The Last Train By Paul Theroux

Your sitting in front of the Television watching the season finale of your favorite show, it goes to a commercial break and instead of getting up to refill the snack bowl you stay. In the arms of an Angel by Sarah McLachlan begins to pay and the screens is covered by videos and pictures of starving kids in Africa; Softly, an emphatic voice begins to talk about why you should donate to their nonprofit organization. Guilt swells in you and you feel an urgent pull to help those in need especially if your finically capable. Surprisingly, the media portraying Africa incorrectly happens all the time. Africa and it’s citizens are a country wrongly painted to be largely poor, broke, and ultimately a third world continent y in western media. The wrongful representation of Africa through

Romare Bearden, an African American artist, was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1911. As a child he moved to New York City where his parents were both very involved in the African American community and the Harlem Renaissance. Bearden attended Lincoln University and then later transferred to Boston University. He then proceeded with school and began attending New York University, where he focused more on his art. Later on, Bearden joined the Art Students League where he studied under George Grosz. Grosz was a German artist who was famous for his paintings and drawings. However, Grosz also did collage work that later inspired Bearden to begin creating collage pieces. Although Bearden worked with many different medias, including oils and water color, he was most known for his collages. In his collages, Bearden would depict African American life. Bearden would use different pieces from magazines and combine them together with other media to create a piece that demonstrated a scene of daily African American life. Through his collages, Bearden became a very well known artist in the

In every mystery novel, there is a great detective who makes the story intriguing. The Girl On The Train is an intriguing and unique story because it is told from multiple different points of view in every chapter. Rachel Watson, the main character and the detective, tells a majority of the story and who the reader hears from mostly. The reader is able to get multiple sides of the stories throughout the novel however, Rachel, who is the main detective in the story, is the character who keeps the readers updated on the mystery and crimes.

Slum Tourism should be allowed because it can change perceptions of poverty. People see poverty in different ways, some express pity while other express disgust, while still others have never experienced poverty. Slum tours allow people to see the other side of the world, the reality that impoverished people face everyday. The article “The Pros and Cons of Slum Tourism, Crass Voyeurism or Virtuous Travel?,” by Leyla Giray Alyanak depicts slum tourism in countries such as Brazil, South Africa, the Philippines and Kenya. As a result slum tourists made her change her perspective about poverty. For instance, Leyla Giray visited Rocinha, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the article she records that the tour gave her a better understanding of poverty, and how poverty can be the cause of addiction and crime- something that

Ever since the ability to travel over vast amounts of distances around the world became easier with the use of innovative marvels such as the aeroplane, tourism started to grow in certain countries that had enough places of interest. Africa offered much that cannot be seen anywhere else in the world; from the ancient pyramids of Giza to the spectacular wildlife migration in the Serengeti. Tourist from around the world would pay a lot of money to see and be a part of this almost untouched beauty. Thus tourism in Africa started to grow and became one of the most important sources of income for many countries. But the dilemma that we know face is whether tourism offers more benefits to the society to overcome

Many companies are using celebrities to promote for a certain kind of product. Sue Jozui in her passage, arguing that using celebrities in advertising are insulting the intelligence of the audience, and this kind of advertising should be boycotting. The author supports her argument by first giving examples of celebrities using some kinds of products and promoting for them, she continues by calling authorities to stop this kind of advertising. The author’s purpose is to show that using celebrities in advertising is misleading and insulting in order to stop this kind of advertising and legislate rules and guidelines for advertising. The author Sue writes in critical tone for consumers and authorities. However, the consumers are not forced to buy anything and it’s their responsibility to evaluate the product.

Have you ever been reading a book and just can’t stop? Well Road Trip by: Gary Paulsen. Road Trip is an adventure and comedy book that everyone will love. There are 114 pages, and Road Trip has no awards yet.

Throughout the story” Everyman by Peter Van Deist” taught a valuable lesson to the readers in my opinion. It taught me that you value and cherish what’s in front of you and to never take things for granted because in death it will all go away.

The hardcover version of this book is over 500 pages. I read it in two sittings and it was a struggle to ever put it down. To call this book a romance novel would not be accurate. To call it a science fiction novel wouldn't be entirely accurate either. Author Audrey Niffenegger manages to weave these two genres together into a unique story that is touching, funny, sweet, and sad enough for the romantic and cynic in all of us. What could be a simple love story between two people, Henry and Clare, is complicated by the fact that Henry has a disease that causes him to jump in and out of different periods of time. Henry, a Chicago librarian, has "Chrono Displacement" disorder, a problem that has afflicted him since childhood. He is unwillingly

People all over the world long for new adventures.One way people seek to find new adventures is by traveling to new and interesting places. Most people visit places they have never been before.One country all tourists should visit is Germany because of the food, art, and architecture.

As Peter Pan once said, “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.” As a child did you love going to the beach? If you did were you tired of the usual beach? Did you dream of going to the bay or risk your life being an adventurous yet innocent young one? In “Through the Tunnel”, by Doris Lessing the author uses symbolism, setting, and characterization to convey the message that Jerry is growing tired of the usual, routine beach (symbolizing childhood) and is transitioning into the wild, unpredictable, bay (symbolizing

Two personality traits of the protagonist Jerry from the short story Through the tunnel, by Doris Lessing are that he is immature but at the same time also determined. Jerry is immature because in the story on page 3 paragraph 17 it says ,”They were leaving to get away from him. He cried openly, fists in his eyes. There was no one to see him so he cried himself out.” This shows that Jerry doesn't Know how to deal with rejection and his only solution to it was to cry like an infant.

The following essay will compare and contrast two cultural productions that represent and depict Africa. The films “Coming to America” by John Landis and “The Gods Must Be Crazy” by Jamie Uys have similarities and differences according to the meaning of Africa. The similarities of these films are the use of the current English language, religion, comedy relief, traditions, and interpretation of Africans “single story”. The differences of these films are the time period, locations, clothing, articulation, and reputation. The cultural productions of “Coming to America” and “The Gods Must Be Crazy” can be compared and contrasted because both films exhibit a relationship that depicts how we think about Africa not as a place, but as people as a whole in the modern world.

The films Blood Diamond and The Constant Gardener both represent the relatively recent shift of modern film making towards depicting Africa-centric story-lines in order to spread awareness of issues such as corruption and exploitation to American and European audiences. However, the portrayal of Africa in these two movies in particular, should be carefully considered, as these movies may present the more stereotypical Africa rather than the truth.

From Gatwick Airport to Johannesburg Airport; me, my Mother, and my Brother finally arrived in South Africa. After a gruesome 11-hour flight, I couldn’t believe that I was finally in the golden city of miracles. It’s all rather unbelievable to think this all happened because my mother saw an advert that displayed malnourished Africans within South Africa. I guess it touched my mother’s heart. My family and I were here on a mission to change the lives of poor South Africans, but however, as a 14-year-old kid I truthfully didn’t want to go to South Africa to help poor people. I only wanted to go to enjoy myself, and meet new people.