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From My Bondage and My Freedom, which one of the following statements is not true about the songs the slaves? a) They mostly told a tale of grief and sorrow.
b)They always praised the great house farm in some way.
c)They were a testimony against slavery.
d)Douglass understood their deep meaning even when he was a slave. | | b......that was easy. | Which of the following statements about the slave community is not accurate?- APEX? A.Amid the stress of bondage, many slaves strove to maintain families.
B.In search of a more genuine faith, many slaves worshipped in secret, where they developed variations on white Christianity that addressed their own spiritual needs.
C.Slaves retold and modified traditional African "trickster tales" such as the "Bre'r Rabbit" stories. D.On some plantations, slaves worked together to raise livestock, tobacco, or cotton, which they sold to buy better clothes and food.
E.All of the above statements are accurate. | | F. they all died happily ever after | Have you read "Of Human Bondage"? It was written in the early 1900's but I hear it's a tale of "sexual obsession"...I want to give it a shot, I'm a big reader but the summary I read was a little boring. Was wondering who liked it and if I should give it a try. | | It's a tale of human bondage only and is very good | True tie up stories? Your true tales of adventures involving bondage, being caught, getting stuck.......what happened? | | I was at my house when a couple of my sisters friends who where Sasha and Amanda walked into my room and asked what I was doing I told them nothing just sitting on my bed thinking oh ok and they ran in jumped on me and started tickling me I finally got them off of me and pushed them out of my room I than decided I had to get them back so I went and got a roll of duct tape from upstairs and took it into my room I had to wait for the perfect time and it came Sasha got up to answer her cell phone so I snuck up on the Amanda and cupped my hand over her mouth and pinned her arm behind her back she struggled alot but I dragged her downstairs and pinned her to my bed I grabbed the duct tape and bound her wrists and ankles than I bound her knees together and put a piece of it over her mouth I left her on my bed only one more to go I walked back upstairs and Sasha was walking back into the living room she asked me where Amanda was I said she was tied up at the moment she just said ok she walked over and sat back down on the couch than I said you know what I forgot to tell you I didn't appricate you tickling me so I think I should get some revenged I jumped on her and pulled her arms behind her back and tied her wrists and elbows together and than I did sort of a hogtied and bound her ankles to her wrists than I decided to get a rag and cleave gag her I carried downstairs into my room and set her on my bed I took the blindfold off Amanda and told them now I'm going to get my revenged on them I untied Sasha from her position and tied her up so that I could tickle her all over I laid her on my floor right next to Amanda I removed there shoes and socks and grabbed a couple of feathers and tickled there feet for about an hour than I stopped and started tickle there underarms, tummy, and everywhere you could think of so I stopped and left them tied up the rest of the tie than I untied them and told them if you ever tickle me like that again this is what you'll get they said ok and they went home | I dont understand the meaning of each stanza my its my hw please help me a.s.a.p!? 1Take up the White Man's burden --
In patience to abide,
To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride;
By open speech and simple,
An hundred times mad plain.
To seek another's profit,
And work another's gain.
#2. Take up the White Man's burden --
The savage wars of peace --
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
The end for others sought,
Watch Sloth and heathen Folly
Bring all your hope to nought.
#3 Take up the White Man's burden --
No tawdry rule of kings,
But toil of serf and sweeper --
The tale of common things.
The ports ye shall not enter,
The roads ye shall not tread,
Go make them with your living,
And mark them with your dead!
and...
#4 Take up the White man's burden --
And reap his old reward:
The blame of those ye better,
The hate of those ye guard --
The cry of hosts ye humour
(Ah, slowly!) toward the light: --
"Why brought ye us from bondage,
"Our loved Egyptian night?"
help!! please | Kipling wrote this poem when the USA annexed The Phillipines on 1899 after the Spanish American war. Kipling was a jingoistic writer who championed the view of the lower classes but on reading this poem he is being ironic towards Imperialism
Stanza 1 refers to the Whute Mans duty to quell terrorism and uprisings
Stanza 2 refers to the duty to feed the hungry and cure sickness and then watch your efforts be frustrated by the natives'apathy
Stanza 3 refers that the white man will have to build an infrastructure for transport at a heavy human cost
Stanza 4 states that after you have done these acts that your reward from those you have liberated is their distrust and hatred.
