... , Afrikaner nationalism as seen in Jakob van Vlaanderen; second, moderates like Sophie who outwardly appear to offer an alternative to the ideology of apartheid but inwardly live with it; and third, there is a sense of hope or potentially resistant forces at work within South African society. The most important example of resistance in the novel is the "great strike and procession ... the two extra girls from the location had put all the dirty glasses in the sink, and were going to pour hot water on them. For I tell you, these great parties may look smooth and fine, but what happens in t...

• Word Count: 1438
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... of the most debatable subject of controversy in the United States and throughout the world. The controversy of abortion has caused countless deaths and several violent confrontations between the seperate parties of opinion. It is often a very hard personal decision to make. You must consider all sides of the issue. Abortion is the removal of a fetus before it has been born ... abortions. On the opposite end, India has only one-tenth of the legal abortions per capita as the U.S. but its infant mortality rate is ten times higher. India is one-third the size of the U.S. and has over one bi...

• Word Count: 1315
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... before the United States. Gold and diamonds were discovered in South Africa in 1867, causing a large number of people from Great Britain to move to the colony. Tensions between the parties led to the "Boer Wars" from 1899 to 1902, where the British soundly defeated the Boers. Apartheid The British granted South Africa independence in 1910, but gave power only to ... term, but the violent war between the races ended. Every South African I spoke with said life is better today than it was before Mandela took power. Mandela married for the third time on his 80th birthday in 1998. A year lat...

• Word Count: 2251
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School