A Literal Review on Oppression: An One-act Comedy by Xilin Ding After having read the excellent one-act drama by Xilin Ding‚ I was amused by the humorous dialogue and plots. At the same time‚ I feel that there are some pent-up feelings I must talk about. This play uses a humorous way to express the agony of the playwright about the bitter experience of his friend who later died a nasty death. The topic of oppression and anti-oppression is supposed to be serious‚ but in this play‚ the playwright
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by Wole Soyinka is about racism; more specifically‚ it is about the way people both white and black fail to communicate clearly about matters of race. The narrator of the poem describes a telephone conversation in which he reaches a deal with a landlady to rent an apartment. He feels that he must let her know that he is black: Nothing remained But self-confession. "Madam‚" I warned‚"I hate a wasted journey—I am African." This is where the lapses in communication begin. The landlady’s first response
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and also very fond of‚ as he is in fact ½ Mexican and lives in Austin‚ Texas. His landlady seems to be in some form of denial regarding her surroundings‚ which is evident in her attempt to grow grass and “Yankee” plants in a desert climate. I get the impression that the author is implying that his landlady is a “Yankee” but it is rather indirect so I cannot tell for certain. Through his statement that his landlady wants green grass in the middle of the desert‚ I think Gilb is implying the Proverb
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ROTAIRO‚ Sam Rian S. Hum10 / A4 Ms. Bantay Part 1 : 1. What is Ahimsa? Why did Gandhi say that it is always equated to truth? Explain briefly your point. Ahimsa is an act of achieving things without violence involved. Violence is an act of hurting or harming people. And I think ahimsa can be achieved by always telling the truth. Lying is one of the factors that can start a violent situation among people and I think being honest to other people is the key for a peaceful surrounding. Do you think
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There are two authors that I would like to compare and contrast. Not their actual stories‚ instead how the authors who wrote the stories. The two stories are The Landlady wrote by Roald Dahl‚ There Will Come Soft Rains written by Ray Bradbury and they will both be reviewed. The two authors use satisfying writing styles and genres and a different audience in which the main characters talk to. But‚ they both write suspenseful stories and give their characters a good background and also good plot for
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Telephone conversation by Wole Soyinka is about‚ as the title suggests‚ a conversation over the telephone between two people – a West African man and a British landlady. The former was looking for a place to live in London. He felt that the ‘price seemed reasonable’ and the ‘location indifferent’ in the sense that it was impartial. The landlady claimed that she ‘lived off premises’ possibly indicating that it was a source of income for her. The poem is in free verse and appears like a conversation‚
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SUMMARY Telephone conversation is about an African man who wishes to rent an apartment and so has phoned the landlady to inquire. Once the landlady answers the man decides he must confess‚ as if he has committed a crime‚ about his nationality as the persona in the poem is well aware of the wide spread prejudice against people of African descent and feels he must get the fact out of the way. However‚ unaware of the extent of the landlady’s ignorance‚ he is shocked and annoyed by her cold‚ impersonal
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encountered firsthand such parochial attitude‚ and had learnt to take it in his stride‚ the poem is thus influenced by his personal experience. The poem is about a telephone conversation in England between the poet‚ seeking to rent a house and an English landlady who completely changes her attitude towards him after he reveals his identity as a black African. The motif of a microcosmic telephone conversation‚ therefore‚ is employed by the poet to apply to a much broader‚ macrocosmic level where racial bigotry
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who is in search of a house and his landlady. The poet thus briefly explains the treatment of the African people in European countries‚ especially England‚ where the so-called ‘superior’ white people‚ suggesting the theme of racialism. This poem takes place in London as it is evident from the poem about the presence of a red booth‚ red pillar box & a red double tiered bus. The main characters in the poem include an African (assumed to be the poet) and the landlady‚ from whom the poet wishes to rent
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BlackOut ’Blackout’ is a short story by Roger Mais. It is set in Jamaica and is about racism and the contrast of two different races‚ sexes and cultures! The story starts off explaining the blackout in the city and the general atmosphere of uncomfortable and tense over the city. At this point the story builds an expectation of some sort of conflict. An American women was waiting at a bus stop. Suprisingly she was not bothered by the darkness‚ and she was not nervous. A black man slowly approaches
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