La Toya Jackson

In the past, there were pop legends who have paved the way for aspiring young artists today in hopes one would follow in their footsteps. Justin Bieber is a teen-heartthrob turned man who has completely reshaped popular music history for the better. He is the most influential figure in pop history because of his success in the music industry, his philanthropic contribution, and his positive influence on troubled teenagers. Justin Bieber is the most influential figure in pop history…

Having discovered a penchant for debating and public speaking he joined a local colleges debate club, and walking 4 miles each way to join in Tusculum College’s debate activities. It was in 1829, when fellow Tennessean Andrew Jackson was inaugurated as the seventh President of the United States, and Johnson was elected for the first time, as an alderman. He did so well as alderman, he was re-elected in 1830, and never ceased running for public office afterwards. (Trefousse, 2010) Mayor According…

Andrew Jackson was born in a settlement within the Carolinas in 1767, and at the age of 13, he joined a local regiment in the Revolutionary War. The British captured Jackson, and as a prisoner he was forced into cleaning a British officer’s boots. Jackson read law for two years before becoming an exceptional lawyer in Tennessee. He was then appointed as the state’s constitutional convention representative, and 12 months later, he became a U.S. senator. The election of 1828 was a return to a two…

Shirley Jackson did a wonderful job capturing the attention of many readers, as well as capturing an intense emotional reaction. Whenever discussing death, capital punishment, and or murder there are a variety of emotions that form: resulting in debate and extreme views. The ritual discussed within The Lottery began to be compared to Capital Punishment. Earl Martin author of Tessie Hutchinson and the American System of Capital Punishment, Maryland Law Review, discusses his view of Shirley…

Who pick Andrew Jackson to be on the 20 dollar bill? Andrew Jackson was our 7th president. He was born in 1768 somewhere in between the border of North and South Carolina. Then he was in Revolutionary War and was considered to “hero” of the Battle of New Orleans. After that he ran for president but lost election, he tried again and he won. Next he passed the Indian Removal Act. While the Indian Removal act was trying to get passed he came up with the Spoil System. Then he died in 1845 in…

Eudora Welty writes “A Worn Path” to tell a story of perseverance and love. Welty’s southern heritage is displayed throughout the story, where she uses an elderly lady named Phoenix Jackson. Phoenix was to take a path whereby the end was unknown to the readers. Phoenix’s grandson swallowed lye a few years ago, and this caused his throat to be damaged permanently. She often takes this long journey to get her grandson’s medicine although she is far in age. Many readers may believe she was mentally…

United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity. However, their history was mixed as each of these principles could be proved true for the most part with fragments of contradiction. Andrew Jackson believed that he was the guardian of the US Constitution and that he was correcting inadequate interpretations of the documents presented by his opponents. For example, in July of 1832 he…

A. Ryan describes Jackson: Jackson is a very active kid, always wanting to play and needs to be constantly stimulated. He’s very smart, and is always looking for new things to get into which isn’t always a good thing. Generally he’s a very happy kid, who’s happiest when he’s around friends and family. Jackson does get a little frustrated when he can’t accomplish a task immediately, but stays fairly consistent with his attempts. Ryan will offer help when Jackson is visibly frustrated to help him…

Envision a world where you are forced away from your homeland by people you don’t even know, then to be put onto a different land that you can’t even live on. Well, this was reality for the Native Americans in Western Washington. In 1887, The Dawes Act was conceived from a congressman, Henry Dawes. The Dawes Act purpose was to give each head of a Native American family an allotment of land which they would farm and learn how to live a “civilized” life on. The Dawes Act was not an honest attempt…

In the philosophical short story, “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, she examines the immorality of the human kind. Analogous to “The Lottery,” “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” by Ursula Le Guin demonstrates the perversion of innocence in both stories. Jackson and Le Guin both craft a society of conformity, scapegoatism, and controversy. The ideals in both short stories conflict with societal norms. Similarly, both Jackson and Le Guin idolize conformity in their pieces. Before the…