...Both Banks and Bennett explore identity in their respective novel/play, although both using differing methods to present their ideas and perspectives. For the authors the formation of identity is massive aspect of the growth of an individual through their adolescence, and is the most prominent focus for both Banks and Bennett. Throughout their works both writers explore the many aspects of identity, with a primary focus on the conflict of identities and how this can challenge an individual, and this is explored with the many elements of identity, such as the formation of identity and the importance of education during this stage, how gender plays into someone’s identity, and even aspects of religion. Neither Banks nor Bennett makes a conclusive statement on a definitive cause of the formation of identity, although it can be argued that each work infers a definitive influencer on identity, with both authors choosing a somewhat nurture over nature stance on personal growth although the balance of the formation of identity is differing between the character that is being discussed. For almost all characters within the works education is the most aspect of their identity in some way. For the boys in “The History Boys” education defines them in that they are all school boys, they are defined by what they do, this is similar for the teachers in the play also, this is contrasting to Frank in “The Wasp Factory”, who is ultimately defined not by his education, but specifically his lack...
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...Vietnam between the months of May and November in 1963. However these events did not only have repercussions in America, they proved to be instrumental in Ngo Dinh Diem’s demise. Prior to the Buddhist crisis, after the Geneva Accords, Vietnamese civilians were granted the opportunity to stay where they living currently or the option to move to North or South Vietnam depending on their preference. A million Catholics emigrated from the North to South to form support for Diem’s government. It was known that Ngo Dinh Diem was Catholic and favored other Catholics along with providing them special privileges. He discriminated against and ignored the wishes of the Buddhists, which was 85% of the South Vietnamese population. He prohibited the Buddhists to practice as they chose. Tension had escalated when Ngo Dinh Diem had banned flying any religious flags to prohibit the display of the Buddhist flag on Buddha’s birthday. The main event that led to the start of the riots was the shooting of nine unarmed civilians who were protesting the ban of the flag. The shootings happened in the city of Hue, on May 8, 1963. By May 13th, Buddhist clergy in Hue had drafted a list of demands to give the government officials titled ‘Manifesto of Vietnamese Buddhist Clergy and Faithful’, in which they paid little attention to....
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...This essay was submitted via Moodle - if you plagiarize it you will be caught The “invisible institution” refers to the religious experience of black slaves in the American South which grew out of their desire for meaningful Christian worship that reflected their own perception and interpretation of the gospel. It encompasses both the concealed religious practice of slaves as well as the public way in which slaves experienced religion. Furthermore “invisible institution” indicates the neglect by historians of the spiritual journey embarked upon by slaves in the American South; particularly the omission of slave’s own written and oral history of their religious experience. While the “invisible institution” includes an amalgamation of these two distinctive religious realties of slave life, the “invisible institution” is truly the privately organized religious practice of slaves where they could assert their own beliefs and be masters of their own faith. Evangelical worship services in the South were used to reinforce the concept of mastery; white ministers continually sermonized that in order to reach heaven, slaves must obey their masters and even black preachers regurgitated this notion for fear of what would happen if they did not. Resultantly, slaves yearned for genuine Christian preaching that connected to their own lives, thus they held clandestine prayer meetings of their own. Retribution was brutal for slaves who dared to arrange or attend these covert meetings...
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...relatively recent example of this was when leaders and politicians from the United States of America crafted Executive order 9066, which was later signed by President Roosevelt on the 19th of February, 1942, forcing approximately one-hundred and twenty thousand Japanese - Americans living on the West coast to leave their homes and become accustomed to the idea of living in an internment camp (Heather, Arundel). The internment of Japanese men, women, and children was not justified because internment was solely based on suspicions mostly caused by racism against Asians, because civil and human rights of these people were ignored, and because internment destroyed the lives of many of these people. This paper will look at how racism and paranoia were instrumental in the spread of suspicion, how civil and human rights of Japanese - Americans before and during internment were ignored, and what effect internment had on the lives of these people. The internment of Japanese - Americans living on the West Coast was solely based on unsubstantiated suspicions and paranoia mostly caused by racism. Japanese - Americans were never fully assimilated into society, which is why racism against the group had already existed for forty years before the bombing of Pearl Harbor (Takei). Many believed that the Japanese were too different to assimilate the way European groups had. Immigrants who had moved to the U.S. from Japan could never, by law, become citizens, marry an American citizen, own land, or work...
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...need for a stable frame of reference (Erich Fromm (1900-1980). We all know that religion has a way of transforming people and can just as well help us in understanding life. Religions are considered to have political powers, and in this paper I will speak more of the comparison of Buddhism and Hinduism religions. Hinduism Hinduism is not easily separated from many of the other religions that were created back in India. The scriptures called the “ Vedas “ are considered as being the foundations of Hinduism. Both Hinduism and Buddhism has a devotion that takes the forms of rituals and other different practices. Both religions often require the use of sculptures and other images that are considered as Gods. Now there is one thing that is a little different when it comes to Hinduism, and that is the gods are ignored and mediation is used more. The two religions focus on the path of works as well as action and are very Page 2 well devoted. Hinduism religion has expectations...
