Indian society in the 18th century was divided, with the help of regional rulers a unified India was non-existent. This meant that regions of people spoke different languages and had different customs, aiding the inability to stop English intervention. This is partly why Fisher thought that joining the East English India Company was a smart move for some families. It is also important to note that the caste system was very prominent in India, and through this caste system families arranged marriages and stayed in their lane. I will argue that Dean Mahomet’s identity was already established before he was born and began to evolve during his time with Captain Baker despite contradicting feelings, the move to Europe did change some of his characteristics but most of all it helped him express his true identity.
Dean Mahomet’s father made it to the rank of second lieutenant, this was a great achievement which earned him and his
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family a lot of respect. However, his father tragically died which resulted in his eldest brother taking their father's position, leaving Dean alone with his mother. Dean’s identity at this time was limited to his family's social standing and since his father worked for the English Company it is easy to see what side Dean is on. Dean was born in the year 1759 and “From the time of Dean Mahomet’s birth onward, the English Company proved the most consistent patron for his family…” (Fisher 305 Kindle Edition) therefore we can already begin to see that his father's job and his family's patron are pointing Dean in a English direction. I believe this caused confusion amongst Dean and it is shown early on in his life. Fisher says “Dean Mahomet’s relationships with other Indians remained ambivalent” (Fisher 28) he was confused because his family chose the English side therefore Dean was viewed as the enforcer to English rule but Dean himself was Indian. This connection also aided his identity at the time and created a blind alliance with the English which I perceived as admiration. Around the year 1768 Dean’s ambition to become a soldier blossomed and he found himself following them and trying to get the attention of some of them, specifically cadet Baker. Mr. Baker was a newly appointed cadet who asked a young Dean Mahomet “...how he [I] would like living with Europeans…” (Fisher 536) to which Dean responded “... I therefore told him with eager joy, how happy he could make me, by taking me with him” (Fisher 536). I believe this ambition and admiration for the English company is a result of his established identity. However, the continuous involvement with Mr.Baker and the army created a confusing sentiment towards his countrymen and the rebels. Dean is tied to Mr. Baker and his superior officers but ironically Dean was surrounded by his own country men, the army consisted of a majority of Indians and few Englishmen. The foundation for his identity was within his family and Mr.Baker but Dean was still Indian and he admired the Indian people as well as their animals and culture, but I believe that because the English framed rebels as a threat, Dean aimlessly agreed. Fisher describes Dean’s observations of India as “striking to him” (Fisher 344) and is clear in the fact that Dean feels a strong connection to them. In his first letter Dean describes the women of India compared to European women and says “... and our women though not so accomplished as those in Europe, are still very engaging for many virtues that exalt sex” (Fisher 499) however, when Dean and his company come across a gang of rebels or a group of bandits he completely dehumanizes them and disregards his association to them. He describes the group of people who kidnapped him and then let him go as “merciless savages” and after they were tortured and shamed Dean felt no remorse. This leads me to believe that his identity at this time is still being influenced by the beliefs of foreign powers. His admiration for his officers continued and in 1781 when they were in battle and Dean’s company stormed a fortress he still praised his commanding officers, Fisher describes this as modesty but I believe its ignorance and blind faith. Dean narrates the battle and describes the fighting of Major Popham and Captain blair as courageous and bold. Dean’s identity started off as an inherited bond but at this point it's blind allegiance. After his resignation from the Army, and the expedition to Europe, Dean’s identity finally began to blossom, he describes the realization that “...
