Bob Jones moved to Los Angeles from Cleveland because he was tired of being passed over for work while white boys were hired. Eventually Bob Jones does find work and has an important position as a Leaderman in a shipyard. In spite of his position he deals with racism at work especially from his supervisor. Easy Rawlins moved to Los Angeles from Houston after returning from the war and encountering an old friend. Mouse burdens Easy with the fact that he has committed a senseless murder.
Richard Ford’s “Optimists” tells the story of Frank, the protagonist, who is learning to realize that the most important things in life can change suddenly without notice and without recovery. Frank is a boy of fifteen years old whose father, Roy Brinson, works for the Great Northern Railway. One day Roy comes home from work unexpectedly after he sees a man get caught under the train and hopelessly watches him die. His wife comforts him while one of the guests that are over their house scorns him for not trying harder to save the man’s life. Roy is aggravated and ends up killing the man with a hard hit to the chest, changing his and his family’s lives forever.
Brendan Mantey Mr. Foster AP Lit 12 September 31st, 2014 Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau is best known for his writings on Natural history and philosophy, his belief in the destruction society and government have on the individual, being an abolitionist, giving a basis for revolutionaries to come, and his creativity of writing in a way that promoted integrity. Thoreau was born on July 12th, 1817 in Concord Massachusetts. His father, John, was a shopkeeper and his mother, Cynthia, took in boarders to help support the family. His father eventually opened up a pencil making job to bring financial stability to the family. His brother and sister, Helen and John, both became schoolteachers (Witherell 2).
The soldier told Farquhar any civilian caught interfering with the North’s efforts in the area would be hanged. Farquhar asked how a civilian could attempt some form of sabotage. The soldier told him that one could easily set fire to the driftwood that had piled up near the bridge after the past winter’s flood. The man, who was actually a Northern scout in disguise, finished his drink and rode off, only to pass by an hour later heading in the opposite
The animals no longer having any choice are forced to leave to find themselves a more suitable habitat. At the end the father explains to his son about the “white man”, and what they did to the natives. This poem is a perfect example to show how the “white man” had wronged the natives by moving in and focusing them to leave and building their cities and roads, just as the animals had to because of the beaver building his
Asta's son is heartbroken from the loss of his mother. Worst yet Asta's son’s is blamed for a murder that he did not commit. Asta's son is soon declared as a "wolf's head" (wanted dead or alive). Asta's son runs out of the village and begins the journey to discover whom he really is. Asta's son hides in the forest, and one day hears a conversation between John Ayecliffe, the village steward, and another person.
From heavy rains, washed out roads, an early snowstorm, and poachers harming the native species being protected within Yellowstone’s boundaries, the park was severely troubled. The resources within the National Park were being exploited by the poachers and it impacted the ecosystem by removing the buffalo and elk. In Jacoby’s, “Crimes against Nature,” the human poachers explained that it was necessary to kill the animals and sell the hides, bones, and meat to keep a roof over their families heads. This relates to the stop on the environmental tour of the woodlots at MSU, because although different situations were occurring the prevalence of exploited natural resources by humans remains constant since the arrival of the Europeans. In order for the animal population as well as Michigan’s forests to regenerate restoration efforts were necessary by humans at both ends of the
“He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage.” (Crane, 57) As he was marching with the wounded regiment he found his friend Jim, who was wounded badly on his side. Jim was becoming delusional and walked off into the woods so Henry followed. He suddenly stopped and started shaking violently. After falling onto the ground and becoming as still as stone, Henry realized that his friend had just died. Angry with the death of his friend Henry walks off towards the sound of the battles with revenge in his
With out the knowledge of how Polio was spread, isolation became standard. Doctors were in a race to discover a vaccine, and many of the first attempts were more than failures. At the crest of the epidemic in Minneapolis, the fear that gripped the residents was palpable. The streets, restaurants and stores mirrored that of a ghost town. People actually just packed up their life and moved away.
Along the way, the meaning of being "American" changes significantly for John, who realizes he is more a product of the steel furnaces of Pennsylvania than of anything American. The family of immigrants that Out of this Furnace explores had a similar viewpoint regarding America as did many of their co-immigrants - they were leaving a bad town in search of a better one. As Kracha thinks at the novel's outset "he hoped he was likewise leaving behind the endless poverty and oppression which were the birthright of a Slovak peasant in Franz Josef's empire." Kracha finds out during his voyage for America that poverty may not be something he is leaving behind. He wastes his money on the birthday party of a pretty, young, married girl he meets aboard ship.