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...HISTORY 2275 MID-TERM ERICA WILLIAMS 3-19-13 Aries and DeMause make the assessment that children in the Middle Ages were not as important as the adults and were often overlooked. DeMause says the adults usually had three reactions to their children, which were projective reaction, reversal reaction, and empathetic reaction. Very rarely did the adults use the empathic reaction. In fact, according to DeMause’s article children were looked to as adults. So when children did what seem to be harmful or dangerous, their parents blamed them for knowing better or assumed they meant to do it on purpose. Aries states that the only difference between a child and an adult was their size. Both scholars have strong opinions about the significance of childhood in the middle ages. However, I believe they simply have a different understanding and may have only been looking at specific events or families, which may have slightly clouded their view or overall opinion. I understand that there may have been times that parents were not as cautious as some other parents and may even provoked dangerous outcomes for their children at times, but I do not believe it was all intentional. Children were taken care of differently during the Middle Ages than they are now in the twenty first century. Children were raised to help their families and work as soon as they could walk and talk. Parents during those times did not believe children should be shielded from work or hard labor. Perhaps today we...
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...recognized and cherished among its followers, however there are other effects, some well-known, and others ignored, that are not so positive. Just some examples of these effects are: wars, discrimination, control, the retardation of science, the denial of healthcare, and death. This argument seeks to research and describe some of the negative effects religion has had on mankind, and thus the world. Certainly the most notable negative impact on society is religious wars. A religious war or holy war is a conflict primarily caused or justified by differences in religion. The account of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites in the Book of Joshua; the Muslim conquests of the 7th and 8th centuries; the Christian Crusades, 11th to 13th centuries; Wars of Religion, 16th and 17th centuries. These are the classic examples, but a religious aspect has been a part of warfare as early as the battles of the Mesopotamian city-states in 700BC. Throughout recorded history, more wars have been waged in the name of religion than any other reason. In the last two centuries alone, we have seen several wars fought over religion in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South America. Much of the middle ages were dominated by wars, such as: The Crusades, The Thirty Years War, and the French Wars of Religion. It is estimated that nine hundred million casualties have been caused by religious wars. Discrimination is the unjust or...
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...Equality, Diversity and Rights Promotion of Anti-discriminatory practice. The promotion of ant- discriminatory practice within health and social care believe that everyone have a duty and responsibility to counter discrimination. They believe in people’s right to respect in relation to their age, disability, ethnicity, gender, health, religious beliefs and sexuality. (http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/healthandsocialcare/fostering/anti-discriminatorypractice.aspx , 2015) There are three main national initiatives which cover anti discriminatory practices they are; conventions, legislations and regulations. Each of these initiatives stem from a set of legislations, regulations and a code of conduct and each of them are very important to society as they ensure that each individual is treated equally. (https://prezi.com/3e79exus9rkj/copy-of-national-initiatives-and-anti-discriminatory-practice/ , 2014) The national initiatives that are in place have influenced individuals in the health care profession to decrease the amount of discrimination that takes place, so as a member of staff that works in the health care profession you must follow the policies and procedures that have been set to ensure a standard of care is met for each individual. Legislations A legislation is a law which has been created by a governing body in order to regulate or declare a term of events. (http://www.londoneventstoolkit.co.uk/legislation/what-is-legislation/ , no date) In the UK parliament is responsible...
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...he knows no truth, the Socrates of Plato’s earlier dialogues is of the opinion that truth is obtainable by use of the elenchus. SOPHISTS - while they use the elenchus they do not develop a dialectic aimed at leading people towards truth. Some practice eristic, flashy and ostentatious employment of verbal tricks, capping an argument or trapping an opponent without regard to searching out truth. So, among all the other forms of decadence which Aristophanes points to in Athenian society at this time, might be added the decadence of philosophical argumentation. SOPHISTS were mainly outsiders, not Athenians. They came offering an education suited to the creation of a competititve public sphere which seemed to threaten the Old Education, the traditional mythopoetic education based on the poets (Homer, Hesiod, Pindar), religious ritual, and cultic initiation rites such as the Mysteries at Eleusis. (cf. Chorus of Initiates in Frogs.) Yet what they offered in the New Education was highly adapted to the needs of a citizen body which required rhetorical skills in order to participate in the democratic institutions of the Law Courts and the Assembly. Aristophanes shows the Sophists as mainly wanting to win arguments (or to practice what...
