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The Tower Of Babel - Online Term Paper

The Tower Of Babel

Racialism--a doctrine or teaching, without scientific support, that
claims to find racial differences in character, intelligence, etc., that
asserts the superiority of one race over another or others. Throughout
time, conflicts between contrasting races and cultures have been apparent.
From the racial tension between blacks and whites to the persecution of the
Jewish by the Nazis, one common ideal has been sought after over and over
from the beginning to the end of time. This goal can be summed up into one
phrase, "Why can't we all just get along?" In much of literature, many
authors have addressed this issue of racialism, and with persistence and
much sweat, it has been realized that ...

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a kidnapped boy, named David, who,
through his growing cultural tolerance and open-mindedness, matures from a
naive adolescent to a young man capable of dealing with crisis and
accepting his role in the culturally divided world.
Despite extensive cultural differences, the Highlanders and
Lowlanders represent two halves of a society that must intermingle in order
to reach their summit of individual and group possibilities. These two
definitive cultures of Highlanders and Lowlanders are represented
respectively by Alan and David. In the story, David is frequently
portrayed as one who dislike Highlanders, and his adventures show why. His
first guide tries to cheat him, with the belief that all Lowlanders are
easy targets. The second guide believing too, that Lowlanders are easy
targets, questioned David extensively with "Where I came from, whether I
was rich, whether I could change a five shilling piece" (Stevenson 102-103).
Perhaps the worst fault shown by Stevenson in the ...

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Added: 10/7/2008 06:54:01 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Free Paper
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