The Manifest Destiny in the United States ended at the coast of California for there was no more land ready to be discovered. Having reached the end of the Manifest Destiny the Americans began to settle throughout California and due to the settlements, it caused the creation of different culture and history to appear and vary within each region. As a result, certain regions like Sacramento became rich with culture and history. In the reading of “Notes from a Native Daughter” by Didion and the painting titled “The Circle of Life, Sequoia” by Roland Lee both talked about the preservation of the history of California through their writing and visuals. However, these two sources may seem different, but they are much similar because of the messages …show more content…
Right beside the tree, a young fawn is looking back onto the viewer. Additionally, the setting of the environment is set during the winter. Taking in consideration of the setting and the gap within the tree we can conclude that tree has been standing there for years probably even more than 2,500 years according to North Carolina State University (Evans). In this painting, the tree is a symbol of fortitude and stability that represents the state of California. The reason is because the tree has been standing there for a long time and has withstood the conditions of the environment. Therefore, creates a sort of representation of California because at times California may fall into crises such as the economic depression and droughts, but in the end, the state overcomes this issue eventually. Moreover, in the painting, there’s this interesting correlation that involves the fawn next to the tree. The fawn represents the life cycle and the tree represents the witness of this life cycle because as the fawn grows old and eventually passes away, the tree will maintain standing tall. The fawn represents each generation of Californians while the giant sequoias trees are the natural historians taking account all the things happening in the tree’s surroundings. The giant sequoia takes in account of all these fragments of history …show more content…
For instance, the similarity of the reading and painting revolves around the idea of preserving the history of California. In the painting, it concentrates on the idea of the preservation of California’s history through the visual of the giant sequoia tree that acts as the historian of the state. In the reading, it adds onto the idea of preserving the history of the state through Didion’s address of Sacramento’s transition from an agriculture to a more technological based region. Having Didion address this issue, this shows her concern for preserving the history of Sacramento. Being Sacramento the capital of California it represents the state because of the migration influx that caused the region to diverse with culture and diversity just like the entirety of the state, therefore, creates this notion of Sacramento being the real California. On a different note, the painting created a sense of pride of being Californians. In the painting, the giant sequoia adds onto the uniqueness of California because the trees are only found in California according to an online article titled “Giant Sequoias and Redwoods: The Largest and Tallest Trees” that states that giant sequoias are found, “in 77 scattered groves in Northern California”, (Szalay). Nevertheless, having the giant sequoias found mostly in California creates a symbol of uniqueness for the state. This idea of having pride
Deborah Miranda’s Bad Indians utilizes a unique blend of writing styles to piece together a clearer and more distinct view on the Mission system, Gold Rush, and settlement of California. Through this revolutionary collection of writing, we receive a detailed account of the treatment that California Indians had to endure during the Missionization era and are able to draw our own conclusions in regard to whether the missions were a positive or negative aspect of California history. Although Miranda’s ancestors suffered and survived horrible conditions, she, in my opinion, does not villainize the Mission system, but rather displays the facts as they are, therein allowing us to reach our own conclusions in relations to this history. Because there
In “The True Story of Pocahontas,” the authors, Dr. Linwood “Little Bear” Custalow and Angela L. Daniel “Silver Star,” accurately describe the true story of Pocahontas. Many people to this day do not know her true life, only the stories broadcasted on television. Throughout chapter four, the authors describe the rocky relationship between John Smith and his Englishmen and the Powhatan people.
