Campus Martius

Working Thesis: In the novel My Ántonia by Willa Cather, Cather portrays to the audience the American Dream for the Shimerda family, Jim Burden, Lena Lingard, Tiny Soderball, Peter and Pavel, as well as the sacrifices that they may have had to make to come to America and start a new life. Cather also uses a feminist approach in the novel because the novel is really Jim Burden’s story of Ántonia, Jim is the narrator of the novel, not Antonia. Although someone who is writing about the novel in…

"It's time to grow up."- The First Part Last pg.14. This Is a very important quote that leads to the answer to, did Bobby come of age? Who is Bobby? Bobby is the main protagonist from Angela Johnson's, The First Part Last, a young adult novel. This novel is about a teenage boy named Bobby, who got his girlfriend Nia pregnant, he must now raise a child along with his normal daily activities. So did Bobby come of age? Bobby did not come of age. The reason is this is due to how much he relied on…

College carry laws, or laws that allow concealed weapons on college campuses, are quickly becoming more and more abundant. It’s not safer, the regulations make it almost impossible to make the weapons safer, and untrained students often hurt more than they help. Many people believe an armed America is a safer America. This is not true; however, since concealed weapons have been more readily available shootings and gun related crimes have increased. This applies to college campuses as well. Since…

narrowed it down to three colleges to choose from: Whitworth University, OSU, and Northwest University. Whitworth University Whitworth University is located in Spokane, Washington and has a gorgeous 200 acre campus. In the past few years, they have spent $110 million in expanding their campus in areas such as: rec center, dining…

many of these games were either played inside or outside, which involved several forms of handball to the wealthy having a dinner party involving poetry readings, most men and young boys wend fishing and or hunting Most of the games were held in campus martius. Wrestling and boxing: One of the most popular activities for the romans was wrestling and boxing…

Julius Caesar was elected consul in 60 B.C. As consul Julius Caesar did many great things for Rome such as create jobs for the poor. Another thing that Julius Caesar did was he increased soldiers pay. He also constructed new buildings. However, he also did many things that had a negative effect on Rome, which had a great impact with Rome’s fall. Julius Caesar had a good impact on Rome. One of the ways Julius Caesar had a positive effect on Rome is that he created jobs for the poor, by doing…

Aeluis Aureluis Verus. Antonius later died in 161, which made the young men become co-emperors. On July 10, 138, Hadrian passed away and was cremated, his ashes were then put in his own mausoleum with custom honors. There was a great temple in Campus Martius that was built just for Hadrian’s in his memory in the early 140s. Hadrian’s was a good emperor he followed his policies that were given to him and even made his own policies to follow. He had a good life by traveling and becoming more known…

1. Livy’s purpose for writing many historical accounts was to inspire the people of Rome to be better citizens. Livy accomplished this by recounting the stories of monumental individuals from Rome’s past who fulfilled political duties in an honorable way and helped to establish the foundation of the city’s traditions and values. 2. Nautius and Minucius were the 2 consuls of the Roman Republic in 458 BC who fought a war against the Sabines. Nautius is more successful because he constructed an…

To say that the ancient Romans thought a lot about funerary ritual and post-mortem commemoration is an understatement. Abundant textual evidence records complex, performative rituals surrounding death and burial in ancient Rome while significant expenditures on elaborate tombs and funerary portraits. The roman funeral was seen as a type of passage that signified the transition between the death and the life of the person. It was extremely important for them to have proper ceremonies and a burial…

Titus and his Punic Wars In Rome during the Punic wars the impression that is most thought of when thinking of ancient Rome is that of many a poor farmer taking up arms in defense of their country, land, and family. However, the reality was starkly similar to what we see today, the powerful, and rich running the city-state while the poor are subject to their whims or flights of fancy and it became a fight for who had the best strategy for whoever defeated Hannibal would surely win all the…