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The Aspect of Feminist in “The Yellow Wallpaper”
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The Aspect of Feminist in “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Charlotte is a significant figure who has played a crucial role in enhancing the way people view literature. In 1892, he wrote a story without the idea that it would become a classical representation of feminism in society. For centuries, the audience to various literature pieces lacked a clear basis for evaluating feminism in multiple parts of literature. Gothic tales in the book, The Yellow Wallpaper, pose a challenge to the audience in understanding the book’s context. The sheer horror of the account appeared to build significant memories in old readers; besides, these approaches remain valuable up to date. Concise analysis of the story in 1970 steered an understanding of the literature as an elegant representation of feminist ideologies during the Victorian patriarchy. The author has the mastery of typical gothic trapping, and beneath it, he explains the crucial phenomena of repression and freedom. Most of these aspects of the story appear in the mind and the eyes of an insane narrator.
Understanding the personal author’s experience is relevant in understanding the flow of feminist ideologies in the story. In the information, the author presents Victorian rest cure as barbaric; the nature of its treatment had driven a woman into insanity. The rest cure initially was a method used to alleviate symptoms of hysteria and other neuropathic conditions. Dr. Weir Mitchell used the treatment methods in most of her patients. the efficacy of the treatment plan was crucial as Gilman had initially received the inventor’s treatment. The narrator provides an account of shown she had been through insanity, which she opposed through the yellow wallpaper (Johnson 528). The narrator further highlights that Mitchell received a copy of the book concerning hysteria treatment; however, there was no direct response to Gilman. Information relayed by a friend indicates that the doctor sorts a different approach to treating disorders other than the rest cure.
The use of feminist connotations in the story and symbolism present a powerful platform for various discussions about the yellow wallpaper. The narrator’s husband is an elegant representation of patriarchy; this occurs differently by arguing and demeans his wife. The husband’s character represents normalcy described under the Victorian culture, which she deviated. The author presents the narrator’s husband as a voice of reasons essential in the realization of freedom. At the climax of the story, the husband, despite being male, transformed in reverse traditional gothic roles.
Notably, the expression of Greg Johnson highlighted how the narrator blended with her condition. The author further presents the main character as an artist, and it is through her literal work, some of the suppressant anger was evident. Besides, the author indicates the nature of her anger after getting well, after which she sort to redefine her life. The narrator’s focus was to transform into a draconian woman under the character described under the Victorian womanhood.
Charlotte bridges the narrator’s character to some feminine name in the story. The author uses an example of the madwoman to show the audience the gothic nature of the developed character Bertha Mason. His representation creates an insight into understanding the names of the narrator and Jane Eyre. Importantly, these are the figures presented to dwell in the rational self and ignore provisions in the community regarding a woman. In the story, bertha’s correlates with the narrator’s surface; the author exploits the outspoken nature of the protagonist’s ideologies (King and Morris 29). Their behavior outlines a sense of deviation from the patriarchy system, a clear indicator of civilization. The narrator’s actions are a vivid image of the suppression of character due to her disease condition.
In comparison to Bronte’s madwoman, the narrator appears to be a woman of good temperament. The central concern is if her malady would get over her life, her character seems to blend with the insane world to express her sanity at the end of the story is rebellious nature deemed from suppression by the internal and the external world. According to the narrator, The Yellow Paper represented her suppressed self (King and Morris 32). The damage to the paper by the narrator presents a significant transformation from the life of bondage.
According to many, the wallpaper represents what appears to be mere frivolity; this is evident through the allegory of rage and redemption. The parable presents women living in captivity and various trifles such as clothing to express themselves (Johnson 521). Thorough reading and analyses of the story by modern ladies could better understand women’s lives.
Works cited
King, Jeannette, and Pam Morris. "On Not Reading between the Lines: Models of Reading in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper.’"
Johnson, Greg. “Gilman’s Gothic Allegory: Rage and Redemption in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper.’” Studies in Short Fiction 26.4
Slavery has a long history in the world as it began a long time before the beginning of the First World War (Du Bois, 2017).
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Slavery has a long history in the world as it began a long time before the beginning of the First World War (Du Bois, 2017). The largest and well-known market for slaves was in the American continent where millions of slaves were taken and sold to serve as laborers in the hands of the white men. The Trans-Atlantic trade was known for the slave trade whereby slaves were captured from the West Africa countries such as Benin taking the Atlantic route and heading to the American continent. Slaves were captured in various ways in the West Africa region and some of the methods of slave capturing included raiding and conquering, lone travelers were captured, and those who were unable to pay debts were also sold as slaves to settle their debts. The most common method through which the slaves were obtained was that of raids and war whereby the captives of the war were taken and sold as slaves mostly to the European traders. Slave trade had various negative impacts to the captives of war as they were mistreated by both their masters and transporters.
