Appalachia

For many years, Henry Louis Gates Jr was handicapped due to a misdiagnosis due to prejudice. In 1964, he was a 14-year-old boy living in a small backwoods town of Appalachia with around 2,000 residents. One day while playing touch football, he unknowingly had retained a hairline fracture playing football with his friends and shortly after, the fracture sheared in to two. He then went to the hospital, and just on hearing that henry had knee pain the surgeon diagnosed with having a torn ligament…

Southern Appalachia holds a special place in my heart. For as long as I can remember, my family and I have spent two or three weeks a year in the North Georgia Mountains. It seems it is only natural then, that I decided to acquire my Biology degree at Young Harris College — in the heart of the mountains. This location not only allowed for wonderful professors, but an environment where the scenery and locals make an impression each day. I have long been interested in medicine, but did not learn…

part autobiography and part of social issues around J.D. Vance. He is a real-world “rags to riches” success story, which many dream of achieving. Many refer to it as the American Dream. He explains how he escaped poverty while people near areas of Appalachia still remained in poverty. Poverty and substance abuse are the chief reasons why the American Dream is out of the reach of many “hillbillies” or rural, white working-class Americans. Vance was born into a broken family and lived with his…

translation. This genre analysis will compare the form, content, purpose, and intended audience of two editorials. The first editorial by John addresses all-terrain-vehicle safety and the second editorial by David addresses the dental health crisis in Appalachia. The purpose of John’s editorial is to express his views regarding the safety of all-terrain-vehicles. The editorial addresses a diverse audience of policymakers, law enforcement, all-terrain-vehicle owners, and citizens of his…

Opiate and heroin abuse has ravaged much of Appalachia, especially suburban areas. This malignancy spreads like cancer, multiplying and infecting all it encounters. Communities are disrupted and innocent lives are consumed while the obscure market for heroin continues its expansion across the United States. This affliction in our country has an origin. As a journalist and novelist, Sam Quinones, diligently reveals the inception of heroin in his book titled, “Dreamland”. Quinolones describes…

Energetic, emotional, and exciting are three words that can often be used to describe the stage presence of the Avett Brothers. The folk rock band from North Carolina has a way of capturing the interest of their audiences and holding on to it for the entirety of their two hour sets. Lead men, Scott and Seth Avett, seem to have an endless pool of energy, strings, and picks to pull from at each of their shows. They put everything they have into their performances to please the fans whom they…

JD Vance; An Ivy League Hillbilly Writing On Culture America began in the late 1700s on the east coast overthrowing a mighty empire that spanned the circumference of the globe. From this a nation was born, and its people with an extreme sense of pride rapidly expanded west, over the Appalachians, across the great pains, and to the west coast, settling everywhere along the way. However, somewhere after the Great Depression in the 1900s the Appalachian region started to lag behind economically.…

J.D Vance is a tall, white man. He graduated from Yale Law School, and is principal at a leading Silicon Valley investment firm. Outwardly, it appears as if Vance has led a life of privilege, including an upbringing in upper-class America; however those were not the circumstances Vance was brought up in. In his book, Vance describes the psychological impact that being a child living in poverty had on him, and many others who live in similar situations. Despite the limitations Vance faced, he was…

Perpetuated Mediocrity in the Lower Socioeconomic Areas of Appalachia Throughout my life, I have found several things that I have had to write off as merely unexplainable. One of greatest incidents I’ve encountered as of lately is how it is the societal norm for the vast majority of individuals who reside in the lower socioeconomic regions to perpetuate the poor quality of life that has stricken them since birth. At first I merely wrote these individuals off as those who chose apathy over…

The book Flight Behavior is an interesting read because it shows how climate change can affect people and humans in such a negative way. Through the story of Dellarobia Barbara Kingsolver shows how large of an impact climate change has on the daily lives of ordinary working people. These people such as Dellarobia are being affected by climate change first hand are experience this while many others of the wealthier classes are still in denial that climate change is a real problem. Dellarobia as…