In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” and in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “Gimpel the Fool” it is shown how the two main protagonists of the story significantly alter the lives of the people and the environment around them. However, their endings state otherwise and leaves vague clues as to how readers […]
In 1861 during the beginning of the American Civil War, an incident took place which, under normal circumstances, would have been a minor diplomatic and political occurrence between the United States and Great Britain. Because the incident, known as the “Trent Affair” took place during one of the most precarious and volatile periods in American […]
Rural development of the grassroots has been the concern of every responsible and responsive political system. This is because development and participation have continued to elude people of the grassroots. Development remains insignificant if it does not positively affect the lives of those in the periphery of decision making arrangement. The Nigerian state therefore created […]
The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live. – Victor Hugo- Victor Hugo was a saviour of his time. With his sensitive and open-minded nature, he focused himself on educating the people and […]
The vampire, from folklore to literature is described as a “dead person that awakens in the night to suck the blood out of the living”. (Bartlett, pg 1) The evolution of the vampire itself has seen drastic changes from the time of the vampire in folklore; where he was seen as a scapegoat, being the […]
Domestic violence is a prevalent criminal and social issue because this occurs in various cultures and types of domestic partnerships. This is the reason for the establishment of laws and processes to aid victims of domestic violence. However, addressing domestic violence is not at all simple because the difficulty not only lies in the weak […]
