Life on the Mississippi

Injuries have consumed much of my teenage years and kept me from living the life I dreamed of. I started playing football in the fifth grade and planned to play until I graduated high school. Unfortunately, I tore my ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) in the eighth grade. I had surgery on it and after a year, started playing again. During the offseason while training for my junior year I noticed a sharp, agonizing pain that shot down my left leg. An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) revealed a…

Ramani Goode Fannie Lou Hamer delivered a speech on behalf of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to the credentials committee of the Democratic National Convention in 1964 to highlight the gruesome realities facing African Americans, especially those who attempted to vote. Her revelations about the methods used to withhold voting rights and the violent discrimination against blacks who tried to vote shocked the nation, but the most disturbing aspects of her speech…

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall and Coming of Age in Mississippi discuss the shifting American political structure and how political power is achieved, maintained, and challenged. Each book offers its own unique interpretation concerning the changing political structures from the beginning of the twentieth century to the 1960s. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall sheds light on political party structures shifting throughout the twentieth century in large scale cities, such as New York City, particularly in…

Finn and his adventures. The novel has a great influence on its readers by introducing Huckleberry as an emotional boy and his freedom for being a brave boy in the Mississippi river. The timeline that Mark Twain focuses on during Huck Finn (Huckleberry Finn) is the time of the slave trade and it takes place on a journey on Mississippi river. Huck’s story takes place on an adventure as a runaway kid with other cons such as Jim and the Grangerfords family, who had a strange tradition of killing…

Office Administration Program at the Finch-Henry Job Corp Center. Because I have done my research, I know what ro expect concering wages, opportunities, and advancements. My goals are to attend Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, Mississippi and then go to Jaskson, Mississippi. I have also consider a career in the Navy or Air Force. These two branches of United State Military have many office jobs that will allow me to improve my skill and resume. Where I work in a large city…

Yoknapatawpha Mississippi (not real) b. The setting/environment influences each character (mainly the protagonist/main character) and their actions Information about William Faulkner Each element of his stories comes from a part of his life. "William Faulkner spent most of his days in Oxford Mississippi...." (p.30 Kennedy, X. J.) "During World War 1 he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force....." (p.30 Kennedy, X. J.) "Faulkner's private life was a…

The Trail of Tears was a dark turn in Native American history, which also affected Mississippi during Andrew Jackson’s presidency. Jackson’s Indian Removal Act forced out the Native Americans out of their land by the federal government and walk thousands of miles to designated territories across the Mississippi river. This was caused by white America’s urge to expand and grow cotton in the southern states. Since majority of the states was owned by the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Creek…

prosperity can be directly attributed to the Mississippi River. As a gateway to America, it has thrived as a shipping and commercial center, contributing to the industrialization of the United States from its early days to the present,” (“New Orleans” 230). New Orleans is located in the southern region of the United States, and it borders the states of MIssissippi, Texas, and Arkansas. New Orleans has many geographical features that are important to their everyday life, it has traditions such as…

characters situation while sticking to the time frame it took place in. One of the most important elements that bring the novel to life is the new ground Twain took with the creative use of dialogue. Each of the characters individual traits where easily identified through their way of speech. For example, Jim, a runaway slave who joins Huck down the Mississippi river, has a truly distinctive way of speaking. For instance, Jim sais to Huck, “Well, you wouldn’t a ben here ‘f it hadn’t a ben for…

which took place in 1964. Throughout the PBS documentary of Freedom Summer I had felt shocked, fortunate, furious and several other feelings. The Project of Freedom Summer organized by SNCC had the main goal of registering the black citizens of Mississippi to vote. Among this goal they had also wanted to address the inadequate schools. Although they had the right to vote, through intimidation, lynching, poll taxes and literacy exams made it difficult for African American citizens to register…