Pushing the Bear

Culture is a defining thing in every person’s life, and affects them and how they perceive the world. In the poem “Without Title,” the theme is that leaving behind one’s former way of life, culture, and family can lead to the loss of joy, identity, and joy in culture. In this poem by Diane Glancy, it has different ways of showing this loss of culture and identity. Without Title uses a lot of figurative language to show this. Line 14 says, “I remember the animal tracks of the car,”. This shows how

The usage of the Cherokee syllabary throughout Diane Glancy’s novel Pushing the Bear is significant because it expresses the importance of maintaining Cherokee cultural ideals as protest towards the United States government. The nine-hundred mile, four month journey that the Southeastern Cherokee tribes were forced to make in the winter of 1838 threatened to wipe out an entire culture. On the journey, approximately four thousand people lost their lives. As this harrowing story is portrayed in the

Stories are not just told. They are told for something, told for an audience, and in a large sense it is the audience which shapes the telling of the story. This idea is argued by Betty Louise Bell in Faces in the Moon and Diane Glancy in Pushing the Bear. Stories, and storytelling are central themes in both of these novels, and both novels develop the ideas of how and for whom stories are told. Even and perhaps particularly when the speaker and audience are one and the same, that is, one is

Throughout human existence, mankind has had to overcome difficult obstacles in order to prosper. In Diane Glancy’s “Pushing the Bear”, the reader discovers how the Cherokee Indians overcome their hardships and flourish into a new, thriving community. In this novel, the audience observe how these Cherokee Indians outlast the harsh environment during the Indian Removal Act. Additionally, Glancy creates a human experience during the Trail of Tears; giving a different perspective of various characters

The Cherokee were Stripped from their homelands and forcefully evacuated through a perilous journey from miles on end; this was due to the implementation of the Indian Removal Act in 1838. In Diane Glancy’s “Pushing the Bear”, the reader discovers how the Cherokee Indians overcome their hardships and flourish into a new, thriving community during what is known as the “Trail of Tears.” In this novel, the audience observe how these Cherokee Indians outlast the harsh environment after the Indian Removal

world like today many things come into question with gun ownership. People are trying to change gun laws due to all the school shootings that have happened so far. Which, many people do understand the need to change the gun laws but they are also pushing against the people who use guns for hunting deer, duck, and many other forms of animals to feed their families. While, these people are using guns for good others use them for terrible things such as school shootings, robbery, and murder are the main

of two therapist at the bed side. She was unable to hold her trunk midline, pushing to the right and falling backwards. She was max assist for sitting, with one therapist in front correcting the right pushing, and another behind her for support. We started her weight bearing through her left UE with assistance, RB was unable to support herself when the therapist did not support her right shoulder, RB returned to pushing towards the right. This sequence was continued five days a week for two weeks

their respective genres. "Ted" and "Dumb and Dumber" fall under the genre of comedy, but they each take a different approach to comedy. "Ted," directed by Seth MacFarlane, is a raunchy and irreverent comedy that centers on a man and his living teddy bear who has a need for crude humor and mischief. On the other hand, "Dumb and Dumber," directed by the Farrelly brothers, is a slapstick comedy that follows two dim-witted friends on a road trip filled with hilarious

many different animals depend on the sea ice for survival, such as polar bears, penguins, and walruses to name a few. Because of global warming the artic wild life is losing their homes and way of life. Polar bears depend on the arctic sea ice for their survival. “Changes in ice extent and stability are thus of critical importance, and projected declines in sea ice are very likely to have devastating consequences for the polar bear” (GreenFacts). Due to global warming every year less ice is produced

and child birth. The labor process has many intricate details; however, the second stage of labor often is talked about the most. Patients, physicians, nurses, and family members make note of how long one was actively pushing. Whether the patient could labor down, or delay pushing, is one clear example of variable in patient care during this stage. Many obstetricians fear laboring down because of the risks associated with a prolonged second stage of labor. However, the research shows increasing support