The Moose

“Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.” - Carl D. Anderson. Vast mountain ranges, ancient glaciers, crystal clear lakes, vibrant meadows, and a global reputation of peace and neutrality resides over Sweden. Yet, from 1851 to 1930, about 1.2 million Swedes (25% of Sweden's total population) moved to the United States. One of those 1.2 million immigrants who came fleeing over to America is my Great Grandmother, Linnea Gertrude Lindmark.

As stories are exchanged, a man named Douglas describes a story so horrible and terrifying, that he restrains from telling it. After much fuss from the crowd, Douglas agrees to tell the story, but it must first arrive by the post. Douglas explains that the details of the story came from Douglas’s sister’s governess, who he was in love with. After giving brief details of the governess, everyone agrees to return to the house on Thursday to listen to the story. On Thursday, everyone becomes impatient, anticipating the tale to come, until finally, the story arrives. As Douglas introduces the story, he tells of a young woman, who in search of work, seeks out an advertisement for the position of governess, taking care of two children, Miles and Flora, under the care of their uncle. The woman accepted the position of governess, due to seduction from the handsome uncle, but was never allowed to see him again. As the crowd takes in the details of the prologue, Douglas begins the story, in the perspective of the governess. The governess was traveling down a road in a buggy, thinking about her decision, when she arrives at the house. To her surprise, the house was wondrous, thinking to herself, “I remember as a most pleasant impression the broad,... bright flowers and the crunch of my wheels on the gravel and the

Only six months after Jackie was born his father deserted the family. This led to several hardships. The family lived on a sharecropper’s farm until the plantation owner used the father’s leave as an excuse to keep the whole crop the family had raised and to evict the widow and her children (54). Jackie’s mother gathered her young ones about her with bitter feelings and found work as a domestic servant.

It is about an event that occurred in her life at the age of fourteen. Amy had a crush on the minister's son, Robert. On Christmas Eve, she found out that her parents invited Robert and his family over for dinner. “What would Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas? What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners? What terrible disappointment would he feel upon seeing not a roasted turkey and sweet potatoes but Chinese food?” (Fish Cheeks 1). Amy was not only extremely nervous about Robert coming over to her house, but she was ashamed of her family. Obviously, Amy’s Chinese Christmas is much different from the type of holiday Robert is used to. The last thing Amy wanted was for Robert to see her traditional Chinese household and scare him off. Unfortunately, her fear had come true when Robert and his family came over. When dinner came around Amy started to fall deeper in despair. “My relatives licked the ends of their chopsticks and reached across the table, dipping them into the dozen or so plates of food” (Fish Cheeks 2). Unlike Amy’s family, Robert’s family patiently waited for platters to be passed around. It wasn't the typical American food for Christmas either. “bulging fish eyes...tofu, which looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges...a plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires: (Fish Cheeks 1). Amy glanced

1/2.The grandmother of the story is a woman who only complains about how life was when she was young as many older people tend to complain about. Throughout the story only two people are called a good man by the grandmother. One is Red Sammy whose first impression gave quite the opposite feelings as “Red Sam came in and told his wife to quit lounging on the counter and hurry up with these people's order”. Red Sammy gave an impression that working is his priority and he believes that there are no handouts in life. The grandmother believes Red Sammy is a good man because he charged young people who worked for gas they brought. The grandmother is sincere as her views on life seem to coincide with Red Sammy as they agreed on how the current state

One of the most profound examples in this short novel is a quilt made by their grandmother and passed down from generations. Due to their mother’s loose teachings of cultural traditions, her daughters were able to branch out and develop new ways. Dee who is a well-educated, up to trend child considers this quilt as a valuable antique that should be hung up and admired. Unlike Maggie who was brought up under her mother’s influences and and was able to see the connections to her heritage, has the intention of re-using it. Dee had moved out and started taking in her new surroundings affecting her new culture.

