The Lone Ranger

Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire In Robert Perkinson’s book, Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire, a remarkable amount of a decade’s worth of in-depth research is given regarding Texas and it’s astounding past regarding racism, prisons, and penitentiaries. Perkinson’s finding lead to how the only way to escape what could be the continuation of tragedy in this nation is to examine the history of this nation’s most severe prison state, Texas. It all

A Kicked Apple Does Fall Far From the Tree Parents can have a huge impact on the lives of children and their perception of the world. These superheros are the first people a child sees when he or she enters the world, they are the people who shape a child’s mind to comprehend the world, and they are the people who assist the child in finding his or her way around in the world. Both Ta-Nehishi Coates and Sherman Alexie have father figures in their writings, but their parenting styles are very different

Michonne loved stale M&M’s, she was craving them at the moment but unfortunately the house she was scouting for supplies had almost no food in it and all the food she found was no longer edible. She had moved to a bedroom upstairs to look for medicine or anything the crew at the prison could use. As she shuffled through the drawers in the dresser she noticed movement out of the corner of her eye. She pressed herself against the wall next to the window that overlooked the backyard. She peaked just

In mainstream media, Native Americans have little to no roles in movies, television, or music. The only well-known Indians in American culture are conventional characters created by large corporations such as Disney’s Pocahontas, Tonto from The Lone Ranger, and sports team’s mascots. The few representations of Native Americans are nationally broadcasted and provide misleading and immoral assumptions on the targeted racial group. The select physical and behavior traits are then taken, modified, and

EDG 644 Instructional Leadership- Stacy Gray Assessment Component #3: Leadership Model Interview Dr. David Bolton has had an interesting spring, to say the least. He has served in the capacity of the Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education in Central Bucks for two years. At the end of Dr. Bolton’s second year, the retiring Superintendent planned to retire officially on May 30, 2016 but in a series of events involving new School Board members, he was asked to clean out his office on Monday

Smoke Signals: The Importance of Oral Tradition in Native Culture Smoke signals are one of the oldest forms of long-distance communication. The Native American tribes of North America have long used smoke signals to signal danger, transmit news, and gather people to a common area. In this way, it is unsurprising to find that in the movie Smoke Signals, directed by Chris Eyre with a screenplay by Sherman Alexie, communication is a central theme. Through the use of two very contrasting characters

Twenty-one years old my middle brother began to drink constantly on a regular basis. Problems back home had influenced him in drinking, but also the people he correlated himself with back then. He took quite some time to overcome his addiction, but during his intoxicated moments he resembled that of Victor’s family. One night during my brother’s intoxication my brother had come down to our house to get away. When my brother rang the doorbell, I quickly rushed towards the door, opening it to find

The main character in “A Worn Path” is an old woman named Phoenix. She is a very determined and strong woman. The other main character is The Protagonist from “The Lone Ranger and Tonto”. He is the contrary of Phoenix, he is lost and depressed. Although, both of them are socially isolated or have isolated themselves from society. Both of them come from different -worlds-, the protagonist had a “good” life full of opportunities. Phoenix had a poor life, from a racist world and little, or no, opportunities

Kevin’s actions, but she did not have anyone to validate what she was feeling. Eva’s desire to prevent anyone from being hurt was thwarted by Franklin, she was aware that Kevin would hurt others, she just did not know to what extent. Eva was the lone ranger, but she did not seek help outside of the family, which was strange. The English teacher is the one who validate her inner most feeling about her son. They say love is blind Franklin seems to fit into that perspective. Eva so longed for

upon himself to strive through life without the help of others. He did not expect help from anyone nor did he expect praise for his immense accomplishments throughout his life in the woods. Another example of an American Hero is John Reid in, The Lone Ranger. Reid gains a