Compare this to the present conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and it may bring it into context.
This may help give another view - I have pasted the entire article
LEGACY OF THE EMPIRE
& Rudyard Kipling's
White Man's Burden
Multi-Racial Britain
By: Diane Abbott, MP
The creed of racial superiority was very much part and parcel of the culture of the empire. The British Empire was built on a theory of racial inferiority. The great Victorian writer and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote extensively on the supposed superiority of the British and talked about ‘lesser breeds without the law’. It was the alleged superiority of the non-white races that supposedly legitimized taking over their countries and subordinating them to second class.
Even until quite recently British textbooks talked about Europeans ‘discovering’ countries like America, Australia and the source of rivers like the Nile even plenty of non-white people who were in America and Australia who knew perfectly well the source of the Nile. And until recently writers talked about the Europeans bringing civilization to Africa and the Indian sub-continent as if these countries had not seen highly sophisticated Empires and societies long before the Europeans came.
‘The British Empire was built on a theory of racial inferiority. When you read in the old textbooks about the supposedly civilizing mission of the British, one is reminded of the comment of Gandhi. He was asked what he thought about British civilization. He paused for along time and then said thoughtfully “It would be a good idea.” So fixed in the British mind was the racial inferiority of the people whose lands they took over and exploited that for a long time archaeologists believed that the sculpture and carvings of the city of Benin in Nigeria could not have been done by black people and similarly that the great ‘lost’ city of Zimbabwe in southern Africa could not have been built by black men.
In direct line of descent of that kind of thinking is Prince Phillip’s idea that poor quality electrical work must have been done by Indians. To have a genuinely multi-racial society there needs to be genuine economic equality between the races. Economic empowerment for minorities is a necessary precondition but not sufficient to bring about a genuinely multi-racial society. Because nationhood and society are as much about ideas as anything else, the role of culture, literature, philosophy and the arts in building a multi-racial society is key. The first step is that the influence of black and ethnic minorities in the culture of a country like Britain is properly acknowledged. | Do you read and enjoy the small stories ? why the small stories are floated ? Now a days, the human natures like jealousy, hatred, love, friendship, confidence, trust, cheating are on increase. Our indian folk tales, through the small stories telling the value of love, affection, trust, politeness, no hastyness, obeying, good behaviour,faithfulness, good character etc., which are all needed to us and to our guyren.
Almost, all stories are known to all. But, the aim of bringing and projecting before you is to recollect your reading memories as well as to teach young about the value of good things. The young generation after reading the stories may think and learn good things. Our great elders created these small stories for us only. it is for us to live happily. It is for us for learning way of life.
A Request: just reading the stories is not enough. you should spread the values of life to all. Our young generation should learn good things, and they should be a good citizen by having good things of life. The future generation too should live happily. so, this is my motivation for floating small stories. if we say some lines advising, they will not care. just telling a story interestingly, they will read the story by which we can teach good values of life. so, our elders created small stories for us.
Wonderfully, our elders gave moral stories human characters to animals, and as well as some humans. please enjoy reading.
Indian Folktales
The folklores and folktales have been an eternal part of every culture since ages. When it comes to Indian folk tales, the country of diverse religions, languages and cultures has a complete range of tales and short stories. Indian folklore has a wide range of stories and mythological legends, which emerge from all walks of life. The interesting stories range from the remarkable ‘Panchatantra’ to ‘Hitopadesha’, from ‘Jataka’ to ‘Akbar-Birbal’.