I found the face of everything about me so contrasted those striking scenes in India”(Fisher 494) so even though he had an appreciation for the people and land of India he realized that's not him. Through this realization he appealed to the Irish elite and married, but then eloped with a teenager named Jane, this is important because it occurred after the death of Mr.Baker. It is the first decision independent of Mr.Baker and the East English Indian company. He breaks the idea of the caste system and finds a new identity with this marriage. However, after realizing its potential for marketability he opened a coffeehouse named the “Hindostanee Coffeehouse” in 1809, this is one of the first times we see Dean embrace his Indian identity and use it to his advantage but it would not be the last. I believe that being surrounded by English people made him realize that if he stopped trying to be
like them he could stand out and market himself as foreign and exotic instead of a foreign peasant. After filing for bankruptcy, Dean and Jane were hired to work in a bathhouse were Dean marketed his exotic practices. The rest of Dean's life consisted of embracing these Indian practices to his advantage and he even created an advertisement denouncing the imitators of his practices, he came along way from the “modest” soldier who would not take credit for his own work. Dean Mahomet’s identity was set up by his family and it progressed as his life went on. The East English India Company convinced him of his enemies while the landscape of his country reminded him of the national connection he had with India, leaving gave him true independence and not only did the presence of the English shape his identity but the absence of his countrymen gave him the space to be unique.
Cameron had quite a number of family members in the military. His father served in the army for over 30 years and his grandmother in the Air Force.
A month after graduating from high school in June of 1940, young Othal T. Parsons joined the army to "serve my country, beat the draft, and become a bigshot." He was lured by the Army recruiting posters clarioning "I WANT YOU." Parsons worked his way up through four different armored divisions as an enlisted man until he became Second Lieutenant Othal T. Parsons, Mortar Pla...
In Thomas King’s novel, The Inconvenient Indian, the story of North America’s history is discussed from his original viewpoint and perspective. In his first chapter, “Forgetting Columbus,” he voices his opinion about how he feel towards the way white people have told America’s history and portraying it as an adventurous tale of triumph, strength and freedom. King hunts down the evidence needed to reveal more facts on the controversial relationship between the whites and natives and how it has affected the culture of Americans. Mainly untangling the confusion between the idea of Native Americans being savages and whites constantly reigning in glory. He exposes the truth about how Native Americans were treated and how their actual stories were
Have you ever heard of the company FedEx? Imagine if they had horses and ships instead of cars and planes. They also had their own army and covered a huge part of the world. That is the British East India Company. The company was super powerful in several ways. Their connection to Brittan gave them a monopoly over trade and their armies made them able to control their own lands. The British East India Tea Company helped start the Revolutionary war.
...te and receiving a promotion to lance corporal. (Note: Marines Weber and Buijis also did well)
Exemplary performance has always attracted accolades and numerous prices; this gives morale and vigor for everyone to achieve their best. In the disciplined forces, particularly the marine, the service members always receive a major reward that elevates them in rank; this is the medal. This rewards them for their bravery and contribution in the missions they are involved in. Indeed, they contribute a lot to the peace and security of the world at large and they truly deserve these medals for recognition (Tucker, 2011). This has been a practice for the U.S. Marine to issue Corps medals since the Civil War to present day. Among the Corps Medal categories include American Defense Medal-WWII, Armed Forces Civilian Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, and Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal among others. Since the Civil War there have been over 120 U.S. Marine Corps Medals. This paper identifies Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller and describes why he has been one of the most decorated marines in the history of the U.S.
Marriages between English and Indians were not uncommon. Although, Ramsey tells, “Such unions . . . produced long-term problems for all concerned” (Ramsey, 17). The differences between the different cultures would shine through in their unions. There were various expectations from each culture. For example, the children would have to be raised one way; Native American or English. If the children were going to be raised in a typical Native American way, then they would belong to the mother’s lineage. Also, the father would not be the main male in their lives, it would be the mother’s brother. On the other hand, if the children were going to be raised in a typical English way, then they would take on the father’s surname and the father would be the main male in their lives. One way that the traders would resolve this issue is “by simply removing their children from the mother’s influence and sending them to be raised in Charles Town” (Ramsey, 17). This quote can lead to a hypothesis that the mother would be upset by having her children taken away and raised in a different way they she wanted. In these marriages there were sometimes issues of violence. One account is of a trader named Alexander Nicholas. Alexander Nicholas “reportedly beat a woman that he kept mas his Wife so that she dyed and the child within her” (Ramsey, 15). There is also accounts of a man who
From being the example for young Marines to a MEU commander changing a long-standing policy, and lastly, giving me the best guidance and mentor to look up to and emulate. His legacy lives on in my teachings to my own junior Marines and Soldiers, by holding the Recon Creed in my heart and passing all that I have learned along I hope that one day, a former team member of mine looks back and thinks the same of the legacy I left for
...l ideas were taken from the Indian way of life, as well as many of the Indians who took to adopting some of the political ideas of the English. The reliance on agriculture and fishing for both groups led to the first meeting and contact between them, sustenance became a factor that bound together members of both groups.
