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                                             Alexandra Lloyd What role did 19th Century popular serial novels such as Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone play in British understandings of India? When Wilkie Collins first wrote The Moonstone in 1868, it was not published in the form

Have you ever noticed that people only hear what they want to hear. This is a universal truth in mankind, and can be found all throughout literature. Moreover, this can result in the will and beliefs of an individual to be neglected in favor of the common belief, or the majority opinion. The favoring of the group as opposed to the individual is a main theme in numerous books and speaks greatly about human nature. In Lord of the Flies, Siddartha, and To Kill a Mockingbird, the will of an individual

untouchables who sometimes weren’t even considered part of the caste because of how low they were, working with feces and dead bodies. The Indians had an idea of dharma which was to keep loyal to their jobs. The caste system appealed more to the Brahmins because they were on top and this helped them rule the region, everyone respected them, limiting the amount of potential riots to occur like it did in many other countries such as China. The Han Dynasty had so much wealth and land distribution problem

he thinks that he has already learned what the Buddha has to say. The methods of searching Siddhartha utilizes in order to become enlightened are leaving the Brahmins to become a Samana and leaving Govinda behind with the Buddha in order to try to learn from himself. Siddhartha and Govinda meditate according to the practices of the Brahmins. After three wandering ascetics pass through Siddhartha’s town, Siddhartha tells Govinda “Tomorrow morning, my friend, Siddhartha is going to join the Samanas

Between Buddhism and Hinduism, Buddhism relates to me more because it believe to lead a moral life, to be mindful and aware of thoughts and actions, and to develop wisdom and understanding. And that’s me but to a certain degree. Like the Hindus, Buddhists believes in Reincarnation meaning the rebirth of life again and again. The Hindus believe it’s a cycle that goes on and on and is never completely destroyed or dead, But the Buddha taught the people that followed the eightfold path that is able

India was polytheistic and centered on the soul. It was heavily tied to Indian culture and the social system due to it being an ethnic religion. Wealthy landowners and rulers, who sought validation of their power and rule through the prestige of Brahmin priests, depended on Hindu ideology. The Buddhist faith also taught about the illusion of life and rebirth like Hinduism, but did not believe in the immortal soul or a universal god. The Buddha’s denial of a god put him on the fringes of Hindu thought

southern Asia was ancient India. Ancient India was well known for their caste system. The caste system is believed to have been created around 1500 BCE. It separated the people of ancient India into four groups that determined their significance. The brahmins made up the highest caste with priests and religious leaders. The second group was the kshatriyas and they were the kings and warriors. Third were the vaishyas. They were made of traders, farmers, and other working class people. Last was the shudras

in the intersectional theorizing, racism, class and sexism have been misused and taken advantage of in the interconnecting system (Stasiulis, 29). This shows that if class was misused then racism and sexism are misused as well. Looking back at the Brahmin women we can see that her class was taken advantage of therefore, her sex and race were

following many different paths before finally realizing he must follow his own.   Siddhartha follows the ways of the Brahmins, then attempts to be a Samana and follow Buddha before finally finding his own path by listening to the river and thus reaching the third level.        Siddhartha first tries to follow the path of the Brahmins.  His father thinks of him as "a prince among Brahmins" (Hesse 4).  Siddhartha washes "in the daily bath of atonement" (Hesse 5) so that his soul might be cleansed

shown first when referring to his father and the other Brahmins, “... the wise Brahmins, had already passed on to him the bulk and best of their wisdom, that they had already poured the sum total of their knowledge unto his (Siddhartha’s) waiting vessel”(5). Siddhartha believes that he can no longer learn from the Brahmins, and has grown discontent with staying with them, and even though he is involved in religion, he believes that the Brahmins, the people he is supposed to respect, have nothing left