Not only this, the great Indian epics like ‘Ramayana’, ‘Mahabharata’ and ‘Bhagvad Gita’ are full of didactic stories inspired from the lives of great souls. Being full of moralistic values, Indian folklore makes perfect stories for guyren, who are required to be, instilled with right values. All these ancient stories have been passed from generation to generation, creating bondage of traditional values with present-day generation.
Hitopadesha Tales
The Hitopadesha is a remarkable compilation of short stories. Composed by Narayana Pandit, Hitopadesha had its origin around a thousand years ago. In Indian Literature, the Hitopadesha is regarded more or less similar to the Panchatantra. In the vein of Panchatantra, the Hitopadesa was also written in Sanskrit and following the pattern of prose and verse. Hitopadesh tales are written in reader-friendly way, which also contributed to the success of this best seller after ‘Bhagwad Gita’ in India. Since its origin, Hitopadesa has been translated into numerous languages to benefit the readers all over the world.
Jataka Tales
In 300 B.C, the Jataka Tales were written for the mankind to gain knowledge and morality. Ever since, Jataka tales have become story books that are both enjoyable as well as knowledgeable. Originally written in Pali language, Jataka Buddhist tales have been translated in different languages around the world. The luminous fables of ‘Jataka’ are intended to impart values of self-sacrifice, morality, honesty and other informative values to people.
Panchatantra Tales
The Panchatantra is a legendary collection of short stories from India. Originally composed in the 2nd century B.C, Panchatantra is believed to be written by Vishnu Sharma along with many other scholars. The purpose behind the composition was to implant moral values and governing skills in the young sons of the king. The ancient Sanskrit text boasts of various animal stories in verse and prose. During all these centuries, many authors and publishers worked hard to make these fables accessible and readable by a layman. The grand assortment has extraordinary tales that are liked, perhaps even loved by people of every age group. | YES. I like the small moral stories like Panchatantra, Hitopadesa, Jataka Tales, Aesop Fables, Animal tales, Moral Stories, Folktales, Humorous Stories, Animal Tales, Moral Stories, Aesop Fables, Panchatantra Tales. Folktales, etc. They are very good for educating ourselves (I mean old like me) and the guyren. I am proud to be an Indian and love the Indian values and its customs. The very essence of our culture is to absorb everything and still retain its special identity and we easily gett these values by reading and teaching them to our guyren.
Reading these wonderful stories is a great way to learn some good morals. These are very colorful, well illustrated and simple to read. Both young and adults will enjoy reading this vivid collection of moral stories. "Kadhai" (Story) time will be a unique profile by focussing lots of issues - prerogatively education to prevent the corrosiveness of tender minds,who could be moulded into beautiful forms with their powerful intelligence.
The central objective of the moral story or stories are is to educate the guyren and to convince them about the moral taught. Making animals the protagonists of the short moral story the true story gets a bit depersonalized. Because it is an educational story with a central message and some secondary messages we can classify it as a moral story. Because there are talking animals in this short bedtime story or tale we could say that it is also a fable.
The brief or short stories about love or with a happy ending for babies and small guyren are ideal for bedtime in the form of spoken tales, because they put them in a state of relaxation ideal for a nice rest and an adequate functioning of the guylike brain in that state.
It would be good to point out that in spoken tales, above all in bedtime stories, even in the very short ones, often the boy or girl fall asleep before the story is finished. They have fallen asleep in a world of fantasy in which they have probably incorporated new elements to the script.
Best wishes to you and thanks for the wonderful views conv3yed by you. - | Where would we be today if it were'nt for slavery? This question is for all my brothers and sisters out there.
My grandma use to tell me not to be angry about our past as slaves. As she would go on to explain, we should count our blessings and see how God used our bondage to bring us out of a savage land and give us an opportunity to live freely in a new world. So why are we still angry about a past that we did not even live in? If it weren't for slavey, where would we be today? We definitely wouldn't be in America, because it was our anscestors who sold us as slaves in the first place.
