Across A Hundred Mountains Summary

There are man people that think this book is amazing and there are people that think this book is just not educational they say it brings back the past of things that don't happen any more. I think this book is a good book and explains the things that matter. The book basically show how blacks were treated back in the bay. It gives great examples of how life was back then and on how many people view black not just one opinion.

The tittle of the book was misleading because I thought it was going to be about nature, but once you finish the book you realize it’s about surviving in the “wild”. Survival in the United States isn’t easy especially when you are an immigrant. The author did achieve the books purpose because once the book was published the FDA had a new law on sanitation. The writing the author used was extremely effective because practically every chapter was about the struggles Jurgis is going through and

Watching the weak light of the lamppost that no longer penetrates the darkness, his friend just disappears into the shadows.

The narrator's impression that she can be of serious benefit to her father in his farm work are crushed when she figures out society’s view and expectations of her. The narrator wants enjoys and wants to work with her father out on the farm, this is shown when a salesman comes to the farm during the time the narrator and her father helping rake the fresh cut grass; she is introduced as his “new hired man” the salesman answers “I thought it was only a girl.” If it had been her brother, Laird, instead her then the situation would have been completely different. Laird will eventually take his sister's spot as their father’s helper and later on the place as the fox farmer. This is what the narrator’s mother says to her husband when she wants

The day before Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination, MLK Jr. spoke at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee on April 3, 1968 about the Memphis Sanitation Strike. The intention of the speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” was to convince other African Americans to band together and support the sanitation workers after two black, garbage collectors died in an accident. The deaths caused others to realize the unequal treatment of blacks and whites in the workplace. MLK uses ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade fellow African Americans to band together in a nonviolent movement for the equalization between races.

The writing here is very powerful to the reader because it is very interesting the way the book is designed and what was really happening at these schools. The strengths of the book is it makes non aboriginal people realize what was going on there, the weakness is that it puts the government a bad reputation. The author's qualifications are she was at one of these schools, she lived it. Also, that a big injustice was being made and yes I agree with all of these arguments and conclusion. I found that this book was really interesting because it happened at a place close to where I live. I would recommend this book to others to make them realize what really happened in those schools because before reading this book, I never heard about what are residential schools.

The core of the book is the fallacies of American culture and human nature. The book exposes how people in the industrial age were just as cruel and grimy as the machines they worked with. They had fowl mouths and terrible drinking habits. The men were always the one to support the family, but in reality, wastefully spent their money and time. The women were similar to men in that they had terrible drinking habits and never truly supported their families. Women who weren’t heathens were prone to men that were and eventually became the alcoholic wives and moms to cope with their “piece of shit” husbands. What made it even worse is that no one ever seemed to attempt correction. They all happily lived in the slums of lives without a thought of

Mountain climbing thrill seekers are trapped inside a mysterious cave with a demon that kills them one by one.

One thing I liked about this book is that it shows a lot of detail and and the characters were very funny to me. One thing I disliked is that people were so mean and would hate our ethnicity. It was very sad that the KKK blew up the church and those four girls died. Its very low to me that someone would put bombs in the church to kill people and all we wanted was to stop segregation. Its very very

While the argument is that the plot is weak and has a unsatisfactory ending, I know for a fact it is one of the only endings to a novel that I will ever remember. The ending really brought together some previously left out details that Twain built up well in my opinion, and the final goodbye to the territory really left me as a reader feeling American pride. This American pride is also something that I will forever remember as it is not only a main focus, but is the biggest part of the argument for being the great American novel. It's sense of adventure and freedom left me and I'm sure people with the feeling that anything was possible through freedom and adventure, the very things symbolized my America.

There are so many good elements to this book its why its so popular. You can't make a good book if nothing about it is that good. I think the best element in this book is the fact that it is timeless in the sense that those events can still happen today. False accusations, the brutality against African americans. The book is just too relatable today's standords and views not to be acknowledged. It makes you stop and wonder, this book was made nearly 60 years ago and these events still happen to this day then how far have we really come. I think we all need to stop and appreciate who we

What emotions did the book invoke: laughter, tears, smiles, anger? Or, was the book just boring and meaningless? Record some of your reactions.

My family and I had just arrived at Mammoth Mountain, CA for our annual skiing trip, it took us about an our or two to get unpack fully. We were going to be staying there for about a week and skiing all the slopes that the mountain has. I quickly put on all my gear and started heading up in the ski lift to get to the peak of the mountain. When we finally arrived I was practically bouncing up and down in excitement waiting to be able to go down the slopes. As, we got to the front of the line to go down the mountain there was an announcement saying the all skiing courses were closed for the day because of lightning. After the announcement went off I literally deflated from the news because I was so thrilled about going down the trails

The book can be difficult at times for someone with English as second language like me. However, what I like about the book is that it enabled me to learn interesting things about the root of American culture. Women movement in US history is a very unique and such a foreign idea to a

I was faced with a similar question in a previous class, and it was really hard to come up with an answer. Based on personal experiences traveling around the world and learning, and experiencing multiple cultures, it has given me a different outlook on American. These experiences have taught me put myself in another’s shoes, and try to see life through their lens. One’s personal beliefs, values, and actions aren’t a barrier to my ability to perform tasks, or services. I believe that humans are what they are, and that everyone is unique in the way that they think, feel, and want to live their lives. When asking myself, “What bothered me the most about the book?” it allowed me to realize a personal bias that I have. I believe that the worst thing that a human can do is to harm a child. Throughout the book you hear stories of neglect, suffering and trauma. These children are living in unimaginable environments that most people can’t even fathom. Drugs, murder, hunger, and poverty all have very negative effects on development.