Essays on Struggle

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…

The film, “Do The Right Thing” directed by Spike Lee has the power to transform one’s political sensibilities through Lee’s depiction of the racial tensions that exist in the multiracial community in Brooklyn, New York. By using a black perspective to tell the story, this…

Conflict may be simply described as a struggle between two opposing sides. An internal conflict is when a character is mentally struggling with two completely different thoughts or emotions within him. On the contrary, an external conflict refers to the struggles between a character and…

The Pizza Parlor It was a Friday night in the middle of summer and a bunch of us decided to go for pizza. We decided to go to a well known pizza parlor near the house. When we arrived at the pizza place we noticed…

The struggle with evil lies within every person. We fight it, each in our own way, both internally, and externally, but those who have the endurance to battle and defeat it come out stronger, As such, the belief that only bad people struggle with evil…

Marines are trained to surmount all obstacles, a teaching that greatly helps them when in the turmoil of battle. This notion is ingrained in the Marine mantra: “Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome” (USMC, n.d.) a mentality that enables soldiers to cope with hardships, be of a…

I realised that my idea of past events was incorrect as I had always thought that the majority of the country supported the end of apartheid and that the year of 1994 was the year of the peaceful transition from an apartheid state to a…

In Krishna Varma’s story “The Grass Eaters”, story takes place in the past in Calcutta, India. Basically, The Grass Eaters set at the time of religion dispute between Hindu and Muslim also when independence in India was big issue. Whereas, in “A Women Like Me”…

Religion, especially Christianity, offers an outlet for Phillis Wheatley to communicate with and influence her audience. Religion was a subject that Wheatley could easily relate to with her audience considering the vast differences between herself and her audience. She was a former slave, a reformed…

Universal Basic Income or commonly referred to as UBI, is an idea that has not sprung up recently, but it was pondered over and proposed in the late 18th century. UBI is a program, where the government of a country will give its citizens unconditionally,…

Paulo Coelho is unquestionably of the most successful authors of recent times, selling more than 100 million books in at least 150 countries internationally. Paulo Coelho has met with a lot of success; his books have been widely translated in a number of languages, earning him the…

Billie Jean King is a former American tennis player that had many abilities on and off the court. She won many titles throughout her professional career but Jean is also known for the work she has done off the court. She started a campaign with…

Introduction In life, people are presented with different difficult and very complex issues. Dealing with these complex challenges can be difficult to many. However, through the use of mind maps, one can think more creatively. In fact, mind mapping has been said to be a…

Alcoholism Reflection After the death of Carols parents in 1998, her alcoholism took a brutal turn. Alcoholism is defined as being addicted to the consumption of liquor or extends to the mental and compulsive behaviors after consumption as well. Prior to their deaths, she used…

Beowulf is an epic tale in which we follow the faceoffs between Beowulf and three monsters (Gummere). When he fights against these adversaries, he is victories. As a character, Beowulf aims to bring peace to the people around him and he wants to vanquish these…