Bullfighting
The spectacle of bullfighting pits a man against a charging bull. The
bullfighter, called a matador, faces the bull in a large dirt-filled arena that
is usually surrounded by spectators. Aided by a group of apprentices, called
the cuadrilla, the matador goads the bull into charging at him. A bullfight
usually features three matadors, each of whom fights two bulls. The bulls are of
a distinctly savage breed especially trained to attack humans. A bullfight is
relentless. If a matador is injured, another replaces him, and the bull is
killed at the end of each match. To followers of bullfighting the contest
between man and beast demonstrates human skill and courage as does no other
sport. However, many people believe bullfighting is barbaric and inhumane.
The contest begins with a colorful grand entrance by the participants.
The actual fight starts when the picadors, who are horse-mounted members of the
cuadrilla. They fend off the bull's charges with sharp steel-tipped pikes,
called pics. They weaken and anger the bull by piercing its neck and shoulders.
Then come the banderilleros, named after their banderillas, or decorated barbed
sticks. Clutching a stick in each hand, they rush the bull on foot and plant
the barbs in the animal's neck, weakening and angering the beast even more.
Finally the matador comes in for the kill. Brightly dressed, he uses a
sword draped with a cloth, called muleta. After a number of intricate passes
with the muleta, during which the matador must work extremely close to the bull,
the matador sights the bull along his sword, runs forward, and plunges it in,
aiming for the half-dollar-size spot between the shoulders. If the sword enters
correctly between the shoulder blades, it severs the aorta, or great artery, and
the animal dies almost instantly.
A crowd-pleasing matador may be awarded one or both of the bull's ears
or its ears and tail. An exceptionally fierce bull may be honored by having its
body paraded around the arena. The one thing that sets the Spanish apart from
most Europeans living beyond the Pyrenees mountains is their national spectacle
of bullfighting. Every city and most towns of any size boast a bullring, where
the crowds cheer their favorite but jeer the inept matador, or bullfighter, as
he faces his large-horned adversary.
In Virginia the first battle of the Civil War was fought, near Manassas, Virginia railroad junction, after which the battle is called (or First Bull Run, named after the flowing stream on the battlefield, if of the Union point of view). The armies in this first battle were not prodigious by later Civil War principles. The Federal services under Brigadier General Irvin McDowell were well thought-out into four divisions, of about 30,000 men. These divisions were commanded by Tyler, Hunter, Heintzelman, and Miles. The Confederate command structure was to some extent more unmanageable, including two "armies", with no division structure and thirteen independent brigades under Bonham, Ewell, Jones, Longstreet, Cocke, Early, Holmes, Kershaw, Evans, Jackson, Bartow, Bee, Smith, and a cavalry brigade under Stuart. The Confederate Army of the Potomac was under the command of Brigadier General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, and the Army of the Shenandoah was controlled by Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnston. These two forces would be equivalent to McDowell's strength. The first battle of Bull Run (or first battle of Manassas) was the first major engagement of the Civil War. Federal troops led by General McDowell advanced towards Manassas Junction, where Confederate troops were dug in, overcrowding the road to Richmond. Both Confederate and Union troops were not prepared for battle. Union troops advanced on Confederate troops, practically breaking through, but at the last split second, Confederate reinforcements arrived on the battlefield and carried the day. Union troops were routed. As Washington filled with Union soldiers, the anxiety grew to take action. Horace Greely, the mercurial editor of the New York Herald Tribune kept up a persistent stream of editorials echoed throughout the Union " Forward to Richmond- Forward to Richmond.?
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The life of Sitting Bull was extraordinary; he was a warrior and a great chief of the Sioux people (SV; SV). Sitting Bull was born in March 1831 and lived his whole life in Grand River, South Dakota. He was also the son of an esteemed warrior named Returns-Again. When he was at the age of ten; that is when he killed his first buffalo and then four years later he fought with courage in his first battle (Sitting Bull 1). As he was a little child, him, his dad, his two uncles were icons in their people’s eyes (A, B, C). During his child-hood, his name was Tatakana iyotanka. Later he started to call himself Tatakana yotanka or Jumping Bull (West 30).
The life of Tatanka Yotanka better known as Sitting Bull and the tragic events that led to his death will be discussed in this paper. Yotanka led a carefree life as a young boy with the Sioux tribe. He received early recognition from his tribe as a warrior and man of vision. During his youth he joined in the usual tribal raids for horses against traditional enemies such as the Crow and Assiniboin. This paper will explain the history behind Sitting Bull and how he grew into a warrior, a chief and how his life was tragically put to an end.
Sitting Bull was a Lakota Chief who was known for his skills as a warrior as well as his wisdom, which was highly valued by his tribe. In his life he battled against rival Indian tribes such as the Crow, which established him as a great warrior. Later he fought against the United States military, which had invaded their land and tried to take it by both force and by promised they intended to break. In his later years he was a part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, which made him popular with both white men and Indians. Sitting Bull was regarded as both one of the most powerful and one of the most famous Native American Chiefs to have lived.
Sitting Bull was great leader and a great warrior. He was recognized for many things including the Battle of Little Big Horn and the leader of Strong Hearts, He was the Sash Wearer. He spent much of his life taking care of his tribe and all Native Americans. Sitting Bull is the greatest Sioux chief and one of the greatest Native American chiefs ever.
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In conclusion, both books take a differing view to bullfighting. However, in the end, they both tend to agree with Barthes that this is not really a sport. However, the view of this paper may be biased by the cultural values of contemporary times and the declining aesthetic value of violence.
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