The American Frontier: A Narrative Analysis

The American Frontier is such an important factor in the history of America. So much happened during this time that helped shape the American society and culture to get to the way it is today. Without the Frontier, things in America would not be the same. I chose the painting “emigrants crossing the plains” painted by Albert Bierstadt because I think it is a perfect representation of what was going on during the American Frontier. Many people were traveling to different places to find a better lifestyle. In this picture you see many of them traveling together which happened a lot during this time. Many traveled in groups with all of their belongings and eventually landed where they felt they could make the best of living. The reason I chose the picture of Edward S.
Even though each are different situations they all take place during the American Frontier which is obviously another thing they have in common. The painting represents the emigrants moving to Oregon, the photograph is of a man who was a photographer and took pictures of Native Americans that he traveled with. The novel is all about Mark Twain and his travels throughout the West during the American Frontier. Each of these choices I made have in common the culture and environment of the American Frontier. The narrative “Roughing It” describes how difficult it was to survive and make a living during the American Frontier. Twain went from town to town in his travels and was having a hard time finding a job. Resources were scarce and many things at this point had not come into place which made it hard to find work. In this novel he describes the economic struggle and the change of the nature of man. Not only does this narrative describe the hard times through the American Frontier but it gives his own perspective on how he and his brother struggled during their