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Children are begging for food and even trying to get scraps from dogs. Those in the second example show how happy they can be without focusing entirely on money. They closed up their shop and had a party not having a care about how much money they spent or lost by closing up. Finally the Cratchit family's living conditions and health status show how well this capitalistic sense of living works. The poor living conditions aside; Tiny Tim's status of health was diminishing with no social welfare or other support to help. With this philosophy of social Darwinism at hand many do not get the help provided, even if they desperately need it.

The people are not starving, and though they missing some previous amenities, the population is physically sound as to be capable of civilized thinking. There is order established that is lacking in The Road, evident as “People stare at him until he anxiously gathers his laptop up and slips away. Not that anyone would steal it. They just don’t want to be reminded…” This reestablishment of human civilization stems from the outlook of the characters in the story. Quentin is an optimist, who believes that civilization can be recovered and restored after the apocalypse. His purpose centers on his hope, for a better situation for everyone there. The girl, serving as the narrator, believes that simply living to try and improve their own lives isn’t enough. “We need a chronicler, a town recorder, a church Bible full of births and deaths... a bit of incidental knowledge for whoever comes along next.” Not only does she want to help the current generation to succeed, she wants to help future generations, and believes that doing so would boost the people’s morale. The result of this shared attitude of helping everyone is that people come together to work things out. Resources are pooled and people’s minds are more at ease as they no longer have to deal with the threat of other humans, which all serve to instill a sense of optimism in the people and push them to work harder. The girl says, “Who has time

But, in seeking this goal, they sacrificed the prisoners’ liberty within the prison to the extent they went insane. Solitary confinement and beatings are two examples of the terrible conditions. The search for finding a way cure deranged men led to unjust treatment against democratic ideals even though the reformers were trying to improve their lives.

Inmates at Shawshank were often beat within an inch of their lives by the administration at Shawshank in order to instill a sense of obedience and to keep enforcing routine. Head Guard Captain Hadley would on occasion hurt the prisoners so much they would die of injury’s they sustained from him. “Black man, white man, red man, yellow man, it doesn’t matter because we’ve got our own brand of equality. In Prison every con’s a nigger and you have to get used to the idea if you intend to survive men like Hadley and Greg Stammas who really would kill you just as soon as look at you. When you’re in stir you belong to the state and if you forget it woe is you. I’ve known men who have lost eyes, men who have lost toes, Men who have lost fingers, I knew a man who lost the tip of his penis and counted himself lucky” (44) this shows the lack of moral judgment

Conversely, Kusserow, instead of using irony or literary images, she forms meaning in her poetry through the use of metaphors. As Tyson states, “ A metaphor is a comparison of two dissimilar objects in which the properties of one are ascribed to the other” (143). Kusserow uses several metaphors throughout her poem to help elucidate the effects of the Second Sudanese Civil Wars on the Lost Boys. Regarding the “Lost Boys”, the name given to the groups of over 20,000 boys of the Neur and Dinka ethnic groups who were displaced and orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War, Kusserow writes, “packs of bony Lost Boys / roving like hyenas towards Ethiopia, / tongues, big as toads, swelling in their mouths” (15-17). Here, Kusserow has used two zoomorphic metaphors, applying animal characteristics sot humans. She compares the Lost Boys to a hyena, a wild and chaotic animal, depicting the boys as a bunch of mad and violent scavengers, implying that they try to search for and collect anything that can be a source of food for them. Moreover, her comparison in which she describes the tongues of the Boys to be as big as toads, she is illustrating the extreme level of dehydration that the boy’s probable experienced, and how their tongues swell up since that is a symptom of dehydration. From Kusserow’s use of zoomorphic metaphors, we can see that she is trying to show how the Lost Boys have been dehumanized due to the dreadful condition they have had to face as a product of the Second

He even finds himself wanting to laugh at his situation. After this, he goes into a reminiscing and even happy tone about what he thought life in Canada would be like. He states he used to dream of Canada and of the opportunities of a new life outside of his homeland. He recalled how he planned to get married, have children, begin a family with a house, maybe even a cottage on the edge of the city. Middle class was his goal, he’d provide for his family, a stark difference from the “hard-to-mouth” life he was used to. But then, all too quickly, this daydream is ripped from him as his feet pressed to asphalt, continuing his never ending search for a job. With each step, he finds his sense of revulsion increasing, and thus begins his doubts. He wonders if he was really happy on the island, happier than he even realized before reaching Canada. Again, reality tears him from his regrets and hopes and he knew he needed to find a job or he will starve. His tone quickly takes a sharp turn into humorous denial, perhaps another past thought of what he thought life in Canada would be like; “No one starved in Canada; that only happened in such places as India or Africa. But definitely not Canada!” For a third time, the reality of his starving, growling stomach brings him back to his current, unfortunate situation, in which he becomes slightly panicked at the prospect of actually not getting a meal that night. He suddenly feels out of place,

