With the Homestead Act passed‚ it is time for you to claim your 160 acres! Come to the west! You can be like James Oliver who developed a new plow with a sharper edge. Try working on the new bonanza farms with expensive machinery and professional managers. Come live in a dugout‚ a house dug into the sides of a hill. But be careful because the weather can be harsh causing crops to die and water is scarce. Most farms are in Texas‚ The Great Plains‚ and California. Come to the west farmers! With
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Montana 1948 Analytical Writing Assignment The way Frank has ruined David’s family bonds is symbolized by his destruction of the canning jars. When David learns that his Uncle Frank has abused Indian girls and has actually murdered one‚ all his good thoughts about his Uncle Frank shatter. How his Uncle Frank practiced sports with him‚ how he bought him nice things‚ how his Uncle Frank was perfect. “He’s smashing them…” (147). Doing one bad thing can change the whole world’s viewpoint on that
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English Essay By Raymond Nguyen . Hello my name is Ray‚ today I will be discussing the novel we have been studying; Larry Watson’s ’Montana 1948". Watson’s stereotype of a 1940’s housewife is depicted through the characters Enid and Gail. The reader is shown throughout the text of female characters re: to take the backseat in relationships and that their place is in the home. Merce County during the 1940’s‚ this idea is shown to the reader constantly by Larry Watson in the novel. Watson presents
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The novel “Montana 1948” written by Larry Watson held a series of tragic events‚ which were to have a permanent and decisive impact on David and his parents. This chain of events were to turn David’s young life and that of his family upside down forever and which was to angrily lead him out of childhood‚ destroying his innocence and youthful naivety in the process. However‚ David’s shocking revelations lead to his painful gaining of wisdom. David is forced to make ethical choices of loyalty and justice
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What motivated Americans to move west and what was their motive? Different Americans were motivated by different reasons to move west. Ranchers would move to more land in the west to raise cattle‚ particularly Texas and Kansas. These cattle ranchers would then ship their cattle back to the Eastern states to sell. They sold for much higher prices back east. The expansion of the railroad made it possible to easily transport the cattle east. Farmers were motivated because they could get free land
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Rough Draft Business Case for Investment CMGT 445 Rough Draft Business Case for Investment McBride Financial Services plans to expand its mortgage loan business operations to eight locations. The home office is in Boise Idaho. Newly leased office space is now available in the Sioux Falls S.D. location. The CEO‚ Hugh McBride‚ requests the design‚ development and implementation of a secure‚ reliable and effective Local Area Network (LAN) for the Boise and Sioux Falls locations. This project will require
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Journal Entry 184 We are about 6 months in the expedition and we are preparing for our first winter in the new territory. We spent it at a place called Fort Mandan with the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians. There‚ we met a girl who knew the terrain better than anyone on the Corps. We learn that she is pregnant but the Corps. Of Discovery and I ask her to come along with us. Her name is Sacagawea. A member of the tribe tells us that we need horses for crossing the Appalachian Mountains or as they call
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Norman Mclean’s A River Runs Through It explores many feelings and experiences of one "turn of the century" family in Missoula‚ Montana. In both the movie‚ directed by Robert Redford‚ and the original work of fiction we follow the Mcleans through their joys and sorrows. However‚ the names of the characters and places are not purely coincidental. These are the same people and places known by Norman Mclean as he was growing up. In a sense‚ A River Runs Through It is Mclean’s autobiography. Although
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produced by combining a specific set of chemicals‚ all of which can be obtained legally. Some states such as Montana are creating projects and campaigins to end this fast growing peer pressure in America. The Meth Project is a large-scale prevention program aimed at reducing first-time meth use through public service messaging‚ public policy‚ and community outreach.( Meth Project Foundiation) The Montana Meth Project uses a variety of commericals to inform young adults and youth the harmful effects of meth
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Montana 1948 is a novel about the struggle between honesty and corruption. Discuss." It is without doubt that ’Montana 1948’ is a tale about the struggle between honesty and corruption. During the tragic events which took place in the ’Wild West’ town of Bentrock‚ isee the misuse of power and reputation through the tyrannical characters of Julian and Frank Hayden. However‚ despite the persona of his father and brother‚ Wesley Hayden contradicts his family name‚ and seizes to act honestly and with
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