Gone with the Wind

their homes, businesses closed, jobs were gone everyone was hurting. Farming communities felt it less than their city neighbors. Self-sufficient communities continued to sell and trade to meet their needs. Although, farmers that had been borrowing money from the banks to make ends meet because of the drought, also lost their farms. Then there was the dust bowl adding problems. The land was over worked and now with the drought it was completely dry. The winds picked up that top soil and beat it…

like the tallest mountain ever imaginable. The first fifteen or twenty minutes of going up wasn’t bad; it was like driving up a small hill that seemed to go on forever. After about twenty minutes the forest that was surrounding the road had come and gone, and the surroundings had started to open. Then realizing how high up we already were when there was a cliff off to my left, amazed at how far we could already see, I couldn’t wait to reach the top. There is a building about halfway up that we…

night. The moon was full, although it was mostly covered by weightless fog and charcoal black clouds. The sky was just as creepy as all the realistic costumes. The night was perfect for Halloween night. The crisp leaves on the trees rattled when the wind blew. When people walk on the fallen leaves, they would crunch like someone was eating potato chips. People were everywhere, walking up and down, around and through the neighborhoods. Some were wearing cute, colored, sparkly costumes and others…

Kara Walker -- an African American artist -- creates a space for race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity through her art. Walker, according to bio.com, was born in Stockton California, during the fall of 1969. Where does a seasoned artist like Walker draw her inspiration? Many have speculated that her inspirations came from her father, who was also a painter, and influenced Walker to become a painter herself at the age of the three. But, In a report by the Wall Street Journal’s 2014…

In this essay, there is an indian kid named Wind Wolf who is shy and quiet in the classroom. He is shy and quiet because he is the only Indian kid in his class and doesn 't know what to think about it. this is the first time being in a classroom like this ever before, the other kids think he 's different and Wind Wolf knows that. The teacher doesn’t really accept him yet and he feels different and left out. Since his family knows…

Aeolus, the god of wind. For a month Odysseus and his companions stayed on the island with the god, when it is time for them to leave, Aeolus presents Odysseus with a bag containing powerful storm wind. When he Odysseus and his crew set sail, Aiolos summons up wind to help guide them towards Ithaca. Soon they see the shoreline of Ithaca, but while Odysseus is asleep his crew members open the bag of wind, thinking that it contained gold and silver, and released the wind. The powerful winds…

of age. All of this didn’t matter to Penny. It didn’t drive her to anything nor did it threaten her to not do anything. She took comfort that her Pa was with her and she knew she could do anything: in times of doubt and even in the harshest of winds. Because she had seen it all and watched the seasons go by. The beginning of the year always started with pale green hills, and the dust always settled and disappeared. She continued to dream, but only dreamed of the things she…

thought was to use the monkey’s paw. John had searched everywhere, he thrashed through the cottage. Once he’d found it, he had no doubt about what he would wish for. John wished for father to return, and at that moment our entire life changed. A gust of wind rushed through our old ragged cottage and soon we heard a Bang! Clash! At the window we saw a distinct figure, John believed it was father. As Bob moved closer, he yelled, “Father is that you?” “Who are you, why have you brought me back,”…

She ordered a chocolate frosted chocolate donut, along with a hot coffee, with three sugars and two creams. She sat down by a window. She kept one hand on the coffee cup’s handle and never set down the donut, until it was gone. Eventually she left. I let her leave. Why? I have no idea. But she came back the next day at the same time, with the same order. And she came back everyday. Sometimes she’d get a muffin, or a different kind of donut. And everyday she went back home…

relatable moment it took me some time to figure out how I fit into the history of slavery, or if I fit into it at all. As I began reading the assigned books and watching the assigned movies I still didn’t feel the connection, until we got to ‘Gone with the Wind’. This movie about the south in one of its darkest hours spoke to me, I had finally found someone to relate with. Scarlett O’Hara was that character, her authoritarian, overbearing, headstrong and audacious personality made me look at…