1. Description of
If you're from the American south, you may feel that you share a unique bond with other southerners. Traditions, values, speech patterns, and even favorite foods bind them together in a way that "outsiders"" may find hard to understand. Pulitzer Prize winning contemporary author Rick Bragg builds upon the powerful legacy of other southern writers, such as Eudora Welty and William Faulkner, but with a style all his own, making his real-life stories of growing up poor in Alabama poignant and often humorous. Rick Bragg is an extremely gifted writer whose works have acquired a universal audience even though most of Bragg's work can be categorized as Southern literature.
The goal in this paper is to show how Bragg has developed his unique style and tone using voice, rhythm, and cohesion in his numerous magazine and newspaper articles, and in his six published books. I will begin with a section about the author himself and later include a section about his methods of writing and teaching creative writing to college students. I will also explore some of the controversy that Bragg has faced during his journalistic career.
About the Author .
Born on July 26, 1959 in Piedmont, Alabama, Rick was raised, along with his two brothers, in a life of poverty. His father was an alcoholic who was absent during much of Rick's childhood, but his grandparents, aunts, and uncles were influential in his life and a large portion of his writing tells about their generosity, love, and emotional support. .
Beginning his journalistic career with his high school newspaper, Rick professionally reported the news for twenty years after that, finally landing at the New York Times. During those newspaper years Rick covered such stories as the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, the political turmoil in Haiti and the riots in Miami. Bragg had an almost Hemingway-like compulsion to be on the scene "in the action" of whatever he wrote about.
The British were even on the verge of granting recognition to the South. ... Many considered it a tie, but it was marked up in Bragg's loss column. ... The admirable William Rosecrans opposed Bragg. ... Rosecrans pursued Bragg to the banks of a small N. ... They ended up in Chickamauga, where Bragg attacked on September 19, 1863. ...
Young Richard Russell Riordan, better known as Rick Riordan, was raised in a family of educators. ... According to Adlit.org (2014), Rick Riordan admitted that he did not like books before he reached the age of 11 or 12 years old. ... " said Rick Riordan (2014). ... Rick Riordan was satisfied with his two jobs. ... As a caring father, Rick Riordan told a lot of Greek myths to his son in order to keep his interest. ...
Rick Scott specializes in clogging the media and often takes it upon himself, rather than relying on his campaign staff, to maximize the number of negative ads aired against Crist. ... Scott has also voice -via his ads- to the Floridian voters the average amount of money misallocated by Crist during his time in office and has suggested that Crist maintains relationships with men who are behind bars. ... Rick Scott is informed and as a businessman he is keenly aware that most of hid voters are primarily the elderly, who can be easily swayed by television ads. ... Charlie Crist may have construc...
The character's that have changed the most are Randy Bragg, Lib McGovern, and Helen Bragg. Randy Bragg was a lazy man who just sat around drinking and spying on Florence's pets all day. ... Helen Bragg was a very loyal wife and a great mother to her two children. ... Like the Bragg's and all their friends that had survived, they had each other to lean on and help them out along the way. ...
CNN reacted quickly to a couple shaky comments made by Rick Sanchez by firing him only a day later. ... Born in Cuba, Sanchez began working for CNN in 2004 as a host of "Rick's List," a two-hour show on CNN's afternoon lineup. Before the time slot was filled by former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and columnist Kathleen Parker, Sanchez hosted a prime-time version of "Rick's List" (Bauder). ... CNN released a short statement saying, "Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well" (The Huffington Post). ...
Rick's former lover Ilsa comes with her husband Victor Laslo to the saloon. ... Rick comes in and yells at Sam to stop, and then he sees Ilsa. ... Rick and Ilsa are in love and plan to leave on a train to get married. ... She doesn't go with Rick on the train and leaves him heartbroken. ... The war separated Rick and Ilsa, and brought them back together. ...