Bayou

Remember always as an American lawyer, soldier and a heroic Texas commander of the battle of the Alamo was William Travis. Even though he might be remember mainly under the command of the Alamo he achieve other important roles at early age. Being a thought since a kid, Williams grew to become a lawyer and in later years a leader to rebellions, in due time receiving the post of commander for a significant battle. Williams helped and meet people through his life and make several achievements for…

and passed away at age 93. Her father is Augustine de Zavala, he was a South Texa rancher. Her mother Julia de Zavala, was an irish immigrant who was educated in Galveston,Texas. When Adina was born, her family lived at De Zavala Point on Buffalo Bayou. Then in 1873 they moved near a ranch in San Antonio. Adina is known for saving the Alamo Long Barrack Fortress for future generations.Adina De Zavala encouraged the statewide recognition of Texas and defense of the Alamo. In Adinas early life,…

continue to keep growing through the amount of non local people who share the same Cajun Créole culture that come in from outside areas to attend the festival, the surrounding events and festivals that lead up to the big festival itself, and the show casing of local food, music, and arts and crafts that all come together to celebrate the Cajun Créole culture. Two busloads of what we would consider “tourists” were dropped off at the festival grounds each day to participate in the festival…

African American Films and Directors in the 1990s Many of the African-American films of the 1980s depicted the community as violent and unsafe. Hollywood was not interested in filming the success stories of thousands of young blacks. And rather than dealing the realities of street life and black neighborhoods, many films portrayed the communities as gang-ridden and violent-- with frequent drive-by shootings and alternating chase sequences. This was because these over-the-top scenes resonated…

concert on September 24th. This was the first concert I had ever attended, so I have a good memory of the event. It was quite a wonderful experience seeing one of my favorite R&B artist preform live in such an amazing venue. The concert was at the Bayou Music Center in Houston, Texas. The venue could hold around 5000 people, and had both standing and sitting room. There was approximately 3000 standing tickets and 2000 seating tickets available for the concert. I was surprised at how big the…

envision any story without settings, since they set the mood and personality of the characters, as well place where the story happened. Settings help one discover the plot of a story. 1. In Kate Chopin’s The Storm, the characters speak French, and the Bayou is talked about, which tells me that the location of this short story is Louisiana. 2. The storm that descended upon the town caused Bobinot and Bibi to stay at Friedheimer’s store longer than intended.; which gave Calixta and Alcee an…

While many people may argue that love is a very special and extraordinary feeling that we humans have towards a specific person, love can also be a very dangerous and indefinite feeling that could lead to various amounts of disasters. For Example, The prominent theme in both the stories, “Desiree’s Baby” and in “The Love of my Life”, is the concept of love, which is a very controversial issue even in today’s society. In my opinion, I believe that love is a very general ground for what an…

after Hurricane Harvey Background and History: Hurricane Harvey is the first hurricane to hit the Texas coast since Ike in 2008 and the first major hurricane to hit Texas since Brett in 1999. Houston, which was founded on the banks of the Buffalo Bayou in 1836 and rises barely above sea level, has long been susceptible to flooding. 4All of this rainfall caused catastrophic drainage issues and made rivers rise greatly.2 Houston is essentially two cities right now: the part that was open for…

In the two hundred and five page novel “12 Years a Slave” written by Solomon Northup, a clear picture of what a typical slave’s live consisted of on a variety of plantations, in the southern state of Louisiana during the peak of slavery. This firsthand account written by Solomon tells the story of five main parts of his life, from a free man, to a captive, to a slave, to a slave working for Epps, and finally back to a free man. Many stories are told of the atrocities that Solomon comes to…

The movie Beasts of a Southern Wild, directed by American filmmaker, composer and animator Benh Zeitlin, takes place in a forgotten bayou town called the Bathtub. Hushpuppy, a naïve six year old, lives with Wink, her hotheaded drunkard father in a rusty shack. When Wink develops a mysterious disease and Mother Nature goes haywire, making ice caps melt and an enormous storm, Hushpuppy thinks that the two are related in some way. Hushpuppy’s world comes crashing down around her as large archaic…