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My name is Tracy Darrell Newkirk. I am a junior Computer Science major and a Mathematics minor at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. I am the oldest of three children. In my spare time I like to sing, shop, paint, draw, do anything relating to math and computers, read, listen to music, collect very old gospel music recordings. My favorite literary pieces are "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening", by Robert Frost, "Thanatopsis", by WIlliam Cullen Bryant, "Invisible Man", by Ralph Ellison, "Annabelle Lee", by Edgar Allan Poe, anything by Emily Dickinson, "Their Eyes Were Watching God", by Zora Neale Hurston, "How Do I Love Thee", by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and "To My Dear and Loving Husband", by Anne Bradstreet. My favorite music types are Gospel, Jazz, and R&B. My favorite singer of all time is the "Queen of Gospel Music", Mahalia Jackson. In addition to Mahalia I like Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Dinah Washington, Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion, Crystal Lewis, Luther Vandross and Yolanda Adams.
I also like sports, basketball and tennis, my favorites in those areas are Grant Hill, Allan Houston, and Marcus Camby, in tennis my favorites are the Williams' Sisters, Pete Sampras and Monica Seles.
ESSAY QUESTION ANSWER...
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
In the middle ages, the Catholic church controlled virtually every aspect of life. Thus it played a vital role in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Issues raised are; adultery and Gawain's masculinity. The people of this day held religion in high esteem. The abundant references to religion emphasized the theme as well. Each religious word was directed at the notation that a person's place in the world or community was predetermined. The only thoughts necessary were those of obedience to GOD, KING and COUNTRY. REligion meant so much to these people that many feel that through the series of tests imposed upon him that Gawain declines spiritually.
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