Culture of the Southern United States

context of Twain’s writing essentially revolves around southern jargon which was fully acceptable during that time. Twain’ depiction of Pap saying such a repulsive statement adds hostility to his work and it gives the reader a sense of distaste for the way Pap speaks. Pap’s innate nature shows the stereotypes of many white supremacists towards negro slaves thus exposing the true racist culture of that age. In addition, Marry Williams of SALON states “because of the mistreatment if every one who…

The Butler is a powerful movie that demonstrates the various and complicated perspectives of the African Americans that were living during the civil rights movement. Usually, when watching a movie about African Americans, it highlights the risky excursion of African Americans who attempted to crush the racial boundaries unhesitant to celebrate winning their battle against racial discrimination. However, in the case of The Butler, it takes a close consideration regarding the conflicts inside the…

Ambrose Bierce’s short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is a suspenseful story about the reality of time and death during the United States Civil War. Bierce divided the story into three sections to tell the story of Peyton Farquhar’s life and how he would be hanged by Union soldiers. Farquhar was a wealthy slave owner who, supported the southern cause because he wanted to maintain his lifestyle. However, after a confrontation with a Union soldier dressing as a confederate soldier,…

novels is grounded upon “the structure of a Culture…which defines women, as worthless and invisible victims” (Feminist Literary Studies: An Introduction: 3). She focuses the situations of women in patriarchal society. She is influenced by the Feminist Movements of the west consciously or unconsciously.…

In past times African American people were discriminated against and segregated, making a lot of people stand up for their rights in different ways. The speech written by Martin Luther King, “I have a dream” and the poem written by Langston Hughes, “Harlem”, both of them talk about the times of the brutality over African American people. The two works are similar because they both talk about African Americans not having the right of freely expressing their dissatisfaction with oppression.…

which the title of novel ‘The Sound and The Fury’ has been taken. These lines, from Macbeth of Shakespeare, are very much suitable for the story of Faulkner’s this novel. It has been claimed by many critics that the story reflects multiple aspects of Southern society of America in twentieth century. It puts light on almost all the aspects of a society i.e. religious dogmas, traditional values, cultural disintegration, liberalism and freedom of women in the society, man as a modern but having…

The Ballot or the Bullet is a persuasive speech given by Malcolm X who had a significant impact at the time when there is Civil Rights Movement. The speech takes place in the 1960’s and in Kings Solomon Baptist Church. It portrayed the African Americans as an oppressed group to make the audience aware of their own rights, and beliefs. Ethos was an element that is encountered in the speech it is one of the most common used persuasive techniques that aims to gather the society members. Therefore,…

Dick Gregory once said, "This isn't a revolution of black against whites; this is a revolution of right against wrong. And right has never lost." He is explaining that whites and blacks are not at war with each other. Rather, it is about what is right and what is wrong. Moreover, he says that right has never lost, meaning right has more significance than wrong. When the country was plagued by racial tension and discrimination came into play, two important figures faced a tremendous amount of…

and sinister theme. The Grierson family home serves as one of the many symbols in this story that Faulkner uses to stress the passage of time in the story. Through writing about this home to such great detail, Faulkner is better able to achieve a southern gothic style for the story. Faulkner writes, “miss Emily’s house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay….an eyesore among eyesores.” Here, the house becomes a more symbolically complex, with change and decay revealing just more…

William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" is a story that addresses the symbolic changes in the South after the civil war. Miss Emily's house symbolizes neglect and poverty of the new times in the town of Jefferson. The rampant symbolism and Faulkner's descriptions of the decaying house, coincide with Miss Emily's physical and emotional decay, and also emphasize her mental degeneration, and further illustrate the outcome of Faulkner's story. Miss Emily's decaying house, not only lacks genuine love…