2) Think about the two worlds, the Midwest and the East, as Fitzgerald describes them, and what they represent for Nick and Gatsby. At the end of The Great Gatsby, Nick writes the East as “exciting” but uneasingly shallow behind the guise of wealth. Meanwhile, he also describes his hometown in the Midwest, nostalgically identifying with its homely small-town life and proximity to family. For Nick, there exists a moral distinction between the two regions, and finding himself utterly unable to adapt
This intention will lead to all kinds of Eurocentric perspective of viewing the world, let it be the Americas, Africa or Asia. Eurocentricism suggests that something is acceptable (like 'modernity' or 'culturally progressive', 'civilized' etc.) only if it is in line with the Western perspectives. The objective of acultural theory or Orientalism is derived from this ideology. The West had the Imperial power to define the history of the East or the 'Rest of World'. They used this imperial power or
studied such varying accounts of cross cultural encounters happening within the long nineteenth century, spanning from people from all over the East and the West, and all of them coming from different positions of power and backgrounds, with all of their observations being heavily punctuated by different motives and biases, helps one gain a lot of perspective over the entire situation. The impact that the dealings of these people have had on the world as we now know it also becomes clearly evident once
studies of the Middle East in the United State and Europe drastically, especially in literary studies, history, sociology, anthropology, and comparative religion studies. His writings have been translated into 26 languages, receives lots of review including critics and enthusiasts, at blogs and published papers. During my reading, I can relate Orientalism to many situations that are still happening in Malaysia. There are numbers of descriptions and interpretations from the West that I find cliché and
Reluctant Fundamentalist, we shall also looks at how the protagonist, biologically a Pakistani guy, is being trapped in the web of hegemonic influence of America. The protagonist of the novel, Changez, has a very common view as that of the masses about the West, especially the United States of America. Many of us feel that we define our own life despite being born in any society or community, but it is not the ultimate truth. Raymond William points that, “To say that ‘men’ define and shape their whole lives
Superficial resentment against each other cannot liberate East from the dominance of West. But the formation of a discourse can be a fit antagonistic force against colonial discourse. A basic motive of discourse usually discovers the regularities and constraints of the components of ideology and thoughts of the nation. It also
Modern Middle East In the early twentieth century most of the Middle East was mostly dominated by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire was characterized as a multinational empire, an imperial power, mostly located around the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and whose existence covered the period between 1299 and 1922. For more than four hundred years the Ottoman Empire exercised his control over a vast territory, from the Balkan Peninsula in Europe to the Arab lands of South West Asia and North
a Cold War movie, could be described as a psychological and political thriller with underground tensions and tautness. Set in 1980 in East Germany, this movie tells the story of Barbara Wolff, a doctor who was moved from the distinguished Charité Hospital to a provincial town hospital as a punishment by the Stasi for applying for an exit visa in order to leave East Germany. The film starts the day that Barbara’s life begins in that rural town where she is being constantly watched by everyone; from
America, New Zealand etc. The Eastern World on the other hand, in the context of classification of religion is actually what Europeans have been considering as the far-east. The middle-east is mostly excluded from this concept since Islam as a religion has its roots of development as an Abrahamic religion tied closely to the west, thus considered a western religion. For the purpose of this research, only a few so-to-speak most significant religions that shape the concepts of Western and Eastern
CHAPTER 3 INDIA’S ENERGY DIPLOMACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST Energy is vital for the growth and survival of all living beings and it plays a crucial role in the socio-economic development and human wellbeing of a country. It has come to be known as a `strategic commodity’ and any uncertainty about its supply can threaten the functioning of the economy, particularly in developing economies. Energy indicates national prosperity and also underwrites national security. States now desire energy security