Across A Hundred Mountains Summary

In “The Mountain” Eli Clare addresses the plight and disadvantages of the disabled in society using a metaphorical mountain and her own climbing supercrip experience. In the opening metaphor section Clare explains how the little sympathy the empowered and able have for the disabled. With the supercrip section, Clare asserts that when stories of crippled people “overcoming” their disabilities gain publicity they simply support and reinforce stereotypes, continuing the discrimination of the disabled community (Clare 1999). Due to her cerebral palsy, Clare cannot finish her hike with her friend Adrianne to the top of Mount Adams. Following her disappointment, Clare considers the difference between impairment and disability. According to the article, an impairment refers to the objective inability to accomplish a task resulting from a faulty limb or bodily function. On the other hand, a disability is a product of a structures refusal to account for the impaired (Clare 1999). In the final section titled “Home,” Clare reminisces on the depressing parts of his life: his father raping him, the inconsiderate and harsh slurs, and his impairment. Then, he ponders the body as a home and its functions. Finally, he accepts that he will never be able to call the mountain home, but yearns for a society where ableism is absent, the concept of the supercrip is extinct, and the impaired can live normal lives (Clare 1999).

“The only real nation is humanity” (Farmer 123). This quote represents a huge message that is received in, Tracy Kidder’s, Mountains Beyond Mountains. This book argues that universal healthcare is a right and not a privilege. Kidder’s book also shows the audience that every individual, no matter what the circumstances, is entitled to receive quality health care. In the book Kidder represents, Paul Farmer, a man who spends his entire life determined to improve the health care of impoverished areas around the world, namely Haiti, one of the poorest nations in the world. By doing this the audience learns of the horrible circumstances, and the lack of quality health care that nations like Haiti

8. Do you have sympathy or empathy for the wife of Don Elias, Dona Matilde?

It seemed to be an average day in Mountain Ridge High. The football team had just defeated the Clearwater Caribou with the help of the captain and quarterback, Clyde McDaniel. Clyde scored four touchdowns in the first half alone, one of which included an 89 yard carry after a turnover by the Caribou’s safety, Jackson Campbell. Throughout the school day teachers and students from around the building congratulated Clyde on the big win. However the one congratulations that Clyde wanted was the one congratulations he didn’t receive- a congratulations from his girlfriend Anna. The night of the game Anna’s mom had been diagnosed with stage IV acute myelogenous leukemia, so Anna had to stay in the hospital in case she passed. With bone marrow transplants,

Who were the mountain Men?(tannerwestproject) Mountain men were trappers and explorers who traveled the North American Rocky mountain range from about 1810 to the early 1840s. These men were mostly motivated by adventure and freedom, the Trapper's life, and the fur trade, although some were more interested in exploring the West. about 3,000 men traveled the mountains in the time between 1820 and 1840, which was the best beaver hunting time.While there was many free fur trappers, almost all mountain men were workers for fur companies.

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.

It shows the dehumanizing effects on both slave owners and slaves, and changing the views of white society towards slavery. Slavery was a tragic time in American history with fear and superiority reigning over these people.

The part of the book that I find most meaningful is the part of the book that shows us the Birmingham Children’s March. It was an outrageous moment in the history of America and the message is even stronger when you are not just reading it from a text book. It does an incredible job of depicting just how brutal the authorities were willing to be, even towards children. The message that is sent extremely powerful even in today’s world where people

One way the book impacted me is that it angered me a great deal. This is because I do not understand why people were treated poorly even if they were good people. They judged you by your skin color and just because you were different somehow that made you

This book has changed my view on the world. As you grow, you do not seem to think about all the evil going on in the world, per say. In my opinion, slavery was probably one of the worst forms of evil. It makes me question everyone’s intention with a particular race, noting that not everyone is meant to do harm. This story helps me view the world as cruel yet relieving. Cruel in a way that life is always throwing obstacles your way that almost seem impossible to overcome, but in order to survive, you must get through them. It is relieving in a sense that once you have gone through all the rough patches, you are able to

The book itself contains the shortcomings of being born a slave and yet undergoing the different experiences that, during its time period, were unknown and ignored in the United States. The fact, that a book, a small nonmalignant object created such outrage in regions of the United States. It created an immediate discussion around the nation over the ethical and moral issues of slavery. How did this reaction occur? How

This book has been taught in the classroom for a long time and makes up a few questions on many ACT tests which are crucial to the development and future of many students. It is used as an example in literary lessons and referenced in history courses when learning about the social norms of the past. By ignoring the book, you are ignoring the history of a nation that has grown from pitiful beginnings to a beacon of freedom in the

Silent Spring is a book that makes just about everyone think, except for the major chemical companies that it was attacking. This is definitely one book that help shaped how we look at the environment today and also how we approach it. Rachel Carson aimed for a book that was going to open peoples eyes to what really was happening and who and what was doing it. She nailed this right on the head, while the book was very technical when it came to talking about the details of DDT, it was written at a level that everyone could understand and relate too. Easily this could be one of the most important books written in American history, where would we be without it and how would our future have turned out.

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 grievous tragedy that was the Lincoln’s death was the first of many presidents to meet their doom by assassination. This act of calamity was the first of many as James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy were all assassinated after Lincoln’s assassination. Also this novel nosedives into the controversial subject of the civil war and race, which is a major issue in America. This novel shows the President who ended slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation die at the hands of a racist which can relate to Kennedy who fought for civil rights and died the same way via assassination. Both fought the infinite beast that is racism and tried to built a better tomorrow. Furthermore, some still believe in the ideology that has lead to