New South Essays

  • The Taxi Industry in New South Wales

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    The Taxi Industry in New South Wales has been one that has involved very little competition within its market, allowing prices for its services to be quite high. Now, however with the advancing technology, the rise of App-based taxi or Ride Sharing services such as Uber threaten to provide substitutes to customers increasing competition in the Taxi Industry. The NSW Taxi Industry is somewhat run by the NSW Government (Abelson). There are three major companies, that as (Abelson) states, ‘Control

  • Old South vs. New South in O'Conner's Everything That Rises Must Converge

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    Old South vs. New South in O'Conner's Everything That Rises Must Converge Flannery O'Connor's "Everything That Rises Must Converge" depicts a stifling mother-son relationship in which the conflict is never resolved, or even acknowledged. This relationship is a metaphor which describes the transition from the Old South, with its inherent values used to justify slavery and segregation, to the New South, striving for justice based on equality. Mrs, Chestney (old South) and her son Julian (New South)

  • The Transition from Old to New South

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    The rise and industrialization of the South began with the end of the Civil War. This aided in the transition from Old to New South, from a time of poverty and slave labor to a more progressive time. The decline of the Old South was often unaccepted and ignored by southerners as they tried to cling to their past ways. Faulkner highlights the cultural shift from Old to New South through character relationships and personalities in his short stories “A Rose for Emily,” “That Evening Sun,” and “Red

  • Differences Between the Early Settlements of New England and the South

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    aspirations which led to the first colonies having notable differences amongst them. The northern settlements of New England were more heavily influenced with the idea of freedom from The Church of England while the immigrants who settled in the south were more monetarily influenced. Both settlements desired to come to America for a sense of freedom, whether it be from the church or to tap new resources and establish a proprietary gain. Although both colonies established structure and a sense of independence

  • Lynching In The New South Summary

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    emergence of the Lynching in the New South. From the excerpt, after the dispute between the white and black men, the colored boys managed to win. It is obvious that the

  • Rhetorical Analysis On The New South

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    The South get its name as “The New South” after dramatic changes in the southern states during the post-civil war. It was just before the popularity of the “New South” there was always issues between Whites and Negros. North and South has vast economic instability, and only after the civil war, Southerners starts to push for the economic development, and that was the time when South was changing momentarily. Henry Grady, a famous newspaper editor has his say on the New South. In his speech, He addresses

  • Gender & Jim Crow: Book Review

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    as well as relations between the men and women of the time. She looks at the influences each group had on the Progressive Era, both politically and socially. Gilmore’s arguments concern African American male political participation, middle-class New South men, and African American female political influences. The book follows a narrative progression of African American progress and relapse. Gilmore argues that African American male political participation between 1890 and 1898 represented a movement

  • Symbolism in A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

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    reputation because of Homer. Miss Emily herself was symbolic in this story. In the beginning she was young and vibrant like the South used to be but toward the end she was unkempt and ugly characterizing the unhealthy traditions of the Old South and its stubborn followers. Her conflict was symbolic of the conflict of acceptance versus unacceptance that was present in the South at that time. The rose was also symbolic in this story. The rose is sometimes a symbol for silence or secrecy so something

  • Symbolism in A Rose For Emily

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    how important it is to let go of the past. Miss Emily clings to the past and does not want to be independent. The Old South is becoming the new South and she cannot move forward. The residents of the South did not all give in to change just because they lost the Civil War. In A Rose for Emily time marches on leaving Miss Emily behind as she stubbornly refuses to progress into a new era. In the story, symbolism is used to give more details than the author actually gives to the reader. Symbolism helps

  • C. Vann Woodward's The Strange Career of Jim Crow

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    Mary Chestnut’s Civil War and won the Bancroft Prize for Origins of the New South*. It was when he was teaching at Johns Hopkins when he wrote the book, The Strange Career of Jim Crow. It was during the court ruling of Brown vs Board of Education in 1954 that Woodward started his lectures, which lead to his book, at the University of Virginia. His audience was more or less surprised about the race relations of the old south during reconstruction; most thought that the two races have always been

  • My Neighbor's Keeper?: William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily

