Every U.S citizen has to follow the law regardless of his or her beliefs. James Higdon is a writer for The Washington Post and has written the article “Kentucky Clerk Ordered to Jail for Refusing to Issue a Gay Marriage License”. The article concerns Kim Davis, a clerk for marriage license and her refusal to adhere to a court order. Higdon has also written many different articles for different companies such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. Higdon wrote “The Cornbread Mafia” which was about organized crime dealing drugs in Kentucky.…
Crazy horse was the leader of the Lakota Sioux. He was celebrated for his battle skills as well as his efforts to preserve Native American traditions. He fought alongside Sitting Bull and others in the American-Indian wars, and was instrumental in the defeat of George Armstrong Custer’s forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. After surrendering to federal troops in 1877, he was killed amid rumors of a planned escape. Since his violent and controversial death, Crazy Horse, or Tashunka Witko, has become almost a mythical figure of the Great Plains Indian wars.…
King Corn is an eye-opening documentary that highlights the huge role that corn plays in American society. The film was produced in 2007 by college friends Aaron Woolf, Ian Cheney, and Curtis Ellis, who together moved from their familiar urban city to an Iowa farm. The film follows Cheney and Ellis as they rent a one-acre plot of farmland and plant their own crop of field corn. The documentary serves to demonstrate the American food industry’s reliance on corn and how corn has come to be in essence the dominate ingredient in almost everything we eat. The documentary explores the history that led to this reliance on corn products, and analyzes whether this is a trend that the American public should support.…
Where the Red Fern Grows is an inspiring book and would drag your mind into an adventure with unexpected twist and turns as you dig into the book. In the book, the loyalty between Billy and his dogs made this book both exciting and inspiring as they ventured out into the world they know little of together. In the wild, they had lots of adventures and relationships, which you will all like as you dig further into this inspiring adventure. Everybody likes action, right?…
In this expert from Red Sorghum by Mo Yan, the war between the dogs and the humans have resurfaced. Lightning from a storm struck the grave of Communists, Nationalists, commoners, Japanese and puppet troops that were once buried there decades ago. The lightning split open the grave spreading the bones up to ten yards away from the grave. The narrator goes to see the opened grave that is in the same spot that his mother, father and Granddad had once fought.…
Modern Americans owe many debts to Native Americans. Several pleasures are among the debts. Native Americans originated two fine junk foods. They discovered popcorn. Potato chips were also one of their contributions.…
The Green Corn Ceremony is an important Native American gathering. This passage will pertain solely to the Floridian Seminole ideas with some mention of Oklahoma Seminoles. Each tribe has their own rituals and traditions but are fairly all connected. To the Seminoles, the Green Corn Ceremony represents the first corn of July or August. Therefore, the special event is held every year to celebrate the growing season and a new year or new beginnings.…
In a village of sinister children, ruled by a young but extraordinarily evil preacher named Isaac, who guides his followers into worshiping a powerful demonic entity, the implications of various symbols and images advance and develop the story of Children of the Corn. As Isaac leads his group of children, teenagers and young adults, the symbols used in order to depict his majesty and overall cruelty depict a very evil sense of imagery within the novel. By understanding the roles of Isaac and his followers within the story, and the settings of the novel, also including the interactions between characters, one can better understand the diverse symbolistic nature of the novel and review its imagery. Stephen King’s Children of The Corn is primarily…
Furthermore, the protagonist personifies the houses by calling them “brown imperturbable faces.” His detached, uninhabited house is excluded from the other calm, normal houses causing him to feel…
In Novella Carpenter’s book, Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, the author describes her adventure of creating a farm in an urban area she called “Ghost Town Farm” on a dead end street in the ghetto of Oakland, California. This non-fiction book is based on a true story of Carpenter’s life of creating a sustainable farm in an abandoned lot next to her apartment. Carpenter is the daughter of two hippies and believes that she is connecting to her roots by living out this farm city dream. She is an experienced writer with a degree in biology and English at the University of Washington. She has several odd jobs, one being a bug handler.…
Description: The Green Corn Ceremony, or as the traders have taken to calling it, “Busk”, is a ceremony that occurs in late August. They seem to celebrate the beginning of the yearly corn harvest, starting off by giving what the call a “First fruits” rite, in which they sacrifice the first of the corn they get to ensure that the rest would flourish. At the start of the celebration all offenses seem to be forgiven except for the ones that are punished with execution or exile. They start with feasting all of the crop the still had, and they begin to fast the day after, abstaining from alcohol and food for the duration of the ceremony, and then four additional days after.. The second and third day seem to focus on the women and men of the tribe preforming purification dances.…
BMT300- Case Analysis Name: Charandeep Singh Identification of Problem(s): There are many problems that Dow Corning is faced with as a company throughout the case reading. Many of which may seem impossible to overcome at first but every problem has a solution. The first issue Dow Corning may face is the possibility of the Xaimeter model cannibalizing their existing business. This is the result of the brand solely focussing on the product itself and because it offered to consumers who know what they want without additional services. Consumers do not want to pay extra for services they do not require thus, eliminating their first brand entirely.…
The Maya Maize God is a statue that was made around 1,300 years ago and was found in Copan, Honduras. Now, the Maya Maize God is displayed in the British Museum. He was carved with limestone to look as if he is meditating and his facial features are very symmetrical. The statue’s arms are bent with the palms facing outwards, giving an impression of power. Perhaps, the most symbolic feature of the Maya Maize God is that he has a headdress in the shape of a corn cob.…
Farm City Connecting to Themes in 13 Ways of Seeing Nature in LA “Farm City” is a personal narrative written by Novella Carpenter chronicling her experience as an urban farmer in a run-down, impoverished neighborhood in Oakland. She relates her experience with farming and interacting with the people in the neighborhood, as well as the ways in which her farm, her neighbors and her neighborhood interact. Carpenter effectively uses narrative to display some of the main concepts relating to urban nature that already occupy public consciousness as identified by Jennifer Price in “Thirteen Ways of Seeing Nature in LA.” These themes include consumerism, poverty, and urban and “natural” ecosystems. However, her personal narrative style fails to extend…
In 1935 DNA was discovered and observed for the first time and in 1972 it was spliced and cut. From food to finding cures for sickness humans have been modifying DNA for decades. Modifying DNA has had benefits for years including creating insulin and making bacteria that cleans up oil spills. We have been consuming it since 1994 when Flavr Savr tomatoes, were approved to be sold in grocery stores. Genetically Modified Organisms have been around for a while now, which is why buyers should have the right to know what is in their food.…