by Dr Durkheim J | Mar 19, 2024 | Literature
Societies in dystopian fiction often develop elaborate systems of social class. Take the example of George Orwell’s ‘1984’, where there were the proletarians who are known as the ‘lowest’ in the social class system. In ‘1984’, the ‘proles’ were divided into...
by Dr Durkheim J | Mar 19, 2024 | Literature
Throughout history, women have been victims of repression, because men comfort themselves with the idea that women need to be guided and looked after. But today, female oppression is worse because women have grown unaware since it has become a part of women’s...
by Dr Durkheim J | Mar 19, 2024 | Literature
In the story ‘Blue Winds Dancing’ by Thomas S. Whitecloud, the setting is important in revealing the character’s situation as well as the theme of the story. The character is originally from a Native American village, but most of the story is in the U.S....
by Dr Durkheim J | Mar 19, 2024 | Literature
Whereas this story was written during a period of rapid advance in Aboriginal rights, the First Nation’s people still were not compensated for the sacrifices made by them. The levels of respect shown to the Native community were close to none, and the ‘immigrants’ to...
by Dr Durkheim J | Mar 19, 2024 | Literature
Throughout an era of war, we dominantly sympathize with those offering their lives on the battlefield; nevertheless, those who aren’t directly involved in the war still personally derive the detrimental effects by losing their innocent mindset into a path of...
