Life on the Mississippi

Both of their memoirs emphasize their reflections and criticism of the nation. From their two, different perspectives of the United States motivated them to write their life story. Twain’s autobiography, Old Times on the Mississippi, describes his life as a boy and his comrades residing in the village on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the 1850s. Twain also notes his irresistible ambition to become a steamboatman. However, these ambitions were not always permanent. Twain states, “These…

as means of identification to form groups of people. This differs from Malinowski’s functionalist view, which claims that culture serves the needs of individuals rather than of larger communities. Thus, according to Powdermaker, cultural and social life is described not by the purpose they serve to singular people, but by the…

Hernando de Soto “Glory be to God, who by His goodness has directed all.” A quote from a letter written by Hernando de Soto (Letter to Justice and Board of Magistrates in Santiago de Cuba, 3). God guided his entire life. Much progress in America’s history was made during de Soto’s early life, conquests in Central America, and expeditions in the New World. Not much information is known about Hernando de Soto’s early childhood, but there is an abundance of knowledge on his teenage and…

Being who taught them to treat the world with great respect; to this day, traditions of the Cherokee ancestors are still followed by many. Within believing in one spiritual being the myths told by elders have helped teach the young many lessons in life. One of the main traditions was that everything on earth was praised in the eyes of the Cherokee Nation, whether it was from the plants that grew on the floor of the earth to the stars in the night sky. “The Indians saw the land as a living…

Oprah Gail Winfrey was born January 29th, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She attended college at Tennessee State University. One of Oprah's major accomplishments is that she was awarded the ‘Spingarn Medal’ from the NAACP. Another one of Oprah's major accomplishments is that she was awarded the ‘Presidential Medal’ of freedom. Oprah became the first African-American female billionaire in 2003. She is best-known for hosting her own worldwide popular talk show from 1986-2011. She is also a…

Huckleberry Finn is a boy living a leisurely life with Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas. However, Huck desires adventure and a sense of freedom from their relevant members' attempts to make him the opposite of an adventurous and explorer type. Huck's deadbeat of a father returns home and kidnaps Huck for the purpose of claiming a large sum of money that Huck earned as a reward for helping capture robbers before. Huck fakes his death for a chance to escape his father. Huck then takes a canoe…

wider than the sky.” This quote made me want to learn about others’ outlook on life and to get inside their brain. Before starting this project, I knew counseling somehow assisted people with the things going on within their mind. I wanted to know the different types of counseling there was. I’ve always known about school counselors and “shrinks”. The first place I looked for information about my career was the Mississippi Choices website. Next, I used the book ________ to find out more things…

spread of diversity throughout the lawsuits in court along with the white supremacist’s on and off the streets. Due to this African Americans started to fight back, in the fall of 1962 on September 30th desegregation riots took place at Ole Miss in Mississippi. The riots lasted 2 days, over 300 people were injured, and 2 died. In 1890 the phrase “separate but equal” was started, due to segregation blacks and whites had separated facilities. But not all those facilities were equal, schools, water…

athletes, especially when it comes to football players. “Oh, they 're just a dumb jock, they 're only here to play.” But this stereotype is far from true. I have decided to disprove this too-well-known stereotype by surveying and interviewing the Mississippi College offensive linemen. For the majority of these men, football has been the center of their lives since they were very young. All of their lives they have dreamed of having the opportunity to play in college, it’s a dream not everyone…

east with little to no opposition (Burden, 2000). The rest of Grant’s force fell under Sherman, bringing his numbers to 45,000 as Sherman forwarded that assault on the Mississippi state capital in Jackson. The two armies involved at the Battle of Vicksburg were the Union Army of Tennessee and the Confederate Army of Mississippi. The Confederate Army consisted of roughly 33,000 men and was under the command of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, who was a native of Pennsylvania and had chosen to…