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many people make it out of there. Little do the people of Granite know now, but this town is about to be on the major come up, on the back of Austin Raynor. Standing 6 foot and 9 inches this monster of a kid was the star wide receiver for the South Caldwell Spartans. Now just because the wins were carried on the back of Austin doesn’t mean he did it all by himself. He had some other good players along his side but the problem with them was that they were colored and were treated unfairly by the refs

continues, a tragic reality check come upon this Lester family. In Tobacco Road, Caldwell illustrates how both poverty and lust causes conflict based on the choices one makes in an attempt to make life better. Poverty is a lifestyle that can be changed by simply the choices one makes. Toward the end of chapter seven the narrator talks about Jeeter’s life and how he came to inherit the land of the Tobacco Road. Caldwell states that “by the time Jeeter was old enough to work in the fields, the land had

You Have Seen Their Faces by Margaret Bourke-White and Erskine Caldwell is a photo documentary of life in the South during the Great Depression. After reading You Have Seen Their Faces along with critiques of it by Rabinowitz and Snyder, I found myself more interested in the topic of how motherhood was depicted in the book. Rabinowitz brought up that middle class women felt the need to regulate the poor women because they weren 't feminine enough or motherly enough which is the main attitude involved

unless he told her the truth. ‘Alright. I’ll tell you the whole story.’ She looked up through glassy eyes. Caldwell began to pace. ‘Your father and I used to be good friends. As you know, he used to teach English Literature as well before he became the Dean. When he moved up to the big office, his replacement was a woman. Her name was Christine…’ Kelsey went wide eyed. ‘My… My mother?’ Caldwell nodded. ‘We worked together, became… Close. We were together when your father stole her from me.’ Kelsey’s

It was basketball season and I was in eighth grade. Our team's record was 7-1 and we were playing william lenoir middle school today, who had beat us the first game of the season. We all woke up thinking about this game. The whole morning as I was getting ready for school the only thing I could think about was this game. I got to school and all me and the rest of the team talked about was beating them. We all talked about it all day and that's all our team could think about. It was

Cattle Drives The west was rough, untamed, was denied stateship, because of the rowdy people, and towns. The cattle drives, and cowboys shaped the west, the cowtowns, and the people. After the Civil War, there was as shortage of food, mainly beef, so the people of the west, and the ranchers were depended upon for the food, beef. With no, or few railroads, the cowboys were forced to drive the cattle long distances. The cow towns were practically made by the cowboys and the need for beef. They were

Erika Riemann’s oral testimony on life in East Germany during the Cold War Erika Riemann was a teenager living in East Germany at the end of World War II. Her oral testimony describes her experiences as a political prisoner during the cold war. She was arrested in 1945 for drawing a bow on a portrait of Stalin that hung in her school classroom. At the time of her arrest she was only 14 years old. After World War II Germany was left devastated and in ruins. There had been massive destruction

Misogyny and degradation of women is present in almost every genre of music, yet the one genre that completely revolves around demeaning women is rap. Over the years rap and rap music videos have continually become more sexual and degrading towards women. Rap has been criticized numerous times for this reason, and that is because rap is one of the most popular genres of music for the younger generations. It is more than a genre of music, it is a complete industry filled with clothing and other merchandise

the iron, gunpowder, and grain for the South. Slavery still existed in the Border States, which could be used to lure the Confederate States back. Lincoln’s priority was to preserve the Union. Keeping Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, and West Virginia may have made it possible. It was entirely necessary for Lincoln to limit the rights of individuals. Northerners who sympathized with the South, also called “Copperheads”, openly attacked President Lincoln and the draft in newspapers

Jay-Z is known for being one for not only being one of the best rappers in hip-hop but also having a successful career in and outside of hip-hop. Recently he has been protesting some of the newer hip-hop. His songs “D.O.A” (Death Of Auto-Tune) & “Run This Town” he takes a rebel approach to all of the recent fads in hip-hop. Even though, the fads were embraced by pop culture, Jay-Z saw them as stale and unprogressive. In “D.O.A.” he talks about hip-hop becoming ringtone rap and has lost its edge