Pointe du Hoc

In Daphne Du Maurier’s novel, Rebecca, manipulation, deceit, and dishonesty lead to deception. Mrs. Danvers, the housemaid of Manderley, manipulates Mrs. de Winter into dressing up just as Rebecca had the year prior, which threatens her marriage to Maxim. Rebecca was the epitome of deceit during her time spent at Manderley. She lied about sneaking around with other men, including her cousin, and was pregnant with another man’s baby. Mr. de Winter was dishonest with Mrs. de Winter about his past…

Palms sweating, heart racing, blanket clenching. Have you experienced this chilling feeling before? Every person has a limit to their willingness to watch horror films. Some people get a thrill out of watching horror films while others avoid the experience altogether. Humans try to eliminate fear from their lives, but fear in moderation is beneficial. While fear is often an emotion people tend to avoid, some actually embrace it as a result of fear creating feelings of joy and a rush. Fear…

Burghardt Du Bois was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on February 23, 1868. As a descendant of African- American, French, and Dutch ancestors, he proved his intellectual gifts at an early age. Du Bois was printed in the community’s newspaper by the age of 14. As the only black kid in his class of 12 students, he graduated from high school as valedictorian at the age of 16. Shortly after his graduation, Du Bois became an orphan which forced him to fund his own college education. Du Bois…

Did you know that Ellis Bell, the author of one of the greatest love stories ever told, Wuthering Heights, was actually a female who used this pen name as a cover up? Emily Bronte wrote the book under a masculine name because in the late 1800’s it was frowned upon for women to exceed through any form of entertainment. The 1920’s are noted to be a turnaround for females who aspired to write and publish novels. The “Roaring Twenties” was a significant transition in American entertainment because…

During the Fall semester of the 2015, I was a part of Dr. Charles Tita’s African American Literature class. Originally, I took the class to fill up my credit hours as well fulfill a prerequisite for my major. The first day of class was like many others and I believed this would be just another “read and respond” class. As the semester moved along, I quickly realized that this class would not be like the others but instead be something new and different. Unlike other classes where professors…

"The Harlem Renaissance": Influence on The Black community. The 1900s in are seen as one of the most time periods in U.S. History ever, from the Wright brothers constructing the first airplane to the first movie theater. it was especially meaningful for the African American People, numerous events took place during the 1900s that changed black culture, but the most influential of them all was the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was a culmination of change in attitude and a shift…

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois’s revivalry changed what was going to happen with equality in society. Both agreed that they could do something to help with African Americans but that was where there different thoughts and philosophies came in. Their rivalry was caused because of their two completely different views on African Americans in their society. Washington thought that African Americans needed to create opportunities while as DuBois thought that it was all about education.…

Exploring African-American Culture: The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance started in 1920, in Harlem, New York. The Harlem Renaissance created a big uproar of the African American Culture when they emigrated from the south to north. It expressed the African American culture and brought it alive. The Harlem Renaissance unified other races, making African American culture, a trend. The Harlem Renaissance contributed to the growth of the emerging African American culture in the post slavery…

American writer and activist W.E.B. DuBois intersected his definition of “color line” with decolonization as seen in this volume. The concept of the color-line refers essentially to the role that society generally plays in race and racism in history. Du Bois examines and incorporates questions of race and…

The progressive era in America was a time for moving forward and updating time worn ways. Starting in 1890, the progressive era spanned 30 years and ended in 1920. The progressive era was supported mostly by middle and upper class citizens because the reforms were not reared toward citizens whose main priority was trying to support their family, such as immigrants or the urban poor. The reformers were more aimed to fixing the issues in the government. Issues such as corruption and bribery were…