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Throughout human existence, mankind has had to overcome difficult obstacles in order to prosper. In Diane Glancy’s “Pushing the Bear”, the reader discovers how the Cherokee Indians overcome their hardships and flourish into a new, thriving community. In this novel, the audience observe how these Cherokee Indians outlast the harsh environment during the Indian Removal Act. Additionally, Glancy creates a human experience during the Trail of Tears; giving a different perspective of various characters. Through the eyes of characters such as Maritole and Knobowtee, the reader is able to sense the desperation that the Cherokee endured. The upheaval of being forcefully removed from the land stripped the Cherokee of their identity. This disruption left the Cherokee confused, causing frustration to arise because they were unable to live their familiar roles. Men were no longer able to farm. Women had a loss of property and wealth. The bear symbolizes these struggles throughout this novel. Maritole explains, “The bear had once been a person. But he was not conscious of the consciousness he was given. His darkness was greed and self-centeredness. It was part of myself, too. It was part of the human being” (183). In other words, the “bear” is the personal dilemma each character is put up against during this removal. Furthermore, each character has their own personal struggles to overcome; whether that be Knobowtee’s loss of masculinity or Maritole’s loss of family. These struggles,

Located in the Eastern Woodlands of Maine are the Penobscot Native Americans. Formally known as the Penobscot tribe of Maine, they are now known as The Penobscot Nation. One can glean knowledge of this tribe through the historical fiction novel “The Sign of the Beaver,” by Elizabeth George Speare, and the article “Penobscot,” from Wikipedia.org. The novel is the story of a 12 year-old boy’s experience and interaction with the tribe after he finds himself left alone in the wilderness of Maine. The article is a non-fiction work describing the history, culture, and daily life of the tribe. Though both pieces revolve around the indigenous people, they are written from different perspectives. They also contrast in author’s purpose. The article neutrally informs the reader about the tribe, whereas the novel presents its information subjectively through the main character’s feelings and emotions.

Three people from three different backgrounds all with their own unique stories. It is amazing how diverse the world can be. Despite being so different these three people are all vastly similar in the methods they use to sway an audience. Daniel, the writer of The Necessity believes that parades are essential. This very simple display of culture allows normal everyday people the chance to escape from their deeply depressing lives and show a bit of pride. Fong, the writer of Rice for Thanksgiving has a particularly interesting reflection on his family history. Despite the troubles they went through due to discrimination he still believes in the melting pot that is America. Chelsey the writer of Taking the Bus talks about how her experiences with new and strange people on the bus have changed her outlook on life. The interactions with these people give her some perspective on how her life fits in in the grand scheme of things. All of these stories are different yet they all do one very similar thing. They use the human capacity for sympathy as a means of swaying the reader.

Throughout his novel Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer’s own perspectives shape the way he tells the story of Chris McCandless. Krakauer’s writing style allows for varying interpretations of the primary motivations of his protagonist, ranging from sympathizing with Chris to perceiving him as selfish. This is especially evident when Krakauer describes an interview with Walt McCandless about his son’s death seven weeks after Chris’ body was found. However, various interpretations of Krakauer’s work can lead to differing points of view on the subject. While Krakauer’s description of Walt’s emotional reaction to his son’s death could indicate Chris’ selfishness in abandoning his family, it could also serve to justify Chris’ decision to embark on his journey into the Alaskan wilderness.

Life on the road is not suitable for everyone. Not everyone has the capabilities, personality, or intelligence to live their life on the road. In the novel Into The Wild By Jon Krakauer, the main character, Chris McCandless experiences discomfort on the road such as: starvation, dehydration, traveling on foot for many days, and many more. To live on the road is a personal decision that people, who are like McCandless, make. To begin, living on the road is risking your life on a game of chance.

In Annie Dillard’s narrative, “The Deer at Providencia,” she reveals her awareness of and confusion regarding suffering by paralleling human and animal anguish and dignity . On a trip to Ecuador with a North American group in the village of Providencia , Dillard witnesses the suffering of a small deer. Her lack of reaction to the suffering deer stuns the travelers; however, in America Dillard conditions her awareness of suffering daily by previously daily encountering an article about a burn victim in America (M.S. 4) Posting the article on her mirror, Dillard strengthens her realistic perception regarding suffering and divulges her confusion regarding the randomness, inevitability, and the threat of agony for all beings . (M.S. 8) Recounting these experiences, Dillard employs word choice, tone, and parallelism to acknowledge her deliberate awareness of and confusion about the cruelty of suffering.

In the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Krakauer uses excerpts from books at the beginning of each chapter, logos in the form of a note written by Chris McCandless, and comparisons of himself and McCandless to prove the McCandless was not suicidal or crazy.

While reading Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, my opinion on Chris McCandless’ feelings when he died would constantly shift. At times I would be certain that he was happy as he took his last breath, but with the next passage my opinion would do a complete one-eighty. With every chapter, the clues revealed McCandless’ mental state to be increasingly complex. Although my views were inconsistent for the majority of the book, by the end I had reached a conclusion: Christopher McCandless was unhappy in his passing.

