The Way to Rainy Mountain In Scott Momaday’s introductory paragraph of “The Way to Rainy Mountain” he uses figurative language to show his love for the land in Oklahoma. As a Kiowa‚ he describes the land with such intimacy‚ that it seems as if he owns the land and he is one with the land. He starts the paragraph with a descriptive image of the Wichita Range: “A single knoll rises out of the plain in Oklahoma”. He describes the weather with extreme exaggeration‚ “winter brings blizzards‚ hot tornadic
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The struggle between one’s desires and expectations leads an individual to falter from their values and beliefs resulting in dire consequences to one’s morality and internal self. The short story "On a Rainy River" clearly demonstrates the conflict between the two dilemmas as the main character‚ Tim O’Brien‚ is faced with a decision to fight a pointless war or desert his country‚ choosing between potentially dying‚ or being branded as a coward. "Traitor! they yelled. Turncoat! Pussy! I felt myself
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battle. Although Polynices is considered a traitor to the land of Thebes‚ Antigone feels that to respect the wishes of the gods she must burry him. She faithfully acts upon her morals‚ even though they oppose the law. However‚ in the story “On the Rainy River” by Tim O’Brien‚ Tim is not so persistent with his loyalty to his morals. Although he is very against the war he has been drafted into‚ in the end he ends up going to battle due to his fear of letting his family and country down. While both Tim
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The Way to Rainy Mountain Student Guide Unit: The Way to Rainy Mountain You have read autobiographies or memoirs that tell about an individual’s experience. In this unit‚ you will read the blended memoir of an individual and an entire culture—the Kiowa tribe of North America. Unit Objectives Recognize the impact of setting on literature. Develop interpretations of literary works. Analyze the relationship between a literary work and its historical period and cultural influences. Recognize and examine
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portrayed. Both Behn and Rochester were two extremely strong poets who use sexual encounters to display gender and power roles among both men and women in the 18th century. In this close reading I will use “The Disappointment” by Behn and “The Imperfect Enjoyment” by Rochester to analyze the ideal of power. “The Disappointment” by Behn shares a woman’s first sexual experience. In this experience it clearly shows that Lysander overpowers Cloris with his physical strengths and seduction‚ which leaves Cloris
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Philosophy and Composition HH December 7‚ 2012 Relation of Pain and Enjoyment to Character Rough Draft In the Callicles portion of Plato’s Gorgias‚ something was agreed upon by Socrates and Callicles during an investigative conversation that is just not true. Around 499a‚ the two men agree in passing that he who feels enjoyment is good‚ and he who feels pain is bad. These assertions are explained by saying that good men feel enjoyment because good things are present within them‚ while bad men feel
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Many factors dictate how a person‚ or animal in some cases‚ will evolve or emerge in the end of the story. The people around a character and where the character lives usually determines what type of person or animal they are. The short story “On the Rainy River” shows how location helps a character grow and develop. Location plays a substantial role in how a character develops and how they learn the necessary material for growing up. Tim O’Brien‚ drafted into the Vietnam War‚ bolts out of town
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AESTHETIC READING: READING FOR APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT Aesthetic reading is for entertainment. * Reading to explore one. * In Aesthetic reading‚ the reader’s attention is centered directly on what he likes through during his relationship with that particular text.” * Non-academicals purposes of reading. Aesthetic Stance is for experience * Recreational reading. * Fulfills an important function in lives. * Reading for pleasure or aesthetic reading‚ been described as “the
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happiness—all commonly reduced to the concept of utility) subject to constraints. These constraints—or scarcity—inevitably define a tradeoff. For example‚ one can have more money by working harder‚ but less time (there are only so many hours in a day‚ so time is scarce). One can have more apples only at the expense of‚ say‚ fewer grapes (you only have so much land on which to grow food—land is scarce). Adam Smith considered‚ for example‚ the trade-off between time‚ or convenience‚ and money. He
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From The Way to Rainy Mountain A single knoll rises out of the plain in Oklahoma‚ north and west of the Wichita Range. For my 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
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