His wife was also very independent and industrious. She, too, owned her own restaurant in this community. She was a very hard working woman. Her education had been interrupted, when both her parents passed away within two years of each other. She was seven when her mother passed and nine when her father passed period. She didn’t let that stop her. She lived with her brothers and sisters until of age. At the age of 18 she left the security of her brothers and sisters homes to begin her life in the unknown. The rest is history.

A paperclip on page one holds names of long-dead relatives. Aunt Dot lived in Washington, DC, worked for National Archives; her personality reigned supreme. On each visit, she’d whisper some nonsense in my ear: I was her special secret-keeper. She owned a farm in rural Virginia called “Passapatansy,” and staying overnight once was enough. Sleeping in lumpy beds, we joked the night wasn’t so bad, just so long. The seven hours between one and two-thirty were the worst.

Secondly, the story also describes several society indifferent among plots. When the family was on the way to Florida, they saw a black little boy on the walk who didn’t wear any britches, the grandmother said “little niggers in the country don’t have things like we do”(O’Connor 339). Her reaction toward the little boy shows despite and discrimination. She does not even thinking about others feeling and never realizes the reality of the pain of black people about how poor they are. Later, when they stopped at the Timothy, they met the guy Red Sammy and his wife who was running a restaurant. The grandmother talked with Red Sammy and they shared the common of “People are certainly not nice like they used to be”(O’ Conner 341). Suffered a trick

America has seen the likes of some of the greatest, most dynamic, most influential leaders to walk this earth, but one of the most electrifying of them all seized his opportunity and created a history and a legacy like none other. A man so influential, in fact, that his niece’s husband, another president of the United States, looked up to him as his idol. An unfortunate turn of events left a window wide open for this outstanding man, Theodore Roosevelt, to follow his destiny and leave a lasting impact on America and its inhabitants. He was the 26th and youngest president of the United States, forever changing what it meant to be president. Roosevelt was the first truly modern president of the United States, expanding the power of presidency, using executive orders, and presidential proclamations in ways that had never been done before. He ruled his nation with passion, just as he had fought for it with passion. Rightfully so, Theodore Roosevelt serves as a celebrated icon in the decorated history of the United States, and his legacy will forever be remembered by each and every citizen of the United States of America.

This novel set in 1935 is about a 12 year old boy named Moose who moves to Alcatraz Island where his father can work as a prison warden and his Autistic sister, Natalie can attend a special school in San Francisco. Moving to the new place, he misses his old baseball team and struggles for recognition in his new school. He never sees his Dad because he is always working and Natalie demands all his mother's attention. Natalie is rejected from the special school, crushing his parents' hopes for Natalie's education. Moose now must take care of Natalie after school while his mother teaches music lessons and he must find a way to deal with Natalie's screaming fits and constant needs.

He reflects on his youth and remembers an old moose he had seen killed by wolves. The moose was targeted by the wolves because he was “an old one who [could not] keep up with the herd” (1055). The moose, even though he was old and had difficulty keeping up with his herd, made a stand; he did not want to die. In many ways, the moose is like Koskoosh; both are old and left behind by their

My Interpretation: the Grandmother central point of this story is A Good person who can respect and understand the value of human is hard to find in a new generation because of so many things are changing dramatically. Because the grandmother stress very clearly in many pleases that she is not more fills comfortable and happy about the way her children and grandchildren grow up (O’Connor). Mostly the Grandmother play rolls that is related to The Misfit. My dominant opinion from the story main views is that the Grandmother clearly shows a cultural transformation which she fills that and very concerned about and very difficult to find a respectable person than being one in the cultural living style based on the reality reflective which she observes the changing scenarios perspective.

The interests of consumers are wavering. New and Innovative products are coming into the network and bringing a new twist to already known products. There are many classic toys in the in the toy industry, but companies are making new and innovative toys to outshine them. There's a reason consumers are so attracted to these new toys. What’s triggering this change of heart.

The Emigrants are illustrated through the clash between American ideals and Swedish traditions seems through the eyes of Swedish audience affectedly. The ways they compete throughout the movie is through showing the religious clash of the Swedish religious group and the class of the state church, the class differences between America to Sweden and the economic atmosphere and the fertility status of Sweden