Category: Oppression

Religion is a different compatible, characterization of religion makes use of the notions of diagnosis and cure. A religion proposes (an account of what it takes to be the basic problem facing human beings) and cure (a way of permanently and desirably solving that problem):one basic problem shared by every human person and fundamental solution…

INTRODUCTION Oppression used as a tool of religion, society uses religion as a form of social control, people behave well not only out of fear of their friends and families disapproving but also out of the desire to remain in their god’s good graces. Durkheim explains that sacred does not mean good and profane does…

The people waiting outside for their day in the RTIA studio are sharp. They come bearing their birth certificates, certificates of employment, various proofs of their suffering, and a deep understanding of systemic oppression. It’s easy to argue why such a formula is unhealthy for any society, for it is trial by publicity. Instant justice;…

In the following paper, I will critically discuss Frye’s account of oppression by first examining its strengths, and subsequently proposing a possible challenge requiring an alteration of her conception. This essay will generally argue in support of Frye’s account, particularly due to its ability to provide an understanding of oppression that covers the most subtle,…

Junot Díaz’s ‘Drown’ and Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ illustrate various ways minorities are despised, condemned, and oppressed by society. Yunior, the main character in ‘Drown’, and Janie, the main character in ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’, struggle to agree with the way society perpetuates class distinctions, and force themselves to look…

As the Victorian age advanced, the role of women shifted substantially, reflecting the growing trend of outward questioning and progressivism. During this time, the husband was expected to represent the public sphere by generating wealth and providing for his family, while his wife managed the domestic sphere. Particularly, the traditional role of women found itself…

Over the course of the semester we have read and dissected a plethora of stories ranging from various literary periods. These literary periods encompass Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, and finally the Modernism period. While reading these various works we have been focused on characterization. Specifically, seeing the world through the eyes of the character and as…

With updates on the assault on the American maritime base at Hawaii on December 7, 1941, long periods of seething trepidation and hatred against Japanese Canadians detonated into frenzy and outrage in British Columbia. Inside days of the Pearl Harbor assault, Canadian Pacific Railways terminated all its Japanese laborers, and most other Canadian ventures stuck…

The oppression of women will continuously be the elephant in the room, something men will shove under the rug in hopes that people will ignore the maltreatment. The struggles women face daily are overlooked in society, and especially in the media, thus their ultimate struggles seem infinite. In the novel The Handmaid’s Tale written by…

Jean-Paul Sartre describes inauthenticity as living in “Bad Faith” by rejecting radical freedom. His contemporary Simone De Beauvoir, challenges this by dissecting the ontology of “women”, concluding that women’s facticity constrains the ability to engage as radically free beings. By unpacking the ontology of women, Beauvoir revises Sartre’s idea of “Bad Faith” to broaden notions…