Slavery has been one of the largest themes that can be found throughout the narration of the Barracoon: The Last of the “Black Cargo.” The aspect of slavery can be tracked via the narrations provided by Lewis during the direct interview with Zora Neale Hurston (Womack, 2015). The interview was done face to face at Lewis home that is located in Africa town. Throughout the interview, we gain the firsthand information concerning the issues of slavery that beheld Lewis and his people that eventually led to their deportation to the united states. Back at home, Lewis remembers how they used to live peacefully until the attack by the Dahomey soldiers under the war-mongering king (Grant, 2018). During this attacks most of the people were killed while others were maimed. Most of the survivors were captured and taken to the American continent to be sold as slaves. After being sold as a slave, he spent five years serving as a slave and eventually he was freed after the civil war.
Slavery has been found to have major impacts on the people who were victims of the slave trade (Filler, 2017). Slave trade by then was one of the most profitable business that earned the slave dealers a lot of wealth, and this necessitated the urge for more and more slaves. In the United States, there was a high demand for the slaves to work on the plantations and this demand was fulfilled by the constant supply of slaves from West Africa as it was easy to get the slaves. In the US, the saves were much preferred as they provided cheap labor. Due to the increased demand for slaves as well as the constant supply, there were also negative consequences that accompanied the slave trade.
Disconnection of the family ties is one of the impacts that can be evident in Lewis case (Grant, 2018). Cudjo is better for the fact that he was separated from the rest of the families to whom they were together in West Africa. In Benin, lots of his family members were killed, and his capture as a slave broke the connection between thee families in Africa and those who were sold in America. Cudjo, becomes emotional when he is asked about himself and at this point, he remembers his father and grandfather, and this is the point which we see that he misses his family despite being unable to reach them.
Another notable issue raised by the story of Lewis is that lots of people lost their lives and dignity. During the raids, the Dahomey soldiers killed and maimed a lot of people from Lewis village. Others were maimed, and others held captive. Lewis was directly affected by the raid as he lost his close family members. Back in the United States, Lewis was much affected as he lost his sons. The sons were killed by the authorities claiming that they had accidents, but in the real sense, they had been shot dead by the police (Grant, 2018). Apart from his sons, his wife also was a victim of being the master’s merciless acts as she also died after his sons and this left Lewis a lone man. During their journey to America, Lewis came through many incidences that depicted the dehumanizing nature of the slave trade. A lot of people got sick on the way but ended up dying as they were not treated. Lewis also claims that some of the people in the voyage were caged, and this shows how the captives were badly treated like animals. The dignity of a person was completely not respected at all and at the time, eliminating the life of a person was like slaying an animal.
Life in slavery was not easy as the economic condition of the people was far much low. The reason behind is that they were not paid by their masters and this means that they had no income of their own. Therefore, they could not cater for their expenses, and this compelled them to obey their masters rule. According to the narration, Lewis even seems to have like the master who replaced his old and worn-out shoes and even feeding the slaves (Grant, 2018). With this account, we are made aware that the masters mistreated the slaves and even at times never fed them well. The slaves were treated in an inhumane way that which degrades the life of a person.
The period of reconstruction was characterized by radicalization, and this was propelled by the urge of equality by race. The radicalization was aimed at the abolition of slavery in the united states (Harrold, 2015). Various laws and policies were enacted during this period, and some of them include the Thirteenth Amendment that aimed at the abolition of slavery. Scholars at the era of reconstruction were against slavery, and this was the major contributing factor that led to the radicalization in the fight for equality of the races, and this gave birth to the 13th Amendment and consequent laws that promoted equality among the races especially that of the blacks.
The information obtained from the primary text, Barracoon will be of significant helping most of the American citizens understand the American culture, immigrant culture, American othering as well as humanity in general. The information provided by Lewis assists in understanding the American culture at the time before reconstruction, whereby the American culture was constituted by the culture of a master-slave relationship. In this era, we get to know how the slaves related to their masters and how they were generally treated.
Besides, we get to understand the culture of the immigrants in that Lewis says it all during the interview that in their culture in Africa, a son cannot introduce himself before his father, and that is the reason as to why Cudjo was compelled to talk about his grandfather and father before he provided his part of the story (Grant, 2018). In overall, the information from Barracoon comes with a lot of sensitization and awareness concerning the aspect of humanity as it is portrayed by the different characters and parties in the interview. The merchants of slavery were inhumane, and that’s why they burnt villages making the inhabitants homeless, and this made it easy for them to catch them. On the other side, the masters as well acted in an inhumane way in that they mistreated the slaves disregarding their rights and dignity.
Throughout the interview, I learned that a person should never abandon their culture despite being in a far country as it is evident in the case of Cudjo as he remembers his cultural expectations despite having been away for more than 70 years. Again, we should not be ready to seek revenge for what has been done unto us as the Bible prohibits that and therefore we should be calm not to invite more troubles. Unity is a key component in the lives of a human being as it helps build the culture of the people and that’s why Cudjo and others formed the Africa town where the slaves settled after being freed from slavery.
