Jessie James: Murdering Outlaw or American Hero There are two sides to everything. Coins have both heads and tales, the moon has a dark side and a face that we are so familiar with, and yes, the Lochness Monster has both a head and a tail. To every opinion, or story, there will always be one that contradicts it. This is the case with conceptions regarding Jesse James. Jesse Woodson James was born on the cold and early morning of September 6, 1847 in Kearney, Missouri. At the age of fourteen, Jesse joined the Confederate effort during the Civil War and fought until a Union bullet injured him in 1865. Instead of becoming a farmer like most of the rest of the beaten Confederacy, Jesse turned to crime. From 1866 to 1882, Jesse, his brother Frank, and other ex-Confederates robbed over fifteen different banks and trains. The James Gang operated in the Mid-west until a fellow gang member shot Jesse in the back of the head. There are two different schools of thought regarding James. Most people consider Jesse James a murdering outlaw who was driven by a greed for money, while others sympathize with Jesse and view him as an American hero who had no choice but to turn to crime. . Ironically Jesse’s father was a Baptist preacher, but he did not have much if any influence on Jesse considering that his mother married three times. Jesse’s childhood abruptly ended when he was 14 years old. During this time, Civil War had broken out, dividing the United States into two parts. Not wanting to be left out, Jesse joined a Confederate regiment led by Lieutenant Bloody Bill Anderson. Unlike most other confederate regiments, Bloody Bill Anderson’s regiment would "use small gang hit-and-run attacks" and raid mostly northern cities in Kansas and Missouri (Bruns 35). James rode with Anderson until he was wounded and sent home in 1865. After Jesse’s recovery, he and his brother Frank began to work on their family farm. As time wore on however, the James boys grew tired of this and living under the control of "Yankees". Thus, Jesse James, along with Frank, his cousins Bob, Cole, and Jim Younger, and about seven other ex-confederate soldiers, turned to crime. The "James" gang committed their first robbery on a cold February day in 1866. The gang masqueraded in Union Army issued uniforms and entered the bank in Liberty, Missouri.
Jesse James Rides Again! History books say that Jesse Woodson James was killed on April 3, 1882, but others believe differently. (Hall) I believe Jesse James died in 1951 in Grandbury, Texas at the age of 103. Between 1882 and 1948 he went by many different names but mainly went by J. Frank Dalton. From the Civil War to Jesse James supposed death in 1882, Jesse was a major outlaw. After 1882 Jesse led a normal life and had many different professions.
James Weldon Johnson was born on June 17, 1871 in Jacksonville, Fla. He is best known as being a poet, composor, diplomat, and anthologist of black culture.
John Brown became a legend of his time. He was a God fearing, yet violent man and slaveholders saw him as evil, fanatic, a murderer, lunatic, liar, and horse thief. To abolitionists, he was noble and courageous. John Brown was born in 1800 and grew up in the wilderness of Ohio. At seventeen, he left home and soon mastered the arts of farming, tanning, and home building.
is a tale about an unsavory couple inviting another younger couple over for some “fun and games.” The unsavory couple, George and Martha, were played by two of Hollywood’s most famous actors at the time, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. In real life, they were married, and before this film they had done several other pictures together. One of those films was the glamorous Cleopatra. Because of this, the feeling that they were truly married and familiar with one another was present in the film. This casting was a smart choice since they were both experienced, talented, film stars. Their roles in this film were a stark contrast to their roles in previous films, where they played handsome people deeply in love with one another. This contrast helped add to the shock of the overall
Jesse Moncell Bethel was born in New York City, New York on July 8, 1922. He was born to Jesse M. Bethel and Ethel Williams. His father left the home when he was only six months old and his mother died when he was only three and a half years old. Being an orphan now, he was raised by his grandmother in Arkansas. He then moved to Oklahoma where his family sharecropped cotton and cornfields. Bethel attended elementary school while in Oklahoma and later graduated from Booker Washington High School there too. Bethel attended Tillotson College in Austin, Texas. He graduated there with a Bachelors of Science degree in chemistry. He later attended graduate school in 1944 at the University of California Berkley.
Decision some officers make compromise their loyalty, to the community they swore to protect. It is a stressful situation when deciding to be loyal to the job or to fellow officers. “Many departments have officers swear an oath to serve and protect without allowing personal feelings, prejudices, animosities, or friendships influence their actions”, however, the code exists (Lawrence, 2015). Not the code of ethics or the code of honor, but the “cop code”, which bonds unethical officers to a code of silence to protect each other.
