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- 181: Heart of Darkness: Cruelty
- ... nature, the insensibility of reality, and the moral darkness. We have noticed that important motives in Heart of Darkness connect the white men with the Africans. Conrad knew that the white men who come to Africa professing to bring progress and light to "darkest Africa" have themselves been deprived of the sanctions of their European social orders; they also have been alienated from the old tribal ways. "Thrown upon their own inner spiritual resources they may be utterly damned by ... be so corrupt by their absolute power over the Africans that some Marlow will need to lay their memory among the 'dead Cats of Civilization.'" (Conrad 105.) The supposed purpose of the Europeans traveling into Africa was to civilize the natives. Instead they colonized on the native's land and corrupted the natives. "Africans bound with thongs that contracted in the rain and cut to the bone, had their swollen ...
- 182: Heart Of Darkness
- ... explorers. These colonies barely survive; they neither expand nor retract as the years continue to pass by. The light of civilization obviously does not belong in a place as blackened with uncivilized cultures as in Africa. The light has been unable to penetrate the darkness. Once locked within the country Marlow finds his surroundings extremely harsh: The Congo is described as a place of intense mystery whose stifling heat, whispering sounds ... all these qualities were true. Ivory comes from the tusks of male elephants which are large, powerful, and wild creatures, giving ivory a sense of life. These elephants can be found in the heart of Africa were the natural way thrives and civilization has not yet destroyed and industrialized. This is a dark place because it is so mysterious and unknown. Then the white men came from Europe with greed in their hearts and souls to colonized and depleted Africa of its natural beauty and assets. The life of a man or animal should be held much higher than of a non-living object. When the greed of the white men took over, the ...
- 183: Compaq Computers
- ... purchase of Digital Equipment Corp. Compaq's expansion worldwide has made its presence through a range of geographic divisions with offices in North America, Asia Pacific, Japan, Latin America, China, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Compaq North America (corporate office) is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Its products and services are sold and supported through a network of more than 25,000 commercial and consumer marketing partners across the United States ... Enloe, is actively involved at Houston headquarters in the daily direction and operations of the company pending the selection of a new Chief Executive Officer. Senior Vice President and General Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa Andreas Barth directs all of the company's business activities across Western and Eastern Europe, middle east and Africa. Senior Vice President Information Management and Chief Information Officer Michael D. Capellas oversees Compaq's worldwide information systems operations. Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Environment Hans Gutsch is responsible for the company's ...
- 184: Imperialism: And the Way It Took Away Tranquillity
- ... country who actually benefited from their parent country, direct or indirect ruling aside. If we look at the imperial colonies now, their all in political turmoil. The governments of the countries of; Cuba, Indonesia, South Africa, India, China, just to name a few, are in constant struggle with it's citizens now, because it didn't learn how through the course of history. Those countries who's citizens don't speak ... concerned the parent country. In many cases they used what was called Sphere Of Influence to claim exclusive rights to trade/investments/resources in a particular area. It's much like the way they divvied Africa as if it were a cake. It's like if I claimed your car for my own without your consent. It's totally unfair. The European countries, mainly Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Spain, and Portugal, held a conference in Berlin in 1884 to decide the fate of Africa, totally disregarding the small native rulers, and tribes they had set up on their own. Imperialism even finds no justice for it's action with the words of God. It finds no warrant in ...
- 185: The Senegal Tribe
- The Senegal Tribe Many students of African history wonder why the native people of Africa did not rise up in violent rebellion against their Imperialist conquerers. What many do not know though, is that some tribes did. One of these tribes was the nation that we now know as Senegal ... the French broke the agreement and war broke out for 7 years. The people of Senegal were defeated in 1898. This war was one of the few examples of overt resistance during the colonization of Africa. The geographical situation of the people of Senegal was one of the reasons that lost the war. First of all, Senegal is located on the North Western coast of Africa, making it easily accessible for the Europeans. Also, one very negative feature was the flatness of the land, which made the natives face the superior weapons of the French head on. Bibliography Websters Concise ...
