Whites

"White Lotus" by Laura Solomon utilizes symbolism to reveal how individuals should behave. Every time Kerryn does an immoral action, the lotus reacts and starts to wilt. When Kerryn cheats, "The lecturer did not cotton on but the lotus knew. It shed three leaves and two buds lost their gloss and began to droop"(Solomon 3). The flower realizes Kerryn plagiarizes her essay for her English class and thus it starts to "droop" as it does not approve of her actions. The lotus symbolizes serenity, calmness

The story White Tiger by Aravind Adiga follows the protagonist Balram in his gradual journey of being powerless to being a powerful and wealthy entrepreneur in India through a letter that he writes to the Premier of China. The struggle to wealth is especially challenging in India and is constantly compared to the metaphor of the Rooster Coop. The metaphor of the Rooster Coop compares rooster in a cage to servants to their masters. Roosters are stucked in a cage and faces grave consequence if they

In the novel “The White Tiger”, the writer utilizes the “Murder Weekly” magazine to draw the line between perception and reality in this Indian society. The narrator depicts that all “drivers and cooks in Delhi” read this magazine and as much as they would love to, they are unable to “slit their masters’ necks.” Aravind Adiga utilizes this magazine as a source of outlet to showcase the harsh reality these workers live in. They are used and abused to the point that rather than having perceived dreams

them (Swigonski, M.E. 1996). Having that in mind my position on white privilege (or white skin privilege) which can also be called the huge “pink elephant” in the room. Society (especially now) believe that America have advanced past racism when in all actuality we still have a long way to go. People in our society can go through life without knowing about white privilege or realizing they themselves, may have this privilege. The white or lighter skin color of a person has automatic benefits, right

Sylvia manages to attain transversal communication with other life forms including her cow, the white heron and the old tree. All these friends help Sylvia to develop her identity through her bond with her natural landscape. In return, she must do something for the heron. She ought not to “give its life away” and must allow it to continue to live (p

White defendants when the victim was white. In the midst of it all, the rape of Black women by white men throughout slavery and until this very day and age goes on hardly ever talked about, and justifies this manner as an additional technique used as an essential weapon to maintain white male supremacy, and dehumanize Black persons culture. This piece will examine how gender and race interconnects with the perception of what is considered criminal intent and the justice system. Gender acts on as

some races and genders to have better social mobility than white men, and sometimes, they never do rise up in wealth, all because they are a certain race or gender. Most genders and races, because many people think they can take advantage of other racial and gender groups than any white men, have less respect than white men. We may think that we now treat all people equally, but we are simply lying to ourselves. When we see an attractive white woman, we assume

White is one of the clearest examples of deceiver in the novel because of its role in covering up and blurring the truth. Tom also displays the color white, not through clothes, but through his behavior. Tom is a raging racists clearly shown when he says, “if we don’t look out for the white races we will be utterly submerged”(P.13). Tom associates the color white with superiority and dominance not only in regards to race, but also in regards to money. His pride and privileged as a rich white man

WHITE: The color white, more often than not, is considered to be a color meaning goodness, purity, and innocence. This definition holds true in the beginning portion of The Great Gatsby, however, as we approach the end, it changes drastically. Our first confrontation with the color white is when Nick first encounters Daisy, he realizes that everything she possesses is white; she lives, “high in a white palace,” (Fitzgerald.128) with, “the windows...gleaming white,” (Fitzgerald.10) she even wore a

Snow White. Casper. Why do these characters sound familiar to me? Well, these have been the nicknames I have acquired through the years. I describe myself as bright white. I never realized how white I was until people felt the dire need to tell me. As a young child, I never really thought it was a super colossal deal either. But as we age, we learn new things that perhaps we did not recognize before. People say that some things in life, you just never forget. This indeed is very true. Words can