Redneck

would say something dumb; the typical things people go through. My family finally found a church they liked after a while that is just down the road from my grandparent’s shop. It is in a town called Oak Grove, very tight knit, southern, but not too redneck; it is basically the perfect mix between city and country. You really have to see it to get the full effect. According to ProCon.org, the majority of Baptist churches agree on a few main points, so the teaching did not vary by much. The Bible…

Prohibition, many rednecks would argue this was one of the most unintelligent moments in American history. The same is true in this age for hipsters and marijuana, and as the saying goes history has a way of repeating itself. Then there were speakeasies and bootleggers, today there is trap houses and drug dealers. Crime spread to all time highs in the 1920s introducing gangsters such as Al Capone. In time America finally wised up, corrected their mistakes and ended Prohibition. America realized…

When the book opens we are given visualization into futuristic Appalachia, now known as District 12. It is nicknamed The Seam, a town of cinder streets with squat gray houses. The men and women are mostly coal miners. The district was recently stricken by a mining explosion which took the life of the main character, Katniss’s, father. With District 12 in a food shortage the main mean for food is illegal hunting done by Katniss, and her best friend, Gale. This comparison of the…

“I don’t like books, they’re all fact, no heart” -Stephen Colbert. As ironic as this quote may seem it is another example of Stephen Colbert’s comedic style, thick satire. “I Am America (And So Can You!)” is another fantastic presentation of Colbert’s conservative capitalist character already shown on the Colbert Report. The book addresses issues that Americans face as adults and current issues facing the nation, plus a note to the future. All these issues are taken on with humor and satire…

improvisations of the Allman Brothers. Instead, they were a hard-living, hard-driving rock & roll band -- they may have jammed endlessly on-stage, but their music remained firmly entrenched in blues, rock, and country. For many, Lynyrd Skynyrd's redneck image tended to obscure the songwriting skills of their leader, Ronnie Van Zant. Throughout the band's early records, Van Zant demonstrated a knack for lyrical detail and a down-to-earth honesty that had more in common with country than rock &…

the course now, shall we? First we have the Corn Hole toss, where you must at least hit the board to move on. The next is the Rodeo Ring, in which you most take the stick horse and ride around the ring 3 times. And last but not least we have the Redneck Round-Up, where you have to lasso on of the fake bulls. First contestant to complete the Course of Country wins! On your marks, get set,…

Introduction Through the exercise done in class I found that I am a person who is more likely to collaborate with an individual during a conflict. I believe this to be pertinent to the way that I see myself when conflicted. My back up is accommodation, which is something that I see myself doing more often now that I have chosen a path of policing. I think that both of these reflect exceptionally on the way that I handle conflicts throughout my life. Being a police officer means having the…

Analysis of “NASCAR Goes Green?” In the intern of Earth Island Journal, Natale Servino’s article, “NASCAR Goes Green?”, she opens with a description of most Southern Rednecks dreams. She gives the description of NASCAR being “an endless stream of RV’s at a standstill, waiting to fill dirt parking lots. People congregating around barbecue grills, drink a few cold ones, and talk strategy” (Servino). Being from the south myself, I can relate to this scenario. In the article, Ms. Servino brings to…

The Real Latino Life of the Ghetto Although the stories Diaz’s are fictionalized the experiences and circumstances he writes about are authentic. Latinos in neighborhoods all over the world experience the hardships and struggles that Diaz’s characters face in his stories. These characters, like real people are molded and impacted by the issues surrounding them. The dangers of the “mean” streets, the exposure to drugs, the everyday struggles of Latino families and the use of particular language…

Flannery o Connor is a very well-known author of many short stories and is considered one of the greatest fictional writers. Born in Georgia in the savannah area, she then moved to Milledgeville to start her writing career at GCSU. Growing up in the south she was around a lot of the racism and discrimination during that time period. These stories that I have chosen which are “The Artificial Nigger” which is about Mr. Nelson a guy visiting Georgia with one other person and he is very surprised…