Beautiful Mountain

I really enjoyed the interview of Adaline Bloom. Her father came to the United States in order to escape the Russian army draft. Adaline talks about the effects of the Great Depression and World War II on her family. For example, she speaks about gas rationing for her family’s car. In an attempt to save gas for the United States military, limited supplies of gas were sold to the public. Therefore, Adaline’s family did not use the car for almost two years. It was difficult to find steady work…

Bowden, Mary Weatherspoon. Washington Irving. Boston: Twayne, 1981. Bowden underlines the integrity of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., in which “Rip Van Winkle” first performed, and proposes that Irving’s most highest literary accomplishment was his style. Though the book was not known, it include two of the most famous American short stories, one being “Rip Van Winkle” Mary Bowden received her Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. She taught in…

People think having Donald Trump as president is tragic but have they ever thought about all the tragic things that happened in the past. Slavery. Word War I. World War II. People tortured. Many killed. Guns fired. Families separated. Genocide. The Sudanese civil wars were both a bad tragic time for Sudan, however, these events differ in how they started, one was because of the government and the southern rebels and the other was because of the underlying cause of conflict in the autonomy.…

foot of New York's Catskill Mountains. He has Dutch Ancestry and is a story teller for the children. He is lazy though and his farm is falling apart. To get away from his wife he goes and finds a Dutchman drinking something and he drinks and falls asleep. He wakes up after twenty years and only his daughter recognizes him. The first mythical characteristic is on page sixty two of Journeys in Literature American Traditions where the mountains are called fairy mountains and there is a…

Sturnus Vulgaris (Common Starling) or (European Starling) The European Starling was introduced to North America in the 19th century. They were imported at great expense from Europe by Eugene Schieffelin around the 1890s to U.S and labeled as an invasive species. But unlike many other invasive birds, it was not protected under U.S law. Meaning no harm, Schieffelin goal was to just introduce all the birds mentioned by William Shakespeare in North America. Schieffelin released about 100 European…

The mountain community is very traditional when it comes to elders in the community. This is seen through Mrs. Taylor, Lace’s parents, Uncleome though. He also has a connection growing up in the mountains but feels work would come easier somewhere else. He likely resents the land for allowing itself to fall and become destructed because it is forcing him to have to leave. The younger boys seem to like the land. Tommy and Corey like being able to play and run around in the creek, Corey sees the…

Washington Irving’s story “Rip Van Winkle” uses common literary characteristics to bring to life a new version of a mythology for America. Some of the characteristics he uses are a time setting of the past; a positive message about the people it is written for and about; and magical, mysterious, and incredible events. All of these characteristics help convey a mood and theme that allows the reader to envision how the US changed dramatically over a short period of time. At the very beginning of…

Gillum English 11A 16 May 2018 Appalachian Mountain Appalachian refers to a largely rural people who reside in the southern Appalachian region covering about 110,000 square miles in the states of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. Appalachian are spread through the Appalachian Mountains in nine states. This area consists of three physiographic regions. The Blue Ridge Mountains, with the highest peaks in the area,…

For a portion of Charles Frazier’s novel Cold Mountain, a preacher named Veasey accompanies the male protagonist, Inman. Frazier uses Veasey’s reckless and spontaneous nature to contrast Inman’s well thought out and war torn traits. Veasey’s actions represent the way that the Civil War has affected even people who were not in it, and allows the audience of the novel to view Inman’s morals and understand how they may have been altered by his experiences in the War. The audience follows Inman’s…

Have you ever thought what it would be like to live in a fantasy world or to a part of your favorite fictional book? Many people think that these fake worlds would be better than reality. There are so many characteristics in these stories that make us find it more appealing. Whether it be the unique characters or magical events. A lot of these characteristics we like about stories appear in American myths. All of the main characteristics of an American myth can be found in Washington Irving’s…