Life on the Mississippi

crops such as almonds, apples, avocados, and oranges (Good). Beekeepers in North America have noticed a rapid decline in their honey bee populations since 2006 (Hagopian). I spoke with two beekeepers, Tommy McCaffrey and Roy Clingon in Purvis, Mississippi, who gave me their insight on why the honey bee population has been declining in recent years. For my field research, I went to the homes of both Mr. McCaffrey and Mr. Clingon. At Mr. McCaffrey’s house, I was able to look inside several…

Tennessee Williams was born Thomas Lanier Williams on March 26, 1911, in Columbus, Mississippi, the second of Cornelius and Edwina Williams' three children. Raised predominantly by his mother, Williams had a complicated relationship with his father, a demanding salesman who preferred work instead of parenting. After college, he moved to New Orleans, a city that would inspire much of his writing. On March 31, 1945, his play, The Glass Menagerie, opened on Broadway and two years later A Streetcar…

Is it one event in a person’s life that can change the course of it forever? Decisions can be both toxic or rewarding. Mark Twain was considered quite an unlucky man because he faced excruciatingly painful losses throughout his life. The first devastation of his life was the loss of his father as a young boy (Poole, Primmer, Johnson). Although his life was never luxurious, it even managed to get harder as it went along (“Mark Twain Biography- Encyclopedia”). He faced loss all the way up to his…

John Grisham is a influential writer that has written many thrillers. “A Painted House” reflects on the life of a impoverished farm boy in Black Oak, Arkansas. John Grisham’s life influenced his novel A Painted House by helping convey what it was like for a poor, working child in rural Arkansas in the early 50’s. Firstly, the book starts out in 1952 in Black Oak, Arkansas; Black Oak is a small farm town in far northeast Arkansas. The books setting was in Black Oak for the entirety of the book…

In “Two Views of the Mississippi”, Mark twain illustrates how experiences lessons excitement with his narratives of the river. In life, different events or experiences loses their excitement with repetition. This happens because with time we learn what’s really going on and it’s not just magic anymore. The situation also becomes comfortable to us, and we become one with the surroundings. For this reason, it is why that many people change careers Midway through their life, because at one point…

adapted from a novel. In the 2011 film “The Help”, director Tate Taylor managed to do just that. “The Help” has an upbeat feel, which is a refreshing change from other films about this period. The film takes us back to 1960’s Mississippi-during the Jim Crow-era-following the life of an aspiring author that is trying to deviate from the social norms of Southern white women. Skeeter who is played by Emma Stone, returns from college to discover that her beloved maid was no longer with her family.…

Short Paper 2 Elizabeth Pitts was born in Leflore county Mississippi, on October 24, 1928. Pitts earliest memories from growing up was that she was born, raised, and went to school on the same plantation. Miss Pitts would go on to say that it was the same plantation that her child was born on. Then the interview said ( how did share cropping work back then?) (scales, Mausiki s) Pitts stated that every two weeks they would give them funds. Funds is money that you get at the begging of each year…

Mockingbird in 1960. Huck Finn is a novel written by Mark Twain, who also wrote “The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer.” While “To Kill A Mockingbird” was written by Harper Lee, who only wrote the one novel. Both books are set in the South, Alabama and along the Mississippi River. Even being written in completely different times, some of the same themes are covered. For example racism, inequality, social status, education, and fear of people who are different. Some of the differences are based the…

added to the research showing that vaccines do not cause ASD. The study looked at the number of antigens (substances in vaccines that cause the body’s immune system to produce disease fighting antibodies) from vaccines during the first two years of life. The results showed that the total amount of antigen from vaccines received was the same between children with ASD and those that did not have ASD. (Vaccines Do Not Cause…

sense of style and became a huge influence to the generation. Becoming the “King of Rock’n Roll”, Elvis Aaron Presley grew up going through many obstacles and was exposed to new ideas that later lead to his music career. Elvis was born in Tupelo, Mississippi…