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jennings farm the mistress did not believe in slavery and was always looking out for the slaves on the plantation.One night Obi, jason and Easter were asleep, when the master’s mistress martha rushed in ,”They’re selling the farm and they’re selling all y’all.”We’re getting away from this war if we can “.Obi thought to himself with no doubt in his mind we had to escape now.Easter,the only one who spoke as they all stood in shock, asked, “We be sold together?”the mistress shook her head.”Dont be…

the Logans for ditching him as a friend. He ends up getting framed for stealing a gun. This is a clear example of how revenge only escalates the problem. For example, on page 194 in Roll Of Thunder, Hear my Cry T.J. says,”Got me better friends than y’all! They give me things and treat me like I’m a man and… and they White too…” That is where T.J. tries to get even with the Logans. If you skip to pages 245-248 T.J. explains how his White “friends” got him framed for stealing a gun, and…

Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God is a novel following a woman’s struggle to find true love. The woman - Janie - fails on her first two attempts, ending one marriage by her leaving her spouse (Logan) for the next (Joe) once she finds she cannot bring herself to love him, and leaving Joe upon his death, though she did not mourn for long. Janie’s third marriage, however, was successful, only to be cut short by the death of her spouse, Tea Cake, at the hands of a mad dog’s bite.…

Research Paper Over the past forty years, hip-hop has emerged as one of the biggest contributors to American culture. American youth today use hip-hop music to voice the social, political, economic, and cultural conditions in their lives. Hip-hop today also reflects its origin from working-class African-Americans in New York City, and continues to serve as the voice of these people. As the popularity of hip-hop has grown, its marketability has also risen. This paper will discuss how hip-hop has…

Ruby returns with fresh coffee and a tiny birthday cake crowned with two large candles in the shape of fives. After she lit them, she and Clemmy Sue sang the Birthday song. As soon as Estelle Louise blows out the candles and wishes her wish, Ruby removes the smoking candles, and saunters back to the kitchen. A while later Ruby reappearances and asks if they were ready to meet Miss Ta Rot. Nervously they nod yes, and follow Ruby to a booth in the back of the Diner were Beth sits. When…

Autoethnography According to Francoise Lionnet, the word autoethnography is defined as the “defining of one’s subjective ethnicity as mediated through language, history and ethnogeographical analysis.” More simply put, it is the lens or perspective through which we see the world. People have many different understandings of the word location. The Urban Dictionary tells us location means a particular place or position. In my experience, location is cannot be defined by place, but…

the country to Lancaster, California to visit our grandmother. This was the first time I had been to California or anywhere on the west coast of the U.S and I must say it was an interesting trip. The phone calls were never-ending. “How far away are y’all baby?” my grandmother would ask as if she was in a hurry of some sort. “Well we’ve just made it to New Mexico grandma. Is everything okay?” “Oh yes, yes indeed everything is fine, I’m just ready to see my grandbabies!” I could tell from her…

smelled the restaurant and it smelled like a baby getting baby powder on his butt. So, we went in there it was like 2 people there and they were arguing that the food was over cooked. They argued for like 30 minutes. So, Noah went in there and said y'all ready for this. The two customers were looking at him like he just killed somebody. When they were about to say something in like 2 seconds a plate of food was in their mouth. The two clowns. That’s their name. Noah just found out. But the 2…

What if I told you I’d give you five one dollar bills if you give me a five dollar bill, would you do it? [Pulls out pennies] What about now, who is willing to change these 500 pennies for 5 dollars? Background & Audience Relevance: I know most of y’all cringed at the idea of pennies being exchanged for a 5 dollar bill despite it being the same amount of money. Speaker Credibility: To me, making this deal would have been the most amazing thing that’s ever happened to me, but to you, despite…

Hushpuppy links the changes in atmosphere to the teaching she has received from her teacher Miss Bathsheba on global warming and natural selection. She remembers her teacher saying, “Y'all better learn how to survive, now...” (Beasts of the Southern Wild) so she adapts to the changes in the environment. Hushpuppy does not listen to her father when he asked her to leave when the doctor gives him the results of his diagnosis. Hushpuppy…