Tristes Tropiques Essays

J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians: Affirming alterities through the resolution of key conflicts and representation of power. This essay offers an analysis of the concept of alterity or otherness through the representation of power and the resolution of key conflicts in J.M. Coetzee’s novel Waiting for the Barbarians. The essay first explores the representation of power in the novel as it relates to certain binaries such as ‘self’ and ‘other’; ‘just and ‘unjust’; and ‘powerful’ and ‘vulnerable’

Amy Tan: Background and Success Amy Tan is a very famous author and is known for successful moving stories of Chinese-American mothers and daughters. Currently, Amy Tan has written over 80 books/novels with many reaching New York Times as bestseller. Amy Tan’s passion for writing was strong ever since as a child. When she was eight years old, she won a essay contest, which ignited her passion for writing. Afterwards, Amy Tan dreamed of writing novels and short stories, which later became a reality

Aztecs, whereas The Conquest of New Spain gives the perspective of the Spanish told by Bernal Díaz. There are many differences in these two accounts specifically in the destruction of Cholula, the treatment of Motecuhzoma by the Spanish, and La Noche Triste the retreat of the Spanish from Tenochtitlan.