Racism and capitalism are promoted in the interview, and this can be evidenced by the master’s behavior towards their subjects as well as the war-mongering king in West Africa who was responsible for the raids and the capturing of the slaves (Bonilla-Silva, 2017). Capitalism can be seen as being promoted by both parties, the sellers as well as the buyers of the slaves. On the other side, racism is promoted by the white masters through exercising their masterly role over their subjects and treating the slaves, who are blacks as being inferior and who doesn’t have any rights to be equals with the whites. All through the interview, the impacts of slavery in the Barracoon are witnessed through the inhumane acts of the slave dealers who are capitalistic in nature led by greed and malice.
References
Bonilla-Silva, E. (2017). Racism without racists: Color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in America. RowmDu Bois, W. E. B. (2017). Black Reconstruction in America: Toward a history of the part which black folk played in the attempt to reconstruct democracy in America, 1860-1880. Routledge.
Filler, L. (2017). The crusade against slavery: 1830-1860. Routledge.
Grant, C. (2018). BARRACOON The story of the last” Black Cargo”.
Harrold, S. (2015). The Rise of Aggressive Abolitionism: Addresses to the Slaves. University Press of Kentucky.
Womack, A. (2015). “The Brown Bag of Miscellany”: Zora Neale Hurston and the Practice of Overexposure. Black Camera: An International Film Journal (The New Series), 7(1), 115-133.
Oil Prices increasing in the United States
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Oil Prices increasing in the United States
“It is quite easy to moan and curse when gas becomes expensive. Oil companies are persistently abusing the helpless consumers who are indentured to them effectively, and can put their own prices thanks to the system of profiteering and collusion. Something, most probably involving legislation, should be done. A major demand-supply imbalance coming from oil has been witnessed in the United States. The demand of oil in the country has increased by 1.64 million barrels a day to an approximate of one hundred million barrels a day in this year, this is according to estimates by the OPEC CITATION Kim18 l 1033 (Amadeo). This is indeed a problem facing all oil consumers in the United States who require to use gas on a daily basis. Well ,what has caused this increase in price of oil? The primary factors that have affected the prices of oil are
Demand and Supply
Demand refers to the amount in which consumers are willing and are able to purchase at a given point in time. On the other hand, supply refers to the amount in which suppliers are willing and able to supply at a given period of time. Well, the supply and demand are an economic model that determines prices of commodities in a market. It is very clear to us that in competitive markets, unit prices for goods vary due to many reasons. The number of oil consumers has rapidly increased in the United States this means that the demand for oil has gone up, an increase in demand for oil and an increase in prices are directly related, thus the increased prices of oil. Conversely, many oil producing companies such as the OPEC which is the leading oil producing Company in the United States, have stated that the cost of producing oil has increased, this would only mean that they price of oil will increase.
Market sentiment
The other main factor that has led to the increased prices in the United States is sentiment. The mere belief that the demand will increase dramatically at a given point in the future has led to the dramatic increase in prices. It is expected that the demand of oil in the country will increase to 100.26 million barrels a day in the year 2019 CITATION Ker18 l 1033 (Lahiff).Most oil suppliers have then opted to increase the prices of oil now anticipating the increase in demand for next year. Oil prices increasing have increased burden to the middle-class individuals and the poor in the United States, and this problem could get worse if no appropriate measures are put in place. Some solutions can include;
The US government intervening and increasing subsidies on some production processes to reduce production costs by oil companies.
The government introducing laws and policies that will prevent oil companies from increasing oil prices abruptly without appropriate reasons to.
Importing cheap oil from developing countries from the Middle East.
Introducing other sources of energy that will act as substitutes of oil.
Concisely, it would benefit all US citizens if the appropriate measures would be taken to reduce the oil prices in the country. Nearly all households, industries and work places use oil in one way or the other. The increased oil prices have greatly affected the middle class and the poor in the country thus, it is important for the government to undertake measures that strive at lowering oil prices. In addition, reducing prices would benefit the country as a whole. This is because, the prices of other commodities would reduce, lower prices for oil and oil products would also increase exports which would increase the country’s Gross Domestic Product. Thankyou!”
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BIBLIOGRAPHY l 1033 Amadeo, Kimberly. Oil Price Forecast 2018 – 2050. How Oil Prices Could Rise Above $200 a Barrel. 20 October 2018. 23 October 2018. <https://www.thebalance.com/oil-price-forecast-3306219>.
Lahiff, Keris. Oil prices could see a spike from a coming supply-demand imbalance, expert predicts. 8 September 2018. 23 October 2018. <https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/08/a-major-supply-demand-imbalance-coming-for-oil-could-spike-prices.html>.