Ivory

known today as part of Mauritania and part of Mali. It thrived through the years of 700-1200 B.C. They are highly known for their production and trading of gold because they lived on top of a gold mine. They were also known for trading in salt and ivory. Some of Ghana’s achievements was how near and far their trading destinations were. Also their large amounts of gold and other resources. Because of their good amounts of gold it made Ghana have a more powerful and dominate kingdom compared to those

For example, within the picture is an Asian woman wearing an ivory necklace, and she is standing in front of an elephant carcass holding it’s recently removed ivory tusk as if she were about to purchase it. She obviously does not belong in the setting of this photo what's so ever, yet the creators decided she should be there. The woman herself is a metaphor for

We all know that people make mistakes, but are businesses making too many mistakes and not caring at all that they have large effects on people, the environment and many other things. Back in 2010 BP had an oil spill, in the Gulf of Mexico, which caused serve damage. BP, also referred to by its former name British Petroleum, it is one of the world's seven "supermajor" oil and gas companies. BP is known worldwide because it’s in around 70 different countries. Some of those include Angola, Argentina

rhinos are killed each day. They are hunted down for their horns which are used to make medicine and ivory carvings. Places like Vietnam and China tolerate poaching for its medicine that supposedly “cures cancer”. With higher demands in Asia, prices have spiked; and so has poaching. According to the Newsela article “Rhinos will soon be extinct if poachers don’t stop killing them”, in 2014 400 tons of ivory were extracted from elephants. Statistics have also stated that in 2013, 1,215 rhinos have died

Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad is a well-known writer from the late 19th century mostly known for writing short novels. In his most praised work, Heart of Darkness, he creates a story based around his own personal adventure on the African continent told by a fictional character: Marlow. Marlow’s aunt got him a job with a corporation only referred to in the book as “The Company”. He soon is packed and is on a ship to West Africa. He is assigned to operate a ferry running up and down a river carrying

Darkness”, it seems to manifest itself as immoral circumstances. This story follows Marlow, an Englishman wanting to explore The Congo River while working for “the Company”, an ivory trade business (680). In his time there he searches for and meets Kurtz, a man who has an astonishing reputation as a very successful ivory tradesman. The greed, slavery, violence, and absurd gratification of power throughout this novel show the incompatibly of the Good Life, a life filled with reflection and realizing

The Dehumanization of the World as a Result of New Imperialism In the age of New Imperialism, European nations rushed to gain advantage over ruling Africa, most specifically Congo, to expand economic prospects under the guise that they were civilizing the natives of these areas. The negative impacts of Europe in the Congo are supported in the novel, Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, who employs his narrative to showcase how the drive for Imperialism stripped away the humane reasoning for colonizing

words as, “burning noble words” (Conrad 82). This observation shows that Kurtz probably had an education, and that education gave him connections to the ivory trade to assert his “power of eloquence” more. His lust for power and greed were the flaws that led to his demise. The Russian even stated, “. . . he would shoot me unless I gave him the ivory. . .” (Conrad 94), Marlow has started to see Kurtz’s true colors. When Kurtz dies, he finally

the literary device of symbolism to further display the theme, the duality of human nature in his novella Heart of Darkness. Three major examples of symbolism are evident in this novella. These examples include, light and dark, the Congo River, and ivory. Similar to Stevenson, Conrad uses light and dark symbolism throughout his novella. Yet curiously in Heart of Darkness, light does not symbolize genuine goodness nor does dark symbolize pure calamity. Marlow proves this when he says as a comment to

is similar for different individuals. The philosophical approach to this discussion might be used while contemplating two protagonists represented in short stories by Andrew Lam, which are included in Birds of Paradise Lost. Tammy in Slingshot and Ivory in Sister have a lot in common, and the resemblance between them, which is greatly emphasized by the author, is mainly based on the past they share and consequences it has on their contemporary lives. Both stories are focused on