The Stolen Bacillus by H.G. Wells
This is a story set in the 19th century people had dress codes which reflected your status in society. The dress code was formal and quite severe it was almost as if the longer your top hat the higher up the rank you are in importance in society. In this story we meet a man who wants to help the society and quality of living whereas the other wants to destroy order as he is what’s known as an anarchist. This is someone who is feels that people should be responsible for there own actions and decisions meaning they govern their own lives. In the 19th century anarchists were seen as political agitators and sometimes violent. As in this story where we will see a man desperate and willing to go to
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The anarchist is very absurd into thinking that by drinking the potion that he would be able to infect the whole population in the story it says, “He went walking down Waterloo Bridge jostling as many people as possible trying to infect them”. The real blow must have come to the anarchist when he realises that that was the wrong phial. We know that this is true as the scientist says,” it is a phial which turns things blue so that is the only thing he will achieve”.
The two characters in the story who are set on big ideas are the
Scientist and the anarchist. The scientist is pompous and idealistic and likes the sound of his own voice, as he kept on talking about the bacillus. The anarchist is high flown and self-important, there is a bit of self pity and neglect but then again he is pathetic and can’t seek attention in any other way. There is definitely an element of frustration in his life as no-one listens to his ideas or what he has to say this is partly the reason why he wants to cause chaos with the stolen bacillus. We know this as it says, “The world shall hear of him at last. All those people who laughed neglected him and preferred other people to him will consider him now”.
The characters in the story who show reality are the wife of the scientist and the cabbies.
The wife is very down to earth she is more concerned about the way
He was so confident in his message that he transferred that confidence to the audience. The speaker was not afraid to let his emotion or passion show. This made him feel more relatable.
can get the people listening to feel what he is feeling. By doing this the audience would adapt to
I specially enjoy when he used a direct tone to point to his primary audience what they missed in their initial statement. Doctor King
wonderful it is but he soon changes the theme of the speech to his own
The narrator is an excellent speaker who remarks about his talent saying, "In those pre-invisible days I visualized myself as a
Traditionally, African Americans were not even allowed an education. The racism of American citizens prevented that right. As civil rights were getting ratified, that fact change. However, it moved slower with African American women. Despite that, some great African American women were able to learn practical and technical skills that lead to the advancement of African Americans.
Ida B. Wells stands today as one of the black pioneer in regards to social welfare. Wells was also considered one of America’s greatest teachers who taught European Americans that lynching was barbaric (Pinar, 2006). No small accomplishment for a Memphis school teacher who had to battle not only white racism, but misogyny and envy from her fellow black reformers (Pinar, 2006).
Wells Adams of Bachelor Nation isn't known for being quiet on this thoughts. He is always posting videos of himself drunk and sharing his thoughts on new episodes of the show. Now Us Magazine is sharing that Wells Adams is speaking out about the possibility of Rachel Lindsay being cast as The Bachelorette. Chase McNary and Wells Adams were guests on Vinny Ventiera's Wrong Reasons podcast on Thursday, February 2 and that is when Wells shared his thoughts.
and putting it in some strong words. He continues to say, as he does in the rest of the
For one thing, the actor employs a New York accent to his character who is a newspaper boy in New York. This use of voice demonstrates how he is a local there who has been delivering newspapers for a long time. Occasionally he would raise the volume of his voice when he wants to exert influence on his group of boys. He is seen as the leader among all the newsboys, so it makes him more believable when he shouts to grab their attention or to make an empowering speech. For example, he wanted three newsboys to change their minds about supporting the company, so he raised his voice to empathize with folks that supported his cause, creating an urgency for the three to join his cause.
As he alludes to himself throughout the speech, he
his own voice leads to his constant babbling. Scholars have been analyzing the character of
In a sense, a person’s social statuses define who they are and where they stand in the complex structure of social standings with our fellow humans. Some of these statuses we strive to obtain, such as the development of friendships or climbing up the hierarchy of a profession; others are thrust upon us at birth or by happenstance. The former are achieved statuses, a fitting name as such status must be obtained by the achievement of goals set by either individuals or society itself. The latter, those statuses thrust upon individuals, are called ascribed statuses. These include a person’s sex at birth, their race, physical and mental handicaps, etc. Social statuses greatly affect a person’s life, as different statuses beget different reactions from society. This paper will touch on such differences in three areas: sex/gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Sex/gender concerns what sex a person was born into, and what kinds of expectations were placed upon them as they grow into women and men. Race/ethnicity concerns the physical differences of individuals based upon their families’ geographical origins- which can have an impact on traditions passed down within their family as well as determine how they are viewed within our culture. Socioeconomic status is a person’s social class, which is determined by wealth, quality of life, and profession. These classes include the upper class, upper middle class, lower middle class, working class, and the lower class.
This chapter indefinitely proves that Wells has no plans of abolishing racial segregation. Life in Wells for someone who’s part of the coloured community would be unpredictable. For the most part, the people of Wells have only expressed their disgust towards the coloured and although I can’t justify the mentality of everyone who lived in the South based on what I’ve read about the acts they’ve committed; it’s safe to say that the majority wasn’t fond of having coloured living in the same area as they were. Life in Wells as a coloured person would consist of having to settle for inhumane conditions. Life in Wells as a white is strikingly different from what a coloured has to endure on a day to day basis. Whites often abuse their privileges and
Consequently, the quest for individualism and self-control perpetuates our current system of organization: a social hierarchy. Basically, a hierarchy is a system of ranks given to parts of a category that denotes worth relative to other parts of the category, and are notorious for being used a justification for discrimination. The three main categories of discrimination mentioned in Counihan’s article are classism, sexism, and racism.