The Project Management Institute (PMI) was formed in 1969 to provide a non-profit organization for project professionals. This global organization offers eight different endorsements to aid project management professionals in acquiring positions with higher wages and career prospects (Learn about PMI, n.d.). The Project Management Institute is the foremost authority in project management (PM) fundamentals and serves as the lead organization for project administration. With organizational groups that extend globally, this institution
James quotes “The Black panthers were a force” (25). James also states “I thought to myself, these people will kill mommy” (27). After all, what he saw was a frightening image of who the Black Panthers were, that made his thoughts go wild and he thought that a black panther specifically would kill her because she is white. James seems to have built up frustration from when the blacks and the whites were mean to his mom and brothers and sisters, using racial slurs and being just down right mean and very tasteless. In chapter 4 James mentions “I remember when a white man shoved her angrily as she led a group of us onto an escalator, but mommy simply ignored him”. James mother Ruth shows that she isn’t scared by walking through the streets of the ghetto alone, she knows that GOD is on her side. James recalls “I Understand now, understand how she had her Christian principles and her trust in GOD kept her going through all her life’s battles”
When he was explaining to James why he wanted to kill him, he explains how he is “American, good educated, high class, white, just like him). He is extremely rude to the homeless man, as he asks James “Why haven’t you delivered the filthy swine to me yet?”He uses this to justify his violence and murder of the homeless man, and eventually with his other victims as well. This is an example of conflict theory, as well as he does not view his violence as a crime, and justifies his actions by using his wealth and class status. Since he has power, crime is defined by him and is used to make the poor poorer and the rich richer. He is using the Purge night to advance his political interests, which seems to be eliminating everyone he views as lesser than
Every day Police officers are faced with fight or flight situations putting morals constantly into question with every choice. This isn’t to say however, that fight or flight situations are the only situations where the ethics of an officers are challenged. In some cases, ethics can also be more planned and objective oriented (Sherman, 1982). Ethics play a pivotal role in determining the boundaries in which officers must operate. When applied to the police, high moral standards and integrity are the key to societies trust however. “It also constitutes one of the most significant obstacles to positive police-public relations in today’s society” (Grant, 2002:12). If a working relationship between society and law enforcers is the desired end
The missions statement of police agencies usually highlight with pride the maintenance, promotion, and protection of peace, order, safety, and justified law enforcement in communities and the entire nation. Police officers are agents meant to bust crimes and get the bad guys. The police agency that the public use to lean on as the legitimate authority figure to come to the rescue however has created conflicting public perception. The misconduct of some police officers that include abuse of power and corruption tainted the good reputation of the agency overtime. The public trust on the agency has been broken and that has caused some members of the society to distrust and have doubts to service motives of police officers. The growing distrust to the police agencies is a common issue shared by countries worldwide. Police corruption is a costly international malady that also infected the police agencies in America.
There are many benefits for a person who increases in self-knowledge and dangers for those who do not. Some benefits for the person who increases their self-knowledge are avoiding mistakes, becoming an expert of themselves and seeking out the deeper truth. An example would be if there was someone who were attempting to cook dinner and a guest wanted steak but they did not know how to cook it. A person who knows themselves would either ask them if they wanted anything else, ask them how to cook it or even for them to cook it themselves if the guest knew how to cook it. During Socrates conversation with Alcibiades, Socrates asked Alcibiades “What if you were sailing in a ship? Would you have an opinion about whether tiller should be moved in or out, and, since you don’t know, would you be confused, or would you turn this over to the helmsman and keep your peace?” (Alcibiades I, 25d). Alcibiades said that he would have turned it over to the helmsman because he knows that he does not know how to sail a ship. Some dangers for a person who does not have self-knowledge are that you cannot improve yourself because you do not know yourself and understand yourself which can lead to carelessness and mistakes. Socrates explained to Alcibiades “Come on, in what way could the self itself be discovered? For in this way we could perhaps discover just what we are ourselves, but if we remain in ignorance of it we’ll be unable to do so, I suppose,” (45b). People have to ask basic questions
Before the civil war his mother Matilda and father Joshua had been slaves in Kentucky and gave birth to Dunbar on June 27, 1872. His mother home schooled Dunbar, later on he went to high school in in Dayton and become president of their literary society, and editor of the school newspaper. In Dayton's herald newspaper in 1888 "Our Martyred Soldiers" and "On Th...
When planning a new project, how the project will be managed is one of the most important factors. The importance of a managers will determine the success of the project. The success of the project will be determined by how well it is managed. Project management is referred to as the discipline that entails the processes of carefully planning, organizing, controlling, and motivating the organization resources so as to foster and facilitate the achievement of specific established and desired goals and meet the specific criteria of success required in the organization (Larson, 2014). Over the course of this paper I will be discussing and analyzing the importance of project management.
Project management involves all activities that encompass scheduling, planning, and controlling projects. A successful project manager ensure that an organization’s resources are being used both efficiently and effectively. Most projects need to be uniquely developed require a sense of customization and the ability to adapt to any posed challenges. The scope of effective project management includes defining what the project is and what is being expected to be accomplished. Projects are imposed to fulfill a certain need and project managers must have the ability to create the proper definition. Goals and the means used to attain those goals have to be clearly stated. Project Managers must also have the ability to plan