Piney Woods

Survival of the Fittest in Literature When many think of the term ‘survival of the fittest,’ the image of a violent struggle comes to mind, of which the strongest opponent survives. While this is an example of the concept, it does not define it. Being the ‘fittest’ can mean being the smartest, best camouflaged, or even most cooperative. This explains how some species, such as humans, have stopped growing in size and instead grow intellectually. Furthermore, both Bret Harte’s “The Outcasts…

Name: Kathlene Flebbe Period:7 Title of your two books: The Hunger Games/Catching Fire Suzanne Collins is the writer of The Hunger Games series which is an international best seller. Suzanne Collins worked writing children's TV shows and has been nominated for a WGA award in animation. The Hunger Games and Catching Fire are about the terrible future society that takes place on a piece of land once known as North America.The Capitol tries to keep its people from rebelling by sending them into…

prevented with the invention of a specific type of technology that did not exist during the time frame in which the story took place. Although it may seem nonsensical, the technology that could have saved the lives of “The Duchess,” “Mother Shipton,” and “Piney” is TV dinners. The marvelous invention that goes by the name of “the TV dinner” was invented in the year of 1945 by Maxon Food Systems, Inc.; the first TV dinners were called “Strato-Plates.” Fascinatingly,…

With its piney woods in the East, it's four hundred miles of coastline, the Rio Grand Valley, West Texas desert, and Hill Country, Texas is one of the most geographically diverse state in the union. It has something for everyone. And although many Texans complain about…

Being able to have the feeling that no else is around and that you are in your own world gives you time to think through things in your life and give you time to really enjoy what nature has to offer. Smelling the flowery, piney, sweet scent that surrounded me gave me a feeling of home, a feeling of calmness from the world around me, and a sense of security of everything is perfect in life at that moment in time. “Nature never wears a mean appearance.” This quote helps describe…

When I hike, I’m fairly oblivious of the people around me. I tend to walk faster than them and am usually completely engrossed in my natural surroundings. The noises and, quite often, the pure silence of the woods is a mesmerizing. At every switchback, we would hit a vista. The trees would part and we would stand on precarious rock formations, looking over an undulating abyss of green, pressed onto a bluebird background. Occasionally, in the far off distance…

I am a native of Ethiopia. The environment I lived in was pessimistic. I grew up holding back on my dreams and not being the best I can be. As I progressed in school, I was always told that I could not make it and that I was weak. Girls do not have that much value in my society; therefore, I was told I had no power and I could not achieve what I sought. I went to a predominately male school. My school had ample opportunities for the majority of the students, but not for me since I am a girl. I…

and nonfictional books and articles. Writing the historical book wasn’t easy but her journalist skills came in handy and helped her unearth what transpired in the detention camps. Jan Russell was born in Texas and grew up in small towns in the piney woods east of Texas. The detention camp she writes about in the “The Train To Crystal City” was located in Texas and her Texas origin might have contributed to her knowledge about the camp. Her mother was an elementary school teacher while her father…

Jack Walsh once said “before you are a leader success is about growing yourself. When you become a leader success is about growing others”. As a young child my mother was a vocational agriculture teacher, as her job progressed she grew many of today’s leaders and she also took pride in her young saplings and grew them into the outstanding people of today. When it was my turn to be in ag classes I took this opportunity and joined her leadership and career development teams that she trained, I…

Prisoner Exchange Program and America’s Only Family Internment Camp During World War II.” A little about the person behind the overflowing story was Jan Jarboe Russell. Russell was born in Beaumont, Texas and was raised in a small city in the Piney Woods of East Texas. Her dad was a preacher of music in many Southern Baptist ministries and in later years he had an additional job as a social employee. Her…