Benjamin alighted from the bus and made a clumsy half skip from the last step of the bus to the bus stop. “Why does it have to rain now?” he thought as he looked up at the gloomy sky. Rainwater lashed down as lightning flashed and thunder roared. It had been bright and sunny the whole day‚ the sudden downpour half an hour ago caught Benjamin off guard because he had left his umbrella at home. How was he going to get home in the rain? Benjamin stood waiting at the bus stop for ten minutes. The rain
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The Way to Rainy Mountain The title of N. Scott Momaday’s "The Way to Rainy Mountain" encapsulates the theme of a journey that permeates the story. In the story‚ a young man journeys to the grave of his grandmother along the same route that her people‚ the Kiowas‚ took across America before settling on the southern Plains. The young man’s grandmother had never undergone the journey that she so often told stories about‚ and yet she seemed to have experienced it through the memories of others that
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"The Way to Rainy Mountain" A single knoll rises out of the plain in Oklahoma‚ north and west of the Wichita Range. For many people‚ the Kiowas‚ it is an old landmark‚ and they gave it the name Rainy Mountain. The Hardest weather in the world is there. Winter brings blizzards‚ hot tornadic winds arise in the spring‚ and in summer the prairie is an anvil’s edge. The grass turns brittle and brown‚ and it cracks beneath your feet. There are green belts along the rivers and creeks‚ linear groves of hickory
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WHAT IS A SUCCESSFUL LIFE? What is a successful life? A few moments’ thought will convince us that the question is by no means an easy one to answer. We say this‚ that‚ or the other man is successful‚ but what do we mean by it? One man has houses and lands‚ has a large bank account‚ drives fast horses and has many apparent friends‚ such a man is accounted successful. Yet all of these things that minister to his pleasure have been acquired by unremitting labor‚ by hard‚ avaricious dealings with his
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“On the Rainy River” The short story “On the Rainy River” is an integral chapter in the memoir The Things They Carried written by William Timothy O’Brien. The short story is written through the perspective of O’Brien in present day and as a young man faced with a draft notice for the Vietnam War. In “On the Rainy River‚” O’Brien portrays the importance of bravery of individuals in the society through the use of symbolism‚ powerful tone‚ reflective point of view‚ narrative devices‚ and through the
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English III (2013) (S2453406) Sierra Turner Points possible: 20 Date: ____________ This is your journal activity. Complete the prewriting steps below before moving on to the journal response. Read and Paraphrase Read the text below from The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday: Great green and yellow grasshoppers are everywhere in the tall grass‚ popping up like corn to sting the flesh‚ and tortoises crawl about on the red earth‚ going nowhere in plenty of time. Loneliness is an aspect of the
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Descriptive Analysis Paper Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) Rainy Season in the Tropics‚ 1866 Oil on Canvas‚ 213.8 x 142.9 cm Frederic Edwin Church is one of the most significant painters of the Hudson River School whose greatest works inspire awe about natural wonders. One of his famous works “Rainy Season in the Tropics” (1886)‚ oil on canvas‚ is currently part of the Mildred Anna Williams Collection at The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco‚ USA. This work presents the enormous
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ways. In “On the Rainy River”‚ Tim writes about facing the decision to fight in a war he didn’t believe in or flee to canada. In “How to Tell a True War Story” Tim writes about what he believes a true war story is all about. In “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” Rat Kiley tells a story about a woman who gets sent to Vietnam on request of her boyfriend‚ a medic in the war. Each of these stories has instances where there is no right or wrong answer in different ways. “On the Rainy River” deals with
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N. Scott Momaday “The Way to Rainy Mountain” “The Way to Rainy Mountain” by N. Scott Momaday was a really strong essay/ story. It had a lot of different images that was very well descriptive and had a lot more details than what was told in the essay/ story. His descriptions were so vivid and strong: I could actually she all of the different weathers. I like that the piece was written by what I would consider a Native American; it made this a lot more interesting and informative to read because
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The "Way" To Rainy Mountain Q: In many ways‚ Momaday is writing a memoir of a people‚ the Kiowas‚ not just himself or his grandmother. How does he use events from his own life and his grandmother’s life as a lens through which he can talk about the Kiowas? Momaday star his book by familiarizing the reader with facts about Kiowas’s past. Momaday tell of how the Kiowa migrated in the early 18th century. In the course of that long migration (the Kiowa) had come of age as a people. They had conceived
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