Essays on Penal Colony

Were the convicts hardened criminals, innocent poachers or something in between?

The convicts that were sent to Australia ranged from being murderers and thieves to being advocates for social and political reform and debtors. However, no matter their reason for being sent to the penal colony, they all had the fact that being poor contributed to their crimes in common. Men and women who were too poor to pay their debts were sent to Australia. Murderers and thieves who often times were led to commit their crimes in an attempt to escape the poverty that they were in. Finally, the men and women who saw what was going on in ...

Essay Plan

Introduction/Thesis In 'Spiders in the Centre of Their Webs': The NSW Police and Bushranging in the 1860s, Susan West speaks of bushrangers that rose to prominence in late 19th century Australia. This paper will look at the rise of bushranging in Australia and discuss the culpability of Australian Law in regards to the rise of the bushrangers. The sources that will be utilized were chosen because they seemed to be upon initial inspection relevant to the thesis topic.

This paper uses a number of primary and secondary sources including books, online websites, and PDF’s. The purpose of all ...

Introduction

The appreciation for the literary craftsmanship of Franz Kafka cannot be understated. In fact, according to one journal article’s assessment by Berthoff, “Lovers of literature are forever indebted” to the writer’s friend Max Brod, “who ignored Kafka’s ‘last request’ to destroy all his manuscripts and proceeded to edit and publish” some of his novels (499). Also at the outset it is important to recognize that the original language Kafka wrote in was German, although he spoke in Czech. According to the same source Kafka’s office writings had been informed by – or at least and influencing ...