William Alexander Percy : Lanterns on the Levee
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미국 남부에 관한 수업 중 쓴 페이퍼입니다. 구체적으로 William Alexander Percy가 쓴 Lanterns on the Levee 라는 책에 관한 것이구요. 글쓴이의 일대기나, 책에 관한 분석, 그리고 미국 남부, African Americans의 영향 등에 관해 분석하고 있습니다. 역사 페이퍼라기 보다는 책의 독후감/작가에 관한 분석이 좀 더 많습니다.
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William Alexander Percy was a lawyer, poet and planter who hailed from Greenville Mississippi. His father was the last senator from in Mississippi to be elected by the legislature. In a way, Percy’s life was full and controversial. He championed for the rights of Catholics despite the fact that he was gay. He did this in a state that was largely protestant and was always motivated by his French mother who was Roman Catholic. He published an autobiography Lanterns on the Levee which became a bestseller in the country. In this autobiography
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In the period running between 1910 and 1920s, Greentown was a very lively town characterized by many events. There were many Greek, Russian and Chinese immigrants in the town and most of them were the owners of the thriving businesses in the downtown. In a way, their town epitomized how life in the United States was lived in this period. Railroad trains came and went many times a day while steamships continuously docked and were unloaded with goods. Many white families in the area were very wealthy thanks to the free labour provided by the many African Americans who worked on their cotton farms.
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