Lake Superior

saw it for an instant slanted forlornly across the inside of the suitcase with a Bible at either side of its opposite ends… When she turned her churning face toward the opening, she saw his blue figure struggling successfully over the green speckled lake”…

beauty lies beneath the water where few get to experience its perplexing style. I am fortunate to grow up live in such a water driven environment where I can understand nature to the ability of a human. The Chinook Salmon was introduced to the Great Lakes in the 1950’s and partitaly drove Benzie County’s economy. Though not native these fish integrated themselves quickly. The Betsie River was chosen as a breeding ground for the exoctic salmon. They entered into a river that…

I'm happy to hear you don't consider me culture-less and it's always nice to meet someone who shares my dislike of ballet. I believe the demise of my relationship started when I embarrassed my ex in front of her work superiors by snoring through a premiere performance of Swan Lake."…

Nick is a big character in The Great Gatsby specifically the narrator as he is telling the story. Throughout the story Nick is depicted as an almost dishonest person. This is quite opposite as he does not form biased opinions about anyone. While being Naive, Nick wants to hear two sides to a story when presented new information he takes it all in and takes a new look on the subject or person. Nick as narrator is honest as anyone in the story could be. He himself is telling the story from a…

Munising Tourist Park right outside Munising. It was me, my mom, my sister, my step brother John, step sister Piper, the two dogs, and my step dad Dave. We have been to this campground many times before and have loved it every single time. Its right on superior and there is a huge open beach. The water is always crystal clear and very cold. This place for me always stood out for the fact that once you go to about chest deep into the water. It drops. Imagine standing on the edge of the world. To…

“James Gatz—that was really, or at least legally, his name. He had changed it at the age of seventeen and at the specific moment that witnessed the beginning of his career—when he saw Dan Cody's yacht drop anchor over the most insidious flat on Lake Superior ( ).” James at the time was a nobody, he had met his soon to be role model, Dan Cody-- a drunken man of extensive wealth who could not even take care of himself, so Gatsby does. Unfortunately, when Cody dies, Gatsby loses his inheritance…

Rwanda has been known as a place of major improvement in Africa in the past decade. It is a country seen by western society as a place that is prospering among many that appear hopeless. Rwanda has not always been this way, and in many ways, it is still struggling. In the past century this nation has gone through struggle after struggle. Rwanda was initially colonized by Germany in 1884 and remained a colony until 1919. After Germany’s defeat in World War I, the country was forced to…

became depressed and vowed it would not happen again. He really does care about his academic success, notwithstanding he can be negligent in studying. His most treasured memory is with his grandparents up North. It was his first time swimming in a lake; his grandpa played football with him, and they went out to eat after. That weekend he also went hunting with his grandpa, it was his first time for this too. He didn’t shoot anything, but he still had a blast. It was an unparalleled to any…

When Columbus invaded America in the late 1400s, there were thousands of vital communities speaking their own languages and practicing their own cultures already here. That fateful day marked the beginning of a tragic decline in Native American cultures through the introduction of disease, systematic genocide and government efforts to subjugate and even eradicate the indigenous peoples in this country. These actions were largely motivated by the greed and religious fervor of the invaders, and…

Constructing Place Distinction In what follows I document permanent residents’ and second homeowners’ parallel construction of place distinction. Both groups tend to agree on what lends meaning to Rangeley; both call upon the rural idyll—that rural life is simple, virtuous, and different from urban life—to explain what makes Rangeley distinct (Woods, 2011). While this, itself, is not particularly surprising, given the enduring narratives of rural life (Williams 1974; Hummon, 1990; Bell, 1994;…