Canoe

over water because they lived on island on the pacific and on the coast. There main transportation over water was the canoe. The canoe the Haida used was specific to their culture. The body of the canoe was a dugout of a tree they hollow out. In the summer they cut the tree and then rest it in steaming water to hollow it out. Elaborate designs would be drawn on the side of the canoe and on the paddles. The bow and stern would be added separately. The canoes could sometimes hold up to 60 people.…

PROTAGONIST “Kathy had been right. He should not have stayed in the city, and he certainly should not have stayed when she asked him, every day after the storm, to get out... Oh Kathy, he thought, I am so sorry. Zachary, Nademah, Aisha, Safiya, I am so very sorry tonight that I was not and am not with you…” (235-236). When he decides to stay in New Orleans while others are evacuating, Zeitoun is confident with his choice. As he saves multiple people from their homes, he feels as though he…

Hawkeye has several skillful characteristics that make him a successful hero. Of the many, Hawkeye’s moral code is one of them. In the text, Hawkeye is put in a situation where he has to face an enemy, Magua. The two brawl for the ownership of a canoe. Subsequently avoiding death, Hawkeye settles to not shoot an unarmed person. “He rose on the instant, and levelled his own rifle at his uncovered foe; but his finger hesitated about pulling the trigger on one whom he held at such a disadvantage.”…

Before dissecting the larger cycle found within A Plague of Doves, establishing how the cycle functions within the novel on a smaller scale becomes necessary. This stems from Shamengwa’s violin story illustrating how a simple object can span generations and time. This particular violin Shamengwa “…treated [with] the reverence we accord our drums, which are considered living beings and require from us food, water, shelter, and love (197). It is this same violin that is stolen in the night, with…

The film “Into the Wild” was an adaptation of Jon Krakauer's book and based on the travels of Christopher McCandless crossed North America to spent his life in the Alaskan. Christopher McCandless rejected all what he saw as American materialism. Christopher McCandless went into the wilderness to found the true meaning of life by himself. After graduated from university, at age 22, he donated all his savings to Oxfam about $ 24.000 and went on a road-trip around the United States with his Datsun…

Transportation in northern parts of America was a dangerous, long and hard labor until the Erie canal came and made life a lot easier. The Erie canal was made in 1817 and finished in 1825, it cost over seven million dollars for the 363 mile long waterway. Was the canal better than the roads or was it consider obsolete or inferior to the roads? The roads are more expensive, require more mules or horses to pull and overall takes longer. The canal is cheaper, faster and safer than the roads but its…

Water There are so many liquids that have such a variety of meaning and symbolism in the book Beloved by Toni Morrison. The key meaning of water in Beloved is birth, as we see Denver’s birth early in the book. Denver is born on a canoe that represents the significance of water relating to birth and freedom. Beloved herself makes her real appearance as she comes out of the water, which is extremely significant in proving the fact that water represents freedom and rebirth as a person and not a…

I am reading, “The Bass, the river and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Watherell. The story is about a boy who takes his summer crush on a date, but is faced with the struggle of choosing Sheila or the biggest bass he has ever hooked. In this journal I will be questioning and evaluating. While reading this short story I am left to question will the Narrator pick the bass or Shelia Mant. I believe he will pick the bass. One reason I believe this is because the amount of time he spends fishing. In…

by dogs to help them get across the snow covered ground of the arctic. As an island tribe the Haida needed a water transportation strong enough for the strong ocean currents. The Iroquois living near water as well needed more of a lake canoe rather than a ocean canoe like the…

narrator finally takes the action to ask her to a concert at the carnival. He plans to take her by canoe, since he cannot drive. Sheila does not like fish and he accidently catches one and has to decide to let the bass go or to reel it in. The narrator’s actions in this story, such as the narrator asking her out, advance the plot by establishing conflict. When the narrator is polishing and making the canoe presentable he automatically puts his fishing reel on the stern without thought.…