Bainbridge Colby, who was an American lawyer and politician, once said that “loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.” In the story Montana 1948 by Larry Watson, it is shown by the actions of Wes Hayden, that hate and the other reasons listed in the quote above, do not have an effect on the decisions Wes makes in the duration of the story. The events that happened throughout the story caused the decisions that were made by Wes, and shape his character. This provides insight into the complex person and character that Wes Hayden is. The complexity of Wes’ character is shown by the events in the story that drive the theme of family/loyalty and how that affects one's relationships with whom they are close with.…
In the play American Century by Murphy Guyer, we find a woman waiting on her husband Tom to return from war. Upon his return while they’re reuniting, they are interrupted by a stranger, Tommy, who claims to be their son. Although at first Tom doesn’t believe him and thinks it’s a scam, the woman name Margaret knew the entire time because of motherly instincts. He goes on to tell them about the future and how he got back by taking drugs because he is a schizophrenic. He then continues to describe how the other children had turned out.…
Hunting trips are used as a bonding experience between friends and as a break from the many struggles that life contains. Although in some circumstances people’s intentions can be misguided and harmful to others. In American author Tobias Wolff’s short story “Hunters in the Snow” (1980), he looks into the moral unawareness of three friends. Three men go on a hunting trip where one gets shot and the other two blindly attempt to take him to the hospital. Wolff utilizes setting, symbolism, and characterization to convey the selfishness of the three characters and their apathy towards others.…
he Great Expedition Imagine being stranded in the middle of the wilderness in the 1500’s, there are cannibals and miles of forest before shelter. What would you do? In the year 1527, five Spanish were sent for an expedition to establish settlements on the coast of the Gulf Of Mexico, but thing didn’t go as planned. When they went off course, they landed in Tampa Bay and with few resources available, the crew struggled to survive. The crew built boats and sailed again, but since there was very strong wind, they crashed again but this time in Galveston.…
Americans in the late-1800s always had a desire to expand the United States. They wished to expand into the Pacific Ocean to make America an even greater nation. Therefore, American expansion into the Pacific was justified. One American, William Seward, purchased the state we know today as Alaska from Russia. He thought it was a great buy.…
In her book, The Hunting Season: Immigration and Murder in an All-American Town, Mitra Ojito describes in detail the story of the murder of Marcelo Lucero, who was murdered after being cornered by a group of teenage boys in a small town in New York. Starting with the title itself and continuing throughout the entire book, Ojito employs comparison and contrast to establish characters, set the tone, and present every side of this terrible situation. Though the situation perhaps begs for a scapegoat, for a villain, someone to place blame on and dismiss in order to avoid digging deeper, Ojito refuses this option and instead commits, mainly through the use of juxtaposition, to a truthful examining of the years of hatred, misconceptions, and opposing…
We all have a person that we admire; whether they are famous, or close to you. In the book Lost Horizon written by James Hilton the protagonist, Hugh Conway, and his friends are lost in an unknown place in Tibet, due to a plane crash. When they find humans for help they are taken to a place which doesn’t exist on the map, know as Shangri-La. After several days, High Lama (leader of the Shangri-La) decides that Conway should be the next leader (High Lama) because he’s great person according to their religion ways. Conway is a person that could be admired because he’s was very brave, smart, and cares a lot for his friends.…
Although Frank from the story “Hunters in the Snow” may appear to be the leader of the group with how strong of an influence he has upon the others in the group, but is this really the case? Frank seems to be the one with all the answers, but he is instead a follower, never truly taking any sides and taking the path of least resistance. Frank does have a great deal of influence upon the group but he establishes this by being passive when it comes to conflicts within the group. After the prolog while Tubs is waiting in the freezing cold for his friends, who obviously don’t care about him, the story begins with Frank and Kenny.…
In the novel The Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings Brady, the protagonist, faced many challenges and obstacles that through the assistance of others he was able to overcome. “You can’t keep dwelling on the past when you can’t undo it. You can’t make it happen any different than it did. ”Furthermore, through his own perseverance Brady was able to surmount the many conflicts that stood in his way despite the heavy impact they left on him and in the end finally make peace with what had happened.…
Coming to America Soe was an asian kid who didnt know anything about the american culture but he was moving there from thailand.he was a normal kid who was gonna explore a whole new country. when he got off the plane. his family moved into a house in dallas texas he saw many things he hasn't seen in thailand.three days later he enrolled in a school hotchkiss.his day in a american school was horrible every kid made fun of him because he didn't speak english but he made a friend named saw he was also asian boy who can barely speak english. they had the same interest but most of all they loved soccer at the gym saw and soe always…
When I first came to Alaska, I, Joshua Rigit was dead, until I was reborn on the ride of my life. The air was thick there and all I could see at that time was the dust from the cold winter storm. I had just moved to Nome and at that time I felt as if I was dying as the snow covered me. There had been bad winter in Texas but there was nothing as horrendous as this. I didn’t want to move.…
When Daniel Elazar published his work on state political culture Nevada was an Individualistic state, and still is today. A state that is considered Individualistic has the following characteristics: government is viewed as an extension of the marketplace, government provides people with services they want, but do not interfere with the people’s private lives, politics are ran like a business, and the politicians are well-paid business men and women (Smith and Greenblatt 14). Nevada is an Individualistic state because officeholders run the government with marketplace tactics, achieving goals allows corruption to occur in many facets of the state, and its politics are left up to the professionals. A business-like culture is essential to be…
Manley also tells her that “ [h]e wants to devote his life to Christian Service… and become a missionary because he thinks that is the way he can do most for people”(511-512). He even starts to talk nonsense, telling her about how his family is struggling and that he is basically on his own in the world. Everything that comes out of his mouth is sad or is something that makes anyone has pity for him. As soon as he enter the Hopewell’s home evil fills the home. His name, Manley Pointer, is a phallic name meaning he wants sex from someone.…
Mark Smith’s ‘The road to winter’ (released in 2016) Is a story of a boy (Finn) in a post-apocalyptic world, where a disease has taken over. ‘The road to winter’ is a story about survival, love, and fear. With good preparation comes power. Ramage made quick decisions when the disease hit and that’s why throughout the book he is in a position of power.…
The second type of characteristic that is represented by a state symbol is human characteristics. This includes the unique history, food, and even language of a state. Let’s look at how Hawaii’s unique human characteristics are shown on their state seal. Why do you think that it says “1959” at the top of the seal? That’s because Hawaii became a state in 1959!…