Analysis Of The Book ' The Night Of The Missouri River '

In “The Luck of Roaring Camp” by Bret Harte, nature is seemingly created into its own character. Nature has the haunting role of being the giver and taker of life in this story. The forces of nature bring the men of the camp the blessing of a small child. Through this child the men are given life and see the beauty of nature around them. However, nature will ultimately strip the men of both of these things. Harte shows us that nature is the culprit that brings both beauty and pain.

How does the river function in the story? Is it a metaphor, a catalyst, or both? Is it a character?

Jem and Scout, throughout “To Kill A Mockingbird,” learn to consider things from other people’s perspectives. Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father, says “you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in” (Lee 39). They learn this through experiences with their neighbor Boo Radley as they mature beyond their years. At the beginning of the novel, Jem and Scout make fun of Boo and assume that all of the rumors going around about him are true. However, later on in the story the children grow an admiration for Boo and learn to understand him. As they matured, Jem and Scout naturally learned many life lessons of appreciation, respect, and courage

“Crossing the Swamp” by Mary Oliver explores the speaker's immersion into a dense marsh in relation to nature’s grandeur. The poem moves as she does, both universally and literally, to emphasize acceptance of having no control over nature’s sublime and autonomy over her outlook when confronting struggle.

In Crossing the Swamp, Mary Oliver exposes human nature to its simplest state; the passion for life present in the natural world transforms the individual by bringing one closer to the sublime. The spirituality teeming in Oliver’s swamp metaphorically represents hidden beauty within the mundane, as a call for shifted perspective and dignified appreciation permeates the passage.

“I already told him I'd go; it can’t hurt to see what they have to offer.”

Legendary Jones County, Mississippi is the setting for one incredible story about Confederate deserter Newton Knight and his band of rebels. Newt’s story has endured the tests of time. Sadly, many of the sources on Newt’s life are biased, exaggerated, or wholly inaccurate. After ten years of taxing research, Dr. Victoria Bynum wrote one of the most well received books on the topic, The Free State of Jones. In it, she presents factual evidence to narrate the Newton Knight story with as much integrity as possible. She used accounts not just from Newt, but also from other families in the county, to tell the story of the Knight Company as a community uprising against the Confederacy. In State of Jones, bestselling journalist, Sally Jenkins, and historian, Dr. John Stauffer wrote a much more interesting and exaggerated version of the same story. By taking the narrative approach, Jenkins and Stauffer tell a loosely based account of Newt’s story. The real story of Newt Knight never places him at the Battle of Vicksburg, nor does it imply that Newton left his white wife because she was sour-faced and homely (as opposed to the “mesmeric” Rachel, Newt’s black wife ). Furthermore, the real story of Newt Knight never claims that he was a Unionist and an advocate of racial equality both before and during the Civil War. However, Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer make all of these claims. Good historians know that when sources do not exist, the gap becomes part

Throughout American history, there have been unrelenting efforts to force Native American peoples to surrender their tribal existence, national sovereignty, land ownership, tribal land relations, and indigenous tribal religions by turning to western ideals of the Christian religion. Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt is a literary text of considerable significance especially on American culture and religion that tries to examine how Native Americans reconcile their sentiments regarding these unrelenting forces. The book’s main character, Black Elk, a Lakota holy man who is raised in the Lakota Sioux nation’s Oglala band, uses his visions to prescribe solutions for his people. He witnesses various events that shape his life such as the massacre at Wounded Knee and the Ghost Dance. Black Elk is an uncharacteristic member of the Sioux nation, particularly due to his youthful visions and final emergence as the Sioux medicine man with healing and prophetic powers. His great experiences give a deep insight into how the Sioux related with nature. By the time Black Elk is interviewed by John Neihhardt, he is in the twilight years of his life. He is risking a lot by revealing some sacred details about his life to a white man. However, he feels compelled so that he can preserve his sacred visions and thinking for posterity. He uses detailed symbolism as well as instructions passed down

Clawd tapped his chin in thought, and a nearby dumpster grabbed his attention. "I know! Jackson said he's in the presidential suite, three floors up. If we climb up the dumpster, we might reach the second floor, and then we can take an elevator up to the third floor."

Mark twain portrayal of the life and culture of the Mississippi River. And so the novel is a “people’s history” of a community and way of life that has been lost to “progress,” a concept that Twain hated. Indeed, it is Twain’s hatred of the idea of progress that makes him a modern writer, and his exposure of the illusions of progress makes him one of the nation’s most incisive cultural critics. And his portrayal in The novel’s structure is episodic, and even though it is often read as if it were a straightforward critique of slavery and racial prejudice, it is much more problematic than that. The book’s organizing metaphor is that of a journey. Like many of our most cherished myths and novels have been built around the notion of a harrowing

The book, Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison, is about relationships between family members, the social class, “white trash”, and abuse. In the book, there is a young girl by the name of Ruth Anne Boatwright, but goes by the name of Bone. Bone’s mother had her at the young age of 17 years old. Her whole life, Bone, didn’t have a steady father figure. Anney Boatwright, Bone’s mother, married a man and out of that relationship, her sister was born. Soon after Anney married him, he died in a tragic car accident. The next man she married was Glen Waddell. This is when the problems came. Glen Waddell had some issues of his own and throughout the book, he took it out on Bone. At this point, Bone and Daddy Glen’s relationship throughout the book took a turn and their relationship consisted of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.

Socioeconomic status in conjunction with the lack of a nuclear family can influence the use of stereotypes and feelings of shame throughout American literature. In the novel, Bastard Out of Carolina, by Dorothy Allison, the feeling of shame and the identification as “trash” are noted within Bone’s family. Critics J. Brooks Bouson and Natalie Carter argue that these feelings were created by Bone’s mother, Anney, and passed down to Bone. Both would argue that the feelings of shame surrounding the term “bastard” that is felt by Bone and Anney was created due to a stereotype that the family must face. Both critics believe that Allison was like many other Americans, who felt negatively toward the less fortunate, or the “white trash” as a result of her past. Bouson would also argue that these negative feelings toward “trash” is a response to abuse that Allison faced and her experiences she dealt with while growing up, including feelings of shame and embarrassment.

In the game The Oregon Trail, the player tries to make the journey west for gold without their character dying. Just like the game portrays, the trail was a grueling journey to follow a dream. The trail was a game of reality for families moving west. The dream of striking gold and being rich. Women tagged along with their husbands on their journey for gold. The journey was long and difficult, often leading to injuries and death. While on the journey women kept a feminine demeanor even though being faced with many difficulties and having immense responsibilities and constant fear.

"What a gorgeous day!" The words were loud and too close for her comfort. Braidy snatches her bag and looks at this man as if he just set the park on fire as he lowers himself to the bench beside her. "Have you been

American exceptionalism refers to the United States as unique or a different form of democracy from other governments; described as a free nation based on democratic ideals and personal liberties. This term stems from its political, intellectual, and religious, and from its’ enduring exceptional differences. The aftermath of the “revolution”, freeing the American colonies from British control are key aspects of the belief from where American exceptionalism came about. In addition, Thomas Paine makes clear, of the term in his pamphlet of Common Sense that he wrote anonymously in 1776. In John Winthrop’s A model of Christian Charity of 1630, he goes in-depth with his creation of an instrument of the enlightenment that challenges theocracy. The Last of the Mohicans captures a great visual exploration of how colonist and Indigenous people strived to break away from the British parliament. The set takes place during the French and Indian War (7 years’ war) in 1757.