The six trees are very evident when you first look at the painting more often than not it will be the first thing that catches your eye. There are multiple rivers around the painting nevertheless they are all connected in some way. One of the other main focal points that grabs the eye is the white
The detailed photo that we seen in class shows what was happening in East La at the time of property re-development where we see the division of Barrios shown by the predominant freeways boxing in the Latino communities. Also in the forefront, we see a lady revolting against what she sees and is taken down by the authorities. I enjoyed how the artist depicts dodger stadium as a UFO hovering over the communities. This mural is a pure example of how this is refuting against the romanticized version of Manifest Destiny that was promoted by Eurocentric
The tree represents nature’s beauty and abundance, and the boy represents humankind. The boy is symbolic of human’s perpetual degradation of nature, tearing down the tree to suit his own needs and destroying something beautiful for the sake of selfishness. The benevolent and generous tree,
Personification also contributes to the relationship by making the tree a lively component of the family instead of a passive object in the back yard. A relationship necessitates at least two parties so it is necessary that the tree be a part of the family. At the end of the poem, “the black walnut tree swings into another year” when the family decides to keep it. This shows that the family respects the tree as its own entity and presence. First, this personifies the tree as free and leisurely because swings are usually for play. It also contextualizes the tree as having a
During the 1840’s, the United States saw a huge increase in pioneers, or people who left their homes in the east to settle in the West. Some people saw California as a place where they would be free to live in a fully
Writer , Linda Thomas, in her essay, Brush Fire, discusses the Santa Ana winds experienced in Southern California and how it affects the people and the weather. Well-known essayist , Joan Didion, in her essay, The Santa Ana, describes the winds and the effects it has on the way the people behave. Both Thomas and Didion’s essays have a similar subject and circumstance, the Santa Ana winds but, both essays vary in numerous ways. The details, tone, and how the message is being told are ways in which both essays differ. These essays are an example of one topic being portray through different lights.
“Manifest Destiny” stretches a process of cultivation that naturally occurred over one hundred years into one single elegant painting. The painting has a natural transition across the frontier, from the right to the left, in chronological order of expansion. In the top right of the art piece a river lazily bends and twist along flat, barren land. Dotting the banks of the river, if someone looks closely, they can notice specks of ships sailing the river. Just the idea and challenges of moving people, livestock and raw materials to an unknown land shows the huge amount of dedication, and a crucial step, in developing America. The basin that the river is painted in is also bathed by warm sunlight flowing from a newly risen sun. Just as the sun painted in the picture looks bright and new, so did the hopes and dreams of the Americans painted. From the first corner of the painting, we begin to see the frontiersmen develop a land unknown to them.
Hirshfield writes this poem in second person to give life to the poem so that the poem speaks to the reader. The poem starts by accusing the reader of letting the redwood grow near the house. “It is foolish” (line 1) lets the reader know that nature should not be growing this close to your home. Hirshfield takes the liberty to talk straight to the reader through the speaker in telling them that it is nonsense to let nature be so close to a material object such as a house. The reader can visually see a “young redwood// grow next to a house” (line 2, 3). The tree starts to symbolize the beauty of nature growing against the materialistic world.
A Modest Proposal ,by Jonathan Swift, is a rather strange piece of work that encompases a proposal of eating babies. Swift did not intend to for people to actually follow his proposal and eat babies, but to showcase the abuse Irish Catholic’s encounter from Protestants in society. Swift oddly uses the proposal of eating Irish babies in his work to showcase how the Irish Catholics are treated. A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift is an obsolete work filled with modern day humour and irony in various ways to compose an essence of satire.
Planting A Sequoia, written by Dana Gioia, included in her larger work, The Gods of Winter published in 1991. The work is written in first person point of view because the narrator. This poem’s central assertion is remembrance and honoring of the dead with the family and rebirth. The poem is about the a father that plants a sequoia tree in honor of his recently deceased infant son. Gioia uses imagery in the first few stanzas to emphasize the severity of the father and his families’ grief and despair. In these sections he also reveals the setting of the poem which is Sicily and the reason he chose a sequoia tree.
The Suicide Tree means the end of childhood and the transition to adulthood by the characters. Culturally this symbol represents the draft of soldiers into World War II. Legal obligations of the draft pressure them out of childhood
The tree can be seen as a motif to the theme of the book. A tree symbolizes the importance of relationships, but a withered tree foreshadows death and loss. It can also be described a person being broken down, like how Mrs. Schachter must have predicted that she will lose her family when she saw smoke in the air. This implies that Elie and the others will soon have to face life and death situations or possibly lose his family too.
The mood of the speaker changes to guilt as the speaker and her mother realize they would "crawl" with "shame" and leave an "emptiness" in their father's heart and yard. The author negatively connotes "crawl," "shame," and "emptiness" to invoke a more serious and shameful tone. The beginning of the conveyed a more matter-of-fact and pragmatic tone, but changes into a more sentimental one by the end to convey family is more important than the money. The symbol of the tree represents the family, and connects it to their father's hard work and dedication to the family. If they were to cut it down, it would be symbolic of their betrayal. Imagery of the tree is used to describe the freedom and beauty of the tree as it "swings through another year of sun and leaping winds, of leaves and bounding fruit." The tree represents their family bond and how strong it is even through the "whip-crack of the mortgage."