Poverty is a prevailing aspect in the novel because it shows the hardships of the characters and attracts the readers. It also gives more harsh detail into what life was like for migrant farm workers. George and Lennie, the two main characters in the novel, are very impoverished and struggle wi getting o bas necessities s such as food, water, and clothing. Instead of

In society, social problems are often brought to the public’s attention through popular culture and media. The compelling film, Fruitvale Station, directed by Ryan Coogler is a nod to many social problems found in the United States of America today. The film portrays social problems like poverty among minorities, racial profiling and especially police brutality through the last 24 hours of Oscar Julius Grant III’s life. The star-studded film not only pays homage to Grant but also to the ideas of poverty and police brutality. The film all but shouts at the audience that the minorities, especially African Americans, suffer from many economic and social disadvantages that needs attention. At the 2013 Sundance Movie Festival by means of great

Another case in which symbolism is illustrated is through the food that the inmates acquire and the prestige that comes along with it. “Around here whoever has grub had power” Plunder from the transports was the basis for the camp’s black market and barter economy (Kennedy 161). The Canada men do the unloading of the train cars and take all of the belongings from the passengers including jewellery, gold, coins, watches, bread, sausages, marmalade, sugar and more. They are able to take food and clothing, or anything that is of value within the camp, when they are working on the ramp. The ability to obtain food gives inmates the power to barter with SS men and also other Canada men for goods or for favours.

In the cars, there were many people crammed into each one. “The Hungarian police made us climb into the cars, eighty persons in each one. (pg. 22)” The people in the cars were barely given any room and were forced into cars made for animals. The Jewish people were also only given very little food and water. They were not given enough basic human needs. “They handed us some bread, a few pails of water. (pg. 22)” But they chose to make the most of what they had. Soon, the people began to change in terms of how they treated each other. The people began acting very inhumane towards each other. “Our nerves had reach a breaking point.Our very skin was aching. It was as though madness had infected all of us. We gave up. A few young men forced her to sit down, then bound and gagged her. (pg. 26)” These human beings were being treated as they were animals, so they began to act as if they were. The author used the cattle car conditions and the concentration camp treatment to express dehumanization during the

They are picked up by a woman and during the drive she frequently uses the word poor to describe the family. “We’re not poor” (Walls 121). The woman thinks the family is poor because their car broke down and possibly because of their appearance. “And what am I supposed to tell people about my parents?” (Walls 5).

When they arrive at their destination, the author gives up another clue toward the extent of the childen’s poverty. “Then we check out that we on fifth avenue and everybody dressed up in stockings. One lady in a fur coat hot as it is. White folks crazy.” (Bambara 471)

Gresham M. Sykes describes the society of captives from the inmates’ point of view. Sykes acknowledges the fact that his observations are generalizations but he feels that most inmates can agree on feelings of deprivation and frustration. As he sketches the development of physical punishment towards psychological punishment, Sykes follows that both have an enormous effect on the inmate and do not differ greatly in their cruelty.

In this critique of Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, I will be looking at the game through a Critical Race Theory(CRT) Lens. This paper is about the CRT of the playable races and factions within Skyrim and the underlying racial tones portrayed. I have organized this paper into a couple of different parts. The first is enough information to establish an understanding of the narrative of the game. Secondly, I will cover some basic ground of Critical Race Theory and how I will be relating certain parts of Skyrim to it. After that, I will dive into two subjects from the game. One about a city and its segregated population, and the phase of “Skyrim is for the Nords.” I conclude with my thoughts and understand of CRT and Skyrim.

Seeing one soldier being treated differently, weather this treatment be positive or negative, sets this soldier apart from the rest. This difference in treatment further undermines that unit’s esprit de corps and cohesion. And if this happens that unit’s loyalty can begin to be tested not only amongst them, but can also undermine that unit’s leader who has to spend so much of his and her time dealing with that unit’s only trouble spot.