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through tone; thus greatly impacting the reader’s the likings for the characters of the story. In the short story, A Worn Path, by Eudora Welty, the author uses a wide variety of tones to depict the story of an old Negro lady who makes many trips to Natchez, Mississippi in order to attain her grandson’s medicine. One of the story’s tones is humorous and it is greatly appreciated when Phoenix…

The purpose of this study is to present bibliographical information of Hiram Revels and his impact on the culture, politics, and history of the African-American experience. In order to provide a preferable understanding of Hiram revels, this research paper will also contribute biographical information. Hiram Revels was born free baby in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Although being free he was impeded from receiving education in North Carolina instead he was taught by a black woman. He lived with…

of sacrifice” (354). Keys also sees the story as parable for the journey of life. Regina Dilgen agrees with Marilyn Keys that Phonix made the trip and agrees that the trip was herioc. Dilgen says,” Her journey, a walk of many miles on part of the Natchez Trace in Mississippi,…

Born in Kentucky, sold to the Scott Family the year is unknown. Found in the probate file of Samuel Scott, slaveholder, Easter as a young woman and mother along with her young family were listed, as chattel, her value was $1,000. Working as a field hand, a domestic servant, wife, and the mother of 15 children was a good woman and faithful wife. Through the years Easter suffered the loss of three of their children, the children Eviline, Harriet, and Barbara were all under the age of 14.…

During the American Revolution women’s equality was put into question when women were not offered the same rights as men. One of the early women to advocate this idea was Judith Sargent Murray. Judith Sargent Murray was an early American woman who proposed Women’s rights, an essayist, playwright, poet, and letter writer. Murray’s ideas about women’s rights were considered extreme in the 1700s. Murray asserted education should be equally offered to women as the same as men and argued for women to…

Coming of Age in Mississippi is an autobiography written by Anne Moody that tells her story from childhood to adulthood. He tells off the struggles and people she was faced with. However, the struggles that she was faced with growing up and the people that she didn't necessarily get along with didn't not hinder her development. If anything they shaped her to be the inspirational freedom fighter of a woman she grew up to be. One important event from Anne Moody's childhood was when her…

multitude of literary elements and devices throughout the story, some of the first ones have the biggest impact. She makes this trek continuously, and as she nears the end of her old life, she will nourish her grandson back to health. Her journey to Natchez is filled with some hindrances, but can mainly be broken down into the physical, social, and mental obstacles that stand in her way. Welty utilizes numerous nature symbols to illustrate Phoenix strong will and determination. These symbols…

Readers know Phoenix is old and frail. This doesn’t stop her from making the long, difficult trek through the forest to the town of Natchez for medicine for her grandson. Phoenix’s journey doesn’t end when she gets the medicine. She must make the long, difficult trek back. This has become routine to Phoenix. She seems to find strength to make the next one. A critic says, “Phoenix emerges…

Define diversity-diversity refers to all of the ways in which people are different. In recent years, the term diversity has grown in use. The term regularly appears in the popular media, professional magazines, trade books, and scholarly literature. Never- the less, there is no single, agreed upon definition of diversity. To some it means tolerance, acceptance, or perhaps an attitude. To others, diversity may mean inclusion, numbers, or racial and gender differences. Still others see diversity…

The Agriculture Shift Agriculture began to spread throughout many Native territories, specifically the Northeastern and Southeastern, and began to transform many of the societies that relied on hunting and gathering for resources. As agriculture expanded, many cultures adapted to different economical systems to cater to this change. One primary crop, corn, managed to impact the entire eastern seaboard by making both Northeastern and Southeastern cultures use their environment to their full…