Other names: Ochun, Oxum, Osun. Oshun rules over rivers, love, romance, gold, pregnancy, witchcraft, healing, weight loss love, fertility, relationship, and love or wishing spells. When individuals have writer block, Oshun is an excellent Loa to petition. She is also who we go to for spells in money matters. She is the youngest of the female Orishas, but maintains the honor of Great Queen. Oshun heals with her sweet water and honey, infused with her spiritual power. They say Oshun saved the world by seducing Ogun and tempting him to go back the woods. Oshun is a messenger from Olodumare. For this purpose no matter what Orisha governs their head, all who are admitted as priests, have to go to the river and give statement to Oshun. She is characterized
The article “Leaving Omelas: Questions of Faith and Understanding,” by Jerre Collins, draws attention to the fact that the short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” by Ursula Le Guin, has not impacted Western thought despite its literary merit. Collins breaks his article down into three parts, the first explaining that he will “take this story as seriously as we are meant to take it” (525). Collins then goes over several highly descriptive sections of the story, which invite the reader to become part of the utopia that is Omelas. Collins states that when it comes to the state of the child and how it affects the citizens of Omelas the descriptions “may seem to be excessive and facetious” (527). But this is because Le Guin is using a
The purpose of this lab was to determine what vegetation was present above and below the water’s surface and to observe the water visibility depth. We took sampling data from the two different lakes at Noxubee Refuge. The two lakes were Bluff Lake and Loakfoma Lake. The Bluff lake consists of 800 acres of the Noxubee Refuge, and Loakfoma Lake consists of 400 acres (About the Refuge). Many different wildlife species are present at these two lakes. The wildlife includes migratory waterfowl, shoreline birds, and alligators. We observed all three of these wildlife species while collecting data. Along with the wildlife, there are many different plant species to observe. The plant species consist of upland species and bottomland species.
Within the Obi tribe, Okonkwo is an important man, who has risen from nothing to a man of great wealth and social status. Okonkwo is obsessed with masculinity, and he has a very narrow view of “manliness”. Okonkwo's relationship with his dead father is the root of his violent and ambitious conduct. He wants to rise above his father's legacy of laziness, which he views as weak and therefore feminine. This drive and fierce pride made him a great man, but they are also the source of all of his faults.
In Kogawa’s novel, the title character Obasan can be described as having a forceful personality. She is not forceful in the sense that she imposes her will upon others, but rather she stands at the center of the narrative, making it all possible. Obasan is undoubtedly a quiet woman, so it is her actions rather than her words which make her presence so prevalent; she is more of an attitude than a person and she personifies the strength that can be found in silence. As a young woman, she is quiet. As an elderly wom...
The experiment is aimed at giving a better understatement of osmosis process and the different conditions in which osmosis occurs.
Highlighting the theme of conflicting perspectives throughout Geoffrey Robertson's, 'The Trials Of Oz,' in particular his essays, The Romans in Britain and The Trials of Oz, is the bias nature of Geoffrey Robertson as he attempts to adopt his view of events, personalities and situations, to convince the reader on the validity of his argument. A perspective is a point of view, and a conflicting perspective is where two point of views clash. Similarly to this, is Jason Reitman's film'Thank You For Smoking' which is a satire of the perception of promoting smoking, but not to the level in which it is disregarded, as no character smokes on film.
