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Attached are two documents which show the importance of understanding the basics of a language especially the vocabulary and context to travel which will be one of the more prominent subject that individuals face when operating abroad. Document one is… Continue Reading →
The last pice we read in the semester was A Passage to India by E.M. Forester. This book did a good job at looking at the relationship between the British and the Indians during the Empire which was told from… Continue Reading →
Using additional material, evaluating Kim as more than just a pawn to the British was an interesting task to complete. Looking at two articles there were connections to Kim through political and racial themes that I had not previously identified… Continue Reading →
In this response essay I took the character Kim from Kim by Rudyard Kipling and evaluated his upbringing as a child that can slip in and out of different factions where as he grows older he is somewhat forced into… Continue Reading →
At the beginning of the semester we watched a TED Talk by Devdutt Pattanik on the concept of ‘the world’ and ‘my world’ and how that works with Indias society and beliefs. Using these concept of ‘the world’ and ‘my… Continue Reading →
Empire Writing Going into a course that isn’t the typical literature class that we all grow up with such as American Literature or British Literature that we all take in high school seems intimidating and scary, however it is not… Continue Reading →
Rhetoric is continually changing and evolving as technology and new inventions are brought to light. Rhetoric began as an art form, something that was studied and used by the higher levels of a society, and was even considered an Olympic… Continue Reading →
On page 146 of Ballard’s chapter in Back Talk from Appalachia, Ballard tries to draw a distinction between those who buy hillbilly products because they get the joke(s) and those who see the products and believe the stereotypes they perpetuate. For… Continue Reading →
Over the past two weeks, one of the central themes of our readings has been that although Appalachians have been seen as backwards, ignorant, and illiterate, most areas of the region have been quite open to the culture surrounding them… Continue Reading →