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- 191: The African Queen Summary Char
- THE AFRICAN QUEEN Short Summary: "The African Queen" is the tale of two companions with different personalities who develop an untrustworthy love affair as they travel together downriver in Africa around the start of World War I. They struggle against the climate, the river, the bugs, the Germans and, most of all, against each other. In the course of much misery, they develop love and respect for each other. Detailed Summary: In September 1914, the German occupying forces hold East Africa. The story starts in a small village that is overlorded by a stuffy British missionary, Reverent Samuel Sayer and his spinster, prudish sister Rose Sayer, who is utterly devoted to her brother. Rose is also ... to use the old, ramshackle African Queen, since he has blasting gelatine, cylinders of oxygen and hydrogen as new cargo. They have a dangerous and difficult escape route: They have to pass the large Central Africa lake at the end of the dangerous connecting river, the Ulanga and Bora Rivers. But a large 100-ton German gunship, the Louisa, controls this area. In front of the lake, the Germans occupy ...
- 192: Heart Of Darkness
- ... over the edge. There is a third minor character, named, who is also hired by the Belgium Ivory Company to bring in the renegade representative, Kurtz. The setting is of course in the jungle of Africa. It brings in London, as the ship leaving to Africa taking Marlow, deports from. The main setting is the Congo River, which appears to be hot, muggy, and very uncomfortable. There is great contrast in the miserable clothing the civilizes humans from Europe wear, and ... towards the conquered people; it was all just business. I have notice 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 their old tribal ways. Conrad does an ...
- 193: Imperialism 2
- ... behind it was that it was easier to get control of china if the Qing administration was in charge. The rebels were defeated and the English succeeded in fulfilling their intentions. During the imperialism of Africa, many of the same things occurred. The English took control of the African countries in different ways, but they still got control. With the Africans, the English just went to war with the countries or ... In 1839, the government burned $6 million worth of English opium that was in canton. Englands response was to use their navy and advanced war technology to defeat the Chinese and capture canton. In Africa, the English took land by attacking the native people and forcing them to give up. It was harder to do this to the Chinese, because of the manpower that they had. In the end, England ... well accepted by the wealth-seeking merchants, there was a good market. The English used the people because they knew that the Chinese would become addicted to the drug, creating a never-ending market. In Africa, the people and resources were exploited, but in different ways. The Africans were forced to harvest goods by the English. They didnt receive nearly anything for their labor and were unable to support ...
- 194: Malcolm X
- ... oppression that White America had forced them to suffer for over four hundred years. The X represented the African tribal name his ancestors had lost when they were brought in their millions as slaves from Africa to America. From his initial, radical stance as a "Black Nationalist" seeing evil in all whites, he came to think that blacks and whites could work together for international revolution, a belief that ultimately led ... s father, like Garvey, believed that the Negro could never achieve freedom, independence or self-respect in the racist climate of the US, and that black people should leave the whites behind and return to Africa. Because of these beliefs the Reverend Little was branded a 'trouble-maker' by local whites, who claimed he was stirring up the "good negroes" of the area, and forced the Littles to move to Lansing ... then on Malcolm's life changed completely. Visiting the prison library and reading continuously he discovered the awful truth about the black man in America, how his ancestors had once ruled great civilisations back in Africa and how the whites had taken millions of Africans as slaves to the Americas. He also learnt "Yacub's History", a teaching of Elijah Muhammad's which claimed that the Negro was the Original ...
- 195: Cry, Our Beloved Country
- ... country, by alan paton, is a book which tells the story of how james jarvis, a wealthy estate owner who, because of his own busy life, had to learn of the social degradation in south africa through the death of his only son. If arthur jarvis had never been killed, james jarvis would never have been educated by his sons writings, and stephen kumalo. When we first meet james jarvis, he ... other people, and ended up doing just that. James finds that his son was well researched on the problems of their society, and was interested in helping the development of the social structure in south africa. From the pictures of jesus and lincoln on his wall, james discovered the admiration arthur had for these two men. These were men of action, who showed love for their friends, and at the same ... education, we learn the similarities between mr. Jarvis and kumalo. When we first meet jarvis, the setting is much the same as when we met stephen. They both live in the farming areas of south africa, and they share the love for the land, and what is in their lives. They each are married with one son who they know nothing about, and both are forced to come to terms ...
