Essays on Oppression

Khaled Hosseini’s novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” presents a heart-rending, powerful story told through the perspectives of two young women who were both, both, were raised in Afghanistan, and were brought together in the midst of war. Throughout the novel, the reader is taken through…

Society rewards physical beauty and punishes unattractiveness. In the middle of this beauty bias, no one asks what people think or feel. There are many people who do not have a criterion, but there are others who, by their own experience, approve or reject the…

Most Effective Form of Oppression of Frederick Douglass Throughout his life as a slave, Frederick Douglass, probably the most famous American slave ever, was able to accomplish many things which were deemed impeccable for his time. With many accomplishments, from learning how to read as…

Throughout the pre-Second World War years, from 1933-1934, the Nazi Party, led by Adolf Hitler, used a variety of oppression tactics in order to gain and consolidate supreme power over all of Germany. After their defeat in World War I, Germany was struggling to rise…

Oppression, corruption, prejudice, and abuse are deeply embedded in the history of America. From slavery to Jim Crow to mass incarceration and to the many injustices that still flood our society after slavery, are still prevalent, even more so now that Trump is president. In…