Rosewood essays

Rosewood essays In Levy County, FL, blacks and whites live uncomfortably but serenely beside each other in the towns of Sumner and Rosewood. The movie starts out by showing the very clean town of Rosewood, FL. In the beginning they show the Rosewood First A.M.E. Church, a for sale sign for 5 acres of land to be auctioned off on January 1, 1923 (New Years Day) by J. Bradley, Prince Hall, No. 6 which is the school for black children, different houses, farms, and the Carrier house. The movie also shows the train station in Rosewood where Sarah Carrier and her grandson are selling fruits, vegetables, and eggs to the whites getting on the train and one of the heroes of Rosewood, the train conductor Mr. Bryce. Once the train rolls by we come up on Sumner, FL, the white neighborhood in the movie. The railroad tracks separate the 2 towns. It doesnt look as clean as Rosewood does. A boy and his father hunt a boar and carry it out of the woods while the father chastises his son about playing with a colored bo y. The sheriff rides up and asks him if he sees a black man that escaped off the chain gang and tells him to keep a look out for him and not to shoot him. I chose this movie because it was very interesting to me when I first saw it and I never heard of Rosewood, FL before. I thought it was just a movie to show how lynching and massacres were conducted in America. When I saw it in the movies I missed the beginning of it so I didnt know it was based on a true story. When Mrs. Lamarre gave us the movie project, it gave me the opportunity to research on just how accurate and true the story of Rosewood was. In this report I will be telling how true the story really is and, around the start of the 19th century, that lynching and massacres of black towns were normal. The Reality of Rosewood, Lynching, and Massacres Rosewood is based on a true story. It is about how a prosperous black town was burned down to the ground b...

4 Exasperating Malapropisms

4 Exasperating Malapropisms 4 Exasperating Malapropisms 4 Exasperating Malapropisms By Maeve Maddox Malapropisms can be funny, but only if one understands both the misused word and the word appropriate in the context. Here are four malapropisms that left one reader scratching his head: 1.The butler entered the drawing room bearing the visitors name card on a silver sliver. The word wanted here is salver, not sliver. A salver is a tray; A sliver is a very narrow splinter of some substance. A silver sliver would not be large enough to hold a visitors card. 2. Mrs Jones earned the reputation of a vertigo because her poor husbands head was always in a spin from her constant nagging and scolding. The word wanted in this context is virago, not vertigo. Vertigo is dizziness; A virago, in this context, is a loud, obnoxious woman who nags and scolds and doesnt behave as a proper woman should. (The word virago has an interesting history that deserves a post of its own.) 3. The teacher commented that Janes essay on D. H. Lawrence was extremely erotic; although certain parts were commendable, others left much to be desired. Yes, D.H. Lawrence is noted for erotic content, but the appropriate word here is erratic. The clue is certain parts were commendable, others left much to be desired. erotic relating to sexual desire. erratic irregular, inconsistent, eccentric. 4. Unfortunately, all efforts to pacify the furious tourists only served to exasperate the situation. Many native English speakers might miss the malapropism in this one because the words exasperate and exacerbate are often used as if they meant the same thing. For example, heres an exchange at Wiki Answers.com: Q: Can you use exasperate in a sentence? A: The 20 mph winds really exasperated the already 20 degree weather, making it feel like 0 degrees. exasperate to cause irritation or annoyance in a person. exacerbate to make a situation worse. The Wiki winds, therefore, would exacerbate the weather and the efforts to pacify the tourists in Example 4 would exacerbate the situation. Thanks to Jayanthi K for suggesting this post. Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Misused Words category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:Direct and Indirect ObjectsThe Many Forms of the Verb TO BEThe "Pied" in The Pied Piper