Don Chafin

flocked to the outskirts of Marmet, a small town located near the state capital of Charleston. Led by UMW organizers Frank Keeney and Fred Mooney, they resolved to march on Mingo County to confront the coal companies and free the union men imprisoned in the area. Many of the marchers were World War I veterans, and they came armed to the teeth with military-issue Springfield rifles and shotguns. “It is time to lay down the bible and take up the rifle,” miner and Baptist reverend John Wilburn declared. The miners’ route to Mingo required them to pass through Logan County, a coal company stronghold ruled by an anti-union sheriff named Don Chafin. Upon learning of the march, Chafin scraped together a 3,000-strong army of state police, deputies and citizen militiamen and prepared for a fight. “No armed mob will cross the Logan County line,” he proclaimed. Chafin and his supporters had soon constructed a network of machine gun nests and trenches around Blair Mountain, a 2,000-foot peak that stood directly in the miners’ path. On August 24, the main body of coal miners set out from Marmet and headed south toward Mingo County. Keeney and Mooney made a last-minute attempt to call off the march after meeting with the War Department’s General Harry Bandholtz, who warned that any violence would prove disastrous for the union, but the proposed ceasefire collapsed when two miners died in a skirmish with Chafin’s forces. By August 28, some 10,000 union men had massed near the border of…

Moving ahead to the twentieth century, an unlikely exploiter of women’s power was through the works of Ernest Hemingway, an author whose authentic stories depicted the realities of World War I and the disillusionment of post-war. His storylines usually included hunting, fishing, and the great outdoors, which deterred women readers and elevated male gender stereotypes. Yet, a few of his stories revealed the influences of women in a male dominating world. For example, his story about Krebs, a…

novel, The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, the tale of a delirious gentleman who lost his sanity to many avid readings of chivalric romance novels, and the misadventures of him and his loyal sidekick Sancho Pancho. Cervantes ' novel has become a staple of many high school curriculums and is lauded by critics alike for its distinct style, humor and strangely modern approach to storytelling and has been considered the first modern novel despite that it was written in the 15th…

Nicole Orgeron’s Movie Critique- “Amadeus” 10/21/2015 Watch the award winning movie from 1984, “Amadeus” based on Mozart’s life, directed by Milos Forman then answer the questions below to receive credit for this assignment. 1. Name one of the Academy Awards this film has won. One of the Academy Awards Amadeus won was Best Picture. 2. Which actor was nominated for an Oscar in this film? Tom Hulce, was the actor that was nominated for an Oscar for starring in Amadeus. 3. What does the old…

In Don Quixote, Marcela brings up “[her] natural understanding that God has given [her]” (Cervantes Pg.445). By natural understanding she means her intelligence, something that she holds at a higher esteem than her beauty. The reason being that because of her intelligence, she is able to recognize the inconsistencies in the ideas of the men that admire her and her right to be a free person. Meanwhile in “the Book of the City of Ladies”, the ladies offer Christine examples of women who employing…

When Cervantes was creating the story of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza I wonder if he himself had a Sancho Panza in his life to which these historic characters were based off of. Although Don Quixote might seem to be just a book written about a “knight errant and his squire” going on ridiculous adventures that ultimately end with them being beaten up it happens to be so much more than that. Cervantes has done a great job at providing his readers with themes that are relevant to the time period…

bright melodies are used to represent Mozart’s early years in his short lives, the prelude of the opera “Don Giovanni” composed by Mozart after the death of Leopold Mozart – Mozart’s father – indicates the relationship between Mozart and Leopold and shows the process how Salieri set his scheme foreshadowing the death of Mozart. First of all, the opera “Don Giovanni” suggests the abnormal relationship between Mozart and his father. In the film, Mozart is illustrated as a character, which is very…

A person’s motives for various activities are often misunderstood from their obvious intentions. The novel, White Noise, is written depicting the scenario of America in the future, revealing paths that Americans might take. Throughout the story, Delillo in a somewhat subtle matter criticizes American society’s flaws. Taking place in a small mid-western college town, the Gladney family encounters difficulties with raising children, drug addictions, and personal fears. The satirical postmodern…

After Idomeneo, Mozart composed a few more operas, but in 1786, the premiere of Le Nozze di Figaro set Mozart’s opera career on a new path. Le Nozze di Figaro is one of, if not the most famous opera buffa composed by Mozart. The Libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte, and is the was first of the infamous Da Ponte operas, the others being Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte. The opera is set in 18th century Spain. This story takes place on the wedding day of Figaro and Susanna, Count Almaviva’s…

In the story of Don Quixote the author Miguel de Cervantes portrays the type of person Don Q is. Don q is often seen as a bold, Courageous, impulsive character But The theme Cervantes is trying to show is that chivalry is starting to become irrelevant as the society progresses. Cervantes is showing that he does not agree with chivalry through the character of Don Quixote. One good reason is that chivalry does not define the type of person you are. My second reason is that Chivalry is…