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Reporter and author, H.L. Mencken, in his essay, “The Hills of Zion,” recounts a trial In Dayton Tennessee and his experiences there with the townspeople. The trial involved the state and a substitute teacher named Mr.Scopes who was accused of violating a law at that time prohibiting any teachings of evolution.This is the reason he wrote “The Hills of Zion”. This trial is why H.L. Mencken went to Tennessee; he had to cover it. Mencken’s purpose was to convey coverage that was biased against the…

The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter Reflection #1 p. 1-113 ( Beginning of text through a dangerous adventure) Answer these questions (Just copy the questions onto a word document and insert your answers as you read, should take 2-3 pages double spaced, 12 pt times new roman font, 1 inch margins) The Way  Grandpa talks twice about “the Way”- once in regards to hunting and once in regards to honeybees. What are the principles involved in “the Way” and what happens to…

The story of Temple Drake, a young southern girl within the town of Memphis is the image of purity and sainthood that is corrupted by a dramatic event of the “corncob rape” followed by the slow creep into insanity or could be view as a release from the restrains of Southern society norms at the time. The idea that William Faulkner tries to show within his book of Sanctuary is the original sin that lives in all of us as humans. We as humans are easily corruptible and fall into the darkness of…

[2] Five years after hooks’ published her essay, artist Kara Walker’s etching “Untitled (John Brown)” expands the essay’s ideas to apply to more mediums than simply cinema. Walker’s piece is a physical embodiment of the very skepticism hooks has theorized. The seemingly unfinished sketch is her take on the moment when radical white abolitionist John Brown is being led to his execution for leading the infamous Harper’s Ferry raid. A famous lithograph that was distributed throughout the nation…

in reality, Dolphus drinks not alcohol, but merely coca-cola. He confesses this to Scout: “Secretly, Miss Finch, I’m not much of a drinker, but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live” (Lee 200-201). This shows that what is most outwardly transparent and unlikable in a character may truly be interesting and good-natured. In Maycomb’s society, white men do not usually associate with colored people, let alone live with them. The fact…

amazing performance if he’s covered in 15 layers of the thickest blue makeup you’ll ever see. For example, take a look at Ronan the Accuser from Guardians of the Galaxy. While Guardians of the Galaxy was a smash hit, it’s villain was shockingly bad. Lee Pace, the actor of Ronan, is a talented actor with lots of potential. But, all that potential gets thrown away when you can’t even recognize him. All of the makeup on Pace’s face ruins his performance, and takes away from the otherwise great…

Shades of OutrageIda B. Wells, a brave journalist in a troubling time, wrote “Southern Horrors: Lynch Lawsin All Its Phases” and “A Red Record” to illustrate the unjust lynching of African Americans in the south. In these pieces, Wells uses an objective tone and indisputable evidence to argue against the unjust and brutal practice of lynching African American men for any crimes, proven or otherwise. Horrifyingly, in several cases, there is no crime involved at all. In her arguments, she uses…

IKWTCBS Essay Adversity, a word that simply means bad luck or a bad situation. Imagine being an eight year old African American girl living in the south in the year of 1969, that alone is a bad situation. In the novel I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings written by Maya Angelou, Marguerite Ann Johnson is the eight year old girl that goes through countless hardships. She was moved from Arkansas to Missouri, to multiple cities in California, from living with her grandma to her mother then to her…

In the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird, we are introduced to the sleepy yet racist town of Maycomb, Alabama. It’s here that author Harper Lee explores topics such as race, gender, and class discrimination through the eyes of a child. It’s also here that our Narrator Scout Finch is taught various lessons about theses forms of discrimination. Along with these topics, there is also a lot of prejudice against certain characters like Boo Radley and Tom Robinson that greatly affect other characters…

In the first 55 pages of Blindness, I believe the the loss of the thief’s sight does not change the thief’s sense of self at all. The thief is the first person who contracts the white blindness, as he was the first person to directly interact with the blind man. At first, the thief seems like a good Samaritan, as he is the only one to volunteer to drive the blind home and help the blind man get into his house. He even offers to look after and keep the blind man company until his wife comes home,…