Essays on Oppression

The aim of this paper is to offer some examples of reading feminist agency through an analysis of the poems of Pakistan’s pre-eminent feminist poet, Kishwar Naheed. Some images of women’s oppression and their acts of resistance in Naheed’s poetry are highlighted and illustrated from…

On October 30, 2018 during an interview, President Trump told Jonathan Swan and Stef W. Kight of AXIOS, that his administration is in the process of filing an Executive order to repeal the 14th Amendment. He intends to revoke the birthright citizenship to children born…

During the 19th century, slavery became more of a predominant role in the United States. The formation of rules and regulations of slaves and free African Americans was in the process of being established. However, the purpose of most laws were to be authoritative rather…

In W.E.B. DuBois’s Of Our Spiritual Strivings and Walter Johnson’s No Rights Which the White Man Is Bound to Respect, the theme of “being a problem” or “being a burden” is recurring it is very hard to shake. Your sense of identity really takes a…

James Baldwin was a writer in the mid twenty centuries. He was born 1924 and died in 1987. The time period of he lived was the period of the turmoil and oppression. During his life time he experienced the second world war and the cold…

Claude McKay’s work is an authentic representation of the Harlem Renaissance and the struggles of racism and prejudice in the 1920s. The poem “If We Must Die,” written by McKay in 1919, demonstrates the theme of fighting against oppression by using the symbolism of war,…

Andrew Marvell’s “Ametas and Thestylis Making Hay Ropes” is an entertaining critique of the limitations in the 16th century. The oppression applied by the those who occupied power on literature had deeply influenced the characteristic of classic literature that is still being analyzed and as…

Introduction The Islamic Revolution is a historic event that is often portrayed in many inaccurate stories. Marjane Satrapi, the author of Persepolis shares with her readers a true insight of not just what the Islamic Revolution was but what it was like to live in…

In the novel, Kindred by Octavia Butler, the perspective of the author was told through Dana, the protagonist of the novel. It initially started as she found herself in a dangerous situation where she needed to save a boy, named Rufus, which is in imminent…

What was it like to be born into slavery and to be treated lesser than the dogs on the plantation? Many people speculate this question and could not imagine how horrible it could have been to be a black person in the slavery era. Harriet…

Taslima Nasrin was born into a wealthy family in Bangladesh. He father was a doctor, and she followed in his footsteps, and practiced medicine, working in the fields of anesthesiology and gynecology. Nasrin, had always been an outspoken supporter of the rights of women, even…

Different perspectives Oppressed and being in position of power serving whites who are also in position of power As a social worker and holding a position of power while serving my clients, I’m aware of how me being black/visible minority, immigrant with an accent will…

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck illustrates an unlikely friendship between two men traveling together; one born with a mental disability but is also extremely strong, depending on the other, who is small but nimble and smart. George and Lennie embark on their journey…

The themes of kingship, slavery, colonialism, and feminism in Oroonoko are the elucidation of narrator’s ability to cover multiple dimensions in a piece of writing. The objectiveness of different themes creates doubts related to the accuracy of narration. The element of gender orientation asserts the…

In the article, “From slavery to mass incarceration, America has separated families for centuries”, Antonio Cediel discusses how many centuries the United States has been a country that separates people from their loved ones. One can see that this country doesn’t learn from their mistakes…