We need to consider this everytime we decide to insult our abilities and intellect and use the past to excuse our ignorance in present day.
If you can't embrace the past that made us who we are today, then go back to Africa for a few years. If you make it back alive to tell the tale, you'll probably be a better person. | There's an excellent article at this link that you all should read. It's an actual interview with real African slaves down South during the 1920s. For the most part these people missed their plantation masters and the "good old days" They missed their extended white families and the respect they were given. I'm not being sarcastic or a smart *** at all. Please read this article and educate yourselves on slavery instead of listening to your phony leaders, Jesse and Al. Stop the victim mentality.
209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:T-x… | Pride and Prejudice !! For All you Readers !!? Hi !! I was wondering for anyone who read Pride and Prejudice, or are readers.. Can you please let me know which of these books or any other that you may know of it most like Pride and Prejudice..?? And how :)? Thankk you !!!
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mantinence by Robert Persig
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Emma
Sense and Sensibility
Mansfield Park
Persuasion
Beckett, Samuel Waiting for Godot
Blackmore, R.D. Lorna Doone
Bolt, Robert A Man for All Seasons
Boswell, James The Life of Samuel Johnson
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
Bunyon, John Pilgrim's Progress
Butler, Samuel Way of All Flesh
Cary, Joyce The Horse's Mouth
Chaucer, Geoffrey Canterbury Tales
Clarke, Arthur The Other Side of the Sky
Guyhood's End
2001: A Space Odyssey
Congreve, William The Way of the World
Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim
Heart of Darkness
Secret Sharer
Three Great Tales
Victory
Defoe, Daniel Moll Flanders
Robinson Crusoe
Dickens, Charles Tale of Two Cities
Bleak House
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
Hard Times
Oliver Twist
Our Mutual Friend
DuMaurier, Daphne Frenchman's Creek
King's General
Rebecca
Eliot, George Adam Bede
Middlemarch
Mill on the Floss
Eliot, T. S. Murder in the Cathedral
Fielding, Henry The History of Tom Jones
Amelia
Joseph Andrews
Forster, E. M. Passage to India
Howard's End
A Room With A View
Fowles, John The French Lieutenant's Woman
Frazer, Sir James The Golden Bough
Galsworthy, John Modern Comedy
Forsyte Saga
Golding, William The Inheritors
Lord of the Flies
Pryamid
Goldsmith, William She Stoops to Conquer
Vicar of Wakefield
Greene, Graham The Comedians
The Quiet American
Power and the Glory
The Heart of the Matter
Hardy, Thomas Return of the Native
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Tess of d'Urbervilles
Far from the Maddening Crowd
Jude, The Obscure
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
James, Henry The Portrait of a Lady
Turn of the Screw
Daisy Miller
Washington Square
Joyce , James Finnegan's Wake
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Lawrence, D. H. Sons and Lovers
Lewis, C.S. Screwtape Letters
Llewellyn, Richard How Green Was My Valley
Malory, Thomas Le Morte d' Arthur
Marlowe, Christopher Doctor Faustus
Maugham, Somerest The Moon and Sixpence
Of Human Bondage
The Razor's Edge
Meredith, George The Egotist
Milton, John Paradise Lost
More, Sir Thomas Utopia
Nordhoff, Charles Mutiny on the Bounty
Orwell, George 1984
Renault, Mary The Mask From Apollo
The King Must Die
Richardson, Samuel Pamela
Scott, Sir Walter The Antiquary
Kenilworth
Ivanhoe
Shaw, George Bernard Saint Joan
Pygamlion
Major Barbara
Arms and the Man
Man and Superman
Shute, Nevil On the Beach
Smollett, Tobias The Expedition of Hulmphrey Clinker
Sparks, Christine The Elephant Man
Sterne, Lawrence Tristram Shanty
Swift, Jonathan Gulliver's Travels
Tennyson, Alfred Lord Idylls of the King
Thackeray, William Vanity Fair
Tolkien, J.R. R. All Works
Trollope, Anthony Barchester Towers
Waugh, Evelyn Brideshead Revisited
Wells, H. G. The Time Machine
Invisible Man
War of the World
Wilde, Oscar The Importance of Being Earnest
Woolf, Virginia To the Lighthouse
Mrs. Dalloway
The Waves | Go with other Jane Austen such as Emma or Persuasion
Alternatively, you might want to consider The Importance of Being Earnest
From Shmoop | What the top five books from this list? I have to read 3 books off this list for school and I want to know what other think are the best so I won't be reading a very boring book!! Help Please!!!
