Did anybody notice the last sentence in “Woman Hollering Creek”? “It was gurgling out of her own throat, a long ribbon of laughter, like water.” Amazing, right?! Sandra Cisneros ties the story back to “La Llorona”! The sentence differentiates Cleo from “La Llorona” since "La Llorona" loses herself in misfortune while Cleo manages to escape. If the water represents “La Llorona”, then Cleo's gurgling laughter is the rejection of following her path.
Today, I am going to tell my side of the 1972 Buffalo Creek Disaster case as I interned for Arnold & Porter. As an intern, I shadowed Gerald M. Stern during the lawsuit. Needless to say, I was experienced several events that I applied concepts of business law to. The Buffalo Creek Disaster was an incident that occurred due to Dam Three failing at the Buffalo Mining Company’s location in West Virginia. This incident killed one hundred twenty-five individuals, injuring one thousand twenty-one citizens, and left four thousand homeless.
The article " Columbus High School Softball Player Killed in Crash," by Sarah Fowler, is an article that talks about a young girl that passes away in a one-man car accident. This article gave information saying that the crash occurred on August 27th, around 3:45am. The article states the vehicle collided with a guardrail. 16-year old Taylor Lee Harris, the young girl that died, was not the only one in the car when the accident happened. Another young girl by the name of Keayra Hughes, was riding along with Taylor, but was not announced dead.
Based on the YA novel by Jesse Andrews, this quirky tragedy follows gawky high school senior Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann) who spends most of his time making terrible parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl (RJ Cyler). Greg narrates the story with irritating self-awareness, and makes a point to show us around the halls of his high school while breaking down the various social groups: jocks/geeks/popular kids etc. Sound familiar? It should. Greg continuously reminds us that despite these social sub-genres, he does not want to commit to a label and wishes to remain invisible, which he achieves by being pleasant to everyone and suppressing his real feelings.
Faragher won six awards from three of his works, “Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie,” which won the Early American Republic’s annual book prize; “Daniel Bonne: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer,” which was awarded the annual book prize of the American Round Table of New York, Angeles Times Book prize for biography, and the State of Kentucky’s Governor’s Award; “The American West: A New Interpretive History,” which won both the Caughey-Western History Association Award and the Western Heritage Award of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. Faragher also was awarded a Graduate Mentoring Award from Yale in
Pearl Woodrum saw her fears realized when the dam burst in 1972. As the residents of Buffalo Creek slept soundly in their beds, they would not be able to envision the horrors that would occur on that dreary February morning. They knew that any time there was a substantial amount of rainfall in Buffalo Creek, the creek would rise and the lack of an early warning system meant they might never know if a heavy rain heralded disaster until it was too late. Residents also knew that the dam was not stable, a fact the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed when it concluded that the dam was “basically stable but could be overtopped and breached.” William Davies was the federal geologist who conducted the study and stated that if the dam broke, “flood and debris would damage a church and two or three houses downstream, cover the road and wash out the railroad.”
In 1911, the 275 girls died that day had only 27 buckets of water (Leap for Life, Leap for Death). The wildfire was spreading quickly on the ninth and eighth floor and the fire departments hose could not reach all the way. “19 bodies were found charred against the locked doors. 25 bodies were found huddled in a cloak room” (Leap for Life, Leap for Death). Most of the girls also decided to jump out of the
Sittings Bulls Death Sitting Bull was 59 when he died at Grand River, South Dakota on December, 15, 1890. He was shot by Indian police because people was afraid that he was making a movement His life His mother was Her-Holy-Door and his father was Jumping Bull. Sitting bull was born on 1831 at Grand River Territory, South Dakota.
The people on Maple Street heard the sound of the roar and the flash of light, and they freaked out. They wonder what caused it. Some people assume it’s probably just a meteor, but some thought it’s an alien or some sort of dangerous creature. There were many great characters throughout the story. However, Charlie stood out the most because he keeps blaming people.
"Southern Horrors and Other Writings " by Ida B. Wells (with an introduction by Jacqueline Jones Royster) focuses on the cruel acts of lynching and why it exists. Ida was a school teacher but dedicated most of her life fighting for social injustices for African American people. In the pamphlet "Lynch Law in all its Phases" Ida examines how African Americans were portrayed as a "bestial race", and brutalized as they became individualist. One core concept Wells emphasizes through out her pamphlets are the depiction of is African Americans as "monsters" created by Southern white to stop the Negro man from becoming inferior (Wells 73) . When Slavery ended in the United States in 1865 African Americans were no longer considered property,
Imagine. More than ninety people singing praises, praying prayers of gratefulness to their God. Imagine the gut-wrenching pain as they cling to every last second together with hearts of gratitude. Could the same group of people, knowingly, be about to be slaughtered? The picture is not only heartbreaking, but it was reality for the Moravian Indians.
Analytical Book Critique “On the Edge”,” written by Char Miller, is an absolutely great book which harps on the public issues which took place in the southern region of the United States, specifically in the State of Texas, the State of California, and the border of which lies between Texas and Mexico. Char Miller did a great job with this book and did not fail to exclude his own opinions. By doing so, Miller took full advantage of the reader’s capability to interpret his views and has portrayed himself as a viable source, worthy of his own opinions. Miller gained his credibility by these three simple aspects: major/minor events, religion, and quotes used by political leaders. Char Miller was born on November 23rd, in 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri.
As soon as I sat down in my seat at the very edge of the top row, I couldn’t stay there anymore. On the verge of tears, I slowly made my way back to the area behind the seats with my mom trailing behind me. I was terrified of those seats, the very thought of them turned my knees to jelly. Feeling drained, I walked over to a small balcony near our collection of seats. I still wanted to watch what was happening.
Since 1937 over 2,000 people have died at the Golden Gate Bridge. At 17 years old Kevin Hines life came crashing down he felt like everyone around him was out to hurt and or get him. Along with this he felt extreme paranoia, mania, audio and visual hallucinations, and bipolar disorder. He came to the decision of committing suicide because his brain was telling him in turn tricking him to think that he was a burden to everyone. Soon after explaining the moments before he arrived.
The Buffalo Creek Disaster written by Gerald M. Stern helped me understand the different decisions a lawyer must go through to help their clients. The Buffalo Creek Disaster was a man-made disaster that occurred in February 1972. The Buffalo Creek Mining Company’s coal waste refuse pile collapsed, leaving over 125 people dead and 4,000 people mentally distraught. The Arnold & Porter law firm was reached out to by survivors for help and Gerald M. Stern was appointed as the lawyer for the case, who eventually won $13.5 million for the survivors.
