Okie

from overdoses which are related to prescription painkilling drugs in the United States (Clark, 2014, p. 1). In addition, opioid drug related overdoses has been an ongoing issue that has be occurring within the United States since the early 1990’s (Okie, 2010, p. 1982). One of the responses to the high overdose rates has been the use of a medication called Narcan and Naloxone (Seiler, Horton, & Malcarney, 2015, p. 5). Although Naloxone has been proven to be effective in combating drug…

By the 1930’s, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and poverty ravaged American Society in which writers started to think of themselves as activists as many of them contained economic crises and social injustices of their time in their political fiction. During this time of political differences, John Steinbeck arose to become “the voice of American conscience,” in which he focused on “the enduring human capacity for survival” (Verde 112). Throughout all of his contemporary literary works, Steinbeck…

Throughout human history, especially military history, the brain has been known to be a crucial part of the body needing protection from projectiles and blunt force impact. The average human head weighs approximately 10 pounds and is perched dangerously exposed on the vulnerable neck of the body. Encased in a relatively thin shell of bone, the brain floats in a fluid designed to further cushion and protect this vital organ. When those protective measures fail and the head is struck or violently…

DS was in no way prepared for the chaotic scene that would greet him at Tulsa International Airport. The media was fully assembled and flashes blinded him as he wandered the waiting area looking for Grammy Flo. And then he saw her, elbowing her way through the reporters, dodging and pushing cameras. "Dickie! Dickie!! Here!!!" The cameras followed her movements just in time to catch the money shot of their reunion. "Grammy!!" DS lurched towards her. She was dressed in her Sunday best, a…

scream.” “Yeah,” Elle responded. “I just forgot a few homework problems.” Elle glanced at her father. Light gray hairs peeked out of the bottom his full head of chestnut brown hair. She would have to die his hair again. “Okie-dokie,” he slurred. “Don’t stay up too late, you’ve got school tomorrow.” Elle scanned her light purple clock angled on her desk. 10:38. With a half-hearted sigh, Elle grabbed her hefty backpack…

false expectations that existed among the Okie’s. In his lyrics, he states, ‘“They think they're goin' to a sugar bowl, but here's what they find | Now, the police at the port of entry say | "You're number fourteen thousand for today."” (Guthrie). Okie migrants crossed over to California by the thousands everyday (Guthrie). They viewed California as a “sugar bowl” because they thought it was abundant in work labor and would allow them to have a future (Roark 732). However, with the crash of the…

to get to their dreamland. In the film the Okies are tough people that wont back down from a fight. You see many people end a dispute with a punch to the face. For example when they are at the transient camp a cop starts making trouble, accusing an Okie of being the troublemaker, when in fact the man was just trying to warn the other people about how he got scammed out of money and standing up for his rights. The man end up punching the cop and running away while Tom and Casey stay behind and…

“The Grapes of Wrath” The film starts off with a man by the name of Tom Joad walking down a dirt road in Oklahoma. Joad encounters a man driving a truck and he asks for a lift. The man takes him as far as he can and on the way Joad explains that he was a convict for homicide. It is later learned that he killed a man with a shovel, which is explained to the former priest that baptized Tom. Tom explains that he is heading back to reunite with his family after being put on parole 4 years into his…

My Immigration story happened on October 2nd, 1916. My great great grandparents migrated from Mexico to the United States on that day. Franco is their last name. Both my grandparents were very young they were teenagers at the time this was happening. The story behind them migrating how it all came about is my great great grandpa he knew Poncho Villa he did work with him. Work that was very dangerous and scary Poncho Villa was a commander and was to be obeyed back then. My great great grandpa was…

San Francisco newspaper, there were public contributions of $200,000 that were donated to the pea pickers. However, Thompson was unhappy with the photographs because she didn’t receive any money and felt that they misrepresented her as a Dust Bowl “Okie” (522). At first glance, Migrant Mother might seem only as showing a family struggling to survive, but the photograph also shows a mother’s determination to provide for her family. It also shows that women are just as equally capable to…