Gene Luen Yang's Boxers Chapter Summary

The Boxer Rebellion was a revolt against foreign influence in religion, politics, and trade. Foreign and domestic tensions fueled the revolt. Nations such as the United States and Europe had significant commercial, political, and religious influence in China. Having lost many battles, particularly to Britain, China eventually was forced to concede trading rights to Europe and U.S. commercial interests. They were also forced to allow Christian missionaries across China. America wanted the Qing to accept western norms of political and economic exchange and to acknowledge the superiority of Christian civilization. Many Chinese came to resent the spread of Christian missionaries and their influence. Christian peasants resented the numerous Christian

A beneficial act on China’s part was that because of their desire for luxury goods, it caused them to start a trade with other lands and allowed them to grow economically (Doc. 7). The corruption of Spanish officials and suffering of Indians gave a good example of the effect from selfishness and want for more goods. The Spanish would abuse the labor and earnings of the Indians, take the money for themselves, and give little back to the Indians for the work that they provided (Doc. 6). As the trade of luxury went on, priests began to realize and do their best efforts to encourage officials about how wrong it is to take advantage and grow needy for materialistic things, and how the government should distribute the goods fairly between their people who had a hard time in debt (Doc. 3). The a better description of how the priests encouraged the officials to act fairly upon the goods along with add a point of view of the people suffering would’ve gave a better understanding of the

Choosing between what is moral and choosing what is right for the nation can be two quite different decisions. In the graphic novels, Boxer and Saints, Gene Luen Yang writes and illustrates the experiences that two different Chinese people have during the Boxer’s rebellion. In the Boxer’s novel, Bao is a leader of the Big Sword Society that will lead them to rebel against the foreigners who he believes is making China evil. Through the perspective of Bao, Gene Luen Yang questions should one be willing to put aside personal autonomy to defend their national identity.

In the novel, The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver illustrates Nathan Price’s desire for power over the people of Kilanga and the women of his family through his religious beliefs to depict the materialization and effect the “White Man’s Burden” and misogyny can have on an individual.

Wu Zhao was an extraordinary woman of many talents. However, Wu Zhao’s intelligence and charisma were not enough to help her attain the throne. As the book states “Only with the assistance of Propagandists, rehoriticians, ideologies and strong-arms of different persuasions. All working, at sometimes cross purposes, to help her gain political legitimacy “. [1]. Wu Zhao was prepared to get rid of her enemies in any way necessary.

The Roman empire and Han dynasty were alike in many ways— their large populations, institutional governments, and problems with northern ‘barbarians’— but particularly in their approach to a new religion and its growth. Both Eusebius’ The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine and Mou Tzu’s The Disposition of Error were written during this time as a response to Christianity and Buddhism. This raises the question, based on how these texts are portrayed, what do they reveal about the attitude towards Christianity and Buddhism in the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty? In the beginning, as the religions were slowly gaining a following, people became apprehensive of its effect. Thus, both Eusebius and Mou Tzu’s documents were propaganda pieces that

The Tang dynasty is regarded as the Gold Age of Chinese history, and it is also considered as a cosmopolitan empire, which was open to various cultures and intertwined with different religions and people. However, some scholars argue that the cosmopolitan Tang empire had gone after the rebellion of An Lushan (755-763). Instead, the Tang intellectuals had growing xenophobia and were cautious with foreigners and foreign culture. However, is it a myth or reality?

The boxer rebellion took place in china between the 1899-1901. It was a violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian revolution. The militia united in righteousness (Yihetuan) they were the ones who started it all but were referred to as the boxers.They never rebelled against the Manchu rulers of china and their qing dynasty. The martial arts and calisthenics they practiced had a lot to do with their name. The Red Lanterns were a group of women who also blended spiritually and their martial arts against the foreign influence.

Almost everyone today is familiar with the dark chapter of history from 1939 to 1945, when Hitler’s army rolled across Europe, claiming the lives of millions of people, including six million Jews. However, very few people are aware of what happened to millions of people in China from 1937 to 1945. Iris Chang’s The Rape of Nanking is a landmark work because it finally reveals the least remembered and perhaps the most gruesome horrors of the Second World War: the atrocities committed by the Japanese Imperial Army on innocent Chinese civilians. Chang’s book is also important in searching for the reasons behind the Japanese barbarity.

For many years religion has been used as a tool to influence those around us. Whether it be to gain power of a society or to influence the peers living in the society, religion has been proven has a very effective way to gain control of an empire. As the peninsula of Spain has seen many different kingdoms take control, one cannot ignore the fact that religion has been used as an instrument to scare, govern, and manipulate those in those communities. First, we will see how the Carthaginians created their empire from the ideology and practice of Polytheism. Next, we see how Constantine successfully implemented the Christian religion to get a stronger control of the peninsula. Also, we will investigate the proof that the Visigoths abandoned the

As I noted in my discussion question, Rome was beginning to fragment around 300 CE. Although it still dominated the western region of Afro-Eurasia, people from across the frontiers who were forced into the Roman Empire to become soldiers known as “Barbarians” began to take over the empire and people looked to the new Christian faith to provide order. The Byzantine Empire established itself at Constantinople in the eastern part of the Roman Empire and claimed to be the political arm of Christianity. Although not the religion of most inhabitants of the Roman Empire, Christianity established itself as the majority religion in the cities. After 312 CE, large churches were built in every major city, open to all and built with the intent to display their splendor and mystery. Churches were tax exempt and bishops became powerful. They were governors of the poor and even judges for small disputes. Constantine and his successors were impressed by the unity and expansionist goals of the Christian Church and wanted to increase the unity of his empire by fostering the universal outreach of the Christian church. The legacy of Constantine included his conversion to Christianity and the conversion to Christianity of the Roman Empire.

European imperialism fundamentally altered civilization in China in various ways. To start, European imperialism started when Qianlong became the ruler of China. During his rule, Qianlong began to fall under the influence of destruction elements at court. There were corrupt officials and higher taxes which led to the big fall out and the Europeans conquering. Because everyone in China was unhappy, they all began to rebel and revolt. During this abhorrent time, the White Lotus Rebellion occurred.

The Mapuche people’s spiritual beliefs is closely linked to their natural environment. Their religion is guided by the Machi. The Machi are spiritual leaders that are typically women, the also can be men. Their job is to communicate will the celestial family to maintain the harmony and to combat the powers of evil. With the sacred Kultrun, a drum, the Machi’s use their supernatural powers during their religious ceremonies to chase away evil and to ask for wellbeing. Some Machi’s jobs are only spiritual while others are in charge curing their people any from illnesses by using their supernatural powers and knowledge of medicine. They believe that no man, animal or even an insect can live without the will of the great spirit. They have great respect for nature and must ask permission and give thanks to Mapun Kuse-Fucha when they receive nature 's

On the one hand, my adaptation interprets and expands the character setting of the protagonist Sun Wukong compared to the traditional image in Journey to the West, remolding an anti-hero image in a “civilian” age. The plebification of

In the article, “The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed for War?” the author, Graham Allison, contends that the two current, dominating world powers will collide in an epic war in the coming years. He acknowledges the ancient author, Thucydides, and his warning of the “dangers when a rising power rivals a ruling power” (Allison 1). Allison then applies this idea to the current relationship between the United States, a nation that has dominated the world for the last seventy years, and China, an incredibly recent dominating force that threatens the United States’s place in the world. He gives the evidence that in the last five centuries there has been sixteen documented occurrences of the Thucydides trap, and of those, roughly eighty percent of the occurrences have resulted in war. Allison argues that this is the future of the world, hypothesizing that in the next decade, the United States and China will go to war.