Cajun

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…

name Jefferson, is convicted of a crime he did not commit. The book mainly takes place in the 1940’s of a small Cajun community. Jefferson was in the wrong place at the wrong time of a liquor store shooting. He his wrongly convicted to have a death sentence. The main culture of their small community is Cajun. Gaines rarely shows signs of Cajun culture in the novel. The background of Cajun is very important to the elements of the novel. The Cajun’s are a specific ethnic group mainly found in…

Gaines novel is set in Bayonne, South Louisiana where racism runs rampant toward Blacks by folks referred to as Cajuns. Also, Cajuns are depicted as being superior to Blacks, but they are the lowest classification of Whites. Case in point, The Encyclopedia of World Cultures reports, “within the regional class structure, Cajuns are considered better than Blacks, but the lowest group of (“Cajuns”) Whites. As a result of their prejudices and…

Concert Critique #2 Free Man Cajun Cafe and Lounge!! After attending a more laid back jazz performance in Fort Worth, I figured I could use a change of scenery; outside of my roots. I was looking for more of a casual place that was kid friendly considering I had three children under the age of 6 with me. Google then recommended The Free Man Cajun Cafe and Lounge. When you walk up to the restaurant you hear the music playing from outside. I figured friday night, it would be quite busy, but…

inventive Cajun entrées, there’s an oyster for everyone at The Tin Top. Classic Oyster Dishes There’s nothing like a freshly shucked raw oyster, and The Tin Top delivers with oysters sourced off the Southern coast. Top your raw oysters with a spritz of lemon to bring out their sweet, briny flavor. If you’re not in the mood for raw, try the steamed oysters in garlic butter instead. This simple yet flavorful oyster dish is perfect for a brisk…

The readings this week, “Twas the Night before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore, “Cajun Night Before Christmas” by Howard Jacobs, and “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” by Francis Pharcellus Church are all based upon the belief of Santa Claus. I can recall the days when I was younger and had the same beliefs mentioned in the three readings. I also remember the time when I was questioning my belief just like Virginia. I like the way the poems bring me back to a…

festivals all together as they developed separately have now developed in to the big festival itself Festival Acadiens et Créole (“Festival Acadiens”). These events allowed for the festival to grow into something that celebrates all the aspects of the Cajun Créole culture. Rather than it just being a smaller event broken up into a day things it came together to a five-day event. More non-local people are more likely to come in for a festival that is more than just a couple hours one day because…

Gaines establishes a black community that joins together to fight the many years of racial oppression present before and after the Civil Rights Movement. Gaines uses fifteen narrators, that are cajun and black, to tell the two opposing sides of racism still present on the Marshall Plantation. Although the cajun farmers believe they no longer discriminate against the black community, Gaines uses an isolated setting, a unified black community, a very prominent Marshall Plantation, a black…

since our story revolves around a Cajun community in the late 1940’s. The story is about a man named Jefferson who is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The story is told in the perspective of Grant, who is told to turn Jefferson into a man before he passes away. Grant, although being resilient at first, decides that helping Jefferson may have a positive effect on the community. A Lesson before Dying is set in a racist society in 1940s Louisiana. The Cajun community mostly works at…

Chopin was raised by her French Creole mother and Chopin married a wealthy New Orleans cotton broker. She used her life and childhood to help her write the story. Within her writing, Chopin used her background to depict the lifestyle and dialect of the Cajun area of America. Chopin gave Bobinot and Caxlixta characteristics of a Creole person including the dialect they used and their names to help imagine the setting. From the early 1800s through the 1900s, many people living in the southern…