Houston’s goal was to conduct a campaign of his choosing and not that of the Mexican army. His retreat from the open plains to the wooded areas of East Texas made this possible. The two armies later met in a decisive battle, the battle of San Jacinto. Yet some historians believe it was Santa Anna’s impetuous disregard for life and the Texas colonists that led him to make tactical errors, which led to the loss of the battle of San Jacinto. This paper will attempt to present this counterpoint argument throughout the composition.
This shows his acceptance because he doesn’t see Jim as a person and he sees his children as someone else’s property, which he feels would be wrong to steal. Although he accepts society’s view on slavery, Huck’s respect toward Jim is shown when Huck goes to him for his help, to find out what Pap was doing in town. Huck’s respect towards Jim is displayed because there were many other people Huck could have asked, but he chose Jim
Book Critique In my critique of Stephen V. Ash's A Year in the South: 1865 I will discuss his theme and his use of evidence to support his thesis. I will also identify Ash's purpose in writing this book. Additionally I will discuss his writing style. Ash's ultimate goal in writing this book is to educate the reader on the rapid and drastic changes to living in America immediately after the Civil War, specifically in the Confederate South. He does this by providing the stories of four individuals who lived in different places in the South under very different circumstances the year the Civil War ended.
I actually think that the white teenager wouldn’t be able to see why the colored boy was hurt, they would just brush it off and give an explanation like “oh the teacher didn’t mean it like that”. Secondly, I feel that because history has had such segregation, either by race, religion or by class, people feel as if they would be going against the norm and what society wants from them. History has taught us that the black people go here and the white people go there so that is what is ingrained in our minds. Also we are taught from a young age to marry our own kind and have the same colored children, for example, look at Barbie and ken dolls; they are the perfect white couple, and do you ever see a five year old white girl holding a black baby doll?. So because people are exposed to segregation at such a young age, when a intermarried
This transition caused American settler's living in Texas to seize several of Santa Anna's garrisons, including the Alamo. The author states though that the questionable historical inaccuracies occur when historians and directors try and find out why the Americans decided to stay and fight for the Alamo when there was no clear chance of winning the battle. The 1960's movie suggests it was a fight for freedom for Americans, and therefore could be why the director left out the fact that the fight for defending the Alamo was led by four groups of people, including one group of Mexicans seeking to restore the Mexican Republic. In addition, the author
Howard Zinn wrote his book also as a professor to inform the reader of what happened in our countries history. Zinn takes a different route on doing this though. He makes it similar to a text book by using a time-line order and provids events that he thinks are important for people to know and understand. Zinn’s difference in writing is less of a general example of what happened but what he wants you to know about the events he is describing. He tries to persuade you to feel a sympathy for the blacks and Native Americans but he puts down the white man and government at the same time.
The significance of oral history in two historical essays In the essay by Benson Tong and Charles H. Martin, the presence and use of oral history is strategically present in both essays to guide the reader in reaching an interpretation and understanding of the social issues and the time period they take place in. Each author’s use of the oral history is different yet assists them in providing to the reader a voice that may not commonly be present in secondary sources. Martin’s use of oral history gives a critical voice an ear in the face of opposing forces who relentlessly opposed the abandonment of racially exclusionary policies at the University of Georgia’s and Georgia Tech’s football games. Tong uses oral history extensively to give
I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naive. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer.'' ( Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man 11) The narrator certainly profited from behaving that way since he got the chance to go to college in the end: ''On my graduation day I delivered an oration in which I showed that humility was the secret, indeed, the very essence of progress.''
Manfred Blum Instructor: Dr. David Haus History 205 12 December 2006 What Caused the Civil War If someone were to ask the average American citizen about the Civil War, many would probably bring up Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Gettysburg, Bull Run and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. All the aforementioned people, places, and events are all important nonetheless, but if the average American citizen were then asked what caused the Civil War, they would be likely to tell you that it was slavery and the North and South’s disagreement about it. Many people do not realize that slavery was not the direct cause for the succession of the Confederate States, or the Civil War itself. Both sides had their reasons for fighting the war. The South’s
His community, however, is not very impressed with John's new personality. As he is newly educated, he understands racial and social injustices and shares his opinions with those within his community. At the party, he lets everyone know that people's religious beliefs or educational status do not necessarily matter, as the most important part was their own personality. The black John decided he wants to open up a school for the people in his community, since he wanted to give back. When he is given the permission to open this school, he is told to follow a racially unequal curriculum that promotes submission to the United States' racial hierarchy.