Southern American English

The main purpose of Jehlen’s article “Faulkner’s Fiction and Southern Society” is to discuss how Faulkner viewed the South and how it affected his writing, particularly in the stories set in Yoknapatawpha. It states that these stories are “tense with extreme, unresolvable contradictions,” and contends that these are “neither temperamental nor linguistic in origin but expressed [Faulkner’s] profoundly discordant view of Southern life.” It opens with a quote from Faulkner’s Intruder in the Dust…

This weeks reading takes a look at two specific ways in which globalization has shaped the American South by charting shifts in the demography and the economy. Raymond Mohl's Globalization, Latinization, and the Nuevo New South looks into the demographic changes of the region brought by shifting migration patterns in the 1980s and the willingness of companies to secure a low cost labor force has since culminated in a shift the black and white binary of the South into an ethnic plurality with the…

I was busily working at school on a Friday when I heard some stunning news: the President of the United States, Barack Obama, would be coming to my hometown, Kotzebue, Alaska. “Have you heard Obama is coming to Kotzebue in a few weeks?” asked Mr. Gindt. My class and I were informed about the surprising news from my lively teacher during class and thought he was messing around cause he’s the type who jokes about things a lot. I didn’t think it could be true because I couldn't picture Obama being…

Marian Anderson was born on February 27, 1897, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to her parents Annie Rucker, and John Anderson. Her father sold ice and coal in downtown Philadelphia at the Reading Terminal, and eventually opened a small liquor business, prior to their marriage Marian's mother briefly attended Virginia Seminary and College in Lynchburg, Virginia. Marian’s parents were devoted Christians, her aunt would take Marian to concerts at the YMCA, local churches, and other community music…

Why is the Ku Klux Klan losing Popularity? The Ku Klux Klan, a group started by Confederate veterans in 1866, designed around extremist beliefs and bigotry. At one point had peaked 4 million members back in the 1920’s and more people backing up the beliefs. With cone-headed white robes as their signature style. Leading into may movements such as the march on Washington in 1925 with more than 50 thousand members. But now today has a minuscule 3000 members and is still declining. With it used to…

Running head: THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MURDER 1 PAGE 6 THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MURDER The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Murder William D. Rolle Keiser University ? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Murder Abstract ???????? ?On 4th April in the year 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to his death by an assassin sniper. On the evening of that fateful day, Dr. King was murdered while standing on the Lorraine Motel balcony in Memphis Tennessee. The suspected assassin…

In 1997’s film "Soul Food," I was excited to see a movie that didn't represent an American family by typical ruins. "Soul Food" is a triumph because it never loses sight of the importance of family, even as its family members transgress and quarrel. The storyline focuses on the lasting influence of the family matriarch (played wonderfully by Irma P. Hall), Big Mama. Her kindhearted and wise soul holds the family together. When she dies due to complications of diabetes, her daughters must…

William Faulkner experienced firsthand how the South desperately tries to hold onto the past. And that kind of refusal for change is seen in “A Rose for Emily”. According to the biography of Faulkner from the Nobel Peace Prize website most of Faulkner’s works have the central “theme [of] the decay of the old South”. And most of his works are all connected through being set in the made-up county of Yoknapatawpha. Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” is also set in this county and it similarly deals with…

If Skeeter’s plan is carried out then it is most likely she will become a pariah in her community, and at the head of it all will definitely be Hilly. From what has been demonstrated so far about Hilly and her personality, it seems like she would be the one spreading lies about things that Skeeter supposedly did or that Skeeter is in some way in cahoots with the help. Hilly’s conniving behavior was already illustrated when she bad-mouthed Minnie into not getting work, as described in this quote;…

The main problem which causes the most damage to the Blue whale’s population comes from whaling. Blue whales and other species of whales all weigh tons, meaning they can provide enormous amounts of meat, blubber, skin and other body parts with a single catch. It is believed that an average sized whale contains “152 tons of more or less edible material” and with some calculations, a single whale can provide “604,000 people [with a] single meal” (Nessen 1), and this excluding the other benefits…