Sundown

Pecola, yet she calls Mrs. Breedlove “Polly,” when, as Claudia notes, “even Pecola called her mother Mrs. Breedlove” (Morrison 108). Morrison describes Mrs. Breedlove’s careful soothing of the “little pink-and-yellow girl” as “honey,” complimenting a “sundown spilling on the lake” (Morrison 109). The relationship between Mrs. Breedlove’s passivity and the white girls’ still, blue eyes is presented as naturally as pink and yellow marking the sunset. Throughout the book, blue eyes are shown to…

legalized and institutionalization of racism and segregation. The FHA supported individuals and companies to discriminate against African Americans and pre-qualified suburban whites as they were considered to be “better credit risks.” In his 2006 book Sundown Towns, James Loewen states that FHA publications imply that different races should not share neighborhoods. The Slum and the Ghetto: Neighborhood Deterioration and Middle-Class Reform, Chicago, 1880–1930. By Thomas Lee Philpott presents…

As music became more popular in the United States, musicians began to fuse different styles of music to compose something unique. During the late 1800’s, musicians began to combine several styles together, this included Gospel music, March music, and African American dance styles like the Cakewalk and the two-step along with syncopation. This style was given a new genre called Ragtime. Ragtime music became widely popular in the United States around 1890’s through the 1900’s and was a precursor…

United States. Prior to the Civil War in the southern states (which declared themselves as the Confederate states when they separated from the United States) there were lands that included laborious work and the slaves would do the labor from sunup to sundown. The Confederate states desired to have more slave states and they declared secession from the United States. The Union noticed the Confederate states as a threat and a group of rebels who wanted more power but, the Union wanted balance and…

The economy today is made up of competition between many businesses. The level of competition between these business is determined by the market structure it’s shaped in. Each competition can be described through one of five market structures: pure competition, monopolistic competition, monopoly, oligopoly, and monopsony. The market structure a business is placed in depends on the amount of buyers and sellers in the market. The novel “The Grapes of Wrath” perfectly illustrates each one of these…

permission inside. He becomes absorbed by his restrictions in the community and asks why he is trapped in his position and why he can’t do what he wants. He believes that this system of having others pick his position is flawed and unfair. One night at sundown, the community awaits the runners at the gate of the maze afraid they won’t make it back before it closes. As the gate is closing, one of the runners is seen…

Snake Island My time on Snake Island has been spent counting food, trading for resources and scavenging the safe parts of the island for food and water. My character is Physical Education Major Rachael Michaelis. My character does not like Utilitarianism. Therefore, I believe it is important for minority groups to be represented equally in the decision making process. I am cooperative, sensible and I tend to keep to myself. Unfortunately, I suffer from a severe concussion from the plane crash.…

Many people own brand name items, but when looking at where it was made, few to none ever thought about the workers and how much they are getting paid for making these products. Low wages have been a big problem for a while now in third world countries. For many years, because of low wage, workers from these nations do not have enough to support their families, children under eighteen are forced to work instead of learn, and health care is almost nonexistent. Although they work hard daily, the…

However, a faint touch of color returned to his face while Fleur remained white as a ghost and no amount of fluid seemed to dampen her chapped lips. And these stupid treatments. Nothing worked! Her coughs rattled her frame. Percival spent the morning boiling water, washing linens, making new poultices, and wiping the sweat from Rion and Fleur’s body. Before midday, Rion’s fever broke, and he sat up, weak, but lucid. “Father… What happened?” Percival took a seat on the bed. “You and Fleur…

Immediately after the two explosions that occurred around 3pm on April 15th 2013, an investigation was launched that included more than 1,000 law enforcement officials. By sundown on April 18th of investigation a surveillance image of both Tsarnaev brothers was released. Later that night Sean Collier, who was a 27-year-old MIT campus police officer was shot six times and killed while in his patrol car. The brothers then hijacked…