Upper Siang Essays

CULTURE OF THE BATEK Introduction In this paper, I will discuss the basics of the Batek culture and how being an egalitarian society permeates their culture. The Batek are a society consisting of approximately 800 people living primarily in the state of Kelantan on the Malaysia Peninsula. They are an egalitarian society, which is a concept where social equality is essential, and neither males nor females have control over the other group (Endicott, K. M., & Endicott, K. L., 2008). They are known

Introduction: The journeys in the long eighteenth century have a number of narratives fictional and nonfictional. One can cite the early novel by Aphra Behn's, The Royal Slave and Candide form the French writer Voltaire. In this text, I will consider optimism and pessimism in the Voltaire's novel, Candide or optimism (1959). There are two main different characters and each of them represents a different school of thought. They are Pangloss and Martin. The essay will examine the ways Candide reacts

Kurt Vonnegut’s Sirens of Titan explores a plethora of insightful topics: Society, the universe, human existence, free will, morality, and ultimately, the existential conflicts that emerge when these aspects come into dissonance. In light of this, humanity tends to critically downplay its role in shaping society, inadvertently coming into conflict with the very structures it created in the name of government and order. Vonnegut's vivid descriptions of Malachi Constant’s interactions with his futuristic

BLACK ICE: A VOICE FOR THE BLACK ABSTRACT: A lecturer in creative writing, Lorene Cary wrote Black Ice in 1991 to commemorate her adolescent years spent in Saint Paul’s school in New Hampshire. In this cheerful autobiography we hear the chirpy voice of a Black woman whose frolicsome nature and flair for life is the literary equivalent of playful sunshine on black ice. Her spirited reminiscence show how today Black American woman have sloughed off the sapping memories of the bygone years and can revel

Identify Amir’s strongest emotion in chapter1-12. Which emotion are persistent, and which change over time? Based on these emotions and how they are presented, compare Amir with one another character from the novel and judge which of these characters is more in touch with their true emotion and which of them is more justified in feeling the way they do. Mark Twain said that ‘All emotion is involuntary when genuine.’ There was some people like Amir can’t keep systematically away from emotions

What is the geographical setting? Historical setting? And social setting?How does each aspect of setting affect the story? The geographical setting is New York and Long Island (early 1920). Historical setting is 1920’s also know as the “jazz age” Social Setting is the valley of ashes, East egg, and the West egg. All the settings affect the story drastically, because it helps you with better understanding the mood of the story. Also giving a time/place in the novel better helps creating a mental

Barabus in the jew of malta is an extremely revengeful and ambitious character. The jew of malta appears as a victim in the beginning of the play. At the very beginning, barabus is shown as a unbelievably wealthy man and extremely shrewd and interested just in his own contentment. Barabus’s vicious evilness is more and more present in his behaviour. As the curtains rises, barabus the jew is discovered in his counting house counting the heaps of gold before him and speaking to himself the while.

Motivation is a strong internal force that drives one to get what they need. In 1943, an American psychologist named Abraham Maslow developed a theory of hierarchy involving needs that are driven by motivation. Our basic needs from most important to least are physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, and esteem needs. The lower needs cannot not be obtained without first fulfilling our higher needs (D. Jary and J. Jary 2006). The most essential need physiological need, is our drive for

“A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength but by the strength of his heart” This quote was said by a recognised hero in literature, hercules. By this definition Okonkwo the main character of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is not a hero. Not only is Okonkwo not a hero by hercules’s standard, but also by Aristotle’s too. Aristotle said that a hero is a noble figure which Okonkwo was not. All that Okonkwo ever accomplished was from fear of becoming his father, which means that he

The novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published the 10th of may 1925, revolves around the main character Jay Gatsby as well as Nick Caraway. All of Nick’s supposed friends are very self-centered and greedy. I believe that the characters in the novel personify greed. The novel is told through narration from the character Nick Caraway. Nick moves to New York after recently graduating from Yale University. When he moves to New York he get’s Jay Gatsby as a neighbor. Gatsby

Working Poor “When the poor or newly poor are asked to define poverty, however, they talk not only about what’s in the wallet but what’s in the mind or the heart” (Shipler 10). The United States of America is a place which has an enormous population filled with foreigners and immigrants. Many enter America to get a better job, a fresh start, and to live the American Dream. In the 21st century, the gap between the rich and the poor has greatly widened even though America’s economy is skyrocketing

Crime is defined as an action which evokes dissent and constitutes an offence in society. Crime can take a number of forms which have been conceptualized by a number of sociologists. The purpose of this essay is to analyze the function of crime regarding its contribution towards social stability. The French Sociologist, Emile Durkheim, was the first to comprehensively establish a relation between social functionalism, crime and deviance. (Emile Durkheim - functional explanation) He put forward his

Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution began in approximately 1760 and ended roughly when the first world war commenced. This time period brought many hardships and injustices for the women living in a patriarchal society, even those of middle to upper class. It was believed that a woman was lesser than a man in almost every way. Eventually, certain events led to a change for good, and women have come to be appreciated for their strengths just as much as men. Although great advancements have been

The caste system helps keep the economy in Ancient India under control. The caste system chooses the job you have, the people you hang out with, the person you marry, and even the jobs your kids are going to get. The cast system is divided into four main sectors. Those sectors are Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra. Here is more detail on the caste system. The caste system started because the Aryans were an organized society and they developed the system to have all the jobs done. As you know

Shattered Dreams: A Marxist analysis Of Mice and Men According to Idowu Koyenikan, a highly recognized financial consultant and frequently quoted author, “It takes nothing to stay in poverty, but everything to break free from it”(Koyenikan). Idowu emphasizes how people can not expect to change their economic state easily without a mindset of desperation to succeed. Poverty stricken people in the United States need to feel empowered to overcome their economic struggles. Clinging to a goal provides

SUBJECTIVE Offender Mister was seen in health services today for a growth on his left hand. He states that it has only been there for two weeks and is getting bigger in nature. He is denying any cutting off of circulation or numbness and tingling. He thinks that occasionally when he is doing pushups that he get some numbness and tingling sensation on his left elbow and he thought that correlated with the lump on his hand. OBJECTIVE What he has got is a cyst, and the cyst is right by his thenar

This review found that robot-assisted therapy of the upper limb improved both long and short term motor control in patients that had either subacute or chronic strokes (Prange, Jannink, Groothuis-Oudshoorn, Hermens, & IJzerman, 2006). This review also found robot-assisted therapy to be superior to conventional

Another way familial corruption is caused by the absence of fathers is portrayed by Shakespeare and Williams is through the characterization of the family members left behind. In The Glass Menagerie, Amanda Wingfield lives in the shadow of her past and is obsessed with the idea of gentlemen callers for her daughter. This concern for her daughter is rooted more in Amanda’s own interest, however, and has a detrimental effect on their relationship. “Once we analyse how Amanda manipulates maternity,

Ancient Egyptian Society Introduction Long before the onset of modern society, in the arcane and cryptic depths of Egypt, lay an influential and empowering civilisation. They thrived on several things; amongst them were nutriments, water, agriculture, reproduction, and namely, the social classes. (The ancient Egyptian society depended on several key aspects of their culture to thrive in such a hostile environment like Egypt. Such dependant variables included the development of agriculture and irrigation

The American Dream is based on the “Declaration of Independence”: We believe that all men are born with this inalienable right-life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. (Thomas Jefferson). This American Dream consists of a belief that in America, all men can achieve anything if they work hard enough, it means all things are possible to all American men regardless of birth or wealth. On the other hand, Miller believes that people have been misguided and his play, Death of a Salesman, is an example