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...they were normal and not expected to change. However, during the 1960s these arguments were unavoidable and it was traditional people, typically the elders or parents of the generation, vs the new agers, young adults of the generation. The issues debated in the 60s stirred great conflict between the “religious” elders and the “secular” youths, by facing tradition against charisma, which brought together each of the groups since they needed to rely on each other to develop their argument. The elderly people in the 60s who were not for desegregation, anti-war, nor the new counterculture were categorized as “normative Americans who continued to believe in God, hard work, American exceptionalism,… and “traditional gender roles” (Snyder). This categorization defines them as the “religious” portion of this argument since they identified with believing in God. They were a hard group to get to budge on what they believed since for years prior to the 60s they ignored the efforts made by the younger generations to change the world. The elderly being set in their ways adheres to Smith’s argument that “A little more than half of emerging adults remain quite stable in their levels of religious commitment”(Smith,282)....
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...the presidential candidate if he didn’t work hard or get off the path, that million dollar loan would not have turned in the billionaire he is now. First off, what is Mastery? Mr. Leonard says “It resists definition yet can be instantly recognized. It comes in many varieties, yet follows certain unchanging laws.” In this instant gratification this is far too often ignored. We are always looking for the quick fix and the easy way out of our problems, such as does it like matter who wins the Presidential Election? Will anything change? Or are we just trying to find the quick fix, where the problem is so much greater than one election....
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...colonies for their mother country. They made discoveries crucial to life as it is known today; however, some of these revelations were only made because of questionable choices. These choices are unacceptable based on modern ideals. While the achievements European explorers made during the Age of Exploration were essential to modern life, they should not be glorified, as their actions resulted in the deprivation of the natives’ religious freedom, were relentlessly and unnecessarily violent, and spread deadly European diseases. To begin, it is necessary to speak of the obvious deprivation of religious freedom. Different groups of Europeans blatantly disregarded the Natives’...
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...The Age of Exploration was an era where wealthy Europeans travelled to the New World to establish colonies for their mother country, and a time of competition and tension between many of these European countries. They made discoveries essential to life as it is known today. However, some of these revelations were only made because of questionable choices. These choices are unacceptable based on modern ideals. While the achievements European explorers made during the Age of Exploration were essential to the development of modern life, they should not be glorified because while attempting to establish colonies, they deprived the natives of their religious freedom, was relentlessly and unnecessarily violent, and spread their diseases. To begin, it is necessary to speak of the obvious deprivation of religious freedom. Different groups of...
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...Stephens 1 Before Jainism evolved all of India was Hindu. India was divided into several independent City States ruled by “Kings who ruled over these Democratic independent City States” (Shah 101). Although Kings were political rulers, court priest ruled over the religious and spiritual decisions of the City States. These priests were called “Brahmin priest”. “These Brahmin priest conducted animal sacrifices for their kings so that the latter could gain entry to heaven, beget a son, get a kingdom, or a bridegroom for their daughters. The sacrifices were for God or for the Gods of rain, water, or fire, and etc” (Shah 101). The result of the Brahmin priest animal sacrifices created Jainism and even Buddhism to develop in India. The births of these two religions created a revolt against the Brahmin tradition of killing any living soul. Initially the Brahmins ignored the uprising of Jainism and Buddhism but it quickly begun taking an interest in India. “Jainism spread first predominately to the south and then northward to come to Gujarata on the west coast, which is the main center of Jainism today” (Shah, 101). Jainism is a “religion that has developed over 2500 years ago in India around the 6th century BCE This is about 500 years before Jesus Christ and about 1100 years before the prophet Muhammad and Islam” (Shah 100). The birth place of Jainism was in a State in Eastern India called “Magadha”. “Jainism started by Lord Mahavira (Maha = great, Vira= a warrior), the founder...
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...There are different cultural practices of people across the world that varies in one way or the other. According to Crapo (2013), a careful study of these cultures reveals that although there are some fundamental differences in the practices, sometimes it is common to find some similarities. In this study, I will focus on comparing the rites of passage between two communities in different countries. Each culture has its own rites of passage and its unique ways of celebrating such events. Some of these practices may have been restructured due to globalization and modernization that is turning the world into a global village. However, many communities still maintain their traditional heritage, preferring to continue with these practices despite the changes brought about by globalization. In this study, I will compare and contrast the cultural rites of passage among the Egyptians and that of the Hindus. I will be confirming even although these two cultures differ in their rites of passage practices, they also share a number of cultural values. Hindus have been able to maintain their cultural practices despite the changes that are taking place in the global world. Although they have embraced modernization, they have been able to maintain most of their cultural practices not only in their home country in India, but also in various other parts of the world where they live (Rinehart, 2004). On the other hand, the Egyptians have maintained their heritage within their country. Most of...
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