Midnight Train to Georgia

The first text is a song, ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’, written by Jim Weatherly and performed by Gladys Knight and the Pips in 1973. The story told in the song concerns a decision, made by the persona, to follow her boyfriend back to Georgia after failing his dream to become a musician in Los Angeles. Midnight Train to Georgia shows examples of going into the world when the persona’s boyfriend is leaving and she goes with him for the reason that she cannot live in a world excluding him. She is willing

Impressions Gained of Pip's Character from Great Expectations 'Pip' is very much a child in the the first chapter. However, it is Pip narrating it as an adult ( retrospective narrator). You know he is a child by his 'childish' thoughts and his rather odd imagination. He manages to come up with the 'childish conclusion' that his father is a 'square, stout, dark man, with curly hair' just by looking at his fathers tombstone. Also, that his mother was 'freckled and sickly'. It is quite bizarre

The Boston Tea Party had aroused fury in Britain. One British official said that the people of Boston “ought to be knocked about their ears.” King George III declared, “We must master them or totally leave them to them- selves and treat them as aliens.” Britain chose to “master” the colonies. In 1774, Parliament passed a series of laws to punish the Massachusetts colony and to serve as a warning to other colonies. The British called these laws the Coercive Acts, but they were so harsh that the

lanterns in the bell tower to warn that the redcoats were on the way. Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott worked together in the colonies to get them prepared for the troops on the way. They rode through town warning the colonists on the “midnight ride” calling the troops the redcoats (British soldiers) or the regulars. On April 19, 1775, the redcoats arrived at Lexington. There were 70 Minutemen

Rachael Harper Mrs. DeAngelis 12 AC English 6 March 2016 Martin Luther King Jr Did you know that Martin Luther King Jr was sucidal as a child? Martin Luther King Jr has inspired me personally and many other people during the civil rights movements & a lot of events in the 60's. In my paper I plan to talk about the "I Have a Dream" speech, the March on Washington, and last but not least the Civil Rights movement as a whole. Martin Luther King Jr deserves the Nobel Prize because of the March on Washington

Southern Musical Tradition and the African Tradition The second major tributary of the southern musical tradition comes from the African continent and is the heritage import of the five million slaves brought to North America against their will to provide the bulk of the labor in the pre-industrial agrarian south. Contemporary blues, while not exclusively black music by any means, remains largely black in terms of its leading performers and, to a lesser

History of Andersonville Prison When one turns on the television today they are made witness to all the crimes that are present in society. It is impossible to sit through thirty-five minutes of news without anger and rage becoming aroused. This is because society is bothered by infinitesimal paraphernalia. Society also believes in human rights and punishment for those who violate such rights. Yet what constitutes humanity? Ever sit there and watch the news and wonder just how far humanity reaches

Roshawn Been Ethics 300-02 Denzel Washington “I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.” – Denzel Washington. Some may say he is intelligent, while others may say he is courageous. Big words are just insufficient to describe this actor/director/screen-writer/producer

Angel Perez History 101 7/28/14   Intro For my top 10 history I have chosen the Louisianan purchase, Sons of Liberty, Bill of Rights, The Declaration of Independence, The war of 1812, Abraham Lincoln, Eli Whitney, Jamestown, Baron Von Steuben, and Benjamin Franklin because I believe these people and events had a big effect on America. I chose the Louisiana Purchase because it was a major deal that in the end has given us 15 states. The sons of liberty were a rebel group that was a symbol of the

Dr. Pepper Company I. Case Summary From being a practically unknown soft drink company to now being one of the highest performing of the 1000 largest manufacturing firms, Dr. Pepper has evolved to become an international beverage organization. Dr. Pepper began its roots back in 1880, in Waco, Texas, when a young soda jerk invented a soft drink which he named after his father-in-law (Dr. Pepper). Robert Lazenby began to market the drink on commercial basis in 1885, and it was not until 1922 that