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice
Emma
Sense and Sensibility
Mansfield Park
Persuasion
Beckett, Samuel Waiting for Godot
Blackmore, R.D. Lorna Doone
Bolt, Robert A Man for All Seasons
Boswell, James The Life of Samuel Johnson
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
Bunyon, John Pilgrim's Progress
Butler, Samuel Way of All Flesh
Cary, Joyce The Horse's Mouth
Chaucer, Geoffrey Canterbury Tales
Clarke, Arthur The Other Side of the Sky
Guyhood's End
2001: A Space Odyssey
Congreve, William The Way of the World
Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim
Heart of Darkness
Secret Sharer
Three Great Tales
Victory
Defoe, Daniel Moll Flanders
Robinson Crusoe
Dickens, Charles Tale of Two Cities
Bleak House
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
Hard Times
Oliver Twist
Our Mutual Friend
DuMaurier, Daphne Frenchman's Creek
King's General
Rebecca
Eliot, George Adam Bede
Middlemarch
Mill on the Floss
Eliot, T. S. Murder in the Cathedral
Fielding, Henry The History of Tom Jones
Amelia
Joseph Andrews
Forster, E. M. Passage to India
Howard's End
A Room With A View
Fowles, John The French Lieutenant's Woman
Frazer, Sir James The Golden Bough
Galsworthy, John Modern Comedy
Forsyte Saga
Golding, William The Inheritors
Lord of the Flies
Pryamid
Goldsmith, William She Stoops to Conquer
Vicar of Wakefield
Greene, Graham The Comedians
The Quiet American
Power and the Glory
The Heart of the Matter
Hardy, Thomas Return of the Native
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Tess of d'Urbervilles
Far from the Maddening Crowd
Jude, The Obscure
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
James, Henry The Portrait of a Lady
Turn of the Screw
Daisy Miller
Washington Square
Joyce , James Finnegan's Wake
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Lawrence, D. H. Sons and Lovers
Lewis, C.S. Screwtape Letters
Llewellyn, Richard How Green Was My Valley
Malory, Thomas Le Morte d' Arthur
Marlowe, Christopher Doctor Faustus
Maugham, Somerest The Moon and Sixpence
Of Human Bondage
The Razor's Edge
Meredith, George The Egotist
Milton, John Paradise Lost
More, Sir Thomas Utopia
Nordhoff, Charles Mutiny on the Bounty
Orwell, George 1984
Renault, Mary The Mask From Apollo
The King Must Die
Richardson, Samuel Pamela
Scott, Sir Walter The Antiquary
Kenilworth
Ivanhoe
Shaw, George Bernard Saint Joan
Pygamlion
Major Barbara
Arms and the Man
Man and Superman
Shute, Nevil On the Beach
Smollett, Tobias The Expedition of Hulmphrey Clinker
Sparks, Christine The Elephant Man
Sterne, Lawrence Tristram Shanty
Swift, Jonathan Gulliver's Travels
Tennyson, Alfred Lord Idylls of the King
Thackeray, William Vanity Fair
Tolkien, J.R. R. All Works
Trollope, Anthony Barchester Towers
Waugh, Evelyn Brideshead Revisited
Wells, H. G. The Time Machine
Invisible Man
War of the World
Wilde, Oscar The Importance of Being Earnest
Woolf, Virginia To the Lighthouse
Mrs. Dalloway
The Waves
Sorry this list is a little crazy but please do your best! | Here are what I would consider some of the top books on that list based on my personal taste and how I perceive their literary merit:
Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett (One of the most iconic American plays ever written, an absurdist work about two men who are waiting for someone that never comes)
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte (Like I said, I hate the genre. But if you like Victorian literature then Jane Eyre is not horrible. About some flawed girl that meets a dark brooding flawed guy and they fall in love. Yuck)
Guyhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke (Solid Scifi book, bunch of aliens come to earth and "help" humans; future evolution of the human race)
2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke (One of the best known scifi novels of all time, a monolith appears on the moon and a bunch of scientists try to figure out what the hell it is)