Charles Frazier’s first novel, Cold Mountain, has earned him a great amount of notoriety. From having a film adaptation of his novel in 2003, to receiving a National Book Award in fiction in 1997. Cold Mountain opens with a quotation from a journal entry by Charles Darwin: “It is difficult to believe in the dreadful but quiet war of organic beings, going on in the peaceful woods and smiling fields.” And indeed, Frazier’s acclaimed novel describes a war of beings built of flesh and blood–of course not only in the sense of the Civil War. While man’s lone task in war is to destroy the opposition, Frazier’s novel is also dedicated to the struggle which an individual must face in order to survive in a natural environment. From Frazier’s standpoint, the usage of this particular quotation could be a confirmation of Darwin’s influence on his literature. The term naturalism describes a category of literature that applies scientific principles of detachment and objectivity to its reading of human beings. The literary movement of naturalism got its foundation from Darwin’s theory of evolution. In his novel, Frazier makes use of real historical backgrounds and geographical locations. Combined with a style following realism, amidst extensive passages of naturalistic descriptions. There are clear similarities between Darwin’s conclusions and the plot of Cold Mountain.

Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer provides a diverse protagonist named Chris McCandless. Many people have different opinions about how he reacted to his situation and how he dealt with his life. Shaun Callarman claims that he had, “No common sense, and he had no business going to Alaska.” Callarman argues that Chris made a lot of decisions based on arrogance and that he was plain crazy. I disagree with his analyses because I believe that Chris was doing what he thought was the right thing to do for himself, was not arrogant because he did not think highly of himself even though he had graduated college, and if he had no common sense he wouldn’t have lasted as long as he did.

Changing your life should not be to run away from your problems; but to do what is best for you. In Into the Wild (1996), Jon Krakauer writes this biographical novel in order to inform readers about a young man named Chris McCandless, who changes his name to Alexander Supertramp, and his identity. Raised in a middle class family with both parents in the suburbs located in Washington, D.C. McCandless is an idealist, intellectual young man who graduated with honors from Emory University on the 12th of May in 1990. Throughout the novel, from the Author’s Note to Chapter Five: Bullhead City, Chris McCandless pushes himself to the extremes by changing his well-income lifestyle to become a hitchhiker who believes that his life is best alone in the wilderness, unprepared. On the other hand, Walden on Wheels (2013), from Author’s Note to Chapter One: Cart Pusher, Ken Ilgunas writes a memoir of a chapter in his life in order to inform readers a true life story he went through. As a young man alternating for universities to finally graduating from Duke University with a liberal arts degree, Ilgunas struggles to pay his $32,000 student debt. From living in an apartment to living in his van to avoid further student loans, Ilgunas believes that his life is better than what he is living as and seeks off to change his life in freedom. While both novels: Into the Wild and Walden On Wheels have a main character with a common plot; their genres, structures of their

Jalapeno bagels is about a boy named Pablo whom cannot decide what to take to school for International Day. He wants to bring something from his parents’ baker. He wants something that represent his heritage but he cannot decide what to bring. His mother who is Mexican baked pan dulce and change bars. His father who is Jewish baked bagels and challah. Both of the bake good were good but while helping his parents with the bakery on Sunday morning, Pablo made a decision on what to bring. He decided to bring jalapeno bagels because they are a mixture both of his parents and just like him too. The multicultural representations in the story line is Mexican and Jewish. The pictures that were drawn in the book, the family has the same color of skin even though the parents are different cultures and the main character is mixed. There were no different skin colors.

As I sat down, I noticed the intense look that Mr. Rainsford had about him. His eyes were almost wild as if he had actually been hunted, they were wide and constantly moving as if he was watching for Zaroff, his imaginary hunter. Though he has insisted in many cases that his story is indeed not fiction, but in fact true and quiet frightening. The only proof that has presented has not supported his story being non-fiction, but instead proves a fiction story based on an island. Of course this leads to my first question which was, “Mr. Rainsford I noticed in your book that you mention in the foreword that your story was true and the only reason that the book

In Walter Wangerin Jr.'s beast fable, The Book of the Dun Cow, two roosters have the unusual distinction of being Lords of their own manor. Webster defines a Lord as a "person having great powers and authority, a ruler or master," where as a manor is defined as "the district over which a lord holds authority and domain" (Webster). Chauntecleer is introduced to the reader as the leader or Lord of the Coop and the ruler over the animals in the surrounding land. On the other hand, Cockatrice takes over as leader of his Coop and land after he kills his father, Senex. Chauntecleer and Cockatrice are two very different roosters who lead and rule their domain in stark contrast yet they are both labeled as Lords of the manor.

Every story that begins must eventually come to an end, and that is true for both literary and commercial fiction. In literature, there are three types of endings an author can provide within their writings: a happy end with the protagonist’s conflict resolved, an indeterminate end where the resolution is inconclusive or undefined, or an unhappy end where the conflict is not resolved at all. These three types of endings can be found in both types of fictions, with literary fiction characteristically possessing unhappy endings, and commercial fictions ending more on a happier note. In Tobias Wolff’s story of “Hunters in the Snow”, the author clearly depicts an unhappy end resulted through his characters, conflict, and overall story