The setting of the story was set in Louisiana on Marshall Plantation. The plantation owner, Cajun was informed that a farmer by the name of Beau Boutan was murdered of front of another man’s home. Everyone immediately suspects Mathus killed Boutan, because Boutan lifeless body still was in Mathus yard. Cajun tried to say she killed Boutan to protect Mathus but no one believed her, especially Miss Merle. Cajun thinking quickly, ordered for seventeen older men to gather around Mathus yard. The men was told to bring shotguns with empty shotgun shells, to defend the crime scene. Known for his lynching Sheriff Fix arrived at the crime along with Sheriff Mapes. Sheriff Mapes sees Boutan dead, knowing its Sheriff Fix’s son, he quickly ordered for
Plot: Grant Wiggins, who is a school teacher, comes home from work and tries to avoid his aunt, Tante Lou, and his godmother, Miss Emma. He sneaks into his room but realizes that it would be rude to ignore them. He walks into the kitchen and they tell him to sit down. Miss Emma tells Grant to teach Jefferson not to be killed like a hog and to die like a man and with dignity. Now they must visit Henri Pichot, who is the son in law of the sheriff, to see if he can lower the charges and let Jefferson live
Now that the war is over, the south is stuck in a state of despair. Southerner’s land is less valuable, as is cotton. The south used to rest on the labor of slave, but now slavery is abolished. Although the south is in a dilemma, the north is helping to get the south back on its feet.
In “Sweet Home Alabama,” by Ronnie VanZant, it appears that at least four times, “you” refers to the State of Alabama. VanZant writes, “Sweet home Alabama / Lord, I’m coming home to you,” the “you” being the Southern state. The other two times, “you” could be referring to Neil Young, writer of “Alabama,” because VanZant’s song is a reply to Young’s. “Does your conscience bother you? / Tell the truth.” It could be assumed that VanZant is questioning Young.
A huddle of horns And a tinkle of glass A note Handed down from Marcus to Malcolm To a brother Too bad and too cool to give his name. Sometimes despair Makes the stoops shudder Sometimes there are endless depths of pain Singing a capella on street corners
The story is told by Mike Tidwell, a man who chooses to hitchhike down the Bayou, catching rides on stranger's boats who he has never met before. He started on his exciting journey, not knowing what would become of him. Relying on strangers kindness, and a great deal of luck. Throughout the book the author travels down the 'Baya', as the Cajun people call it, and meets many people of Cajun background who call this place their home. The Author's main purpose in writing this book is to share with the world the lifestyle of these Cajun people; and how their home is disappearing before their own eyes. He wants to call attention to the rising problem of the disappearing marshlands, with the intention of slowing down the
It is pretty poignant, yet honest to say that the hurricane Katrina has long derived an almost obsessional attention from Natasha writer. In “Beyond Katrina: A meditation of the Mississippi Gulf Coast”, Tretheway has purposely pictured the devastation scenario from witnesses’ narratives; hence her story could speak for many stories of people who are less visible, whom we cannot see struggling against the aftermath - the stories we may not know about how tenacious the return of Gulf Coast communities was from those tremendous sufferings they miserably faced up to.
The short but inspirational poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes addresses what happens to aspirations that are postponed or lost. The brief, mind provoking questions posed throughout the poem allow the readers to reflect--on the effects of delaying our dreams. In addition, the questions give indications about Hughes' views on deferred dreams.
