Analysis Of The Book ' The Game The Oregon Trail '

My life as a female pioneer taking the journey down the Oregon Trail was one of hardship and adventure. During the early 1800s settlers began to explore new territory in the New World looking for new opportunities. Through the pioneer journeys of Lewis and Clark a route through America was discovered that would take settlers to new land in the Pacific Northwest portion of the country. To reach the new land pioneers, such as I, had to travel down what became known as the Oregon Trail.

Heading west was really starting not to look worth all the effort my family has out into this trip. We've been on the trail for days now and I still haven't seen any of these so called " green plaines " . All of my family heirlooms I packed for this trip had to be thrown to the trail like trash. It's very disheartening but it was slowing our little wagon down, I mean it's better to lose my mom's chest than to lose a kid. It's definitely not unheard of to lose a child to the trail, there are so many stories floating around about women losing their babies and small children falling off the family wagon to their tragic deaths. Some women were forced to travel with their husbands, although some weren't. Many women chose to head west just for the sheer opportunities the journey had.

Another piece of literature were we see masculinity play a huge role in in the novel “In the Lake of the Woods” by Tim O’Brien. The main character is a man named John Wade. It is clear from the start of the novel that John is a very unconfident man show has many insecurities. It is also made clear that he is obsessively in love with his wife Kathy. Because this novel is written out of sequential order, the readers are not shown how messed up Kathy and John’s relationship is right away. It is a dawning that comes to the reader over the first few chapters. The biggest issue between the two of them is the masculinity that John feels or needs to feel over Kathy.

The Oregon Trail was a very important aspect in the history of our country’s development. When Marcus and Narcissa Whitman made the first trip along the Oregon Trail, many Americans saw a window of opportunity. The Oregon Trail was the only practical way to pass through the Rockies. Pioneers crammed themselves into small wagons to try to make it to the unsettled land; however, 10% of these pioneers died on the way due to disease and accidents.

Women didn’t have it very easy on the Oregon Trial. They had many chores/jobs they had to get done. And those jobs were no walk in the park. They were hard, laborious, and dirty jobs. They were also often “handed” these jobs. Women were often taken granted for. In the men’s minds, they were trivial, but that was far from true. If women hadn’t gone on the Oregon Trail, it probably wouldn’t have gotten that far. Women and girls play a big rule in Women and girls had to adjust to very rough conditions.

People that were inclined to look for gold were forced to make beds in the numbing cold of the snow, which made for unfortunate living conditions. The food had to be carefully looked after so that it was not eaten by animals, and when it turned dark it was mandatory to tie their food up in trees. Forgetfulness would not be tolerated when it came to looking after your food because if you forgot to tie it up, even once, you would face starvation or have to turn back and abandon your aspiration to locate gold. The journey felt like an extensively long time, and they had to make camp often because of the heavy luggage that was impossible to bear for excessive periods of time. These situations were bound to turn anybody weary and, from an outsider’s perspective, even be enough for a person to desert your ambition of finding riches completely, but people in the past managed to endure these problems, despite them being some of the hardest challenges ever

In early 1843 settlers packed up everything they had into their wagons ready for a long trail. The oregon trail was a 2,200 mile trail that trailed besides waterways, ran through mountains, and tall and shortgrass prairies. The Oregon trail was the trail to the promise land. By then california was still owned by mexico. But the rumors were that there was riches in california and oregon. Many people who had lived in mississippi had been going through rough economic periods. Not to mention the disease outbreak of yellow fever and malaria. The people who went along the trail left to get away from the struggles and towards the wealth and prosperity. Surprisingly many people survived the oregon trail. The oregon Trail contributed to manifest destiny. Manifest Destiny was a widespread belief that we should continue to move westward across the land. Because of that people who were wanting to leave their homes and expand onto new land. Later on people had the bright idea that if you were wanted you would move to the west, where there was no sheriffs or authority. James W. Marshall found a gold nugget in the american river which started the gold rush which eventually led to the Oregon Trail. The oregon trail was officially made by fur traders. They had tried many trails before but most of them were only passable by foot. The oregon trail was along the mississippi river. Making it easier for people to survive the long route. California was still owned by mexico when people started to

The Oregon Trail, was a pathway that led thousands of Americans in the east, through the continent to find more opportunity somewhere else. It was a long adventure, being 2,170 miles, add or take a little because people found shortcuts over the years. It was a dangerous journey, reaching from Independence, Missouri to Willamette Valley in Oregon, but it was also full of rivers, harsh deserts, and rough climate. Also, new diseases and wagon accidents ravaged the brave souls, around 400,000, making a successful trip across the continent, really something to be proud of. Over decades of wagons carving the ground, from soil to hard stone, it has left markings of wagon wheels across the lands that it crosses such as Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon, where the trail splits up north and south to Washington to California.

During the 1840s, pioneers were determined to journey westward due to their current economic conditions, religious motivations, and enticing descriptions of their potential lives in the new frontier. The land westward seemed “a pioneer’s paradise” and this Oregon fever overtook many individuals (Uschan 54). This journey is commonly referred to as the Oregon Trail, even though it went through the states of Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Montana and other states (Dary xiii). The Oregon trail helped promote manifest destiny and was a vital part of expanding the country (Uschan 54). The people who survived helped to form the West and those who perished or failed to reach their destination served as cautionary tales. It is estimated that 10% of those

The Oregon trail was the trail to a new life. The best time the pioneers chose to leave was April to May, because if you left too early, there could still be some very bad weather storms, and not enough grass for the ox, but if you leave too late you could not get to Oregon before snowfall. If you wanted to go further west the Oregon trail was your only practical way to get there. This trail traveled over 2,170 miles say’s www.wikipedia.com. According to www.History.com most of the pioneers chose to settle before they got to Oregon. Many people think that Indians were the number 1 cause of people's death. But they weren't they actually were very helpful. They would trade with the pioneers, and help them cross rivers say’s

I believe that the Appalachian women were exhilarating and independent women, that should have never been overlooked, just as it is displayed. I found this piece so interesting as Fisher dug deeper into the women, making them appear more in-depth.

Most of the pioneers who made their way west on the Overland Trails traveled in family groups.

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Mark Twain is one of the foremost satire writers, and he is well-known for uses his sense of humor to criticize the 19th society in America’s and propagate his ideal world through The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. People commented Twain as “Twain does not confine himself to telling a simple children 's story. He is, as always, the satirist and commentator on the foibles of human nature”(Roberts), Twain does use his sense of satire in the classical America book: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as well. The novel is about a group of young children who feels abhorrent about the rigid social expectations and attempts to fight against the major American’s choices, which juxtaposes to adults world and depicts a dark society during the 19th century.

A woman running a farm was a taboo topic in the late 19th century. She was met with sexism and resentment from her peers. In O Pioneers!, the narrator, Alexandra Bergson, shares the same perseverance and feminist perspective as the author Willa Cather does; in addition, the novel reflects the hardships and strengths faced by American pioneers in the 1890’s.