The Star-Spangled Banner Analysis

That made him think that they would want a dictator to restore order, making democracy dead. To make people think he was a, somewhat, abolitionist. Lyncoya, his adopted son, was one of the many captured children from Tallahatchie. Jackson wanted Lyncoya to get educated at West Point but he died of tuberculosis at age 14 in 1827. though he may have cared for him, Andre didn’t seem to care for any other slaves. Between 1794 and 1820 he owned just about 40 slaves.

Born to be a rockstar, Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 to African American parents James “Al” and Lucille Hendrix. At a young age, Jimi was sent to live with his relatives when his mother was struggling from alcoholism, and his dad was serving in WWII. His father returned from war in 1945, took Jimi back, and divorced from his wife. At age 13, Al taught Jimi how to play the acoustic guitar. After dropping out of high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, but was soon discharged after he broke his ankle during base training.

‘Dill gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out’ p.9 This has already been mentioned back in the section about how Jem broke his arm. Two mentions in the first chapter seem to indicate that this is important. Who is Boo Radley? Where do they want him to come out from? ‘It was all right to shut him up, Mr Radley conceded, but insisted that Boo not be charged with anything: he was not a criminal’ p.12 Boo has been shut inside for 20 years, the stories about him are greatly exaggerated, for example Jem’s description of him ‘judging from his tracks’ p.14.

In the eyes of the law, justice was initially served in the Ariel Castro kidnapping trial because he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole (Glatt 316). However, Castro received better treatment than his victims, and committed suicide one month after his sentence, so the sliver of justice that was originally served, was now an injustice to his captives. Ariel Castro was abused early in his life and felt abandoned when his mother moved to the United States and left him with his grandmother. After four years, Castro’s mother finally moved him to the Pennsylvania, but later relocated to Cleveland. He led a normal teenage life (Glatt 7-10).

In 1964, two days after meeting his favorite author, Kilgore Trout, Billy and Valencia held a party for their eighteenth wedding anniversary. As the barbershop quartet sang “That Old Gang of Mine,” Billy became upset and extremely uncomfortable. As Vonnegut wrote, Billy’s odd behavior is later explained in 1968 while in the Tralfamadorian zoo when he tells Montana Wildhack about the day of the Dresden bombing. Dresden was destroyed on February 13, 1945. That day in which all the soldier seeking shelter came out, there were four guards who were overwhelmed with astonishment and grief (Vonnegut 179).

Black Elk Speaks, is a personal narrative that tells a story about Black Elk who is a medicine man of the Lakota tribe; the book is narrated by John Neihardt and is twenty-five chapters long. Black Elk mostly talks about the visions he had when he was a young child. Black Elk explains to Neihardt that he had his very first vision when he was five years old and he says that he saw two men appeared in the sky singing a sacred song (Black Elk Speaks p.17). The second vision that Black Elk tells Neihardt about is a very detailed one that takes place when he falls ill for a few days. The vision that he had involved him seeing a highly detailed symbolic message from his ancestors.

The eldest, Darrel, his friends and brothers call him Darry, is twenty years old and serves as the father figure after their parents died eight months earlier. Darry gave up going to college and playing football to work and support both of his brothers. Sodapop is the middle child and is sixteen years old. He dropped out of High School to work at the DX (the gas station) and is the happy-go-lucky brother, while Darry is the serious one. The official summary that graces the back of many copies of “The Outsiders” says, “A heroic story of friendship and belonging.

“It was the second time I had heard my grandfather say something about my uncle and Indian girls”(63). Julian Hayden chooses loyalty to his son, Frank despite justice for Marie and other Native American women. Wesley Hayden was loyal to everyone in his own perspective, but from others’ perspectives, such as his father and his brother, he was a betrayer. Wesley’s dilemma of which fate he should serve, family or the law is where much of the action of the novel revolves around. Wes has a responsibility to his own older brother, but also to Marie Little Soldier, who aides to Davy.

Throughout the collection, a prominent and reoccurring melancholic theme of racism against Native Americans and their struggle to cope with such behavior from their counterpart in this modern day and age is shown. In the short story, “Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ in Woodstock”, Victor talks about his father who fought in the Vietnam War. He describes one day where he and his father discuss war and peace. Victor’s father says, “And besides, why the hell would you want to fight a war for this country? It’s been trying to kill Indians since the very beginning.

Booth is the only man of the plot who succeeded. The details are well known to every American school kid. He shot Lincoln in the back of the head with a .44 caliber Derringer, percussion-cap pistol, during a performance of “Our American Cousin,” at Ford’s Theater in Washington D. C. He then leaped to the stage, breaking his left fibula, shouted, “Sic semper tyrannis!” and may have shouted, “The South is avenged!” Most importantly, Lincoln’s assassination reminded humanity that when a war ends, the animosity between sides may not, and usually does not. To win a war, therefore, regardless of whether it should be fought, or which side is the good side does not put an end to the human capacity to hate. Thus, no victory will ever be the last.

Bob Ford had met with Missouri’s governor in search of the reward and had the assistance of his older brother to help him plan the traitorous act. Jesse James had survived the confederate war, and multiple gun fights throughout various crimes. He did not die in a hail of gunfire during a daring escape after a bank robbery or while holding up a stagecoach, but instead he died at the hand of a man he allowed into his home, that ate at his dinner table with himself and his family. April 3, 1882 just after breakfast Jesse turned to straighten a picture hanging on the wall of his home when Bob Ford shot him in the back of the head. Jesse died instantly at the age of 34 and the rain of the infamous Jesse James came to an end.

Born May 18, 1952 in a small Texas town called Poteet, George Strait began his life as a small town boy and worked up to be a Country Music Legend. Raised by a single father in the small Texas town, George was taught to ride horses and how to rope, like many country folk do, but late in life learned to play, write, and sing music. (Carlin) When George was in fourth grade his mother and father decide to get a divorce. After the divorce was finalized, his mother, whom is left unnamed in most resources, left the picture. Both George and his older brother Buddy was left to be raised by a John Strait, a junior high school teacher who is also their father, who dedicated his life to raising the boys after the divorce.

The history of the Nez Perce people go back as far as 1750 when the French made contact, up to the death of Chief Joseph on September 24 1904. Chief Joseph’s real name is Hin-mah-too-ya-lat-kekht meaning “Thunder rolling in the mountains,” he had nine children, five girls and four boys all of whom had died, and how he had two wives. Chief Joseph never stopped pushing for the return of his people back to their homeland, but never got his wish. The last few years of his life you could tell he was getting weaker. When he passed away a lot of people said he passed away from a broken heart.

In the article, Always go to the Funeral by Deirdre Sullivan, he points out the important things that he was taught when he was in the fifth grade. Although some of the things he was taught by his father he didn’t quite like, he still obeyed his father’s rules. I too can relate to Dee when it comes to attending funerals because when I was a sophomore in high school, within my first semester, I lost three close family members. To begin, the first family member to pass was my great grandfather Clarence, he was 97 when he passed due to his colon cancer. I was pulled out of school the day of his funeral and griefed with the rest of my family.

Robert Urban can be credited with giving Keith Urban his love for country music. According to People, Keith Urban 's father influenced him heavily during his career. This was a move they both wanted for Keith Urban, and he followed through with his dreams. Having the exhibit open and having to deal with his father being placed on hospice has made this week one of the more grueling ones. And the next several days likely won 't be any better for Keith