George W. Carver was an African-American Scientist, Inventor, Chemist, and Botanist. Although his exact birthdate is unknown, historian guess that he was born in Diamond,Missouri as a slave some time in the Civil war era, most likely in 1864. George is best known for his inventions using the peanut and other plants. He was also a teacher at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute( now called Tuskegee University).…
I decided to pursue my research on Emmett Till. I chose Emmett because I could not believe his story and the fact that he was killed for flirting with a white woman as a young teenager. Emmett was shot and killed in Mississippi, while he was visiting family. Four days after flirting with the women, her husband and brother forced Emmett to carry a 75-pound cotton-gin to a Tallahatchie River bank. They then ordered him to take off his clothes, they beat him almost to death, gouged out his eye and then shot him in the head.…
Her music, and sprit touched everyone’s hearts. The heart that was impacted the most was my stepdad. January 6, 1996, Johnnie Mae Nuuhiwa, a mother, fiancé, and harpist was murdered. They fell in love and saw the strengths within each other. Enduring the death of his fiancé, he learned how to escape his empty emotions and continue on in this world.…
The murder of Emmitt Till which shocked the south and sparked the civil rights movement. My name is Amaury Arredondo and I'm going to talk about the murder of Emmet Till. Emmet Till was a 14 year old boy from Chicago, Illinois. He was born on July 15,1941.It all happened on a sunny afternoon in August 28,1955. Emmett Till was reportedly flirting with a white cashier of a store.…
Differences meet In this very second there is a war in the Middle East. Different ideologies fight for the control of the area. Differences are destroying a once blossoming culture. This is seen way too often in the human history, but differences are not necessarily bad.…
Although he filed for bankruptcy when he was in his forties,…
Deep in the night the sounds of nature envelope a small cabin on a plantation on the western edge of Missouri. There is not a sound in the night but the soft hum of insects, the rush of water over rocks, and the dreamy breaths of a family in peaceful slumber. The creak of a door only partially stirs the young mother of an infant and his brother. Sleep is hard to come by as a slave - even if the owners are kind. Mother rolls over, unaware of the evil that lurks in her doorway.…
The Murder of Emmett Till Getting away with murder is never the right thing. In the biographical story Getting Away With Murder by Chris Crowe, Emmett Till’s killers did just that: they got away with murder. Not only that, but they also got paid for telling stories about how they killed Emmett. I highly recommend this book to people that are into murder stories. This book is very descriptive.…
When I walk past someone that is physically and mentally different than myself, I assume and judge; but my assumption is not always right because I haven’t been in their shoes to where I can completely fathom their situation. People tend to evaluate others harshly when they don’t know them personally. In “The Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, the husband has a hard time understanding the relationship between the wife and the blind man, Robert. Throughout the story, Carver shows us that assumptions interfere with the overall impression of a person and that audible communication increases understanding by using literary devices and elements of character. Carver gives the husband a straight but, aggravated tone which characterizes him as pessimistic…
In Raymond Carver’s short story Cathedral, he establishes an ignorant narrator, dependent on alcohol and fixated upon physical appearance. He juxtaposes the narrator to a blind man who feels emotion rather than sees it. Through indirect characterization and first person limited point of view, Carver foils the narcissistic narrator to the intuitive blind man while utilizing sight as a symbol of emotional understanding. He establishes the difference between looking and seeing to prove that sight is more than physical.…
He admits that he was not sure how to deal with the loss since losing someone that was a big part of his life had never occurred before. I asked him if he would describe his reaction as “rage” He agreed that he was upset and did not know how to deal with death. Music played a huge role in him finding peace. It’s interesting because I use music as my outlet to deal with stress sometimes and relax This process of grief is also mentioned in “A contribution to the study of the Collective Representation of Death” by Robert Hertz. He classifies death as a process instead of the generally accepted opinion that death occurs in an instant.…
I grew up in a middle-class family where education was important to my parents, but my mom seemed to encourage me to work more than study. I found myself expressing my emotions through my actions rather than words. When I was passionate about something I believed in, I had so much to say, but so little vocabulary to use. Since I was a young girl I would get frustrated with trying to express myself through my writing because I couldn’t find the right words to use, or even know how to use them correctly. While reading an excerpt from Malcolm x’s autobiography, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965)” he talks about his struggle with trying to express himself, writing about the teachings of Allah and Islam and Elijah Muhammad.…
Elvis Presley is one of the world’s most popular music icons. The article “Elvis Presley and the politics of popular memory” is written by Michael T. Bertrand, presenting the two different views on held by Black and White Americans around the iconic pop culture Elvis Presley. The number of people at Elvis Presley’s funeral was tremendous and received thousands of people’ mourning. His passing away had caused a huge loss for the music industry as well as in people’s hearts. However, there are two opposing arguments about Elvis Presley.…
Ray Human beings continually interact with the environment in different capacities and as a result are influenced by systems that play an important role in their overall development. The external variables in the environment, such as influences from society, culture, and the like, have a profound impact on the social, physical and emotional development of human beings. For this reason, sociologists are continually researching on external systems found in the environment and assess them based on their effect on the development of human beings. Social work according to Remear (2006), tries to achieve social development through the assessment of changes that occur in the society. The comprehension of such systems enables the social workers work…
Raymond Carver 's short story, "Cathedral", the narrator goes through a major personal transformation. At the beginning of the story, the narrator who lacks insight and awareness things around him. The struggles and failures he faces limit his social life which leads him to isolated from society. His wife 's blind friend Robert, pulls him out of his comfort zone which allows his attitude and outlook on life start to changes. The narrator in Raymond Carver 's "Cathedral" develops from being a blind to anyone else but himself and his own perspective to able to open his eyes to see life through difference perspective because of the help of blind man.…