Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie John Mack Faragher’s book, Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie, was written in 1986. The book brings a great picture about the lives of people who lived in Illinois in 1800s. In it, Faragher examined the development of the Sugar Creek area of Sangamon County, Illinois from 1817 through the 1880s. Faragher began his project on Sugar Creek in order to understand more about early nineteenth-century Americans who lived in the Midwest and the change of life of people in the particular area of the Illinois Prairie. As Professor Don H.Doyle says on the book that: “This is the story of birth and development of a rural American community, from its origins at the turn of the nineteenth century to the years that followed the Civil War.
He found a valley and a camp of Nez Perce Indians who gave him food. His stomach revolted due to the previous lack of food and he fell ill. September 22, 1805 – We arrived at the Nez Perce villages and all fell ill from the food we ate. Our stomachs cannot adjust well thanks to living on such a meager diet for so long. September 26, 1805 – We began canoe making. We have used up a lot of our goods for barter on trading with the natives for food.
The isolated and barren town of Montana cannot be blamed for such catastrophic events. A town with few laws and no implementation of rules can be thought to have some impact on how the people behave but ultimately it is down to the characters and how they choose to live. David Hayden realised from the time he was young what it meant to be a Hayden saying “I was a Hayden. I knew from the time I was very young and without having been told that that meant having something in Bentrock. Here it is evident that being a Hayden meant having a certain amount of power or authority and therefore the characters play a major role in the events of 1948 and Montana cannot be blamed.
Lack of equipment could’ve been one of factors that contributed to our errors. During this lab, we only had access to one spatula. Due to the lack of time we continued to use this one spatula despite the fact that it may not be cleaned properly and could still be dirty. The dirty spatula could’ve caused our results to be inaccurate because the different samples could’ve mixed causing the color of the flames emitted to vary. Another error that we made was due to lack of equipment once again.
How come no one ever has the urge to stand up for them, to claim for what they deserve? Hank suggests that these humble men, “these poor ostensible freemen” (92), they have no idea what freedom really means. They’ve never experienced such freedom comparable to what Hank did in the modern world. In their naive and narrow mind, they believe the ways things are now are the ways they should be. When Hank mentioning the voting system to them in the modern world, they all seems to be confused.
Both were treated unfairly and weren’t liked by people. They both were used in some sort of experiment. Firstly, who ever you are and whatever you lack shouldn’t hold you back from having friends. Both Charlie Gordon and the monster had difficulties appealing to people and this was very disturbing to them. For example, the monster was hated by all and he knew that he could never have someone that looked normal because of the way he was.
Jamie Obrien C02050043 Mrs. Karen Felts M & W English 099 Human Fear When reading Sebastian Junger’s book War and watching Restrepo, which was the companion film, was quite fearful. Both works talk about Battle Company, 173rd Airborne, and Second Platoon and their deployment to the Korengal Valley and their missions. One particularly mission, Rock Avalanche demonstrated the true fear these men had to go through during their fifteen month deployment. What is fear to us, an everyday person in society is completely different for the men in the valley. We will never experience the feeling of fear of war.
Perhaps it was his own arrogance that stood in the way of getting to know the Indians or his ego that I sensed as he exaggerated when he was being attacked by the so called 200 savages. Overall, I just felt that he was a person that refused to give them the benefit of the doubt and a chance to know them. In reading through Ben Franklin’s works I believe he viewed them in a positive light, I also appreciate the fact that he was a compassionate and willing person in trying to learn and understand their customs to see where they are coming from. It makes sense to know your enemy, but is it not better to view them as potential allies in the face of
The reservations were not set on the best land; those were given to white Americans. These grounds could not be harvested and due to corruption settlers driving them even further away into smaller reservations constantly invaded them. Continuous struggles continue to cause the Indian’s numbers to dwindle and their culture to almost vanish. The main standard of living as a tribe that has greatly helped them to survive was now being replaced by the individualism of new American ideals. In accordance with the Native Nations website, one example of the terrible conditions the Indians had to live under the U.S government and the reservations took place in May of 1868 when at the Bosque Redondo Reservation two-thousand Indians perished and
This journey is to claim a three hundred dollar savings account and an old yellow pickup truck that Victor Joseph, one of the young men’s fathers left behind when he died. Victor travels with another young Indian called Thomas Builds-A-Fire. Victor had grown up to hate his father along with everything else in the world. And this trip would open his eyes and allow him to realize there was a lot he was blind to. In this documented essay I’m writing, I’m going to discuss the best critical discussion of three sources I found.