- 196: Heart Of Darkness - Racism
- ... a few different meanings. Conrad uses this term in many ways to characterize social, political and psychological affairs in order to help the reader get a feel of his attitudes towards things, such as colonialism, Africa, and civilization. The first impression of the word "darkness" in relations to this novel that I understood was its reference to racism. This, I got from the way Conrad writes about the White people and how they treated the natives (Black), in Africa. During the colonization of Africa, forced ideals of a race that thought of themselves as more superior than those who occupied that land before them existed. This is demonstrated as Conrad writes about how the Whites completely dominate the ...
- 197: Mozambique
- Mozambique- a beautiful stretch of land off the Southeast coast of Africa. It is specifically located at latitude 4027S to 2652S, and longitude from 3031E to 4051E. Its east coast shores are some of the most tranquilizing while the west coast is bordered by South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Tanzania coming from south to north. Mozambique is famous for the Zambesi River and its contribution to the power supply of central Africa. Today the capital of Mozambique is Maputo. The whole country is a largely tropical area that is susceptible to both drought and flooding. Mozambique is so vast that it must be broken up into ...
- 198: Genetic Variations
- ... As expected, today's nenes have far less genetic variation than their descendants. A mutation in the 1 of the 500 letters of the hemoglobin gene has proved to be very helpful to those in Africa who carry it. Malaria is a very deadly disease, one of the 3 deadliest in the world. Malaria is passed to humans by the anopheles mosquito, and can decimate all of the hosts blood cells in a weeks time. The pathogen multiplies in each blood cell and is then released to invade cells. The disease is widespread in Africa, especially among children. There are many in Africa who don't die from malaria. Why? When a certain acid is added to the blood cells, the cells take on a sickle shape and collect to form rod-like structures. The rods then ...
- 199: Female Genital Mutilation: Long Term Psychological Effects
- ... Pharoanic type (Infibulation), where the complete removal of the clitoris occurs and the vulva walls are stitched together leaving a small opening for urination and menstrual discharge. Nowadays, however, it continues to be practiced in Africa and the Middle East mostly due to social forces. New reasoning developed through the years to keep the ritual going on. The many reasons given for the practice are bewildering and unfounded in any scientific ... a better choice than to be alienated. Even though Female genital mutilation is practiced mostly in Islamic countries, it is not an exclusively Islamic practice. Circumcision is a cross-cultural and cross-religious ritual. In Africa and The Middle East, it is performed by Muslims, Coptics Christians, members of various indigenous groups, Protestants and Catholics. However, Muslims try to justify continuing the habit by relating it to Sunnah; That is, following ... not conform under threatening or dictation, especially on such a subject. This problem should be dealt with smoothly, it is not going to stop overnight. Recently, programs are being made to educate village women of Africa and the Middle East in an effort to make them grasp the idea very well and assess and compare between the harms and benefits, if any, of circumcision. Programs are done in such a ...
- 200: Cry The Beloved Country
- ... country, by alan paton, is a book which tells the story of how james jarvis, a wealthy estate owner who, because of his own busy life, had to learn of the social degradation in south africa through the death of his only son. If arthur jarvis had never been killed, james jarvis would never have been educated by his sons writings, and stephen kumalo. When we first meet james jarvis, he ... other people, and ended up doing just that. James finds that his son was well researched on the problems of their society, and was interested in helping the development of the social structure in south africa. From the pictures of jesus and lincoln on his wall, james discovered the admiration arthur had for these two men. These were men of action, who showed love for their friends, and at the same ... education, we learn the similarities between mr. Jarvis and kumalo. When we first meet jarvis, the setting is much the same as when we met stephen. They both live in the farming areas of south africa, and they share the love for the land, and what is in their lives. They each are married with one son who they know nothing about, and both are forced to come to terms ...
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