Literary Analysis: Ricochet River '

The novel “The River” is the second book to a magnificent five part series by Gary Paulsen, throughout reading this book I was on the edge of my seat, wondering what to think. This novel is about a young boy who named Brian who is recovering from a traumatic experience in the woods, and decides he would like to use his experience to teach other people in his positon. In his past experience, he crashed a plane and spent 54 days in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a hatchet and the clothes on his back. He agrees to go back into the woods to teach a survival instructor named Derek exactly how he survived. After much planning and paperwork he sets out to a precise location in the forest. Soon after arriving he realizes that what they had packed would not make this trip a struggle, like his

The mention of “Walden Pond” in stanza three by the white woman is linked in the Indian’s mind to “there are five Walden Ponds on my little reservation out West and at least a hundred more surrounding Spokane,” in stanza four. These larger images once again demonstrate the incapability of the white Americans to look deeper into other cultures and their sites surrounding them. The only reason the white woman recognizes Walden Pond is because it was made famous by a white American, Henry David Thoreau who wrote a book about his life in a house next to the pond, in which he takes on a simplistic life which mimics the Native American Indian life style. The Indian on the train, is unimpressed by this because he states that “I know the Indians were living stories around that pond before Walden's grandparents were born and before his grandparents' grandparents were born.”These lines display a certain amount of disdain by the Indian for what the white Americans believe to be historically important it

He stated that it was the difference between life and death. Glen Canyon was alive. Lake Powell is a graveyard. He really seems to be going out on a limb in saying this extreme of a statement. I think that he is wrong in saying that. I feel that he is only looking at one side of the story. I would say the opposite, but for a rhetorical analysis proposes only, I will come from his point of view in researching that he came to that conclusion under the assumption that the wildlife and nature was more alive then the life “outside” of the dam. Lake Powell is a graveyard in such that there is nothing natural about it. The rocks are pretty and the water is blue. Abbey talks of a term called “bathtub ring”, it is left on the canyon walls, after each drawdown of the water level. The park rangers in Glen Canyon consider it to be not of great importance, and that is one of the only illusions that you look at upon a natural lake. To some people seeing that effect is more then they have seen or may ever see in their life when it comes to nature. People come from places where there isn’t a lot of wildlife around them. The closest they get seeing that might just be from a book or a video they saw in school. So what if they dump a ton of striped bass and rainbow trout into the lake every year. One of those fishes could be the first one ever

Religion and tradition are two ways that families come together. However in Norman Maclean’s novella, A River Runs Through It, the Maclean family’s devotion to their Presbyterian religion and their tradition of fly-fishing is what undeniably brought the family together. Under the father’s strict Presbyterian values, his sons, Norman and Paul used fly-fishing as the link that brought them closer together and helped them bond with their father on a different level. The family’s hobby of fly-fishing was started just for fun. It was a sport that was taken up every Sunday after church to take their minds off of the worries in life. After a while, going fly-fishing every Sunday turned into a tradition and soon a

In my school I am part of a community service group called start something, we help people in our community who are not as fortunate, or help clean in our community to keep our city beautiful. My first community service event was the Spicket River cleanup, the Spicket River is a small river that goes through Lawrence. The river goes through many parts of Lawrence, some people’s trash ends up in the river,[every year I look forward to this event to help the environment and my community] this is why every year I look forward to participating in The Spicket River Cleanup.

The dam holds some appeal to everyone, whether it be young children, adolescents, or adults. During the latter part of the day, usually occurring in the latter part of the week, children love to play on the sand banks while their older siblings are splashing around in the refreshing, dark water as a troop of mothers oversee the youth as they frolic around on the waterfront. Using this time as an opportunity

Unregulated, the Colorado River wouldn't be worth a good God damn to anybody” (McPhee, 2000 p. 240). Dominy is very passionate about his work building the dams because in his eyes dams are far more beneficial to humanity that untrammeled nature. His statement reveals his greatest weakness, which is his arrogance. He claims to be a better conservationist than Brower, however a conservationist would be able to see that the river is valuable as is without damming it. He even contradicts himself later when he says, “a conservationist is one who is content to stand still forever.”

James Still's River of Earth is a novel about life in Appalachia just before the Depression. Furthermore it is a novel about the struggles of the mountain people since the settlement of their region. However great it may be at depicting Appalachia's mountain people and culture, though, Still's novel has remained mostly invisible compared to other novels of the period which depict poor white southern life, such as John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and Erskine Caldwell's God's Little Acre (Olson 87).

