Upon first reading Aphra Behn's work Oroonoko, one might get the impression that this is an early example of antislavery literature that became so popular during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In the short biography of Behn from the Norton Anthology of British Literature, we learn that Behn's story had a great impact on those who fought against the slave- trade. Although the horrors of the slave trade are clearly brought forth, I do not feel Behn was using these images towards the antislavery cause. I think it is more likely that the images were merely devices used in her travel narrative of Oroonoko. To see any negative view of the slave-trade, the reader must turn to the perspective of Oroonoko.
The root of this decision lies in the pirate activity of the four African Barbary states (Document D). When Tripoli demanded the US buy protection in order to stop the naval harassment, Jefferson refused, negating the views of other Federalists who would have done differently. Tripoli declared war on the United States, and Jefferson was forced to augment the size of the navy in order to defeat the Barbary pirates. The Louisiana Purchase is another course of action taken by Jefferson known for contradicting his strict constructionist views. Neglecting the fact that there is no clause in the Constitution permitting him to purchase land, Jefferson used Napoleon’s European conquest to help him get rid of New World worries.
A People’s History of the United States: Reflection Chapter 9 Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom To summarize this chapter, it covers the aftermath of the Emancipation Proclamation as well as the slaves’ points of view. He explains that in the same way that having slaves grew the economy and advanced technology and society, the freeing of slaves by Abraham Lincoln also was a decision which bettered the American way of life. Zinn explains, “Thus, while the ending of slavery led to a reconstruction of national politics and economics, it was not a radical reconstruction, but a safe one—in fact a profitable one,” (Zinn 172). My reaction is similar to my reaction on the numerous other chapters that cover the subject of slavery. I still stand amazed at the conditions the slaves had to live in and the crowd of politics that surrounded the issue.
Although the embargo remains in play it hasn't stopped us from still gaining much Cuban influence. Examples that was repeatably used was the use of baseball games. The authors provide analysis of the domestic politics that have shaped the policy responsible for this prolonged embargo. This book gives a lot of information about presidents such as Bill Clinton who may or may not have acceptance of the embargo act. President such as Carter showed approval of Cubans with bringing in Cuban baseball stars
Danticat points out the US government‘s justification for detaining and deporting Haitian asylum seekers is because Haiti harbors Pakistani and Palestinian terrorist. Danticat finds this justification not valid enough to detain and deport Haitians because the government could not offer any proof that these assumptions were true. I know because Danticat shows us how so many Haitians were deported without any cause or proof. 4. Danticat hoped reader learned and saw another side of American immigration policies and how the government handles some of its immigrants.
But I live in Venezuela, in a sugar cane growing area, and that book does not ring true to me. The characters are floating above their condition, not quite connecting to what it all means. Perhaps this is due to the language. The author might have overreached in trying to bring to life the language differences between creole speaking Haitians and Upper class Spaniards and Dominicans. Had the book been written in Spanish or French it might have worked, but in English it sounded more like a native versus tourist
In the first stanza Agards speaker wants to disassociate himself with the conventional idea that because of his nationality he is born with a natural instinct to know the “palm tree”. He wishes to not “sever dis link” (4), but provide a more rational picture of society’s ignorance’s. What this creates then, is a reaction to the conventions taking place in London, England where Agard resided in at the time. Agard himself was once under the dominance of British colonialism in Guayna, a British colony until 1966, where he was born. This creates a sense of sarcasm that mirrors the economic state of it’s inhabitants.
All of Alvarez’s book are situation based surrounding horrifying experiences of girls during there lives in the tyranny of the Dominican Republic, under Trujillo’s bloody rule, and their assimilation into American culture. In the case of Anita, the main character of Before We Were Free, her home life in the Dominican is endangered by her parent’s involvement in attempting to over throw the dictator. This is the perspective from those who stayed, when the rest of the family fled the dangers of righteous entanglements fall upon those who stayed. In the Garcia Girl’s their uncle is the one wrapped up in dangerous behaviors and so they’re immediate family flees. This story is from the perspective of these who got away, safely.
The book I am the Messenger, by Marcus Zusak, is a perfect example of how empathy can help people become caring. In this book, there is a woman who constantly gets raped by her husband. The main character, Ed, dislikes this woman because she’s snobby, up until he realizes that she uses her attitude as a defense mechanism against people she meets on the street out of fear that they’ll harm her. In the book Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell, the main character gets stranded on an island all alone. At first, she is very hurt that the people of her tribe left her, but then she realizes that they couldn’t have waited for her, or they would’ve missed their opportunity at a new life.
Gerald Martin (1989) point out, “Magic realism is a different approach to looking at thing”. Carpentier looked at Haiti’s history and national identity form the view of a magic world. He used magic realism techniques such as metamorphoses, fairy tales, supernatural beings, and image to describe revolutions of black slaves that happened in Haiti. These techniques extend the influence of historical events, figure and express the ethnic culture Gerald Martin (1995) wrote, “When the writer use the technique of magical realism, he try to give magic the status of reality.” since the novel of magic realism is based on the real history, the magic realism techniques such as metamorphosis and image extend the influence of historical figures —“Macandal”. “The kingdom of this world” is divided into four parts.