Everglades

God is a realistic fiction book about an African-American women trying to find love. The themes of the story would include death, romance, relationships, power, conquest, and fulfillment. The story takes place in Eatonville, Florida, and in the Everglades. The book starts out with the main character, Janie Crawford explaining what happened to her late husband Tea Cake. She also starts explaining her other husband, Jody and what happened to him also. Janie is very determined to find…

Hurricane Andrew It is August 16, 1992 and a tropical wave is beginning to form off the west coast of Africa. The scene looks safe and not something to worry about until hours and days have passed. Twelve days later, it the 28th of August and the wave has not died off, but has grown into something stronger, something greater, something we today call a category 5 hurricane. This powerful hurricane was given the name Hurricane Andrew. In the Greek language the name Andrew means “strong”…

Section1 A) Pragmatics refer to the appropriation and use of different forms of language in their appropriate social situations. Across the spectrum of social situations there’s a range of language forms that are socially acceptable for each. Learning to recognize in which instance different language forms are appropriate is known as following pragmatic rules of speech. Communication competence refers to our capacity to use our different language elements in a way that’s effective and completes…

Zora’s Eyes Were Watching in Disappointment Oprah Winfrey produced the movie Their Eyes Were Watching God based on the novel but she changed so many important details from the book in the movie that it is as if she has not read the book at all. In the novel there are many vital symbols that Oprah removed while making the movie, one of those, the gate. When Janie kisses Johnny Taylor the gate appears between them; on one side of the gate the life of innocence and Janie’s childhood, a life of…

Lake Okeechobee in the Florida everglades has been polluted from all the agricultural land that has replaced much if the everglades. Farmers on these plots of land have been dumping agricultural runoff that is full phosphorus in the lake. The increase in these chemicals has cause one species of plants to take over the available…

“A deck of cards is built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card master to those below it, a lackey to those above it” (Ely Culbertson). Although harmless in the context of a card game, when applied to groups of people this system leads to large scale damage and trauma. America has a long history with this system, and one of many times where it is particularly relevant is in the context of the Harlem Renaissance. In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, we follow the life of a black…

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. In the cockpit was pilots Kubeck Candalyn and Richard Hazen who had over 20,700 flight hours total between the too combined. On May 11, 1996, the McDonell-Douglas DC-9 operating the route crashed into the Everglades after shortly taking off from the airport. It crashed as a result of a fire in the cargo compartment caused by improperly stored cargo, killing all 110 people on board. The aircraft had suffered a number of incidents in the past two…

When you think of Florida you think of beaches. So does everyone else. If oil companies are allowed to drill offshore there will be oil spills. Now think of a tar covered beach littered with death animals with a smell that you don’t ever want to think about. Off-shore Florida must be protected from oil companies to persevere the eco-tourism industry, defend the environment and secure fishing for years to come. In particular, tourism must be sustained. One of the many reasons people from all…

sometimes narrated to clarify certain events considering the dialect the people of that time spoke ion. The book has a timeline of starting at the end and leading back up to it. The story starts with our main character Janie coming back from the Everglades to a town from her past called Eatonville. The local gossipers start to say what they feel about Janie but are interrupted…

Snowbirds of a Feather Flock Together Are you a colder-climate resident looking for a part-time, seasonal or new full-time Florida home? You might be a “snowbird” — someone who eschews cold weather and migrates south for the winter, like real birds. We’d do the same if we weren’t Floridians, so we’re here to aid your search for a warmer roost. Perhaps you’d like to relocate near friends and neighbors who already took the plunge as part-time or seasonal Florida residents. You’re hardly…