‘Ochres’ performed by Bangarra Dance Theatre is a work choreographed by Stephen Page. ‘Ochres’ is performed in four sections, Yellow, Black, White and Red. Each section represents a different aspect of the aboriginal culture and its meaning. ‘Red’ demonstrates the youth, the obsession, the poison and the pain involved with the customs, laws and values associated with the relationship of men and women. Page was born in the working class suburban area of Mount Gravatt along with his other 11 siblings. Page is of descent of the Nunukul people and the Munaldjali clan of the Yugambeh tribe from South East Queensland ("Stephen Page | Bangarra Dance Theatre", 2016). He choreographed works for his high school concerts showing potential from a young age. At the age of 16 he joined the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service as a law clerk. This gave him an immense knowledge of the black legal cultural and political
He was in great conflict with the ideas of the white men and the missionaries. Okonkwo saw that their beliefs had not only changed the daily life of the Ibo, but it also changed the people themselves: “He mourned for the warlike men of Umuofia, who had so unaccountably become soft like women” (Achebe 183). The author uses strong diction to compare the men before and after colonization. This quote also portrays Okonkwo’s opinion towards the cultural collision. He values strength and masculinity immensely because of his fear of appearing weak like his father Unoka. When he describes that the men of Umuofia changed to be soft like women, this shows how much he dishonors the Western ideas and how it has taken over the village. He made an attempt to get rid of the Western influence by urging the tribe to fight like men, but they refuse to. He was determined and still attempted to furthermore encourage the people of Umuofia to revolt against the new culture. He realizes that his attempts to return the village back to the way it was before were futile. He knew that Christianity was tearing his people apart, but knew he was incapable of making change to help his people. Okonkwo then starts to feel hopeless and abandoned by his clan, which causes him to commit suicide by hanging himself: “Obierika… turned suddenly to the District Commissioner and said ferociously: ‘That man was one of the greatest men
The book focuses on one of the tribe members, Okonkwo. He is a well respected member of the tribe. Okonkwo is a good example of a respected member of the tribe who also has great renown. He is known as a great wrestler and warrior of the nine villages of the tribe. He is a very powerful and influential member.
Through her education outside of the quarters, Omocha was exposed to the world outside of Gion, and as a result, in everything she does and in everything she believes, she defines herself by that outside world. Her experience of seeing the quarters from the outside in led her to “understand certain things,” and it is those same things that now define her personality and views on men and society. Though Omocha attempts to explain how geisha are mere “playthings” for men to her sister, Umekichi’s absence of outside experience truly limits her ability to understand Omocha’s goals. Even when Omocha is brutally injured in an attack by two men, Umekichi can only chide her for “treat[ing] men like that” and causing such “terrible things [to] happen,” in effect blaming Omocha for her own assault. Her unsympathetic attitude toward Omocha’s actions clearly does not stem from a lack of compassion, but rather from a lack of perspective.
Throughout the novel, Obierika was known as Okonkwo’s guide or the complete opposite of his personality. Obierika did not have any big consequences when it came to the culture collision because he was not like Okonkwo and things did not fall apart for him. Obierika was one of the people that triumphed when it came to this culture collision. He was able to be flexible and think before he took any action. As for the rest of the Ibo tribe they had lost the battle. The white men have “put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart” (Achebe
Since his childhood, Okonkwo has always been ashamed of his father, Unoka. Unoka was rarely able to feed his children, which made Okonkwo scared and embarrassed. When he went out into Umuofia, he found that the villagers had very similar opinions towards his father. As...
Obierika relationship towards Okonkwo is rather simple, they are close friends. “As your close friend I want you to take my advice” They share a close bond, Obierika watches over Okonkwo stuff when he's not around. He also helps him when he was exiled out of the
The Umuofia people valued manhood of which Unoka knew nothing about. His characteristics were frowned upon in this culture. Unoka was known as ‘agbala’ which was a term used to often describe a woman but in this case symbolized a man who took no title. Men were respected for being warriors and leaders. Unoka was a borrower of money who could never keep money nor return it. He was also a coward who feared the sight of blood. Unoka even failed at the most basic of responsibilities which was to provide for his family. It may be considered that he was born at a time that was not suitable for his
Obierika – He is a close and loyal friend to Okonkwo. He is always there for him, even when he is banished for seven years, Obierika still comes to visit Okonkwo and his family in the motherland. He also takes care of the yam distribution and it’s payment because Okonkwo is unable to do so.