Sometimes The Earth Is Cruel Summary

An analysis of Sometimes the Earth Is Cruel In the essay by Leonard Pitts "sometimes the earth is cruel" he talks about how in Haiti the people are constantly being hit by natural disaster on top of being one of the most poor countries in the world. Haiti in constantly being unstable because of political powers ignoring them. Haiti on top of being always hit by natural disasters are hit with disasters that are caused because of human greed, corruption, and economic predation of the nation. Yet these people at the end of the day they rebuild and go on with their lives they mourn and weep because they insist to live despite that the world and the cruel things it does to them.

Nevertheless, Mailer uses the perception of the american selfhood to show a different perspective you have about someone, “In The Executioner's Song, Mailer is exploring the uncertainties of an American selfhood and a society that build up into an intolerable tension in his main characters. Gilmore, for example, cannot control his compulsive and ambiguous behavior,” (Daniel Defoe, 2). Mailer uses the perspective about how everyone thinks of a person growing up in a great family having their life be the opposite of the “american dream”, and this leads into believing that Gary is a heartless, disgusting murderer with no

Even though these people lost their homes and their families they moved on. Even though sometimes life will knock you down in the dirt and it seems pointless to get back up. The amazing part is that Pitt describes is that everyone will eventually get back up no matter how hard it seems. For the people in hadi Who experienced one of the worst tragedies in history they got back up after the accident and started rebuilding their homes and rebuilding families. Cause they realized a very important thing.

According to French philosopher and revolutionary Frantz Fanon in his book The Wretched of The Earth he refers as such some among us are to an extent the spoilt children of yesterday’s colonialism without any source of pity or regard, we use todays national distress as a means of getting on through scheming. There is no doubt according to the great philosopher’s observation which applies to those people who have an impression that the whole of the African continent is a basket of unsolvable problems. Fanon continues by arguing that the African continent has almost become characterized by devastating problems such as underdevelopment,backwardness,HIV and AIDS, hunger and wars.(Mhaka,2013) The western hemisphere has the sole belief the basket of problems which is identified as Africa can only be whitewashed and eradicated by the west through Aid which would be channeled through the various international government Aid agencies.

(55) He also reveals to us that he feared embarrassment. Everybody who reads this knows the pressure and expectations for something and not being able to do it. “All those eyes on me-the town, the whole universe-and I couldn't risk the embarrassment.” (57)

In Native Son, by Richard Wright, we see the evolution of a young, poor, and uneducated black man named Bigger Thomas affected by the perils of society. The 1930’s was a time of turbulence for racial relations, the battle with discrimination and oppression for those of color continued. Having grown up in the slums of Chicago during this time, Bigger was already at a tremendous disadvantage. Society created a parasite, fueled by anger and fear, and allowed it grow in Bigger Thomas. One of the turning points of the book begins with Bigger taking an intoxicated Mary into her room, after Mrs. Dalton walks in Bigger becomes afraid of what Mary might say, and he accidentally suffocates her.

Oppression is a factor that those under it wish to eliminate as oppression destroys all types of happiness and satisfaction in an oppressed persons life. Works by numerous authors going as far back as Patrick Henry and as present as Langston Hughes demonstrate the oppressed as constantly battling their oppressors. These writers allow the audience see the mistreatment men, women, and children have gone through, which ultimately exposes the harsh realities of the lives ' of the oppressed. The injustice society has caused on many has brought upon destruction and disintegration not only to the families of the oppressed, but also to others living in fear of what could happen. This injustice is wide ranging, anywhere from the British tyranny on American

These lyrics connect with Boo’s life philosophy by saying how he is tired of people viewing him as a monster even though his past actions exemplify him as one. He wants to be forgiven, and he intends to break the “chains” holding him and his courage back. In the story, he tries to break away from his guilt and go outside however he always gives into his guilt causing him to be locked up in his home still he holds much courage by even

The aloof and paranoid tones in Douglass ' passage describe his fear of returning to his past life and it emphasizes his pain of remembering it. Aside from carrying physical scars, Douglass also carries mental and emotional within him that cannot be removed by anyone/anything. Douglass ' nautical imagery and historical allusions reflect his deep emotional pain from his past life and the concern that he will might "be taken back". Furthermore, Douglass feels that he will never be safe from the "money-loving hunters" and "Pirates" that are out there every day looking for vulnerable people like him. Every step he takes, he senses others are watching him and chasing after him.

The narrator experiences grave racism which promotes him to change his definition of himself when he travels through a series of communities. Also, the Liberty Paints Plant prevents the narrator in fulfilling his wishes to identify himself due to the racism he undergoes. The Brotherhood initial helps the narrator but as time passes they completely betray him causing his identity to change. A person's identity will always be an essential part of their lifetime. Without an identity, people become lifeless and invisible.

Volcanoes are formed as mountains that can be deadly. The tornado-like winds and ash from the eruption, opposed to the magma, is the most deadly part of a volcano. These winds are called “pyroclastic flow” and are very powerful that destroy lots. “The pyroclastic flow is similar to strong wind storms called hurricanes”(Lassieur 3).

[F] George told Lennie about going to the farm as a possibility because Lennie liked listening about it. [G] Under the category of losing hope, Joe Wilner writes “ Victimization- When we are abused and belittled we can start to believe that is how life is supposed to be… begin to feel that we don’t have any control over what happens to us and that bad things will always occur... can relate to unfair treatment from prejudice and discrimination” (Wilner, 1). [H] I feel like George had an mindset that all bad things would happen to them and continue to happen to them because George didn’t seem to have control over what happened to him or Lennie. [I] Especially with what happened in Weed, George feels like bad things will continue to happen.

My personal observation is that the community members feel sad and depressed when they remember the issues of colonization and how they are been oppressed in following the laid down rules and principles of the colonizers. Being subjected by the colonialist rules which created a standpoint that their version of addressing issues is right, whereas that of the victim is wrong. One of the strength perspective of the Northern New Mexico (Nuevomexicano) Hispanic culture is the desire to protect and preserve their culture. ASSESSMENT The historical trauma affected the life of community members till this present day, where members perform the role of cultural and community protector and this have major consequence on their part because there is a feeling of protecting of one self constantly and the fear of that there are enemies everywhere.

This is a great question; our time is going through a modern revolution as things are changing standards of life must evolve as well for all. I feel that the civil disobedience that is going on today is very sad in my opinion, during our time there should not be any type of difference that people are treated based on their skin color. Our era is having a time of public strife; and I suppose the civil disobedience is needed because of the police on African American life; often time’s people of color arrest ends with violence as it seems in the media. Everyday we hear of something very sad happening to someone there are now protest for people of color.

As an individual with disabilities like the character of Lennie faces, which clearly Steinbeck shows the causes of his control to achieve his dream to freedom with George and soft things. Unfortunately, Lennie lines in a time where disabilities were thought of as issues that can not be fixed and are worthless. Even though many had no one there to help them. Which Lennie just limits everything over time by all the bad things he keeps doing because of his disabilities. Even him asking about his future will not change the fact he has killed and hurt many people just trying to get to his dream.