Tulsa

In Alice Walker’s novel, The Color Purple, black feminism is the main focus for women in the 1900s. Likewise, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou, is an autobiography on the struggles she personally went through in life. The constant segregation and bullying was hard on Angelou and this novel vividly illustrates the struggles. The themes are very similar and show how the struggles are ongoing and spread throughout the black society. God is a special person in both situations and is…

A Composition 1 Journey: E5 My first semester of college at Tulsa Community College has been an unbelievable learning experience, and much of my growth stemmed from the meticulous criteria in Composition I, which pushed me to work to the utmost and develop my composition skills. I have become not only a more prepared student but also a stronger writer, something that will be of critical use as I pursue my degree in dietetics, a field that requires strong writing skills. A dietician must…

that I believe in.” said Greg Wilhoit, who was proved innocence and was released in 1993 after spending five years on death row. Grey once had a happy family, but a tragedy changed his whole life. On June 1, 1985, Grey’s wife Kathy was murdered in Tulsa and Grey was changed with Kathy’s murder because of misjudgment. Although he is freed, his life has been totally changed — he not only lost 5 years of his life, the opportunity to bring his two daughters up, but also got physical and mental harm.…

Garth Brooks Flying from cables, dancing, strutting across the stage and, on occasion, smashing a guitar. Sounds like a crazy rock concert, right? These are all signs that Garth Brooks is putting on one of his famous shows. Brooks has a concert experience unlike any country artist of his generation. Garth Brooks has brought a new look and feel to country music, making his songs appeal to all ages and all fans. With a steady home, broad influence, and a willingness to put himself on the line,…

Part One: I come from a very small town outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma. My graduating class was close to one hundred kids. My town was very rural. We only had one stoplight up until this past year. I knew in second grade that I wanted to be a teacher. I occasionally would stray and look at other jobs, but I always came back to teaching. My mom is a high school Spanish teacher so I spent more time at the school than the normal kid. Most children would hate that. I, however, loved it. I would spend…

Organizations, such as Best Buy, need to objectively identify their strong points and determine how they can be used to react to the larger market. Michael Porter came up with three generic strategies to give businesses that competitive edge or advantage in their various product-markets. These are: (1) overall cost leadership; (2) differentiation; and (3) focus. “ Ormanidhi concurs and states that if firms pursue any of Porter‘s three recommended generic strategies, they will be able to…

Rider. The Ghost Rider will always have a special place in my heart, because of the people that I have met, and the turmoil that I have survived. In 2011 I experienced the largest fears that I could have ever dreamed of. I lost my place to live in Tulsa Oklahoma. I became one of those statistics that you hear so often in the National News. During this time of my life, I was placed in a homeless shelter, where I witnessed drug abuse, violence, and gang activity as part of everyday life.…

them to create an innovative PATH (prayer, attendance, tithes and offerings, and hospitable invitation), which continues today with nearly 1,100 members. The Metropolitan Baptist Church was established in 1917 by Rev. J.F. Kirsh in a small, North Tulsa house. In 1919, under Rev. J.W. Bryant, the church moved to a converted apartment building at 1018 North Lansing. Six years later, the church went bankrupt and the doors of the church were closed. In 1925, the…

Ta-Nehisi Coates ' an African American creator utilizes a dreary tone to address the difficulties impinging on the lives of American dark particularly prejudice, isolation, and homicide. Coates presents the book to his fourteen-year-old son in a type of a letter. Coates communicates his sentiment on reality about history and race taking after a progression of encounters to his child and the ones reading. As a young African-American male student, this book related to me in every way imaginable.…

The Outsiders story written by SE. Hinton takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma where there are two rival gangs. The Socs and the Greaser. The theme of the story “The Outsiders” is in the name of the book itself. The book’s name “Outsiders” is a theme itself, the characters feel as if they’re being treated like freaks and feel like outsiders. For example. that fact that they have to carry “switch-blades” everywhere they go gives the reader the impression that the Greasers are hated and can be jumped at…