The Great Mahele was a land division in 1848 which created a massive alteration towards Hawaiians’ society. The Mahele was enacted because King Kamehameha III, influenced by foreign advisors, wanted to prevent a brutal and hostile takeover from the foreigners. Another purpose of the Mahele was to grant Hawaiians an ample amount of land. The Mahele did not serve its full purpose. Violence between foreigners and Hawaiians was avoided, but the majority of the land was lost to foreigners (Cachola). The Mahele did not benefit the Hawaiians because only foreigners had sufficient money to purchase the land and because the land that was given to the Hawaiians had limited resources (Menton and Tamura 116).
...e end of The Third and Final Continent reveals the narrator is now an older man choosing to spend time with Mala in this new world instead of returning back to live in India. “When Mala misses their son who attends Harvard, they go visit him and bring him home for a weekend, so that he can eat rice with them with his hands, and speak Bengali, things we sometimes worry he will no longer do after we die (Lahiri, pg. 59).” According to the narrator, he wants to make sure that his son lives the same way that Mala and himself have been living in America. The traditions that they carried all these years should be carried when their son grows up and goes through that journey on his own.
... and societal freedoms continued to attracted settlers from various countries. Still developing, these colonies formed their own identity, at times violating the very reason for immigration: to escape the ties of religious regulations. Upholding personal beliefs over the emergence of new ideas, and the possibility of losing others to another faith spurred the controversy to expel those threatening the colony. As a result, one could not attain complete religious freedom. Instead, families formed based on common belief, or aspirations: those with the desire for land, and large farming moved to the Carolina’s, while those wishing for a Puritan society moved to Massachusetts. The traveling of family immigrants, coupled with the desire for success allowed the immigrants to find new life in the uncharted territory, and as a whole, establish a unique structural identity.
Political and social reform in India was achieved as a result of the European political principles brought to India by the British. Indians were Anglicised, and the British ideal for an Indian was to be "Indians in blood and colour, but English in tastes, opinions and intellect", as put by one British legislator (Rich, 214, 1979). This Western education inevitably led to well-read Indians encountering European principles such as human rights, freedoms of speech, travel and association, and liberalism.
All great empires start with a seed, a seed that then turns an empty field into an oasis of life. That seed was the East India Company and from that seed, the East India Company transformed England into what it is most famous for today, a vast empire that ruled the majority of Eurasia. The East India Company started out by looking for a means to new trade and connecting to untouched and unknown places. It can be said that the trade routes and posts that were established in India were the true beginning of the empire. After trade had evolved and became more and more popular amongst European superpowers, the competition increased. The Company stood its ground and instead of only keeping away the competition, The East India Company made alliances with the rivals to strengthen their roots. To defend their newly gained property and its people, they generated armies that had the advanced weaponry and skill of the British Empire. Through alliances, the utilization of armies, and the domination of world trade, the East India Company produced a foundation for the British Empire.
Beverly Daniel Tatum in her writing from The Complexity of Identity: Who Am I?, “the concept of identity is a complex one, shaped by individual characteristics, family dynamics, historical factors and social and political contexts”. In this writing it talks about how someone could see their self in so many ways, it depends on how deeply or broadly the person would like to go to determine who they really are. The first way someone is mostly identified is by gender. Gender role play a role in how someone is treated and how they are seen worthy to society. Stated by scholarly writer Omar H. Ali, in the Indian Ocean World Diaspora more women were taken to the Indian World than men, the ratio was two to one. Men were needed more for labor in agriculture whereas women were idolized for their use in concubines and working as domestic