more the author desperately wanted to remove himself from such circumstances. "In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-...

benefits which had been gained from the experience, since this would be counter-productive in terms of the effect on the reader....