According to the epidictic lens, Rowan Jacobsen reading, “Down by the River” is partially cusp therefore, makes it a bit good. However, this article does not contain any epidictic environmental advocates, which would have helped made the reading more cusp. Although, some great values of the Quechan tribe and the city of Yuma are mention due to the restoration of the Colorado River bank, which is good. For example it says, “On February 28, 2002, the Ocean-to-Ocean Bridge reopened in a spirited celebration. About 800 people turned out to watched the Quechan tribal president drive cross the bridge in antique cars, and the Quechan posted the ceremony on their side of the river”(p.94.) Here we can see that the Colorado River bank restoration

This is my second day on the river and I have only two more days left till I have to retreat back to the inner city of Chicago. I gather all of my gear and clean my campsite making sure that I leave this pristine landscape just as I found it. I lace up my boots and begin my ten mile hike to a fork in the river where, according to the local fishermen some of the “lunkers” hide out. I begin my journey down the river, I start off by climbing to the top of some red clay cliffs that allow the most magnificent view of the flat scenery below. As the terrain below me transforms into a dense forest, I descent from the red clay cliffs to the rocky river bank. During my review of my surrounding, I notice the impeccable positions of deep and calm pockets that without doubt holds montours trout. I locate a satisfying campsite on a bend in river which would be an acceptable ending to my journey into the Montana wilderness. Finally, I stop and locate a perfect opening and make my way across the river towards the shaded spot along the Bighorn River. After I set up my camp and prepare myself some pasta in boiling water I lay down and gaze at the beautiful star- filled sky, dreaming of the biggest trout the state of Montana has even

Bovell’s The Secret River is based on Kate Grenville’s novel of the same title. The story follows William Thornhill, his wife Sal and two children Dick and Willie on their journey to Australia. A waterman from the slums of London, William is deported to a convict settlement in Sydney Australia. This new country, this new land paves the way for his pardon and for him to have something he never dreamed of possessing whilst in London; a place of his own. Will and his family plant a crop and set up a hut right on the bank of the Hawkesbury River yet this place is home to others; a family from the Dharug people whose sole existence is dependent on the land. Battle lines are drawn in the earth between old and new inhabitants yet the battle of land simmers ahead. As Will’s desire for ownership of the land grows, the encounters with the Dharug are more constant and the fear-mongering from other pardoned convicts travel up and down the river these circumstances all boil to a head; the result is a

River stopped pacing and thought about that. “Yes Shadow, I see your point. Do you think she will slap me? Are the females of today allowed to do that?” River didn’t know much about today’s modern female and now was concerned he was going to get slapped. The slap would not hurt him, but he was sure it was not a good way to win over your Mate.

She cleaned the spirit’s dirty body and found out that the dirty things all came from human’s rubbish that discharged into rivers and lakes (Napier, 2006). After Chihiro cleaned the spirit, this lets him not suffering from pollution. Then the spirit gave Chihiro some treasure that also showed Miyazaki’s view that if people try to protect the nature, nature will also return something for humans (Napier, 2006).

Nature has been a captivating force that many have had the pleasure to witness in a number of capacities over the years. Whether one’s fascination comes in the form of seeing a beautiful sunrise or watching the first flowering of Spring, time and time again there has been a deep intrigue with nature in the hearts of humanity. In the case of John M. Berry who writes about the Mississippi River in Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America, the level of which he is simply amazed by the water body is very evident. Barry’s intense interest becomes largely apparent through the unique perspective with which he presents his readers. Rather than a formal and meticulously cultivated scientific report, Barry writes with a true passion while describing the mechanics of the river. In an attempt to thoroughly express how astonished he is by the great body of water, Barry uses awed descriptors and strategic applications of personification that go beyond what would be found in normal scientific analysis. Such tools are used to expertly showcase just how taken aback Barry, like many often are with nature’s miracles, is regarding the river and its capabilities.

The movie Damnation showed conflict in values by groups such as the Elwha tribe, people who worked at the dam, and environmentalists. These groups all had their reasons for why the dam should be taken down or not. In this paper I will argue that the values held by the different groups involved in the conflict over these dams have shaped those conflicts: first, the Elwha tribe need abundant resources and have a spiritual heritage to follow: second, the dam workers need their jobs to support their families and themselves: third, environmentalists encourage the use of hydroelectricity and the government use the dams as a renewable source of energy and finally, the environmentalists who believed hatchery fish is an inefficient way of bringing abundant resources to the river. As you can see the values held by these groups have shaped those conflicts on why the dam should be either removed or not.