Is the expense of an innocent life worth the becoming wealthy from diamonds? The ongoing conflicts in Sierra Leone and surrounding African countries propose this question. M.C. Ayafor, a Chairman of the Sierra Leona Panel of Experts, states, “‘Diamonds are forever’ it is often said. But lives are not.
Not only does it affect commercial relationships, but there would be no set “infrastructure” for the global economy without it, because no standards or norms would be in place. The United Nations provides opportunities to improve lifestyle, too. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami is the influence behind the newest event scheduled. Recently, the UN organized an exercise that will test 24 countries' readiness for destructive events such as a tsunami. Countries will be evaluated after the exercise to identify their weaknesses and find areas for improvement.
In the death camps, the officers change the prisoners names to numbers, taking away the last thing that the prisoners could still use to remember the past, for they stripped them of every possible memory of earlier happiness. There is a great deal of scepticism among all of those who are in the camps, for they hear of such terrible things but do not take them to heart because of the level of craziness, they do not think that humans are capable enough of doing such harm to other humans in their right mind. Many actions of depleting the human dignity among their prisoners in One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich were taken from those in the German concentration camps. The prisoners in the Russian labor camps were treated horribly, having to follow strict orders. Only when the human body is put under such conditions, does it focus only on daily survival of oneself, which is exactly what the leaders of
There were 288 local businesses looted and burned, which were not capable of being rebuilt and never returned following the Watts Riots. With all of those businesses lost, the jobs occupied by residents were lost as well. The black community had a high unemployment rate, and the popular belief was that black people were not being afforded equal opportunity regarding employment. Poverty soared with the high unemployment rate. In the end, 288 businesses worth an estimated $200 million were looted and destroyed.
The Monster controls everything, even the owners. The owners will do anything for the three dollars a day. They will even destroy a families home to make a little more. “Some owner men were kind because they hated what they had to do, some of them were angry because they hated to be cruel, and some of them were cold… And all of them were caught in something larger than themselves.”(p.32) The owners were controlled by the Monster. When they got on that tractor, they became a part of the Monster.
Hate groups and hate crimes cast alarm among African American families of the Deep South. The promise of owning land had not materialized. Most blacks toiled as sharecroppers trapped in debt. In the 1890s, a boll weevil blight damaged the cotton crop throughout the region, increasing the despair. All these factors served to push African Americans to seek better lives.
The dignity of many Africans was lost as they were forced to do the European’s every bidding. The Europeans had them work for them, do everything for them and in return the Africans got nothing (Doc 4,6,7). In conclusion, the colonization of Africa was very negative with a few select positives. Colonization of Africa led to many Africans being forced to work for the Europeans looking to make money while they suffered. After the Europeans left, the Africans infrastructure was devastated since there was no skilled workers left to run the newly formed, independent countries.
Prisoners rioted in some states. Tennessee had to end the partnership with the furniture company within a year because the furniture factory was burned down by the inmates. Later, state officials decided to build branch prisons and lease the prisoners to local coal mining companies. This also ended in tragedy. The competition of the cheap labor that the prisons provided hurt the free miners economically.
African Imperialism In the 19th century European imperialism had a very negative effect in Africa that continues to affect the majority of the current population. Their economy was impacted so badly they may never fully recover. Their cultural and ethnic backgrounds were affected when Europeans divided the countries without consent from the different tribes and groups in the surrounding areas. The path that Africa has taken to achieve their independence has been a tough journey with unprepared and unknowledgeable people ruling. Through history Africa’s economy has been negatively exploited but they continue to struggle to rebuild.
In “The Lottery” they pull slips of paper to find out will be the lucky person that is going to be stoned to death. In the story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” no one knows who Andy was they just know that it was a gang member that got stabbed to death. However in “The Lottery” they know someone from the town will die by the end of the day. Even though the people saw and knew that Andy and Mrs. Hutchinson where hurt and needed help they just stood there or walked away. The people feared for their lives, safety and were pressured to make that decision in not helping them.