They would usually fish in the rivers and lakes, hunt for Moses and deer’s and gather their food. The tribe would focus on hunting for animals for their own satisfaction. For the group to hunt, they would use a variety of transportation for different weathers and loads, such as birch bark canoes, sledges, snowshoes, toboggans and dogs as pack animals. This indicates how the tribe would be dependent on the use of transportation despite which would enable them to hunt. Today, Algonquin’s would use cars as their transportation. Algonquin’s would have two shelters depending on the season. For the majority of the year they would live in wigwams which were also made from birch bark, however, during the winter the group would change to a different site, build wigwams that looked like a tepee. Today, Algonquin’s would live in houses or apartments, they would only build wigwams for traditions and to connect with their heritage. The Algonquin tribe is migratory due to the group continually moving around because of the weather, food, and other people in the group and forming bonds between other groups, such as the French. The Algonquin tribe has a unique identity. They would have traditions that they would follow, such as their…
A toothpick is a tool used in everyday life that ordinarily after its use, is immediately thrown away. In Albert H. Baird’s patent description on his own composition of a toothpick, he states his design’s “...cost of manufacture is so low that [the] improved tooth pick can be economically thrown away after being used but once (Baird, 1910).” Although he associates this idea with his own design, it’s a commonality of the current view of toothpicks. Before the last toothpick factory in Maine…
Frost begins the poem by isolating birches from other trees in the forest. The speaker sees swaying birches “[a]cross the lines of straighter darker trees” (line 2). As birches have light white-grey bark, the visual light-dark contrast brings birches to the front of the mind, giving it distinct focus. This also gives the reader an important textural image of the elasticity of the birch tree when compared dark and rigid trees around it. The use of extended metaphors throughout the poem continues…
Courage They were after me. I probably shouldn’t have left a trail, but when you are running from the Heat, you don’t take time to pick up after yourself. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest as I ran towards my sanctuary, only taking a second to glance back. Seeing no one, I had slowed down to catch my breath. My eyes continued to dart about the area and I kept my wits about me. The trees and plants were glowing thanks to the sun’s light, which made it harder to carefully examine my…
Obviously there is another side to Thoreau with which "Birches" does not strife. A Thoreau more suitable to Frost shows up in a Journal passage six months before the striking ice tempest of December 31, 1852. He expresses: "Nature must be viewed humanly to be viewed at all; that is, her scenes must be associated with humane affections, such as are associated with one's native place, for instance. She is most significant to a lover. A lover of Nature is preeminently a lover of man. If I have no…
Malicious A twisted tree trunk protrudes out of the silt like earth, covered in crude knots and lanky dead branches; the trunk hovers over the small stretch of land it sits upon. The rough, callous bark of the foreboding tree a dark hazel splattered with sections of sunken grooves. A shadow casts upon the intruding tree, darkening the bottom section of the once splendid trunk to a sinister shade of black. The upper top half on the trunk splintered, as if its own structure and size had betrayed…
Walking down the trail the branches covered in leaves were close enough to tickle my shoulder. Flowers of bright, vibrant colors were everywhere. I could see red, pink and blue colors, it was as if I was looking at a rainbow, but-they-were-flowers. Suddenly this amazing sweet smell entered my nose, the smell turned into a taste that made my mouth water, what is that? Kiwi, my scented hand lotion, it is Kiwi hand lotion, the smell is adding to the beauty that surrounds me. Why are all these…
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but I see those words not in details in the picture, but the stories and lesson it speaks. I look at a picture that looks like any other you would typically see. It’s only a picture of a smiling boy in a frozen forest. But to me, I see a story and a life of someone in a different mindset that I can relate to. This person was not as adventurous and I would have liked, but once it came down to it, I didn't regret involving myself in these…
through his adventures with the outside world, specifically birch trees. In the first lines the speaker shows his attentiveness towards the birch tree. He watches the birch trees “bend to left and right.” The speaker examines the trees so closely because the tree must be conquered in order to achieve adulthood. Line 2: He watches them bend “across the lines of straighter darker trees,” Across the lines means difference between things that are easy to achieve because the speaker is familiar with…
Look for branches breaking near the trunk, slits in the bark, woodpecker injury and chewed on foliage on ash trees. “EAB can wreak havoc in your cemetery, causing huge risk and budgetary issues. Spot EAB warning signs early. Or, you risk losing 15 to 30 percent of all the trees on your property within 3 to 5 years,” cautioned Borkowicz. If you spot a tree risk, call a trained arborist for help. “Preventive tree care can save thousands of dollars in potential damage or tree removal later on,”…