James W. Black

Sir James Whyte Black explained that he chose to study Medicine mainly under the influence of his elder brother, William Whyte, a graduate in Medicine from Scotland’s St Andrews University. (The Lancet 2010) Sir James Whyte Black attended Beath High School in Fife, Scotland where his teacher, Dr. Watson enthused him to pursue his mathematics study. Furthermore, Dr. Watson “more or less manhandled” (The Lancet 2010) him into sitting the entrance exam for St Andrews University. James Black received

Most Americans know John Wilkes Booth as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln- shot at a play at Ford’s Theater on April 14th, 1865. However, the names of the conspirators that surrounded Wilkes Booth are relatively unknown, especially that of Mary Surratt. Mary Surratt, a mother and boardinghouse proprietor, was arrested and tried for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln along with her son, John Surratt. Pleas from her family, lawyer, and fellow conspirators did not allow her to escape her fate, and

The conflict of civilization versus savagery primarily describes the struggle between laws and freedom. Under Stalin’s rule over Russia, he ruled with a totalitarian view, where the national government controlled all areas of the country. Many individuals who lived in this country felt that they had no freedom for their future. However, a free society has never occurred because of the savagery that most individuals fear might occur. In the 1950s allegorical novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding

A Passage to India A Passage to India by E. M. Forster is a Modernist novel which highlights the complex inner life of its characters using complicated plots and recurring symbols and images. Foster questions the conformist approaches of representing reality: he reiterates that whatever people call reality is an indefinable commodity. E. K. Brown, a renowned American critic, points out that the main idea of A passage to India is “the chasm between the world of actions and the world of being” (Mitra

An Inward Collapse of the Human Perspective in Forster's A Passage to India        The reverberation of sound in the form of an echo is threaded throughout E.M. Forster's A Passage to India, and the link between the echo and the hollowness of the human spirit is depicted in the text. The echo is not heard in the beginning of the text when the English newcomers, Mrs. Moore and Ms. Quested, arrive in India; it is more clearly heard as their relationship with India gains complexity. The influence

In this thesis, the goal is to examine how the sense of Self and Place is portrayed and influenced by colonialism, in two postcolonial fictional South African novels; J.M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians and Nadine Gordimer’s Burger’s Daughter. Both authors have won the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1991 Gordimer was the first South African author to receive this Prize, and Coetzee joined her in 2003. First of all, Coetzee’s novel Waiting for the Barbarians offers the story of the Magistrate

D.H Lawrence’s The Rocking Horse Winner and William Golding’s Lord of the Flies view children as easily manipulated figures. D.H. Lawrence’s short story demonstrates how easily children, Paul, can be influenced into believing that money and luck indicate one’s level of happiness. William Golding’s novel tries to show that all children are evil and have savage impulses. A common theme in both of these works is that children create their own downfall and loss of innocence. In D.H. Lawrence’s The

basketball player Lebron James. Vogue is accused of racism, since their cover resembles a vintage poster of King Kong. Lebron James behavior in this cover is very aggressive, aligned with the stereotypical saying the “angry black man syndrome.” Lebron is holding the supermodel, Gisele just like King Kong holds actress Ann Darrow. Lebron is simply an object in this issue of Vogue; the main focus is on the supermodel Gisele. There is a negative representation of the black men, which is quite animalistic

Expeditionary Force*” Written by author James W. ST G. Walker that can be found in the Canadian Historial Review (March 1989 Edition) discusses the discrimination against minorities during World War 1. Outlining the events from 1914 through 1917 that depict this injustice against visible minorities. It gives a detailed view of changing attitutudes of government and recruiting officials towards visible minorities and their position and value to the war efffort. James W. ST G. Walker goes about trying to

both men and women, black and white, is a fathomable feat. To be the first African American to speak out against not only slavery but also the disfranchisement of women, is revolutionary. To be the one with whom greats such as Sojourner Truth and Ida B. Wells look up to is downright awe-inspiring. To be all of these things is to be Maria W. Stewart. An African American journalist, lecturer, abolitionist, author, and women’s rights activist who established the backbone to modern black feminist thought