Main Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland was first published in 1891 following a visit to his parents, in South Dakota, in 1887. This excursion was what inspired Garland to compose stories depicting the various hardships people experienced in the Midwest. In addition to this, Garland’s stories, such as “Under the Lion’s Paw,” are able to convey many of his own economic and political concerns in hopes of prompting a change in the nation. Through the Haskin family, who looks to finally purchase new land that they have put an immense amount of work into, “Under the Lion’s Paw” illustrates the cruel nature of land speculation and economic practices imposed on rural families. Garland is fully cognizant of the lifestyle differences on the east coast…
Walter Cronkite, Anderson Cooper, and George Plimpton; three reporters who not only reported a story, but decided to live their story. In mid February 1968, Walter Cronkite embedded himself in Vietnam during the Vietnam War to cover the Tet Offensive. In 2012, Anderson Cooper embedded himself in Syria during the, still ongoing, Syrian Civil War to cover the atrocities of President Assad’s regime against his own people. In 1963, George Plimpton embedded himself with the National Football League’s Detroit Lions to cover the life of a professional quarterback. Plimpton’s adventure may be less dangerous, but he’s still a journalist with an interesting story to tell. All journalists will run into strange and interesting stories in their career, however, journalists must be ready for any possibility. Like Dan Rather once said "When the going gets weird, anchor men punt." In Plimpton’s case, this was almost a literal possibility. Throughout “Paper Lion”, Plimpton makes it clear that despite personal risks and lengthy processes, he is dedicated to getting the real story, or in this case, the true athlete’s experience. Paper Lion is based off Plimpton’s experiences with the Detroit Lions as a third string quarterback during training camp. Even in the opening, George is confused for an Episcopalian minister when he arrives at the training camp. George doesn’t quite fit the image of an NFL quarterback. This is based solely on George’s muscular build, not his…
Because of the lion’s dangerous actions, the villagers had to alter their society and be scared of the “beast”. The cause and effect makes the lion appear to be a figure of terror; not an affectionate creature. Next, Goodwell Nzou supports his second claim by asserting that Americans are hypocritical because they are doing things that are similar to trophy hunting in their own country. He uses an anaphora to appeal to logos when stating, “Don’t tell us what to do with out animals when you allowed your own mountain lions to be hunted to near extinction in the eastern United States. Don’t bemoan the clear-cutting of our forests when you turned yours into concrete jungles” (Nzou). For this claim, the author uses the anaphora to repeat “don’t” to emphasize the fact that Americans should not be criticizing Africans for the killing of Cecil when they do just as much harm to their own country. The readers can clearly see what the Americans are doing to their societies, and begin to wonder if they support the ban for trophy…
Identify one flat character and one round character from either short story or the film. Explain why you believe your choices fits the criteria for these two types of characters.…
Ace was abandoned by his parents when he was only 9 months old. He is on a quest to find his parents,…
Following Zero Wolf's death, the two remaining raiders chase Jaguar Paw to the beach. When they catch up with him, they stop, staring at the sea where a small fleet of of conquistador ships anchored off the coast and Christian Europeans making their way ashore. Mesmerized, Monkey Jaw and Ten Peccary approach the shoreline while Jaguar Paw races back to his family. He finds that Seven has just given birth and pulls his family out of the hole. Sometime later, as the reunited family look out from the forest toward the Spanish ships, Seven wonders if they should go to the men. Jaguar Paw says they should return to the forest to seek a new beginning. This ending scene relates to the people of the Caribbean, central and South America because it portraits the beginning of how America came to be as it is today. it represents the historical background of our roots and how the European innovations affected the natives. The theories depicted at the end of the movie are force theory and divine theory.…
To what extent is the phrase “Lions led by donkeys” a fair description of what happened at the Battle of the Somme?…
Cited: Mathews, Brendan. "Last Attempt to Explain What Happened with the Lion Tamer." The Best American Short Stories 2010: Selected from U.S. and Canadian Magazines. By Richard Russo. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. 198-212. Print.…
In the audiobiography/ slave narrative The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass By Frederick Douglass, he explains his thoughts on escaping the slave-ridden south with an allusion. “...I felt like one who had escaped a den of hungry lions.” This quote is seemingly an indirect reference to the book of Daniel in the Bible. In this book, Daniel is thrown into a lion’s den after disobeying a law of no prayer. At daybreak the next morning the king finds Daniel still alive and orders all the men who plotted against Daniel to be thrown into the same pit. All the men were overpowered before they even hit the ground. Using this allusion allow insight into Douglass’s idea of the…
The theme is that lions should be free. Nothing should hold them back. These lions should not be raised in cages they need to be free so they can thrive and grow and play with other lions and be able to hunt. Then in the text “wild home” by Rebecca Kai Dotlich It says: “grazing in star grass, listening to sunbirds and weavers, joining fellow roamers day and night.” Then it says “They belong under the white moon, free and untethered and wild like savanna skies.” Then in the text “The wild life of Christian the lion” By Tod Olson. It says “By April, the fluff ball had grow into 130 pounds of sheer muscle. He was still gentle. But eventually, he would turn into a 500 pound predator with razor-sharp claws and 4-inch-long fangs. In the wild, lions…
My personal favorite constellation is Leo Minor, or "The Lesser Lion". It's genitive name is "Leonis Minoris", and it's short form is "LMi". I have chosen this constellation because it embodies my favorite animal; the lion. There are six stars in this constellation, with four of them being unnamed. This spring constellation's coordinates are Right Ascension 10h, Declination +35°, and has an area of 232 sq degrees.…
The structure of Two Lives of Charlemagne is designed to let an audience learn about the history of the rule of Charles from two different perspectives. The first section is written by Einhard and the second section is written by Notker the Stammerer. One perspective views Charlemagne more like a human and the other account view Charlemagne as more pious and saint-like. The two different views of Charlemagne’s reign both coincide that Charlemagne was a generous ruler and was a great king and emperor.…
Is Einhard biased or unbiased of Charlemagne? That is the question. Einhard was definitely biased when writing his description of Charlemagne primarily because he was writing his piece while Charlemagne was still breathing. Any historian who has studied history, knows that a scribe never wants to write something bad about their king because they would have been executed on the spot and that is why Einhard writings of The Life of Charlemagne is biased. However, he wanted people to know some facts about Charlemagne so he included subtle hints in his book about events that might have had Charlemagne’s hand in them…
The United States was founded on a single document, that document is the Constitution. This document represents all that the United States is; It is the whole of how the government is to run, It also shows what the founding fathers wanted to happen to the country in the future. So naturally the wording of it is very important. The most impactful words and phrases in the constitution are right, power, representative, shall, and necessary and proper.…
Ashunasipal II was one of the great, if not the greatest, king of Assyria and ruled…