Little House on the Prairie

from The Great Fire by Jim Murphy It was Sunday and an unusually warm evening for October eighth, so Daniel “Peg Leg” Sullivan left his stifling little house in the west side of Chicago and went to visit neighbors. One of his stops was at the shingled cottage of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary. The one-legged Sullivan remembered getting to the O’Learys’ house at around eight o’clock, but left after only a few minutes because the O’Leary family was already in bed. Both Patrick and Catherine had to…

They desensitize it, taking away the realities that really impacted families during that era. They are fictitious displays of what family life was like that we strive to achieve because they appear so perfect. In shows like Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie, we are lured into a dimension where family life seems flawless and where everyone is a contributor to the success of the family and larger community. They depict a world in which members of the community relied on one another and…

the Prairie School architectural movement. “Prairie School style architecture is usually marked by its integration with the surrounding landscape, horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad eaves, windows assembled in horizontal bands, solid construction, craftsmanship, and restraint in the use of decoration.” Frank also created a philosophy called Usonian, which is a term that usually refers to a series of approximately sixty middle-income family homes designed in 1936. These houses were…

games like checkers and chess. I have always liked watching Scooby Doo and I have recently discovered the Star Wars movies. I have always preferred action packed books like Percy Jackson and I would love to be a salesman. The people that live at my house are me , my mom, my dad, Jack,Porter, Emily, my dog Dixie, and my cat Garfield. Every body is younger than me besides my…

Melodies with faster paced tempos and rhythms can have the opposite effect. You can become excited or anxious from the raising of your pulse and blood pressure. From this you might get distracted more easily or could become anxious or flustered by little things you normally would not notice. Sounds and harmonics in music can put images in your head as well. Like when you hear a certain drum playing images of bombs or gunfire may enter your thoughts, this should be quite a distraction from your…

Elementary school is probably the most enlightening period of my childhood; I can remember so many firsts. Elementary school is where I developed a need to read. My fourth-grade teacher encouraged us to read series. Box Car Children, Little House on the Prairie, the Bobbsey Twins are the series which first come to mind. Eventually, the series reading transferred to reading complete work of authors. There is no doubt I was probably a show off in the fourth and fifth grade. I have an older…

The second amendment is a highly controversial topic that many speak about frequently, yet few truly understand. In fact, it is a topic far more complex than publicly acknowledged, as well as one that has severely changed over time. The ways people think of guns today is very personal, thus differing strongly from other controversial amendments such as freedom of speech. Furthermore, the cost of exercising the second amendment is far greater than that of most others, which is exactly why people…

Realistic view to show us Alexandra realization of what happened. Having a realistic view basically shows acceptance, and understanding the reality of what happened, or will end up happening. Towards the end of the story, Alexandra and Carl have a “little talk” about what has happened over the years. By the end of the…

buildings” and “…not that there is much to see.” suggest that Capote finds the town lacking liveliness and personality. Overall, Capote seems quite disappointed with town of Holcomb. By using quotation marks to show his disapproval with the apartment houses and using words like “ ramshackle”; “irrelevant”; and “dry”, Capote clearly displays his disinterest with the appearance of the…

had no topsoil to even attempt planting a good crop. Although farmers elsewhere had issues because their crops were not selling for as much, they certainly did not have anywhere near the problems the Dust Bowl farmers did; they could at least make a little money off of it. The Dust Bowl farmers lost so much money, because many would buy and plant seeds expecting that the depression and drought could not possibly last another year. Especially…