THE SOUTH
The south can be defined in many ways depending on the person’s feelings
toward it and that of which they have experienced. To me the south has to be the best
place to live in all the United States.
One of the things that stick out in my head about my beloved birthplace that will
never be forgotten, because they’re held so dear to my heart, are the smiling faces that
you see everywhere you look. I’m telling you; people here are so nice that you would be
lucky to find someone rude towards you within a week’s period. That can only be best
described just as plain ole’ southern hospitality. I mean the dialect of all the southerners
is so comforting, it just reassures you that your plenty welcome all the time. The thing
that gets me and always makes me appreciate the southerners’ lingo is the great analogies
used by them. Seriously, For every situation you can think of there’s got to be about five
southern phrases used to describe that very thing.
Another thing that defines the south is its culture. Where else can you find a
garage sell at every turn. I mean where else is there a state park that hosts a gathering of
country folk to sell all there junk to another southerner who in turn will be right back at
that same place with a stand of their own trying to get rid of the dang thing they bought
just a few weeks ago. The funny thing is, if you ever decided to take a drive through the
south, you would probably mistake some southerner’s land as a yard sell or junkyard for
that matter. Most southerners aren’t surprised when they see they’re friends yard covered
with old tires, rusty cars, broken chairs, and all of these things just swallowed in 3 foot of
grass that hasn’t been cut since little Bo wrecked the tractor used to bush hog the thick
stuff. I mean there’s just no telling what you might find in that very grass. All
southerners love wearing boots and I can surely see why, because every yard you walk
through you’ll soon stub your toe on just about anything from a old toilet to some scrap
metal that’s going to be used to put a roof on a shooting house whenever winter blows in.
The atmosphere down here is great also.
What The South Intends. THE CHRISTIAN RECORDERS August 12, 1865, Print. James, Edward, Janet James, and Paul Boyer.
In “Antebellum Southern Exceptionalism: A New Look at an Old Question” James McPherson argues that the North and the South are two very different parts of the country in which have different ideologies, interests, and values. Mcpherson writes this to show the differences between the north and the south. He gives perspectives from other historians to show how the differently the differences were viewed. These differences included the north being more industrialized while the south was more agricultural. He gives evidence to how the differences between the north and south came together as the south produced tobacoo, rice, sugar and cotton, which was then sent to the north to be made into clothing or other fabrics. Mcpherson analyzes the differences
...y captures the South and the aspects that it holds dear and appeals to both people of the North and South alike through accurate and descriptive examples of Southern culture. Dixie embodied the start of the South and some agriculture aspects persist today, yet through industrialization the Southeast has changed from Dixie’s rural land to urban areas of growth. Cultural South continues to shape the current attitudes and values that are exhibited in many residents who are proud of their background and are satisfied with its current ideas and cultures. While the South heralds from traditional values and institutions, Dixie, Southeast, and Cultural South have been blended together to form what we today consider the South.
...ain the “laid-back” attitude and shy away from social change. The irony of the political divide is the North is now Democratic and the South is Republican.
For example, the terms that they use when they are reenacting a scene most people would not be able to know what the definition is unless if they are historians or people who have an interest in historic things so the author gives examples for the terms. Since they have to stay in their character for the whole time that they are reenacting the war, they do not speak in modern dialect. I have never participated nor known someone who participated In a Civil war reenactment, so my understanding of the civil war vocabulary is limited. Even with the limited vocabulary that I have for the dialect that was spoken during the civil war, I am able to understand the book so in conclusion it’s a readable book. “Confederates in the Attic” is an interesting book that follows the author, Tony Horwitz while he journeys to civil war landmarks. What happens during his adventure is partly a history lesson, part social experiment, and mostly just a mixture of fun and the peculiar. I have never been to the Southern part of the United States, but there are many unique characteristics associated with it and its people and culture. Horwitz does a good job examining this culture. He is sometimes serious, but he also can also toe the line between pointing out the bizarre, while still paying reverence to the
...play a role in the success of the war even though it may not have been directly. Martha Washington is mainly known as the wife of George Washington but she was much more than that.
Part of the mythology every schoolchild in the United States learns…is that the colony of Virginia achieved quick prosperity upon the basis of slaves and tobacco. Thus, “the South” is assumed to have existed as an initial settlement, with little change until the cataclysm of the Civil War in 1861.
Of all the areas with which the southerners contended, the socio-political arena was probably their strongest. It is in this area that they had history and law to support their assertions. With the recent exception of the British, the slave trade had been an integral part of the economies of many nations and the slaves were the labor by which many nations and empires attained greatness. Souther...
In order to come to terms with defeat and a look of failure in the eyes of God, Southerners mentally transformed their memories of the antebellum South. It became a superior civilization of great purity which had been cruelly brought down by the materialistic Yankees.
him in a real world of chaos and disorder. In the South, race is one of the most important
At the eve of the Civil War, it would’ve seemed that the south had the edge in military. Why? Because the south had strong and talented officers such as Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. The south also had a larger army in terms of size, and all the military colleges were in the Confederacy except for West Pointe. One of the few disadvantages of the south was the lack and shortage of appropriate war attire such as shoes, etc. Despite having a smaller size, the north had greater manpower and a stronger, unified government. The north also lacked many talented military leaders when the war was off to a
Percival Everett’s “The Appropriation of Cultures” (2004), demonstrates the power of a symbol and the meanings that it can carry. In the story, Daniel Barkley is a highly accomplished African American man who graduated from Brown and frequently plays guitar near the campus of The University of South Carolina. From the beginning of the story, Barkley exposes a distinct independent personality that isn’t afraid to break stereotypes or labels. The first scene describes an instance in a bar where white fraternity boys were challenging Barkley to play ‘Dixie’ for them. Instead of refusing, like most would have done, he instead begins to play and take ownership of the song. Later in the story, Barkley decides to purchase a truck with a giant confederate flag decal in the back. Despite the strange stares and confusion
First, the traditions of “heritage” in the south have isolated people from the most of the American country during the past. This happened because there were a quite a few Post-Civil War traditions in the south that did not change after slavery left from agricultural livelihood. There were many aristocrats that had old money in the south for hundreds of years. Aristocrats had money and considered upper class because of their history with money. The south was mainly agriculture and used slave labor back in the day to do a lot of work farming. Later, the money had left when times have changed with the Civil War, but the deep south kept a lot of older American traditions.
Almost everyone’s heard of her, there have been numerous books written about her, several thousand letters accounted for that she wrote. She was also the wife of the second president and the mother to the sixth American president, who was this woman? She was Abigail Adams. Abigail Adams life didn’t acquire meaning solely from knowing and being around these two great men however, Adams was eminently worth knowing as an individual herself. Throughout the ages, women have always been involved in war but Abigail Adams brought a new concept to women and war with her involvement in the early colonial years and the American Revolution. Abigail Adams did many things in her lifetime but the questions I will be attempting to answer is how exactly did she impact the Revolutionary War and change the social roles of women in such a male dominated society.
Martha Washington was the first, first lady of The United States of America and she disliked many parts of this job. But because of her courage, loyalty, and bravery, she got through life. Not only was Martha the first, first lady but she played other roles including being a mother of four, a spouse, a great cook, a leader, and many others. Today Martha Washington inspires so many women to do and accomplish what they want in life.