Worksheet # 5 Isham and Gorn Violence in the South
1. According to Gorn, why was the backwoods South best suited for rough-and-tumble fighting? What was it about the society, the environment, and people that encouraged this type of fighting?
2. How does class (i.e. lower, middle, upper class) relate to rough-and-tumble fighting? Who was partaking in this type of behavior? Why?
3. Why do you think Isham remembered all of his fights, his opponents, and the injuries he inflicted on them? What does that say about what his fighting meant to him?
4. Use Ishams account of his life (and violence) to back up one of Gorns arguments. (For example, use a quote from Isham maybe regarding one of his fights) and directly relate it to one of Gorns examples or quotes.
5. What did Ishams opponents have in common? What was Ishams relationship with his opponents after the fight?
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