In Oglala Women, Myth, Ritual and Reality, Marla Powers portraits a powerful Native American community- Oglala, one of the main tribes of the Lakota (allied people) alliance located on the Oglala Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. They are known for being one of the biggest reservations in the United States who won the war in 1868 against the United States. In this book, Powers focuses on the women’s role within their community and how their sacred traditions and religion shaped their culture. Therefore, by using various readings on Lakota practices, this paper will examine the gender roles in Oglala culture in terms of marriage, religion and the effect that Americanization and Christianity have had on their culture and how they compare
The play, although only a few pages long, is able to depict how the stages of life, the birth of one’s child, one’s marriage, the
Once outside the camp, “it seemed as though an even darker night was waiting for us on the other side” (84). The motif of night can be identified effortlessly because of the key words and attention grabbing context of the literary
The title of the novel symbolizes death, the death of innocence, childhood, faith, and millions of people. The narrative contains many last nights, the last night in Sighet, the last night in Buna, the last night with his father, the last night of innocence, etc. Night also symbolizes a world without God. The worst suffering occurs during the day
Although it is not always clear, women are constantly being treated as lesser than men. Women and men are approaching equality, but many women are still being treated unfairly. White communities usually pretend that everything is perfect and cover up this problem. Hispanics, on the other hand, often make the mistreatment of women perspicuous. This is portrayed in the novella The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros.
Tone Dillard’s tone in the book develops from appreciative, to confused and dejected, and finally to reflective. This development of tone is appropriate for subject, audience, and argument/theme, and it also helps achieve the purpose. The tones in part I and II, especially in part II, resonate with the audiences. Indeed, it is not impossible to comprehend that many people have once wondered the meaning of the lives of moth, who unreservedly fly into the excruciating and deadly fire without any apparent purpose and contribution to the environment surrounding the fire, which makes it a question whether they are heroes who make the fire burn longer or pathetic creatures that lose their lives without being appreciated.
Thesis: The English were a prideful group, entangled in ethnocentrism, that caused a condescending and harsh treatment of the Native Americans, while the Native Americans were actually a dynamic and superior society, which led to the resentment and strife between the groups. P1: English view of Native Americans in VA Even though the English were subordinates of the Powhatan, they disrespected him and his chiefdom due to their preconceived beliefs that they were inferior. “Although the Country people are very barbarous, yet have they amongst them such government...that would be counted very civil… [by having] a Monarchical government” (Smith 22). John Smith acknowledges the “very civil” government of the Natives but still disrespected them by calling them “very barbarous,” which
Lizabeth wakes in the middle of the night to the sound of her parent's voices. When she hears her father's depressed and disheartened voice she listens closer. She hears their talk about the struggles of providing for their family and then listens as her father finally cracks under the pressure, breaking down into sobs. “And suddenly he sobbed, loudly and painfully, and cried helplessly and hopelessly into the dark night. I had never heard a man cry before.
Readers observe the Stage Manager’s inital definition of “eternal” by noting the events of Act III. Here, popular characters such as Mrs. Gibbs and Simon Stimson exist, though not in the world of the living; rather, they silently observe mortals from beyond the grave. As they exist, time and events eternally unfold around them. The Stage Manager views “eternity” as something abstract, yet he illustrates it in every single human being. He believes eternity serves as a bridge between unappreciative and humility.
In the novel “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair points out the harsh reality of what the American Dream is consist of. The American Dream was not an ideal way of life for immigrants because the opportunities for advancement were not the same for individuals. The characters in the novel depict various communal crises that are encounter. Ona Lukoszaite experiences as a wife and employee lead into the issue of oppressed women and women in the workforce. The oppression of women started from a patriarchal system.
Dark imagery is written in abundance; therefore, the reader always knows when the man and the boy are in danger. Upon entering a perilous basement, the author writes, “He ducked his head and then flicked the lighter and swung the flame out over the darkness like an offering”(110). The imagery describing the house as they
Not even the sole luminary clock against the sky gave him company to light up his steps through the night. The author, narrator, exposes his solitude, his sadness and how he dealt with it by qualifying his state as acquaintance, (l1 -l14: “I have been one acquainted with the
In “Acquainted with the Night”, it embodies the abyss of despair that the narrator finds themselves in. The poem centers on the qualities of the night, and the night’s defining characteristic is its never-ending darkness. The poem’s very title shows how deeply bogged down in darkness the narrator is; the speaker has, ironically, become friends with it. The motif of darkness manifests itself in other examples as well. The speaker writes, “I have outwalked the furthest city light,” showing that he or she has transcended the limits of a normal person’s misfortune and instead exposed himself to complete and utter desperation (3).
The irony in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” enhances the protagonist’s situation by revealing a deeper meaning. The quote, “She had loved him - sometimes. Often she did not. What did it matter!”
Women in Mahabharata and Today’s Society Literature reflects the norms, condition, and culture of a society, and when it comes to “The Mahabharata”, an epic which is said to be a collection of stories taken over a certain period, certainly reflects the then society to a great extent. Generally, the authorship of “The Mahabharata (The Stories of the Descendants of Bharata)” is attributed to sage Vyasa. However, it was composed over many years and today’s Mahabharata is an edition of many a men. According to Monier Williams, “it is not one poem, but a compilation of many poems, not a Kavya by one author, but an Itihasa by many authors (Draupadi of Mahabharat: History of Women Empowerment, 230).” Many attempts has been taken till date to reveal the composition period of this epic and history behind it as it is granted as one of the most important scriptures from the view of World History which can give us more clear ideas of ancient Indian society.
