Gregg Cantrell successfully depicts Stephen F. Austin as a go between both American and Mexican Cultures. Cantrell accomplishes this by justifying any negative criticism made towards Austin’s actions against Mexicans through the letters he wrote his brother, Brown Austin. When waging the war against Mexico, misinterpretations were held as he maintained an American attitude when spoken of Catholicism which “confirmed his ethnocentrism.” The reality was that he did not like Catholicism, but he had his reasons. Austin insisted in going such lengths of not just learning, but becoming fluent in Spanish as he valued the communication with Mexicans and respected their culture.
Sally Wang Professor Nash History 1301 13 October 2014 Concept of War Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels recounts the Battle of Gettysburg through the eyes of key leaders from both the north and the south. Shaara provides insight into the thoughts and decisions that were made that would inevitably determine the outcome of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. The northern concept of war that they were fighting for the sake of freedom and to restore the union by taking in prisoners and preserving he high grounds at Gettysburg helped them force the Confederates to retreat.
The Killer Angels follows the three day long, decisive battle of Gettysburg during the United States Civil War. The book’s storytelling is purely chronological, as the story progresses our perspective is flip flopped between the Union and Confederate sides of the battle, however the story is consistently told in the 3rd person. Michael Shaara uses immense details when describing this battle and does an incredible job of describing every character and scene, making everything easy to visualize and allowing you to put yourself in the story. The story reveals to us the thought process of all the seemingly fearless military leaders, as they discuss battle strategies and how to outsmart their opponent. Many characters throughout the book explain
In the book “Migra! A History of the U.S Border Patrol, author Kelly Lytle Hernandez describes the history of the U.S border patrol from the 1920s to the end of the twentieth century. Specifically, Hernandez writes about how the border patrol has changed its target or “suspect” from Chinese and European immigrants to Mexican people. In her book and through research of unexamined old material in the U.S and Mexico, Hernandez examines how Mexicans emerged as the United States “iconic illegal aliens” (Hernandez Pg. 2). In this paper I will examine Hernandez discussion of long term effects of border patrol discourses and practices in creating a prototypical suspect as well as compare her argument with that of Samual P. Huntington in his
In Surviving the Angel Of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz written by Eva Mozes Kor and Lisa Rojany Buccieri tells the story of Eva and Miriam Kor’s time in the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. The day of their arrival to Auschwitz they were seperated from their family for being identical twins. The dawning horror that the events occurring to Eva and Miriam are not some horrific nightmare but their actual reality. From shaving their heads to painting large red x’s over the back of their clothing the SS officers were making sure that they were not going to escape. Eva struggles against the systematic branding the SS officers were doing created a blurred image because she no long wish to be a “sheep” while Miriam held still (pgs
Change is essential to life. One cannot survive without changing. As Harold Wilson said, “He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institute which rejects change is the cemetery.” Therefore, Lee should have listened to Longstreet about changing from offensive to defensive warfare.
The book ‘Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas 1836-1986’ was written by David Montejano. It is a well-written novel that offers a broad interpretation of racial interactions history in the state of Texas. David claims that a racial situation was created right after the annexation of the United States and Anglo subjugation of Mexicans. This was after Texas gained independence (Montejano, 1987). The origin and development of the racial order sprouts from the growth of classes that came as a result of transforming the economy from ranching to urban-industrialization.
(Paredes, 148). He combines the two cultures, Mexican and American, but cannot form a new and whole identity out of these selected parts. Yet, Gualinto seems to be able to use this split identity to his advantage. His Mexican side is lived out in war fantasies, which torment him. He fantasizes in corrido fashion in which he fights the Anglo-Americans gaining land back that had been stolen from the Mexicans.
Bloody Angels “It rained all that night. The next day was Saturday fourth of july”. This was the last day of the Gettysburg 3 day battle. This is found in pg. 345 of novel “The Killer Angels”.
Fueled with anger, Anglos began lynching and killing the Mexican population. They killed suspected criminals or past criminals of the Mexican decent, if they didn’t look like an Anglo citizen, or if they had seen them as a threat to taking their agriculture opportunities (Carrigan, 46). An example of this is when a man by the name of Reyes Feliz was convicted of killing an Anglo by the name of T.H Bean. The vigilante community came to the conclusion he was not involved with the murder, but hung him anyway because his general character looked resembled that
The document states “In the vicinity of San Antonio, Bexar [County], Texas, parties of armed men had been organized for the exclusive purpose of pursuing the Mexicans upon the public roads, killing them and robbing their property, and that the number of victims was stated to have been seventy-five. That it was also informed that Mexican citizens by birth, residing peaceably at San Antonio, under the protection of the laws, had been expelled from the place, and finally that some of the families of the victims of these extraordinary persecutions had begun to arrive in Mexico on foot and without means, having been obliged to abandon all their property in order to save their lives.” (“The Fate of the Tejanos” ) The text examines the ways that the American people and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo negatively affected the Mexican people. The American settlers killed many of the Mexican people and stole their land.
The overall message of this novel is that there are different types of racism that exists at different times, in different places. This space of Germany in 1980 allows Paul Beatty to acknowledge and reflect on several different kinds of racism because, within this time period in Germany, there are many different layers of racial tensions that exist. These layers include the progression of racist ideology throughout Nazi Germany, West Berlin Germany, East Berlin Germany, and post reunification Germany. Moreover, in relation to the main characters’ own personal experiences of racism in Germany, the types of racial prejudices that they encounter are unique in their own way. This is largely due to the fact that Ferguson carries a history of slavery
You're in a small town isolated in Colorado, and mysteriously, your favorite teacher is suddenly killed to methods never seen before. This is what happens in The Angel of Death by Alane Ferguson. This book is a murder mystery story investigating the murder of Brad Oaks, set in the small town of Silverton, Colorado. Throughout The Angel of Death, there have been many things that I liked, disliked, and I have made some connections to the book along with some recommendations.
In the land far above the seventh heaven of the Enlightened Realm was a vast sealing formation made of stars. This sealing formation exuded an air of pure ancientness, as if it had been in existence since the beginning of time itself. For all its ancientness however, even it couldn't escape times slow withering and so had started to deteriorate. In the middle of this sealing formation was an anomaly.
She points out how “children learn in social-studies class and in the news of lynching of blacks, denial of women rights, the murder of gay men.” How can unity and “crown thy good with brotherhood” be erudite and proficient when all that is being imparted in them is detestation and failures are being rewarded as success? In spite America’s differences, Quindlen reflects on the Arab and Jewish cabbies chauffeuring each other. Despite the fact that in their own country as well as in other countries, the two groups despise one another and are constantly at war, Quindlen exemplifies how they maintain their beliefs yet put aside their differences to obtain a better life in America. Furthermore, she explains that there are no variances between the older immigrants than the ones of today.
