Winnfield

Huey Pierce Long Jr., also known as The Kingfish, was born in Winnfield, Louisiana on August 30, 1893 (Jeansonne 1). At the age of seventeen, Huey was a traveling salesman from, Louisiana, to Texas, to Tennessee (Simkin 1). At the age of twenty- one, Long went to get his college education from Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. In 1918, Huey started practicing his law career in Shreveport, Louisiana. He presented small plaintiffs against large businesses (Life & Times 3). Long made a name for himself by taking a case against the biggest business in town. Even though the fortune was nice as an attorney, politics was his true passion (Life & Times 3). Long’s first splash into politics in 1918 when he won a seat on the Louisiana Road Commission, later known as the Public Service Commission (Life & Times 4). During this time,…

Willie Bester is a mixed media artist who was born near Cape Town in 1956 and grew up as a mixed race, or coloured person, during the times of Apartheid (“Willie Bester (1956 – ).”). He displayed elements of his artistic abilities during his childhood, and soon grew up to put his negativity about his segregated surroundings into artwork (“Willie Bester (1956 – ).”). One of his most powerful works is titled “Forced Removals”, which showcases the displacement of people due to segregation. The…

Also, I was able to qualify for the advanced level class at Winnfield Kindergarten School. Without the learning experience I had at head start I could not have achieve that feat. When the legitimacy of head start programs are in question, I use my story to dismiss the claims because I am an advocate for education. In 2014, I found the Student Coalition for Education Equality for my senior project. The purpose was to provide awareness about the growing inequality in the education field. Education…

formulate their own opinions of the Kingfish. With the context provided, if one could place Long on a spectrum with light being good and dark being evil, it seems that all but his biggest supporters would place him towards the darkest end of the spectrum. Yes, Long was a man of great ability, but at what cost? The author starts the biography by setting the scene of the time. Due to the recent abolition of slavery, Louisiana was in an economic crisis; there were large amounts of concentrated…

In Pulp Fiction, this hero is Jules Winnfield. Jules is called to adventure when Marcellus Wallace instructs him and Vincent to collect his briefcase from Brett’s apartment. Interestingly enough, this occurs before the film even begins, as we are first introduced to Jules and Vincent in-media-res as they make their way to the apartment. Usually the next stage is supernatural aid, where the hero receives help with their journey by some otherworldly force, but Tarantino chooses to switch this…

Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film, “Pulp Fiction,” is another film that applies classic crime fiction norms to a more believable and realistic world. This movie is a play on its title, which refers to sleazy, gritty, violent fiction that was originally printed on low-quality paper created out of wood pulp. The film features multiple segments focusing on three main characters: Vincent Vega, Butch Coolidge, and Jules Winnfield, who are all connected by a mobster named Marcellus Wallace. This film is…

Instead, it somehow is able to connect the lives of: mobsters, small-town criminals, and fringe players. Characters endure a series of awkward situations in which at least one person in every scene basically either dies or faces death. The scenes are so memorable I literally say at least three quotes from this movie often. The characters in this movie do such a marvelous job that they are unforgettable. After Jules Winnfield is nearly heartless and a huge badass throughout the movie in the end…

” and both describe the movie well. The movie is shapeless, being told non-linearly, and is a mass of pop culture references and imitation of movie genres. The movie is stylistically the latter definition by being rough around the edges through simple, low budget production, while being littered with adult themes and crass humour. However, the film uses it's identity as “pulp” in the best way, transforming crass jokes and genre imitation into a statement on film itself. Though the film consists…

films are soaked in blood, feeding off of people’s dark desires for destruction and mayhem. In connection with this, the films are also profanity-laden. All of Tarantino’s films portray gratuitous violence acts. Additionally, blades and guns play a significant role in Quentin Tarantino’s films. In all the films the major character must possess a blade or a gun and notably the character is not afraid of using it. Deaths resulting from violence as well as violence itself are the main approaches…

boxer, Butch, who double crossed Marsellus. However, he is only one of many different fully flushed out characters in the film. The film aims to explore these different characters in depth over it’s length. The film nearly disregards formal plot conventions in order to accomplish this. The stories are only loosely connected, told in a non-linear style, and without a real conflict. It would be difficult to even declare a single protagonist. The clear main character, Vince, is not someone you…