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad (Very famous account of Africa as told by some white european dude)
Anything listed by Charles Dickens (Hugely famous author, Bleak House and Great Expectations are both long commentaries on the London class structure, Tale of Two Cities is a slightly shorter commentary on London class structure)
Lord of the Flies - William Golding (A bunch of guys are stranded, do pretty well for a while, and then start to go insane and revert to animalistic tendencies. Hugely famous and influential when it came out)
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (Futuristic/dystopian/scifi literature about a society revolving around reproductive technology and widespread recreational sex (craziness. also nested parentheses) commonly banned book, very good)
Finnegan's Wake - James Joyce (Wait, was this list provided by the school? What kind of Sadistic teacher slipped this one in? Seriously, do not attempt this one. Often considered one of the most difficult books written in the english language. I am absolutely not guyding you when I tell you not to try it for school. Don't be a hero. Try reading it over a summer. Better yet, try reading it over every summer)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young man - James Joyce (This is more like it. Joyce is one of the leading figures in modernist literature, and Portrait of the Artist is one of his more accessible novels. I recommend it)
Paradise Lost - John Milton (Very long, but very good. It's about Satan's epic battle with god, and then his epic fall from heaven. It's epic)
Utopia - Thomas More (It's about a bunch of socialists on an island that have totally figured this whole "society" thing out. Historically significant as being one of the first books about a societal Utopia; literature-wise not too exciting)
1984 - George Orwell (THE dystopian novel. Fantastic writer, fantastic writing, fantastic plot, about an extreme police state and its power to break down a man piece by tortured piece. Love it)
Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift (Some people like it, not a fan myself. About a dude named gulliver and his travels to magical and far away places. Eh.)
The Time Machine - HG Wells (Considered to be the father of modern science fiction. Very famous, pretty good. A guy builds a time machine and goes into the future only to find that a two class system has yielded two separate evolved forms of humanity)
War of the Worlds - HG Wells (You've probably seen the movie. It's nothing like that. It's much better. If you're going to read Wells, though, read Time Machine)
Well there you go. Probably much more in depth than you wanted, but it's what I do. I like lists. | Why do so many ex-Jehovah's Witnesses feel the need to tell their story? There are so many books written by Jehovah's Witnesses that have left the Society, telling of the "escape" from the Watchtower, tales from a Watchtower upbringing, escaping guyhood abuse among Jehovah's Witnesses, and the list goes on and on. Why do so many ex JWs feel the need to tell of the brainwashing, the abuse, the bondage, the stranglehold, the unanswerable questions, and the outright lies of the Watchtower?
No Jehovah's Witness can dismiss these, but they will call them all apostates and "confused brothers and sisters". They cannot dismiss the similarity between so many of these stories, all involving abuse, brainwashing, and absolute control.
Why do you think there are so many the feel the need to tell everyone what they went through if they honestly believe it is a totally dangerous and deceptive organization? | Because I was violated
sexually
Morally
Physically and Spiritually
We need to warn of the nasty underbelly of the WBS |
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