The Rivercene Mansion, a Civil War era country home in New Franklin, Missouri, is known to be haunted by the souls of previous owners. The Kinney family, the original owners of the house in the late 1800’s, had eight members of their family die in the house. Joseph Kinney, the father of the Kinney children, was a steamboat captain along the Missouri River who work hard and saved money to built the house in 1869, he died of natural causes in 1892. Six of the eleven children died before the age of seven. The youngest son, Noble Kinney, suffered the most tragic of the deaths: he fell over the second story balcony and down the main staircase, he died instantly.
Did you know that an estimated 4000 to 12,000 died on the Trail of Tears while trying to relocate for assimilation? The Trail of Tears was one of the biggest relocations in history. This was only one step in the many that it took for the American Indian to become fully assimilated into the American culture. The forced assimilation of American Indians was to be regarded with as a huge event which could be paired with the events of assimilation of the girls in “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves.” In the story “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by wolves you can see the visible evidence that the girls are becoming more and more assimilated into human culture.
10,000 Haitian immigrants flood Louisiana in 1809-1810 and bring their ancient African religion & Voodoo Their arrival marked the beginning of “organized Voodoo” in Louisiana. It gave a “pure” Voodoo stream as the Haitian blacks had retained their ancient worship almost completely.11 And they appeared to have strengthened the ranks of Afro-Creole spiritual practitioners by merging seamlessly into the already existing Louisiana Voodoo traditions.12 They also may have contributed to the fact that Haiti and Louisiana share the term “Vodou” (regardless of how it is spelled) as the defining term for their Africa-derived syncretistic traditions with French Catholicism.13 Interestingly, like the parallel Pentecostals, many of these Haitians were “snake worshippers” and devotees of Voodoo.14
In “The Palace Thief,” by Ethan Cain, Cain conducted a thesis of morals versus pragmatic. By having his main character as the narrator, Cain introduces a character called Hundert, a history teacher who claims he wanted to teach good virtues to his pupils so that they could become great leaders. However, this was then challenged by one student, Sedgewick Bell. The relationship between Hundert and Sedgewick challenged Hundert’s convictions and principles. Cain develops a central idea that morals and virtues are irrelevant to gaining power.
The ghost that lives in the hotel is called “Miss Lucy.” Miss Lucy is seen to be a young and playful lady of the 19th century. She enjoys tricking people by switching off and on the lights, making strange noises and levitating guests. Inside the Inn, there are 56 rooms, but the haunted rooms are 50, 52 and 54. The most recent incident
Paul Rutan III Hist 370 Book Review #2 05-01-2015 "American Queen: The Rise and Fall of Kate Chase Sprague, Civil War 'Belle of the North' and Gilded Age Woman of Scandal" by John Oller; Da Capo Press “American queen” by John Oller chronicles the life and times of Kate Chase Sprague (1840-1899) a political socialite who, at a time when women were to be seen and not heard, became one of the most influential women in American politics than any woman before. For nearly two decades Kate reigned, as “Queen of Washington”. Her reign would end with a sex scandal that would rock the U.S Capital. The scandal would force Kate out of the political spotlight and into a life of poverty.
The traditions of Vodou in Haiti is a prime example of religious syncretism-as it has a combination of Christian and traditional African religions. These practices were also influenced through syncretism with French Catholicism. The West African deities, primarily from Benin and Dahomey, are called loa and are also usually identified with Roman Catholic saints. For example, the serpent loa, Damballah, is often identified with St. Patrick. Also Houngan, or Voodoo priests, have long since adopted elements of Roman Catholicism in Voodoo rituals, including the use of candles, bells, crosses, the practices of baptism, and making the sign of the cross.
In The Queen of America Goes to Washington City, the author Lauren Berlant, evaluates a pilgrimage to Washington with the purpose of defining citizenship. More specifically, she uses a Simpson’s episode “Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington” to exemplify her theory of Infantile Citizenship. According to Berlant, an idealized infantile-citizen has a desire for the country as well as love similar to their love for their family, share a uniform, shared and understood history but participate in nostalgia, a purposefully forgetting that preserve innocence. Thus, form a consolidated site of belonging. Hence, it produces citizens as children-like
One last memorial that I saw in the “Cremation Garden”, that stood out to me was a man named “Emil Kranzler” who’s plaque said “I’m Off to See the Wizard”. I researched Emil Kranzler and found that he played the role of a munchkin in the original Wizard of Oz movie (Find a Grave). Just by observing the grave markers and memorials located within this cemetery, I learned so much about so many of the people who are buried there. While I learned a lot about the people buried there, I also learned a bit about the living people who visit the cemetery. Almost all of the graves appeared as though they had been visited fairly recently, with some
There are seven billion people in the world and all of them dream of something they want. When someone dreams for something they want, they need hope and faith to meet that ambitious desire. John Steinbeck wrote his novel, Of Mice And Men based on characters who lived through hardships by having ambitions and dreams. One of the main characters in this novel, Lennie Small, gets through his troubles by having faith for a better future. Often times people have high hopes and dreams for their future, which is far more superior as to being pessimistic about what is yet to come or what atrocious things life will throw at them.
Martha Ward’s book “Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau” aims to dissect the complicated identity of the 19th-century voodoo priestess and her daughter of the same name. This book is the first study of the powerful religious leaders in a way that dismantles the common narrative of voodoo equating evil. During her examination of the Laveau legacy, Ward skillfully presents primary and secondary sources, as well as oral testimonies (1935-1943) from the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration. With a combination of archives that has considerable depth and breadth, Ward is able to analyze one of the most dynamic heritages in American Voodoo.
If one was touched by the dead, it is believed to be treacherous enough to kill the person while they are in an induced possessed state. During a voodoo ritual, important items are used that can vary from candles, money, food, jewelry, instruments, alcohol, and many other valuables. Voodoo can be performed by either a man or women and they primarily practice healing, dream translation, potion, spells (can vary from love, death, or in between), ceremonies, or fortune telling. There are also sorcerers, that have the ability to cast evil spells onto the Haiti tribe if there was no authoritative person to do so. In the early 1800s, the French conducted a war to exterminate rebels within the Voodoo civilization.
The Faerie Queene (Book One) The book presents an adventurous journey of Redcrosse, one of the Knights in the poem. The hero together with his chum Una gets separated in the forest after Archimago, one of the forest’s evil residents deceive Redcrosse in a dream. The ace later lands in the house of pride where he tints his virtue and remain helpless for a while. Even so, he later recoups his lost grandeur after killing the dragon.
David Eggers’ The Circle, tells an Orwellian tale of technology leading society to a point of complete transparency, and ultimately, a dystopia. The book is similar to the likes of 1984, focusing on the balance between transparency and privacy, and the role emerging technologies plays. With live streaming and the rise of artificial technology, along with revelations of NSA surveillance, such topics are pertinent in our society. The technology and ideas of 1984, however, are outdated, impeding the message of the novel. Eggers’ use of modern, feasible technology, stresses the point of maintaining a balance between privacy and transparency and putting limits on technology.
The Evil Queen This is my story. Everyone just assumes that I tried to kill Snow White because of envy and jealous well I was both of there but the not why I tried to kill her. I never really wanted to hurt anyone, that was never my intention until she made it so difficult
