The Blackbird

It was a snowy day on February 7, 1964 as the plane touched down at JFK airport in New York City. The Beatles had arrived in America to perform on the Ed Sullivan Show. More than one third of United States population had gathered round their black and white television sets to see this band from England. Unfortunately, two University of Mississippi students heading back to campus, one Cecil Brown, and his roommate came to the sudden realization that they would miss the show. The pair, both…

but also its fragility and its need to be protected, not poisoned. To substantiate that the pesticide is as deadly towards the birds as she claims, Carson specifies the disturbing death count from one pesticide application: “65,000 red-winged blackbirds and starlings.” By articulating the precise details of the deaths, she transforms the magnitude of…

song was originally called Hey Jules and was for John’s son Julian because john and Cynthia were getting a divorce and john was dating Yoko Ono. The White Album was the eleventh album. Ob La Di Ob La Da was by the first song on the album by Paul. Blackbird was another song by Paul and he said it was about supporting the civil rights movement in the United States. Birthday was a song Paul wrote for Linda his Girlfriend at the time. Helter Skelter was song where Paul tried to be more like john…

February 20th, 1959, also known as “Black Friday” was the day the short lived Avro Arrow project came to an end. The Avro Arrow was a supersonic interceptor fighter jet which was Canada’s deterrent to the Cold War threat from Russia attacking the North American continent. The cancellation of the Avro Arrow, 59 years later remains a controversial topic today, as the Canadian government had a short term view versus a long-term horizon. Even though, the aircraft was far superior to enemy countries,…

Hollis Stabler insisted he was not a hero but simply an Omaha man and a soldier with stories to share. His account of his life and experiences in World War II adds humanity to the battles and campaigns of North Africa and Italy and honors the memories of his fallen comrades. Throughout his narrative, Stabler highlight the racial and class significance of family and belonging through the Omaha clan system and his encounters with orphaned and abandoned individuals. The significance of family and…

Comparison between “The Black Lace Fan my Mother Gave me” and “An Amish rug” Eavan Boland and Michael Longley “The Black Lace Fan my Mother Gave me” and “An Amish rug”, by Eavan Boland and Michael Longley respectively, both revolve around the common themes of love as well as the sentimental bonds that tie family together. On the one hand, through “An Amish rug”, the poet imparts the simplicity of love: Michael Longley appears to be writing to his wife, for his wife. Through the poem and the…

Lynyrd Skynyrd was the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a rebellious Southern image and a hard rock swagger. Skynyrd never relied on the jazzy improvisations of the Allman Brothers. Instead, they were a hard-living, hard-driving rock & roll band -- they may have jammed endlessly on-stage, but their music remained firmly entrenched in blues, rock, and country. For many, Lynyrd Skynyrd's redneck image tended to obscure the songwriting skills of their…

(2004), author, Manson believed that the singing group, the Beatles, were mentioned in the Bible and had secret messages that only he could decipher (pp. 26). An article sponsored by A+E Network (2010) states that Manson believed the Beatles song “Blackbird” was a prediction of a race war and another Beatles song “Helter Skelter” was the name of the actual war. He believed that his family could escape the race war by living underground at Death Valley. Instead of waiting for the race war to…

Trains and Hobos: Behind the Scenes of the Great Depression Walter Ballard once said, “There was so many people on it, it looked like blackbirds,” when he was talking about a train as he was train hopping (Ganzel). Many people who had nothing and wanted to start over became hobos (Ganzel). Throughout the Great Depression, many hobos relied on trains, so they didn’t have to walk to other towns. During the Great Depression, trains were used for transportation and provided jobs to many people, but…

Manson’s abuse contributes further to the eventual mass murderer Manson became. Knight indicates that if an individual suffered physical, mental, or emotional abused as a child, they three times more likely to be an aggressive adult. The hypothesis also exists that when someone is raped/ abused, the adolescent looks to an authority figure for assistance. When they receive none, they believe they hold no clout over their situation, and this portrays a possible link to serial killing, so that…