- 186: George S. Patton
- ... with the triumph of the Allies and the use of the atomic bomb for the first time on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Because of Patton’s great leadership, the U.S. was able to invade North Africa, capture Sicily and halt the German counter attack in the Battle of Bulge. Patton had a family with a long tradition of military service. His father, George Patton, was the son of a brigadier general ... troop under the command of Marshal Erwin Rommel “The Desert Fox”. Patton was asked to get his men trained well and fast. Four months later Patton found out that he was being sent to North Africa. On November 8, 1942, General Patton and his Tank Force landed on the beaches of French Morocco. Here the Americans had to fight the French who where under orders to resist. Patton organized a fight ... forces to break through German lines. Just when Patton found an opportunity to break through the lines by the east side, the British General Sir Harold Alexander ordered Patton to abort that mission and keep Africa Corps from running off while Montgomery’s Army broke through the line. After this, Patton was very frustrated, but he was back in action when Eisenhower assigned him to plan Operation Husky, the invasion ...
- 187: Racial Segregation
- ... of economic and political standing. Ancient Greece was divided into the educated upper class, the middle working class, and slaves. Europe in the Middle Ages had an upper ruling class, and a poor working class. Africa in the past on hundred years had two classes, colonists and native Africans. Each class had a strict place in society and each person in that society was expected to conform to the behavior expected of their class. In these social structures, tension between classes start when a denomination of people believe that their niche in society is unjust. These racial tensions started in Africa between the two current classes; native Africans fought the Europeans colonists for control in every way that they could; literature being a widely used weapon. Two of these writings, Nadine Gordimere's Good Climate, Friendly ... his past include that he drove from Rhodesia. Jack points out that the tire treads on the man's car would not have made it through the six hundred-mile trip from Rhodesia to South Africa (561). She becomes scared of the mysterious man who is living with her and thinks that he will kill her. He seemed to know about her fear and though it was funny. She says: ...
- 188: A Holiday For Murder - Summary
- Part 1, Chapter 1. A man called Stephen gets off a train and he is set on doing something that he has planned to do for a long time. The man is from Africa because he said that he felt homesick. Was three days before Christmas. Uses words like Drab Saw a beautiful girl sitting on the train. She looked out of place. Part 1, Chapter 2. Pilar, the ... Pilar came from Spain. A war was on at the time. She told a story of when her driver was killed by a bomb: she did not seem to care! (P5) He told her about Africa and a story of when he was a kid. Part 1, Chapter 3. A bunch of people talking about their father. They talk of how much they hate him, and how they want to break ... letter for Simeon. The doorman could not remember who the man was. Part 2, Chapter 5. The man turned out to be the son of an old partner of Simeons The man came from South Africa. Part 3, Chapter 1. Harry and Simeon talking about the problem of Harrys' presence there. The main problem was Alfred's. His brother. The old man has a surprise for the rest of the ...
- 189: Observed Distribution of South American Relief Features
- ... species existed in different continents. Geological structures also demonstrated that the continents were, in fact, one giant land mass; old mountain ranges from one continent matched with those from another (i.e., South America and Africa). Ocean spreading has always been moving the continents towards or away from each other. About 200 million years ago during the Jurassic period, Pangea began to separate. Pangea’s continental crust was subjected to many ... thus creating two continents. About 135 million years ago, because of sea floor spreading, Pangea separated into two large landmasses: Laurasia (containing North America, Europe, and Asia) to the north, and Gondwana (containing South America, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and India) to the south. About 180 million years ago, Gondwana started to break up into South America-Africa, Australia-Antarctica, and India. About 130 million years ago, the Atlantic started separating South America and Africa while India sailed towards Asia, crashing into it about 30 million years ago. Australia and Antarctica split ...
- 190: Things Fall Apart
- ... of the Ibo tribe. Achebe is telling the story of Okonkwo from his childhood till his death. Before I read this book I did not have a very good idea of how people lived in Africa, and the ideas of I did have about life in traditional African societies turned out to be untrue. Achebe did a very good job of illustrating a traditional African society, and by reading this book ... tribe and had to start his live over. Over the seven years that Okonkwo was away, the Ibo tribe changed a lot. Most of these changes were do to the missionaries which had come to Africa to try to convert people to Christianity. Okonkwo could not accept these changes, and in a rage of anger he killed a clansman. This was the worst crime a man could commit. After Okonkwo did ... life, their paths led them to the same place. The reason that the Ibo tribe had changed so much while Okonkwo was in exile for the seven years, was the arrival of the missionaries in Africa. The missionaries accepted people who the Africans believed to be outcasts. The Africans thought that these people they thought to be outcasts would bring bad luck to the missionaries. They also tried to jinx ...
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