LI 532 Paper #3 February 27‚ 2008 East of Eden: The Discovery of Innocence on the Western Frontier What happens in the West? What kind of change takes place when an individual crosses over the boundary separating what has been settled from what has yet to be— the frontier. Over the last few weeks I have continued to probe the idea of the West as a place that has yet to be defined. Many times‚ authors and people are not even sure where it starts as it is an invisible border that exists only
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To my understanding‚ and from what I have read in the book and throughout the course links‚ I believe that the intent of the Homestead Act was to defeat land monopoly. Many farmers‚ however‚ lacked the economic means to move west and manage a farm. . By this‚ fewer still understood the new type of agriculture‚ in which technology was used to farm the land that the Great Plains required. Instead‚ speculators and corporate interests were able to reap in profits‚ and fraud and corruption‚ and often
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the hardships the arid land he wanders in. This is the image of the cowboy. The figure of the cowboy has been regarded as the epitome of freedom‚ machismo‚ and individuality that Americans have not only come to identify with but increasingly try to glorify over the last century. The cowboy‚ the gallant hero of the West‚ has become a cultural icon. But this is not the cowboys’ true form. Myth and America’s love affair with the cowboy has blinded society to the reality of the
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speculative economy. Derogative term: gilded (as opposed to “golden”) → glitter is only a surface based on corruption and that covers an empty core. Unprecedented economic growth and technological and industrial advancements (limited to North and West‚ South stagnates). The country became one of the leader economic countries in the world. Boom largely based on speculation related to the railroad construction → this led to two profound depressions (1873-1879;1893-1897). Steel was needed to make
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conflict on the train. Potter feels like he committed a crime by marrying the woman without the town’s permission because he "thought of his duty to his friends... that he felt was he was heinous." He is bringing his wife‚ who represents change‚ to the old west. 3. The drummer is in the story for exposition. By asking questions like "What is this anyhow? You don’t mean there is going to be a gun-fight?" and "What did you say his name was?" the reader learns about Scratchy Wilson naturally‚ without the
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Buffalo Bill was one of the most interesting figures of the old west‚ and the best known spokesman of the new west. Buffalo Bill was born in 1846 and his real name was William Frederick Cody. Cody was many things. He was a trapper‚ bullwhacker‚ Colorado “Fifty-Niner”‚ Pony Express rider‚ Civil War soldier‚ wagonmaster‚ stagecoach driver‚ and even a manager of a hotel. He changed his name to Buffalo Bill sometime in his early twenties for his skill while supplying railroad workers with
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was written. Most women during this era‚ did not carry guns‚ talk so boldly to men‚ or straddle horses. Mattie Ross is one of a hand full of women that stood out in the crowd and she did things that were uncommon to women in her day (Women of the old west had true grit). Even though Mattie Ross showed a lot of courage‚ I can only imagine the fear that she must have felt as she pushed on. She looked diligently to find the man that did her father wrong and she was not giving up until she found that
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1.|What happened to the Plains Indian population between 1780 and 1870?Ø The population declined by half because of disease and as the Sioux pushed west‚ they defeated weaker opposition. Cheyenne warrior anguished‚ disease shifted balance of power | 2.|Explain the Indian wars on the Great Plains:Ø It marked its last resistance of its population devastated by disease and demoralized by the removal policy pursued by the government. Some tribes including the crow‚ Arikara‚ Pawnee and Shoshoni fought
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country‚ with only here and there spots of farmland‚ in most places there being nothing more like agriculture than is implied in the cutting of some tons of wild hay or the planting of a garden patch for home use” (Roosevelt‚ 1). Roosevelt describes the West as being one big vas area of land with hills and plenty of room for animals to graze‚ and people to come settle down. He also mentions how one can walk for awhile trying to find the perfect place to settle down that is suitable for winter and summer
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is one of the greatest heroes in American history. Buffalo Bill spent most of his early years working for the army. Cody served as a Union scout in the campaigns against the Kiowa and Comanche during the Civil War. He later
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