Xavier Avila English Comp. Kenderes November 26, 2012 MOUSCHWITZ The Lion King is a Disney “Classic”, meaning some would consider it to be a progressive film, that many children have seen numerous times around the world. But what if this seemingly innocent film was in fact filling our child’s mind with ignorance, sexist thougts, and racial stereotypes? In this paper, I take a negotiated approach to the Disney film The Lion King, analyzing its treatment of race, gender, and hierarchy. This Disney movie revolves around african animals, so one might question how race could play a role in such a film.
Documents 2 and 3 defend and support the spread of Buddhism in China during first century C.E. Document 2 speaks of the many joys of joining the Buddhist religion. It describes how if you follow the customs of this religion, then when your “soul passes away” your spirit will become enlightened and you will enter Nirvana. However, the author, Zhi Dun, is from the upper class of China’s social structure and as such, his experiences and feelings do not tell how the lower classes citizens felt. Yet, in a time when Asian steppe nomads were invading northern China, Zhi Dun could have easily targeted Buddhism as a means of foreign corruption, but he does not.
The Mongols had foreign administrators in China because they did not trust any Chinese person to be left in charge therefore foreign people were used. While in the Middle East the Mongols felt that leaving the Persians to have some charge would be the best for the people and result in benefits. Along with similar and different political effects of Mongol rule, there were similar and different economic effects of Mongol rule on China and the Middle East. The economic effects of Mongol rule on China and the Middle East were similar in that both were forced to give up money. In
Racism: Othello and LWT Film One of the main overarching themes in both Shakespeare’s original play of Othello and the LWT modern film appropriation is of racial discrimination. During the Elizabethan era, which is the context that the original play is set in, black people were considered to be alien to white society and were thought to be driven by passions and emotions instead of reason and intellect as white people were thought to be. They were believed to be imbalanced and dangerous and were hence labeled second-class citizens. Othello is a moor and is therefore an exceptional example of the discrimination black people received during this era, however is an unusual instance due to his high rank in the army. Throughout the play, animal imagery such as “an old ram”, “Barbary horse” and “beast with two backs” is used to describe Othello, which portray the racist attitudes held by society of the time and highlights the belief that black people were animalistic and therefore acted on emotions, lacking rational thought, like animals.
Zoot Suit retrieves for the American conscience an overlooked period of intense racism culminating in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial and the riots that followed. Both plays try not only to set the record straight but also to discover a source of pride for Chicanos in a history that has been unjustly
Compare and contrast the themes of freedom and oppression in this movie. Li Cunxin, a boy who ventures from childhood to maturity, from poverty to plenty, from country to city, from East to West and from oppression to freedom, was saved from a life of hardship and oppression by ballet. Li had been captured in China’s web of communism and had been brainwashed by the misleading communist teacher’s. Except for Teacher Chan, he inspired Li to better and bigger things that would pave the way for Li’s prosperous future. Li’s freedom came down to the way that teacher Chan nurtured Li’s gift into something special that would captivate an audience, inspire a nation and bring together two contrasting cultures.
The alternative political cultural philosophies of China (Daoism, Legalism, and later Buddhism) mostly broadened the attraction of Confucianism. However, the Confucian bureaucracy was a core cultural identity throughout the China Empire. The China Empire nurtured foreign religions usually during times of imperial disorder. When referring to the role of the emperor, the Chinese selected a man who could control the imperial family and court because they believed that eventually the Mandate of Heaven would pass from one dynasty to another. The Qin,
Unfortunately, as we grow older, we lose that imagination. One man in particular, was not only able to keep his dreams and adventures alive, he found a way to share it with the world. He goes by the name of Walt Disney. With his imagination, Walt Disney created a company that brought forth so many wonderful movies, TV shows, and amusement parks. When we were kids, we did not dare lie because we all saw what happened to Pinocchio, maybe following a rabbit into a hole crossed our mind hoping we would be like Alice, or fly to Neverland, never growing up with Peter Pan.
Paper #4 In Aime Cesaire, A Tempest, the role of Caliban is a monster that is controlled by Prospero who later plots a revolt against him. Through the character of Caliban, Cesaire addresses the acts of British Imperialism in Africa. Throughout the play we see Prospero overpower Caliban with his orders and magic. Caliban is constantly put into an inferior position. One of the key tools to Caliban’s inferior stature is his ability to understand the language of the Europeans’, which Prospero had taught him.
La’Toyrious Granville Mrs. Sharon Cargill English 12 20 February 2013 Racial Profiling Racial Profiling is mentally segregating and it disunites the U.S.A because it permits negative aspects to every race. In the U.S. it is acceptable to embrace foundations and establishments like BET, Black Entertainment Television, and/or The Chinese District, For example, but what if these titles were revised to WET, White Entertainment Television or The Iraqi District? Would these organizations be appropriate or racially disgraceful? From any standpoint it is mental segregation. Programs like the previously listed instills the negative trait of racial profiling into child before he or she has any idea of what racial profiling is, it programs them to judge and make race a chief factor when it should not be (Psycho 1).