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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

HOW LIFE WAS BACK THEN IN HAITI

The Haitian people battled to keep peace and freedom in their country. However, that was not happening in haiti many people were enslaved and their were color discrimination between the haitian people. The haitians were also struggling with being able to farm in their own land. It was  going to happen soon when the French forced  the Haitians to work for them on the 3 most seller which are tobacco,sugar,and coffee. Going back to discrimination between the white haitians and the black Haitians. The " gens de couleur" as in the the white skin who were slave owners. The Haitian people were  preoccupied with the color of people's skin. The country was divided by skin color, lighter skin were in one side while the black were on the other side. According to  http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Haiti/Haiti_Under_Seige.html   the " maroons" were gathered in 1790 and used voodoo  to rebel. Voodoo was combined with catholicism and african traditions .

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Strong women

The women in india and the women in frankenstein have some similarities. The similarities they have are values,respect, culture & role of a women.The women in india are known of taking good care of their families. they cook,clean, raise their children.likewise, in frankenstein the women are portrayed as being house wives and taking care of the children and house hold work.
       The women also share clothing wear. they might not be the same thing but they wear their cultural clothing. The women have the hardest job . That is being a mother.

Gandhi a peaceful protester.

India became /part of the british in August  2 ,1958.However,there were still indian princes who still controlled some states in india. After india being part of the british empire they forced Bangladesh to be part of the indian empire in 1905. where each section of people were divided into two part based on religion. the western of Bangali were with the hindus where the muslims created a capital called Dacca. Public demonstration was forbidden in india therefore, the indian troops were commanded to fire at the protesters. for this reason Gandhi came about and started his silent protests. Gandhi was a strong peaceful man in india he was the one that lead Independence in india.

The British Women and the Colonized Women

Women during the British empire were always outnumbered by the men however, the women of the empire decided to travel to other sites where they found homes and had other opportunities that Britain could not give them. The numbers of women increased rapidly. They were encouraged by the British to travel in colonies because it was presented as being a way to "protect the social hierarchy of the colonial world, while preserving British racial purity."http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/modules/lesson8/lesson8.php?s=0. The women of Britain and the colonized women did have a few problem/differences with each other. The British women felt the empire gave them opportunities they could not have gotten in Britain. Nevertheless, around the 20th century the women were banned to work in specific areas in the empire. Although British women did disagree with the colonized women, they did try to have communication and make things right by education and through medicine. They would call the colonized women their "sisters" but they did not think the women of India as needing to be protected in any sisterly way.

Frankenstein women Vs British women

  The Women in Frankenstein i felt were weak women who were didn't play a big role .They were more of the stay at home type who just took care of house duties. While  the British women back then were stronger and always did the best they could to have a better life for themselves. They worked outside of the house environment and wanted women rights.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

The 21st century vs. The old century women.

A 23 year old yemeni women who choose to join the army in yemen.


A Famous Yemeni singer by the name of Arwa is will known in the arab world. She is now famous for her television show about celebrities answering personal questions. For some she is known as The Oprah of Arabia.                                                                                                                 
The book Frankenstein
suggest the women are not involved with society .
They are portrayed as being only as a
caregiver where there business is at home.

Yemen was once controlled by the British

Britain invaded Yemen and had control of Adan that was once called south Yemen. Britain had control from 1839 to 1967. Adan was controlled because it was so called the important base for the royal navy . It was more important when the opening of the Suez canal.Adan became an important route to India.Britain left when they were forced out by the "revolutionaries who gained support from the soviet union".  http://www.angelfire.com/mac/egmatthews/worldinfo/asia/yemen.html