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Similar to Eve Tuck, Ramone McBride, a Pine Ridge author that wrote, “Our Native Children Are Not Poverty Porn: If One Succeeds, a Hundred Are Coming After,” aims to re-educate people on the way indigenous accomplishments are viewed. He states, “no longer should the public solely believe that Native kids are victims and that they don’t have a chance”. Instead, the public needs to reconsider the idea that hardship is the main part of the indigenous story and realize that there is also “beauty, hope and spirituality” in the mix (2). While McBride isn’t trying to force the idea that there is no dysfunction on tribal lands, he is trying to get the point across that the Native are powerful people who are able to retain hope and resilience even in the toughest of times. Instead of focusing on feeling sorry for the Native youth, the public instead needs to take time and use it to help cultivate the indigenous people’s talents and prepare them for the world and their future. The rest of this paper is going to address various questions through the strength-based lens of Eve Tuck and Ramone McBride in order to analyze and hopefully bring about change in regards to the way

Firstly, the Indigenous community has each other’s back, having to experience the same kind of discrimination and stereotypes. Secondly, the protagonists rely on

The Representation of the encounter between white settlers-invaders and indigenous peoples in Jeannette Armstrong’s “History Lesson” and Susanna Moodie’s Roughing it in the Bush differ greatly in a number of ways. Writing at different times, for conflicting purposes, from opposing points of view as well as utilizing different literary mediums- the resulting representation of the encounter between the white and indigenous groups are inherently contrasting. Depicted as a lesser, more savage race in Roughing it in the Bush as well as the victims of savagery and

Compare and contrast Essay The lord of the flies story is a great story to watch and read however there's some differences in this story. The story was very creative and exciting to watch and read in the beginning they were all fine until towards the end the boys got heated with each other and decided to split and go separate ways but never stayed on their own side of the island. Jack and his hunters were very savage in the book and in the film they rarely listened to anything except Jacks orders i dislike the end because i believe there should be more to it than Ralph just running and falling down into the sand and meeting the soldier. So after seeing this ending it would be nice if they would recreate the ending of the story to give it more of an exciting twist. Jack as the leader of his group should have maybe prevented some of his actions along with his group and they all could have possibly lived on the island until help finally showed up but nobody stopped to take a minute to realize what they did that was wrong.

Throughout the Lord of the Flies, Ralph and Jack actually share very similar characteristics, however there is also great difference in the way they use these qualities for their benefit and for the good of the other boys on the island. Ralph represents a more democratic government where the boys are allowed to have their voices heard. “I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it while he is speaking… and he won’t be interrupted.” Through this the conch becomes a symbol of free speech.

Jennifer Su Professor Bishin POSC 144S, Winter 2015 February 4, 2015 Throughout history, the idea of government has generally proven to be key when it comes to having a civil society. Not only does having a government ensure order through the enactment of laws, but it also provides the public goods necessary to maintain the society. Just as each government is established differently, so is their ability to obtain public goods. In both Lord of the Flies and Charlie Wilson’s War, defense is the major public good that actors in both films were able to obtain within their institutions. However, the films are extremely different from one another in that although both faced obstacles in building a defense through collective action,

Charlie would think that the best part of the operation would be the experiences and feelings he got to have. For example, Charlie and Miss Kinnian had dinner, where discussing Charlie's advancement in brain development, and the thought Charlie of passing Miss Kinnian intellectually made Charlie feel upset because he had fallen in love with her. In the story and movie, Charlie never had felt the feelings he had felt for Miss Kinnian ever before. Charlie said he thought of Miss Kinnian as genius and too old for him, he never saw her as a suitable girlfriend. As a result of the operation, Charlie would think the best part of the operation was being able to have feelings and experiences he never had before the operation. On the other hand,

In Simon Wiesenthal's book, The Sunflower, Simon is faced with one of the most difficult situations imaginable. A man named Karl that's a former nazis is on his death bed and asking Simon to forgive him for every wrong act he has done towards Jews. Karl has participated in many brutal massacres of jews in his short time spent on earth. I believe if was Simon that I would forgive Karl for his wrongs. Making a decision like this requires many details from both points of view.

Some people are stronger than others, weaker than others, but the beauty is that no one is perfect. In the novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, there is a group of young boys stranded after a plane crash. Each of them has their own redeeming qualities, but they also have weaknesses and issues to overcome. Some have more work to do than others, but everyone has a struggle within themselves throughout the novel and eventually, the characters morph into a better or worse version of themselves.

When talking about courage, Muhammed Ali said, “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” Native Americans had a great understanding of courage; they understood that without having enough courage to take the risks they needed to they could not survive. Without courage they could not have hunted, traveled, or fought for their livelihoods. The most important value is courage; if it were not for courage none of the other values would matter. Consequently, Native Americans are unsurpassed in the way they handle life's situations.

In the words of American author Jim Butcher, “Courage is about using your brain and your heart when every cell of your body is screaming at you to fight or flee—and then following through on what you believe is the right thing to do” (Butcher). As Butcher so skillfully summarizes, the popular belief that courage is a lack of fear is wholly untrue; it is quite the opposite, courage simply cannot exist without fear. Chris Drew (PhD) divides courage into six types, moral, physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual courage (Drew). Trapped within the confines of “re-education” camps, the Uyghur people display large amounts of moral, physical, and spiritual courage each day. To understand the vast amount of courage that activists and

A role model should guide individuals through life’s struggles in the same way an example math problem shows a student how to use a formula. Both Aldous Huxley’s 1932 science fiction novel Brave New World and William Golding’s 1954 allegory Lord of the Flies, use utopias inside of dystopias to develop a sense of serenity around the Christ figure to give the audience an inspirational role model.

This article describes the significant role Native American oral tradition plays in promoting transformative learning, especially within the format of justice.

If I remember far back enough, my first impression of indigenous culture and peoples was through Disney’s Peter Pan film from 1953. I was introduced to the red-skinned Indian chief who was incredibly grateful after Peter Pan had saved his daughter Tiger Lily--the princess—and celebrated through dance and singing about why the Indigenous tribe had red skin. At the time I first watched the film, this depiction was not something that I fluttered an eye at. However, as I have grown older and learned about the detrimental influences that these stereotypes cause, my love for the film has motivated me to learn more about the issues indigenous peoples face in their daily lives.

In this class, I was presented with an opportunity to reflect upon my personal knowledge of Indigenous