Faulkner portrayed Emily Grierson, not as a murderous madwoman, but as a desperate woman who lost everything. Her father, the only man in her life, kept her from marriage and happiness. Abandoned by her sweetheart and ostracized society after the family fortune was gone and her father died, she spen...

Shiloh April 6-7, 1862 It began on a Sunday morning, and was named after a country church near the battlefield. The Union soldiers weren't prepred for the impending charge of Confederate soldiers. The Confederates attacked at 3 am, totally taking the Union troops by surprise. Bad roads and we...

Ethan and Zeena Frome were always very rich, but Ethan hasn't ever been happy. He decided to start a farm. This worried Zeena very much so she brought along her cousin Mattie. One day while tending the land Ethan was sliced down the back by a fallen blade. After much surgeries he ...

There are eight steps a person must take to become a hero, most noticably an epic hero, in Greek Mythology. These eight steps are the call, the threshold, the challenges, the abyss, the transformation, the revelation, the atonement, and the return. The hero's invitation to adventure can lead t...

Reading the short stories "The Widow and the Parrot" and "The Apple Tree", I have discovered some compare and contrast between these stories. They both deal with poverty, and each character in the stories cherishes everything they have. Also another thing they have in...

I picked a South Carolina football game for one of my cultural events. It was the Saturday the South Carolina Gamecocks played the Florida Gators. It was a very rewarding experience. I really enjoyed that day. I will always remember the experience I had. ESPN's College Gameday came for t...

As we grow up, we have instilled in us certain morals and values. We attend church weekly, and find trust and peace in our minister. We try to mold ourselves after him, reading the Bible, following the passages. But what are we to do when the Reverend makes a mistake, when he breaks the l...