The 1920s and 1930s were the years of the Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance. This period of the Roaring Twenties is said to have begun around the end of the war and lasted well until the Great Depression. Partially due to the migration of more and more African Americans into the north of the United States, the national literature, arts and music movement developed into something, until then, completely new and literary modernism spread further (Perkins and Perkins 212). The 1920s were a time of immense change, with women becoming eligible to vote, alcoholic beverages become prohibited to sell, and later on the crash of the stock market (Perkins and Perkins). With modernism and the invention of new things like the television, Americans
Before I explain my take on what "identity" means in Langston Hughes works, I would like explain a little about a man who happened to be one of the most recognizable names in African- American literature, and the struggle he faced – as a writer and mostly as an African American. A brief glimpse into our darkest days and description of his life and about him will help elucidate the background, and his style of writing. Jordan stated African Americans journey and identity in the Americans started on the wrong no “Over a period of more than three centuries, in the slave ships of the Middle Passage and the plantations of the American South, peoples from many nations of what is now called West and Central Africa, brought together under conditions of extreme brutality, reinvented themselves as one people and they renamed themselves ‘African’, ‘Coloured People’ and ‘Negro’. Later, from end of the nineteenth century to the first few decades of the twentieth century, mostly in northern urban centres of the USA, the descendants of the slaves reinvented themselves again, this time as the ‘New Negro’”(848-891).
In the poem “America” penned by Claude McKay in 1921, the speaker explains that even though America seems to be sucking the life out of him, and hates him, he still loves the country as it plunges itself towards certain death. The 1920’s were a very exciting time but also full of struggles. The recent invention of the automobile and subsequent lack of paved roads are a good example of an excitement and struggle, these struggles and excitements could help us determine the meaning of McKay’s interpretation of America. He sites many examples and gives his thoughts about American society, like how it treats its citizens, how it acts, and its dismal future. So, what does this poem mean when you discuss the life of an average 1920’s American?
With a motto like “Let the good times roll,” you already know that the state of Louisiana is more than just spicy food and mind-altering music. It’s a multicultural fusion of African, French and Spanish influence and inspiration. Friendly people, beautiful architecture, and some of Mother Nature’s most magnificent landscapes summon visitors to the state of Louisiana. Here is what you can look forward to in each region.
People in countries where a particular religion is entwined in the culture may brand their fellow citizens who adopt a different religion as traitors. Others outside that country may call them brainwashed. Wheatley was in this situation, and she tried to convince people that this wasn 't true. The poem "On Being Brought from Africa to America" illustrates this point.
In “America the beautiful” the author’s use of diction creates an uplifting spiritual tone in the poem.The author uses the same words “oh beautiful for…”focusing not on America's flaws but on the beauty. For instance the start of stanza 4 she writes “o beautiful 4 heroes proved in liberty strife who more than self her country loved and marymor than life”.She apads for the people who believe in freedom of america by sacrificing their lives for their
Tom and Huck want to find Injun Joe, because they know he has a map of treasures. They went to a run down ancient house and find him there with the map and he was looking for money. Injun Joe burned the map and found out that Tom was there when he killed Doc Robertson.Muff Porter was in bars and Tom went to talk to him. He said “Muff I know you did not do it because you would not kill a fly.” Muff said “I promise I did not do it.”That day the town had a trail to see if Muff was guilty. Injun Joe told the own judge that I saw Muff do it. But then Tom came to Muffs rescue and told the town judges what happened. He told them that I saw Injun Joe stab him five times. So that told them that Muff Porter was innocent. Tom and Becky that night went into a cave to check things out. They saw a lot of dead bodies down there and they were lost and found Injun Joe in their taking the treasures. Injun Joe wanted to kill Tom but Huck came to Tom’s rescue and saved him. Injun Joe took the treasures and fell into a gigantic hole and he died. The treasures were saved because Injun Joe took them out because it was too heavy for him. The whole town rejoiced because Tom killed Injun Joe and that the
In Langston Hughes’ “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” used rivers to describe African American people and I agree he described them to be equal, using metaphors, similes, and allusions. Langston Hughes wrote this poem in 1921 when racial issues between Caucasian and African American people were a significant problem. The poem is written in “free verse” and uses anaphora to give the reader the effect that he is the one telling the poem. The poem gives the reader the understanding that African American people have been around for as long as Caucasian people and are equally intelligent. The rivers give us a great meaning to the history of African American people and the narrator has known their struggle. There is a feeling of death towards the end of the poem. This gives the reader the impression that we are still struggling to be equal and it has withered him until his death.