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    My Neighbor’s Keeper?           William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily is set in the small southern town of Jefferson during the early decades of the twentieth century . At this time, vast and cardinal changes were being made by the upcoming new south to conceal and move from the horrid truths that were a part of the town's history. In lieu of this, Jefferson was at a turning point in which they were having difficulty coming to terms with these changes . Integrating Faulkner's use of character and symbols

  • Imperium in Imperio

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    African-Americans were mostly disenfranchised in the South. Griggs states in his novel that the old Negro, who was a slave is obsolete and coins the later much used term of the “new Negro”, a confident intellectual and educated man that was needed in order to achieve equality, and he lets the reader make up his own mind which way would be the preferred path to take. Griggs starts his novel when he introduces us to a representative of the African-Americans of the old South, “Yer mammy is ‘tarmined ter gib yer all

  • Jill McCorckle's Ferris Beach - Search for Permanency

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    Beach, fits perfectly into the popular genre of the bildungsroman. Ferris Beach tells the story of Kate Burns and her struggle to find her identity in a rapidly changing world. Kate looks for permanency in the swiftly changing environment of the New South. Kate's search for permanency forces her to deal with many of the other vital questions in her life. The struggle to deal with change, a central theme in most bildungsromans, certainly plays a major role in Ferris Beach. McCorkle's Ferris Beach participates

  • Essay on Stagnant Lives in Streetcar Named Desire and Glass Menagerie

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    and the "New South." "The predominant theme of these plays is Southern womanhood helpless in the grip of the new world, while its old world of social position and financial security is a paradise lost (Gassner 78). They are victims of a society that taught them that virtue, attractiveness, and gentility all led to happiness. When tragedy strikes, Blanche and Amanda are unable to adjust to modem society and eventually withdraw into the securities of the past. "For Blanche and Amanda, the South forms

  • Australian and American Female Nurses in the Armed Forces

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    conclusion of World War One, whilst they had earned respect for the nursing profession, their contribution was still not enough to admit them into the armed forces on a permanent basis. The establishment of the Australian Army Nursing Service in New South Wales in 1898 (Adam-Smith, 1984, 16), and in America the creation... ... middle of paper ... ...World War One was still not enough in proving that women nurses were capable of serving as a permanent part of the armed forces. (See Web Reference

  • After the Civil War: The New South

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    Was there a New South after the Civil War? What elements marked or did not mark the New South? After the Civil War, the South was in a state of political turmoil, social chaos, and economic decline. Contrary to popular belief, Northerners did not subject Southerners to unethical or inhumane punishment. The time post Civil War was filled with efforts toward reconstructing the South, yet there is the strong question if there even is a New South. Yes, there was somewhat of a New South economically

  • Road Accident Statistics Report

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    fatalities and accidents in Australia and create a safer driving experience for the Australia citizen. The Compilation of Road Accident Statistics in Australia Since 1997, the compilation of road accident information in New South Wales has been a paperless system. Information related to a road accident is uploaded into the Computerised Operational Policing System which, when substantiated, is transferred to the Centre for Road Safety’s Traffic Accident Database System. There

  • business

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    How internal and external influences may impact on business opportunities in NSW. Business opportunities in New South Wales are impacted by internal and external influences, external influence being competitive sitiaution being most common, technological, insitiutional, political, legal, markets, economic, finacial, geographical and social having little or no control over and internal influences being location, products, resources, management, business culture being mostly or all contorl over. As

  • The very itchy bear

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    storytelling as it encourages group participation. Image and reference for the book: include an image of the front cover of the book as well as the correct reference for the book. Bland, N. (2013). The very itchy bear (2nd ed.). Lindfield, New South Wales: Scholastic Press. Justification for the choice of the book for the children with at least one academic reference to support the choice of book. Nick Bland’s use of clear illustrations and rhyming text uncovers the story of a very itchy

  • Gagga Essay

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    Wagga Wagga is the largest inland city of New South Wales which is situated on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River. It is in the centre of the Riverina region and it is located in the middle between two largest cities, Sydney in the north east and Melbourne in the south west. According to Australia census, Wagga Wagga is a diverse city with a large number of cultural groups and ethnicity that exist there. The population of Wagga Wagga has an estimate about 64,000 people. It is considered one of