How can we describe the United States as a post-colonial society?

The United
States in the course of its short history has gone from colony to colonizer.  One could define
acts of colonization moving into French and Spanish / Mexican controlled areas on the continent
(causing Texas to fight for freedom and eventually causing war with Mexico) or later crossing
the waters to "influence" Hawaii, The Philippines, and Cuba.  These last two are
significant, as they were colonial conquests outside of the contiguous States gained during the
1898 Spanish-American War.  Indeed, in the early 1800's, the Monroe Doctrine could be
interpreted as the States stating that they alone would colonize the Western Hemisphere through
"Manifest Destiny, although both were more or less a bluff until the latter part of the
century.  

In late ancient times, Rome, the supreme power of the known world,
kept order, established trade, made civic improvements, and culture thrived under the "Pax
Romana after colonial conquest. Today, for the forseeable future, whether we like it or not,
whether we continue to violate our Founding Principles in the process, we have become "The
Policeman of the World," with a few current notable exceptions, and have instituted a
worldwide "Pax Americana.

We could therefore conclude that these United
States are indeed a post-colonial society, since there's nothing left on Earth to colonize!  Yet
it soon could be a Chinese flag joins the Stars and Bars on the Moon, and other worldly
establishments created, and colonization resumes again.

Thornton Wilder's Our Townaddresses expectations of normalcy in terms of a historically oriented American Dream. What modern day cultural texts do the...

's play
makes one small town the iconic Everytown, USA. With the Stage Manager to guide us, we see the
characters experience and sometimes overlook their daily hopes and fears. Through Emily, caught
in a limbo of the newly departed, we are forced to think about fleeting mortality.

In considering modern interpretations of these and other themes as related to a
normalized American Dream, you will have to decide which aspects resonate with you. Perhaps an
aspect of American life that resembles or draws on your own heritage? Many works by writers who
are immigrants or whose parents were consider the changing meanings. Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa
Lahiri, and Chang Rae Lee all come to mind.

"Modern" drama of the
mid-late-twentieth century frequently deployed the theme. Edward Albee wrote a play titled
"The American Dream." Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
takes its title from a Langston Hughes poem that asks, "what happens to a dream
deferred?"

Think as well about how our norms...

To whom is Ulysses speaking in "Ulysses"?

The speaker(the
Roman name for "Odysseus") delivers a reflection on old age and mortality to other
elderly veterans who may have fought with him in the Trojan wars. His reflection culminates in a
rousing speech intended to convince this same audience of warriors to take hold of life again
and to find one last great adventure. Consider the following passage:

Free hearts, free foreheadsyou and I are old;

Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;

Death closes all:
but something ere the end,

Some work of noble note, may yet be
done,

Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.

Death is inevitable in this poem, but he is suggesting here that
there is a better way to spend the last bit of his life. Rather than waiting at home to die,
unhappy and feeble, the former warriors should set out on a new adventure, knowing that they
will not return. As a previous answer has pointed out, Tennyson has taken liberties with the
story of The Odyssey , because all of Odysseus's crew was killed on their...

Tuesday, 28 March 2017

What do we understand clearly when Travis asks his father if hes drunk?

In act
two, scene two,Jr. remains depressed and intoxicated after learning that his dreams will never
come to fruition.

Afterbought the home in Clybourne Park, Walter realized
that his dreams would never come true and believes that his mother and wife have completely
dismissed his personal goals. He wallows in self-pity and spends the majority of his time
drinking at the Green Hat. At this point in the play, Walter feels as if he has nothing to live
for and is severely depressed.

Upon seeing Walter's condition, Lena
recognizes that she has contributed to Walter's demise by neglecting his dreams. She blames
herself for Walter's condition and decides to give him the remainder of the insurance money. She
instructs Walter to save three thousand dollars for 's education and keep the rest for his
business ventures.

Walter is overcome with happiness and astonished by his
mother's benevolence. Shortly after giving Walter the money,walks into the room and asks if his
father is drunk. Walter responds by saying,

No, Daddy
ain't drunk. Daddy ain't going to never be drunk again. (Hansberry, 37)

By analyzing Travis's question, the audience is aware that he has
been exposed to his father while he is under the influence of alcohol. Travis seeing Walter
drunk is nothing new or out of the norm, which reveals that Walter has been in a depressed,
intoxicated state before. The audience also understands that Walter's drinking is directly
associated with his inability to attain his dreams. Essentially, Walter drinks to ease the pain
of his unfulfilled dreams. After receiving the money, Walter will be motivated to attain his
dream and no longer drink.

How can you argue that globalization is bad for developing countries?

You can
argue this in at least two ways.

First, you can say that globalization
exposes businesses in developing countries to competition from rich countries.  This competition
can overwhelm the firms in the developing countries because...

Provide a list of the motifs in part 1, chapters 4 and 5.

The principal motifs that appear inof
Nineteen Eighty-Four are:

1. The erasure of history.has
to rewrite official documents, newspaper articles and Big Brother's speeches, to give the
impression of infallibility by making them predict what actually happened. This is a constantly
recurring motif which is picked up most obviously when Oceania is suddenly at war with Eastasia
and four years of history have to be erased.

2. Secrecy. Workers in the
Ministry of Truth have little idea what other workers are doing. They even have to guess at how
to complete their own assignments, since those who are to be edited out of history are never
publicly denounced.

3. Newspeak. Syme, who is working on the Newspeak
dictionary, talks about how it will make political unorthodoxy impossible by narrowing the range
of language to the point where it is impossible to express an unorthodox thought.

4. Razor-blades. Both Syme and Parsons ask Winston for razor-blades, which symbolize
all the unavailable consumer goods and basic supplies amidst the constant boasts of prosperity
put out by the Ministry. Other shortages, such as tobacco, are also mentioned.

5. Dirt and Decay. This is a recurring motif throughout the novel. Everything around
Winston is in poor condition, battered, coarse-textured, greasy,
foul-smelling.

What is the poem "Time is Running Out" by Oodgeroo Noonuccal about, and what is the author challenging in Australian dominant ideology?

In order
to understand what the poem "Time Is Running Out" by Oodgeroo Noonuccal is about and
how it challenges Australian dominant ideology, it is important to know some details about the
poet's background. Noonuccal is of Australian Aboriginal descent. She was born Kathleen Jean
Mary Ruska, and after she married Bruce Raymond Walker, she initially published her poetry under
the name Kath Walker. She changed her name to Oodgeroo Noonuccal in 1988 to highlight her
Aboriginal heritage. Throughout much of her life, the Australian dominant ideology was white
supremacy. The concept of White Australia meant that immigration was discouraged, and Aboriginal
peoplethe original Australianswere considered lower-class citizens. Noonuccal became a political
activist to fight this white oppression, and her poetry reflects her political
viewpoints.

In the first stanza of "Time Is Running Out," we
encounter a stark vision of a miner violating the earth "for the sake of greedy
trade." The second...

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