Scott Westerfeld

execute an attack from there. General Scott did not see it this way, and found a way to exploit this weakness. This attack resulted in over one thousand casualties from the Mexican army. Scott also positioned troops on the rear position of the Mexican encampment which prevented troops from escaping to Jalapa. Over three thousand Mexican soldiers were captured that day and Santa Anna almost lost his life. This battle would be know as what cleared the path for Scott 's troops to the heart of…

Mary Todd Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln’s wife, would often write letters to the President who was located in Washington D.C. at the time. He was a busy man, of course, dealing his role in the government. During a time in 1862, Mary wrote him about many different things, which included topics that were both political and personal. This letter written to him in November of 1862 offers insight to not only their relationship as husband and wife, but as the President and the First Lady. As a…

Men: Can You Trust Them? In the novel Saving Grace, the author Lee Smith traces the spiritual journey of a young girl named Florida Grace Shepherd, or simply Grace. She is the eleventh child born to her father, Reverend Virgil Shepherd and his third wife, Fannie Flowers. Grace’s mother called her the ‘worrywart child’ (Smith 3). She loved her parents, but she did not like Jesus because He made them travel all the time, “And I actually hated Him when He made us take up traveling in His name,…

Do you really know the difference between rich and poor? Some cannot even imagine that the rich man can spend a year income of a poor man, on one toy. Well these are difference in our society that the author Toni Cade Bambara, wants the reader and character in the short story called The Lesson to realize. “Her short stories best capture people struggling in a day-to-day existence, trying to survive in society, but doing it together. Capitalistic society is what Bambara’s characters are fighting…

pregnant, planning to name her unborn son, Connor. The death of Laci Peterson is presumed to have been taken place on December 24, 2002. Scott Peterson was convicted for the murders of his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, 27, and their unborn son, Connor. He was convicted of first degree murder for the death of Laci and Second degree murder for the death of Connor). Scott Peterson is currently on death row by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, CA. In addition, ordered to…

Analysis of Image as Text Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane was a smashing success at the box office and is hailed as one of the greatest movies of all time. Though it did not win best picture, it has shown to be one of the strongest movies both in content and visual quality. In contrast, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner did not rise to fame until after it was on cable. However, there is a strong link between the two films. Citizen Kane utilizes camera angles to symbolize power and weakness. The power…

from genre. The novel experienced a lot of experimentation in this period, Scott’s Waverley being the bestselling example of this . The combination of a National tale and one of the first uses of the historical novel genres together worked allowed Scott to consider political and social issues of the day through the medium of the socio-political battles and debates of a previous era—sixty years since. Comparatively, Byron’s poetical piece-de-resistance Don Juan, published periodically, branches…

What is Reality TV? Well, it is television programs in which real people are continuously filmed, designed to be entertaining rather than informative. It is based on the real-life situation and supposedly unscripted shows. Reality TV is not new, it has existed since 1989 however, in recent years it has become overly popular. Television has both effects on American culture, it can be positive and negative depends on how people visualize. Reality television is entertainment it makes viewers forget…

Because Scott Joplin grew up in a musical family he was already exposed to the magic of music and how it made people feel inside. Scott Joplin was born on April 1, 1897 with African American parents. He was known as the “King of Ragtime Writers” for his talent of composing ragtime music that all loved. Because his family was musically talented, some would say that he was born with a little something extra when composing his music. His mother sang for a banjo singer and player and his father…

The movie Black Hawk Down takes place on October 3rd and 4th of 1993. This film displays a life threatening mission that the U.S. Army Rangers try to overcome. The mission is called to capture two Somalian war lords. Once the mission starts disaster is brought upon from the beginning of the battle to the end. Within the movie, Black Hawk Down, you follow the character of Sgt. Eversman, who leads The Ranger unit Chalk Four into the first crash cite of the Black Hawk Chopper. Although most of…