Willie Morris

One of my daddy's favorite songs is "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. The song is an old southern anthem of the basic tale and fate of growing up. The song goes on to warn mothers to keep their children safe from the harsh world that awaits them, in this case it's the world of the west, and it couldn't be more true. Growing up is inevitable and is a epidemic people have been trying to battle for years, the same way Peter Pan could not stand

Imagine yourself outside with thousands of people in midsummer, on the beach with your friends, dancing around, hitting beach balls in the air, and drinking your favorite drink. Then suddenly the concert starts, you hear the song Storm Warning start to play, and see the fog rise above the stage, and then Hunter Hayes starts rising from underneath the stage into the fog, and he starts to sing. Due to Hunter Hayes’s awards/nominations, charitable contributions, and impact/inspiration on his life proves

When you first meet someone, what are the first things that you notice? Sex? Race? Or maybe the brands of clothing that indicate social status? Human beings as a society judge and categorize others, labeling those who stray from social norm as weird or strange. Who are we to make these judgments and where did these ideas of right and wrong come from? The Walt Disney Company plays an important role in depicting who and what people should and shouldn’t be. Every aspect of Disney, including movies

Iowa Wild Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. —Ralph Waldo Emerson I sleep the sleep of mothers—which is to say, I wake at the noises my husband snores through. In the waxing light of day, coyotes yip and howl a few miles down the creek. Though these tricksters are no threat to us, their calls have woken me early. Grabbing my glasses, I sit up and soak in the rare site of my boys peacefully lying next to one another—no arguing, no wrestling, no teasing. Three daddy longlegs cling to the

In researching classic country there are many themes that can be found in the performances. The most common theme is almost every classic country artist had an acoustic guitar. They would use this guitar as essentially the main melody for their songs which they would then add vocals on top of. Then every once and a while other string instruments or drums would be added to the songs. However, there was never any electronic instruments added to classic country music (Aaron Lewis). Another theme in

Chicago Blues The Chicago blues was a style of blues that developed, as the name suggests, in Chicago. It was a more modern type of blues and came about after the Great Migration of the 1900s. More than half a million African Americans migrated from the Mississippi Delta and headed north, towards cities like Chicago and Detroit (Public Broadcasting Service, 2015). The Great Migration was a mass migration of African Americans from the south to northern states, as stated earlier. They moved in search

Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, and poet who lived an unconventional life during the Victorian Era. Oscar Wilde is lauded for his works, trademark wit, and the way he carried himself around. Arguably, his most famous piece of work is The Importance of Being Earnest, which is about two people who make up a person that lives in another part of the country in order to escape burdensome social responsibilities. The Importance of Being Earnest is an example of a satirical piece of literature

“Around here, however, we don't look backward for very long. We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." ~ Walt Disney. This quote, stated by a famous figure, expresses that we are always taking steps to get farther in life. Walt was able to progress in life because of his creativity. Walter Disney should be in the 8-1 Genius Hall of Fame. But Disney wasn't born a genius, he had to start somewhere. Walt was

John Augustus Walker’s (1901-1967) Historical Panorama of Alabama Agriculture, or fair murals, were created in the spring of 1939. Each mural, about 7 ½ feet by 5 ½ feet, hang today in the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, at Auburn University. These ten murals were made to represent the “vision of the future” in the south during 1939. Depicted in each of the murals are key milestones in the agricultural development of the state of Alabama; ranging from Alabama’s First Farmer to Science on the

Animated Short Movie Essay 2000 words – Discussing how technical and artistic achievements are interconnected in Duck Amuck – By Connor Cooper Duck Amuck was released in the United States on 28th of February 1953 directed by Chuck Jones for Warner Bros. Definitive voice actor Mel Blanc voices both Daffy Duck and in the final excerpt, Bugs Bunny. After watching the short film a few times I thought that it was an obvious choice of short film for me due to the diversity of the clip. I say this in