Fall River

Over the course of my visits to Fall River I think that my capacity to observe my environment and the factories stayed consistent. I naturally pay attention to minute factors and functions of my surroundings which I think is why I tended to focus on the machines and the smaller aspects of the factory. I also tend to be more reserved in social situations which lends myself to not being as willing to approach people, particularly because of the language barriers we faced at both factories and that such a great number of the employees did not wish to participate in the project. I think that over the course of my visits I was able to conceptualize all of the small parts of the factories and understand how they work in unison but I was not able…

were found slain with what appeared to be an axe in their Massachusetts home located in the town of Fall River. The town was a buzz with the thought of who could possibly commit such heinous crime? Speculation focused on the youngest daughter of the two Borden girls, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Andrew Borden a Sunday school teacher and the head of the local hospital’s Fruit and Flower Mission. A seemingly unfit candidate for the axe-wielding murderer of her father and stepmother, or so they thought.…

“Lizzie Borden with an axe, Gave her father forty whacks, When she saw what she had done, She gave her mother forty-one – Children’s rhyme” (Carter 43) Lizzie Borden is a woman in her thirties yet she is stuck in a young girls mind set due to her never leaving home or starting her own life, living off her father’s funds and not having a motherly figure in her life. Lizzie Borden lived a very parasitic type lifestyle, never leaving home or getting married. She never got to live a normal girl’s…

Fall River, Massachusetts is a city just about an hour south of Boston College. I have lived there my entire life. I moved once, but it was only to the other side of the city. Having accumulated, then, twenty years of experiential knowledge living in Fall River, I thought I knew more about the city than – it turns out – I do. The way that I know Fall River, and the way that I portray my home town to others, is as a large, diverse, economically-challenged, dead end city. This does not paint the…

The Uphill Climb We are on our final stop of the cruise before we have to head back to the United States. I walk out of the ship and see a faded light blue sign saying “Welcome to Ocho Rios, Jamaica!”. Below in white letters there is a list of things to do. One thing catches my eye, it says “Climb the famous Dunn’s River Falls”. There is a lot of things that has happened before this. As soon as we get onto the boat I run out with my family to go see the deck and what kind of adventures it holds.…

In her short story “The Fall River Axe Murders,” Angela Carter treats us not to the blood-soaked depiction promised by the title but, instead, a far more in-depth look at the curious individual who was Lizzie Borden. Through precise word-choice and careful detail, Carter delves into the long-held and everyday struggles faced by the troubled Borden and, in doing so, paints a clear picture of a woman with little outward purpose, a bleak future, a contentious relationship with her father and…

On August 4, 1892, Andrew Borden and Abby Borden were murdered -the murder weapon was believed to be an ax- in Fall River Massachusetts. However, aside from the deaths, there were no signs of disturbance in the house, as well as the murder weapon was nowhere to be found (Robertson, 1996). After investigating suspects outside of the immediate family, the attention had shifted to Lizzie Borden, the daughter of Andrew Borden, and Bridget Sullivan, the family’s domestic. However, attention soon…

In the small town of Fall River, Massachusetts, Abby and Andrew Borden were brutally murdered in their own home. This incident became known as the Fall River Murders. It is one of the most mysterious murder cases in American History. Through all the investigations and proceedings, no one has been able to explain who had done it or why they did it. The assassinations, investigations, and trials have been thoroughly looked at for any missing evidence of the Fall River Murders. A few days…

Lizzie Borden was one of the famous murdered cases in the United States. On August 4, 1892 she was accused of committing a double parricide. Lizzie Borden grew up in Fall Rivers, Massachusetts. Her father Andrew Borden was a very hardworking respected man in the community. He was wealthy and had a few luxuries. At the age 2, Lizzie’s mother died of uterine congestion and spine disease. When Lizzie mother passed, he remarried to Abby Borden. Abby Borden was Lizzie’s stepmother. She was…

Who was the girl before the murder of her dad and stepmom? Lizzie Borden was born in River Fall, Massachusetts on July 19, 1860. Lizzie Borden was born to Andrew Jackson Borden and Sarah Anthony Morse Borden. Lizzie had an older sister named Emma Borden. They were raised in a wealthy family thanks to their fathers shrewd business decisions and being able to save money. Lizzie was known well in the church community. She was a Sunday school teacher, and she also helped with a Christain…