Southern Literary Messenger

Society doesn’t worry about people with disabilities. Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, follows the theme of “sometimes people are born with disabilities, but it’s communities that handicap them.” Christopher is put in a school where he is not thought of to be as smart as some of the other students because of his disability. His dad disables him by telling him a bunch of big lies when he told Christopher to never lie. Mark Haddon disables Christopher just by…

"My Epic Hero" Every hero has had a life changing situation that has well, changed their life and created the type of person they are now. Whether it was a fight they lost, or won or someone they defeated or a journey it turned their whole life around. Their perspective on life was no longer the same. That is exactly what happened to the Greek hero Odysseus. Odysseus was not always a hero. He was just like any other commoner, he lived with his wife Penelope, and son Telemachos. Odysseus was the…

Jem’s perspectives In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird, Jem matures in many ways, one of these ways is his perspective of their neighbor Boo Radley. He starts out believing what most others believe going along with the fact that boo is a terrible monster. Jem is a young boy who wants to know everything and because of this throughout the start of the novel he will tell scout facts that he made up or tell rumors that he has heard, “he died years ago and they stuffed him up the chimney.” In…

Living in the south during times of racism was difficult for the people of Maycomb county. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and has 2 children named Jem and Scout. They learn many lessons about family, life and love while their father has to defend Tom Robinson during the trial. There are many themes that the author develops throughout the story. Some of these themes include hypocrisy, innocence and racism. Atticus illustrates the characteristics of bravery in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird by…

The short story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes and “The Six Rows Of Pompons” by Toshio Mori have a common theme which is with a good leader leads to responsibility. In both of the stories the to people that teach the two younger kids in the story how to be more responsible. In “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes the main character Roger Gets taught respect. A quote that shows he got taught responsibility is “The boy wanted to say something else other than “Thank you, m’am” to Mrs. Luella…

analysis on the influence that southern rock has had in the molding of white, southern identity. White supremacy and white privilege are among some of the most sensitive topics in America. While some are unwilling to admit they exist all together, others zone in on white privilege as an excuse. The line between the two is very difficult to navigate. In a time of high intensity race issues, is southern rock further perpetuating the divide we see in America? Southern rock music was both a…

The Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Southern Ocean Marine Organisms and the Ecosystem The Southern Ocean has changed slightly over the last thirty years (Constable, A.J, Melbourne-Thomas J, Corney S.P, et al. 2014). Modern society burn fossil fuels which cause a steady increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide combines with seawater producing carbonic acid and causes seawater to become more acidic, a process known as ocean acidification (Cooley S, Mathis J, Yates K.…

Perception is a thing a person can alter continuously throughout their lives. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee developed the theme of situation changed perception using the literary elements of characterization and conflicts. Harper Lee constructed her theme of situation molding perception through the literary device of characterization. A Specific example of this is seen in the dynamic characterization of Boo Radley. Boo Radley or simply Boo, was someone who “dined on raw…

Article Comparisons to Southern (1975) Article One The article “Detection of specific sequences among DNA fragments separated by gel electrophoresis” (1975) by E.M. Southern focuses on the way that the fragments of DNA can be transferred from agarose based gels to cellulose nitrate filters. Then fragments themselves are hybridized to active RNA. E.M. Southern’s main influences for the investigation were the studies of Smith and Wilcox (1970), and Kelly and Smith (1970), which showed that the…

“In all our lives, there is a fall from innocence. A time after which, we are never the same” Gordie LaChance. The more we scrutinize the actuality of the circumstances that surround us, one comes to realize that we are brimming with innocent points of view, understandings, and thoughts. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lee uses anthropomorphism, tone, and character development to convey that understanding the reality of situations can result in a loss of innocence,…