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    Southern Hospitality

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    to the conclusion that Southern Hospitality is well and alive today. We have people traveling all around the country for vacations‚ visiting family‚ work‚ and much more; but do they really know what people of the South are really like if they were to come live here? Southern Hospitality is a growing myth that does not exist‚ and barely existed back in the days. Sure people were generally more civil and socially mannered‚ but that did not mean you could dub a whole Southern Region of the United States

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    Southern Expansion

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    When mentioning southern expansion in the years prior to the American Civil War‚ what places come to mind? While most people think of the west as the closest and quickest place the southern states could have expanded the institution of slavery‚ one does not typically consider Cuba as a likely location. The island of Cuba served as a valid choice for many southern expansionists in the name of slavery‚ not only because its land was well suited and had been exposed to slavery‚ but also it was believed

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    Southern Colonies

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    Southern Colonies The southern colonies consisted of five of the first thirteen colonies‚ which were North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ Georgia‚ Maryland‚ and Virginia. Where the climate was the warmest out of the three colonial regions‚ which to those living there was a good thing because survival in the winter was easier for them. Even back in the day‚ money has been an issue for many. This is why many colonist from New England decided to move to the Southern Colonies. In the southern colonies‚

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    Southern Colonies

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    agriculture and developed the plantations exporting tobacco‚ cotton‚ corn‚ vegetables‚ grain‚ fruit and livestock. Trade in the Southern colonies included Tobacco‚ cotton‚ rice‚ indigo (dye)‚ lumber‚ furs‚ farm products. The crops were traded for items that could not be produced on the plantations including shoes‚ lace‚ thread‚ farm tools and dishes. Climate: The Southern colonies were the warmest of the three regions‚ winters not difficult to survive‚ but the hot and humid summers gave rise to the

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    The Southern Economy

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    The southern economy flourished on the backbones of the men and women that were enslaved in the 18th and 19th centuries. With the threat of the removal of the core method of profit for hundreds of plantation owners‚ an anger rose that would lead to an illogical reaction of withdrawing their entire region from the country that had built them. In essence the South felt a strong need to protect what they believed they possessed: the use of humans as components in the profit machine. This fierce protectiveness

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    In my book “ Eight Keys” by Suzanne LaFleur‚ there is a 9 year old girl named Elise. She is living with her aunt and uncle because her parents had previously passed away. One day when playing in her uncle’s barn with her best friend Franklin‚ she finds a key with her name on it. Then she finds 8 rooms that have never been opened up because they were left from her dad‚ and she doesn’t know why. She forgets about the key until her 12th birthday‚ when she gets her birthday letter from her dad‚ which

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    Southern Discomfort

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    Southern Discomfort Summary: Jim Malesckowski received a call from his boss‚ who wanted him to go to Mexico and determine some figures for their manufacturing company. Their present plant is in Oconomo‚ Wisconsin‚ where they employ 520 people. Oconomo is a small town of just under 10‚000 people and jobs are limited‚ so the company provides some help to their poor economy. Jim’s boss is thinking about moving the plant into Mexico where he could cut costs dramatically‚ saving the company

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    Southern Gothic

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    A Good Man Is Hard To Find Flannery O’Connor was one of the most known authors for writing southern gothic short stories. Southern gothic became a style of writing in the wake of the civil war and brought up questions in society like‚ ‘Why is violence such a large part of the south’s culture?’ and‚ ‘How did the South have such a hard time picking itself up after its defeat in the war?’ Southern gothic is usually decayed‚ grotesque‚ or derelict settings and situations and had themes of ambivalent

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    Suzanne Karts Monologue

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    Allys POV ------------- Hello‚ my name’s Ally Karts. I’m currently 12 years old and living in a small 3 bedroom apartment with my mom‚dad and big brother Michael. We live in Manchester‚England. I had a big sister‚ her name was Izzie(short for Isabella). She died in 9/11 when her school went on a field trip in her 12th year of school. This field trip was for only 5 students in the school for being an outstanding student‚ well she was one of them. Izzie was a nice‚ friendly sister. She was

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    Southern Patriarchy

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    After her father dies‚ Emily meets Homer Barron and after learning he will leave her she poisons him. At the end of the story‚ the townspeople discover his body in a room in Emily’s house after she has died. In this essay feminist theories like the southern patriarchy and her father’s control over Emily will be applied to explain how it contributed to Emily’s bizarre personality and the eventual murder of Homer Barron. The feminist theory can be shown through Emily’s dependence on her father both economically

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