Hobo

April 9, 1931, eight teenage “hobo negroes” were sentenced to death after being convicted of attacking two white girls on a train. This story became quite popular in the press and years later still manages to conjure up arguments about the social injustice. Nine black teenage boys climbed upon a train, in a way only to look for work, and were confronted by two white males where a dispute broke out, in the mix of it all, two white females, joined in the argument. At the time the story broke out,…

In the novel Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Christopher McCandless is looked down upon, due to his lack of wisdom, maturity, and responsibility. McCandless ventured “into the wild” in order to follow his dream. Society criticized McCandless for being so foolish, but what they do not realize is that everyone has their own ambitions. McCandless will never be a hero in the eyes of society because they need to follow their own route to self-discovery. A hero is generally someone idealized for…

The setting of the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray bradbury is set in a large nameless U.S. city. The city is thought to be L.A.; in the near future, thought to be in the year 2053. Because he put his books one hundred years in the future. The mood is sad because he is trying to make the reader feel a sense of a future with no opinion and laziness. The book is about what will happen in the future sooner than later. The book had three major influences which were nazi book burnings, the cold war…

I am the serial killer, rapist, arsonist and burglar Carl Panzram. I was born and raised on a small farm with five other siblings. I wasn’t much of an obedient child growing up because when I was 12 years old I stole some cake, apples, and a revolver from my neighbor 's home leading to both of my parents sending me to the Minnesota State Training School. Both my parents strongly believed from the bottom of their hearts that a training school would fix me and straighten me out however the…

independent movie, Wendy and Lucy, was produced. This movie is based off a short story, “Train Choir.” The film stars Michelle Williams, Walter Dalton, and Will Patton. In this movie, Wendy has every reason to break down and give into the typically careless hobo, homeless person 's habits, but she stands above and tries to stay clean, appropriate and happy. While also caring for her dog and make it to Alaska so she can get a job. This film also leaves people inquiring why Wendy is homeless and…

Ignorant.Amused.Dumbed-down.Entertain.Blissful.Control. This describes the society in the novel Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray bradbury. The story portray a society without knowledge in order to keep the people ‘’happy it was best to censor what they know’.In fact they have fireman that instead of putting out fires are the ones who starts them to burn the books .So that they can continue to feed the society facts that they don 't have to worry their pretty little heads about . Instead they…

INTRODUCTION – Gucci Gucci is an Italian brand acquired by French company Kering in 1999. It was founded by Guccio Gucci in 1921 in the beautiful city Florence. Guccio Gucci drew inspiration from horse saddle straps and opened his first store dedicated to luxury leather goods for horseback riding. He matched contrasting colours in his collections, giving rise to the iconic green-red-green stripe. In the 1970s, the fashion house entered into the Far East market, opening boutiques in Tokyo and…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt stepped in as leader during a dark time in American history. Although some of his policies were unsuccessful, many of them helped pull America out of the Great Depression. There were a multitude of causes for the Depression, it was a culmination of many smaller problems resulting in one very big problem. There were also many reason as to why it lasted so long and was so cruel. FDR’s policies and programs were somewhat controversial and debated by many, but most of them…

Jurgis Rudkus is a young and strong Lithuanian working man with a bright outlook on life who never felt the need to drink. One day at a horse fair he find the love of his life, Ona. Ona’s father dies and leaves behind a family of nine. Jurgis is to marry Ona and emigrate to the United States of America in hopes of becoming rich in the stockyards of Chicago. Jurgis, his father Antanas, Ona, her stepmother Teta Elzbieta and her six children, Teta’s brother Jonas, and Ona’s cousin Marija…

the defendants were innocent and there was insufficient evidence to prove otherwise. In this case, they were “facing the test of our racial freedom” (Will We Fight?). In 1931, Scottsboro, Alabama, nine young black men were riding in train with white hobos. When a fight broke out amongst them, two white girls were found riding the train illegally. These women were not allowed to cross-state borders (Linder). The two women alleged…