Gina La Forge Instructor: Jennifer Royal English 1A 7 October 2012 Frontier Park As I finished eating the last delicious morsel on my plate‚ I looked around and admired the old wooden chuck wagons‚ and the tables that sat in front of them stacked two feet high with steaming hot pancakes. The people‚ who stood in lines waiting to be served‚ were moved quickly and efficiently through by servers. There were city slickers‚ country folks‚ bikers‚ cowboys‚ Indians‚ mothers‚ fathers and children
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The Western Frontier and the Changes that took Place The frontier was land that had been untouched in the Western United States by white mans laws and way of life. As time passed‚ and the population grew on the frontier‚ and changes took place. Basic ways of life changed. Religious beliefs‚ laws‚ and regulations were challenged and adapted to the new settings. Each of these novels‚ The Pioneer‚ A New Way Home-Who’ll Follow‚ & Hope Leslie‚ take a different look at these changes that were taking
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In the United States‚ the frontier was the term applied to the zone of unsettled land outside the region of existing settlements of Americans. In a broad sense‚ the notion of the frontier was the edge of the settled country where unlimited free land was available and thus unlimited opportunity. Being a frontiersman in the so-called Wild West‚ a cowboy‚ rancher or gold miner were idealized within American mystery. Mark Twain colorfully related that accounts of gold strikes in the popular press had
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adversity... when things seem so bad that you’ve got to grab your fate by the shoulders and shake it.” This quote states that life often hands us struggles that we must overcome. Some are often easy and others are rather hard. Mary Oliver’s poem‚ Crossing the Swamp supports the quote stated. Over all Oliver’s poem depicts a struggle of life that one must overcome‚ hence the title. In Mary Oliver’s poem poetic devices are used to achieve the literal meaning as well as establish a relationship between
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US History I Honors Frontier Thesis Jan. 14‚ 2012 Frontier Thesis Analysis Throughout the early 20th Century‚ Fredrick Jackson Turner changed many people’s views on evolution by creating his idea of the Frontier Thesis. Throughout his entire thesis he explained that the more west the settlers move‚ the more distant and individualized they become from their homeland of Europe. After receiving his PhD from Johns Hopkins University and later becoming a professor of history at Wisconsin
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Crossing The story illustrates a relationship between clearly depressed father and his son. We glimpse the father’s deep depression on line 5 “… and he hadn’t been happy in a while”. The father might be depressed because of his own actions‚ on line 20 “and at some point he saw her watching them‚ leaning against the kitchen counter in her bathrobe‚ and when he looked at her she shook her head and looked away.”. We get the impression of it because of the woman shaking her head‚ when watching him.
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"Crossing the Bar" by Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson is a poem that expresses a sailor’s death. The poem starts with the sailor getting to know that he is going to die very soon by hearing a call from the symbols "sunset and evening star" and "twilight and evening bell" both which represent the onset of the night. The sailor‚ in the entire poem is actually asking his family and friends not to be heartbroken or to cry when he dies. The phrase "moaning of the bar" refers to the sad sound made by the wind and
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Searching Through the Muck Poetic Analysis of Crossing the Swamp by Mary Oliver In Crossing the Swamp‚ poet Mary Oliver illustrates her effective work of poetry. A vibrant relationship with a swamp changes from argumentative to victorious. By creating a scene that every reader can relate to‚ Oliver develops a connection between a deep swamp and life. Through diction‚ imagery and metaphor‚ Oliver forms a spectacular idea of life and the difficulties of making it through the swamp. The darker
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of the Frontier (?) Frederick Jackson Turner described the frontier as “a return to primitive conditions on a continually advancing frontier line” (Turner 530). Turner separates the process of civilization into four phases: “the trader’s frontier‚ the rancher’s frontier‚ or the miner’s frontier‚ and the farmer’s frontier” (Turner 536). After all four stages are completed and there are no more or too few places to settle - the major movement of people is done with - Turner says the frontier is closed
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Rail road crossings can be very dangerous‚ lives have been lost because of poor judgment. When coming to a railroad crossing you must first make a complete stop and pay attention to flashing lights and gates lowering also listen for trains if you cant see it you might be able to hear it. You also need to remember that trains cannot swerve to avoid a collision they are connected to the tracks. All the conductors can do is blow their horn and pull the emergency brake! It takes a train up to eighteen
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