public by providing different perspectives. Austin, Texas is known for a range of different reasons including the Capital, Activism, Culture, Music, and more. Yet, in general, Austin is a geographical city in Texas. What makes the Austin, Texas unique is its residents or Austinites. Austin’s diverse ideologies makes the public of Austin a world of its own. What seems to be odd, different, and just plainly eccentric is accepted among the Austin public. Austin a city, in which according to New York
The city of Austin became the capital of Texas in 1838 when two of Sam Houston’s protégés James Collingsworth and Peter Grayson ran against his nemesis Mirabeau B. Lamar. (Lomax paragraph 3, 2013) It didn’t become official till 1846 when it officially became a capitol. I think Austin was chosen as the capital over more thriving cities because of how the story of Stephen F. Austin actions against the Mexican government. He represented a huge part of the Texas Anglo population at the time as well
1. When did Austin become the capital of Texas? Why do you think it was chosen as the capital over more thriving cities? In the 1830s, the pioneers started to stay in the central Austin territory, near The Colorado River. Later Mirabeau B. Lamar, the Vice President of the Republic of Texas, stayed around the central Austin area during a buffalo hunting excursion, he suggested that the republic’s capital could be shifted there at the central Austin then called Waterloo in 1839. This site was on the
Where are you? This is not funny, come out wherever you are.” So they started walking around. Ken saw something with big green glowing eyes. He thought it was Jake and shined his flashlight on the thing with green glowing eyes. When he did, he saw a weird monster with no hair, just white shriveled skin and long fingers razor sharp, kind of like a rake. The monster turned around real quick and looked at Ken. The monster was covered in blood, and right next to the monster, laying on the ground, was his
William Shakespeare is regarded as one of the most talented and famous playwrights of all time. But there is research being conducted to try to prove that he did not write or produce his own plays or poetry. Many historians and English writing experts believe that he used someone else’s ideas, wrote them down and produced them. Many people believe that he even stole plays from other people. From what we know about him—which is not a lot—he was not highly educated which leads people to believe that
of a freak show” (Backstrom 692). This comment compares “freak shows” to these shows displaying obesity and that comparison is also true regarding the audience. “Freak shows” led to the discovery of a niche audience that was willing to watch these weird and unusual spectacles. Shows utilizing dwarfs can be categorized in the same manner. Actors such as Peter Dinklage and the late Verne Troyer were able to carve out respectable careers due to the niche audience. Without “freak shows”, dwarfs might
and then he saw the sign “Screaming Woods.” Before James went in the woods, he started to feel kind of scared to go through the woods at night alone, because he had heard stories from friends about people coming out of the woods, claiming they saw a weird creature. When they came out, they were never the same person, and some
Alien Abduction On March 9th, The Washington Post published an article describing multiple mysterious occurrences between the Military, specifically, U.S Navy F-18 fighters and unidentified objects and released two declassified videos from the Defence Department of the events occuring. Personally, I wholeheartedly believe extraterrestrial life exists vastly throughout the Universe, yet, intelligent alien life exists but is less common. I believe intelligent alien life and, moreover, alien abductions
her singing career, but the strong appeal of blues music never allowed her to give up. She was most inspired by Bessie Smith and Odetta, and gradually discovered a singing method that complimented her voice the most (“Life: biography”). “During her Austin days, Janis wasn't comfortable singing in public. She was shy and without any particular style. She sang the blues like Bessie Smith and also imitated Jean Richie and Rosie Maddox. There was something special about Bessie Smith, though. Janis identified
are and be proud of it. I like to listen to listen to this song with my cousins cause we act like we’re Ross Lynch and dance and sing to the song. This song describes in the personality of me being neat because I don’t care if they think that I’m weird or crazy. I think that showing who you really are is what the people see in you not being crazy overdramatic or someone who loves the attention. I was once bullied and ... ... middle of paper ... ...in front of everybody but, then I got over it
The Bermuda Triangle is a mysterious section of the Atlantic Ocean covering a huge area from the point of Miami, to Bermuda and Puerto Rico where numerous numbers of ships and airplanes have vanished either for good or found near by as rubble. Although a plethora of theories have come about regarding this vast areas, none of them come to show that these often disappearances occur more frequently in the triangle than in other often experienced sections of the ocean. In fact, people navigate the area
com/view.asp?id=5720.htm. 2.) “Macbeth.” Zecscrab 24 April 2012. http://www,zekscrab.users.50megs.com/Cummings/Shakespeare/Macbeth.html. 3.) Shakespeare, William. “Macbeth.” Elements of Literature. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Austin: Harcourt Brac & Company, 1996. 301-382. 4.) Haines, Charles. William Shakespeare and His Plays. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1968. 5.) “Shakespeare’s Macbeth.” CliffsNotes West, Alex. Foster City: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.,
Supernatural in American Fiction The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. Therefore, it makes sense that if mortals cannot bear the darkness, they [should not] not go there. If man dislikes black night and yawning chasms, then should he not even consider them? Shouldn't man seek out the sunshine, instead? The remedy is very simple: Avoid the darkness and seek the light. But, no. Mankind would never submit to
A Day In the Past "Bring" "Get up Mike!" his mother shrieked up the stairs. "oh no" groaned the reply because today as he knew all too well it was Monday, and not any Monday it was his first day back from the summer break. Gone were the days he could relax and enjoy the sunshine, He was now back to the real horror of life, the shocker of the year: School! He stood up wearily and yawned, stretching his long, thin arms out wide and then rubbing his freckled face. He then dragged himself
Smith 36) Seeley’s analysis lays bare the unpalatable fact that one section of the British population viewed the Empire as a potential subject for assault and would prefer its dissolution. If patriotism is the watchword for Charles Kingsley, Alfred Austin, Henry Newbolt, William Ernest Henley figures like C. A. Parnell, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Robert Buchanon, Hilaire Belloc raised their voice against the imperial enterprise. Between these two opposite extremes literary analysts are often at pains how
An ugly and frightening old woman crouches ominously over a big worn cauldron, set over a crackling red fire. Her skin is wrinkled, cragged and coloured in a strange tone that isn't quite natural, and her face features a long and crooked nose, adorned with a few erratic warts. She is wearing a long black robe that has seen better days, and a tall conical hat with a large rim covers her untidy hair. She concentrates on her cauldron, in which some unwholesome-looking liquid is boiling and sending off