Mountain men

explains how you should never give up on your dream. Shawn Grim and Rudy Ruettiger both know this too well. Rudy Ruettiger was a kid who had a dream to play football for Notre Dame, At the same time. Grim lives in a small town in the Appalachian Mountains and his dream was to go to college and graduate. Struggling with money was a big deal for Ruettiger and Grim. Rudy worked for a minimum wage job, helping clean up and stuff around the football field so he was a janitor. He was very desperate…

We are first given a glimpse of the world Rip lives, his homestead and the places he is frequent to, and an elaborate telling of his lifestyle and ways. The second phase is the period by which Rip finds himself amongst Henry Hudson and his men, drinking and playing nine pins. Lastly, it is Rips return to a vaguely familiar yet very different land. In parts one and three, we are given some land marks that give a before and after image of change. We see in Rips arrival into his home town how…

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…

return to an earlier way of life that involved farming and strong family ties. This led to former residents of Appalachia who had left the mountains for jobs that had fallen victim to the Depression returning home and increasing the population. Eller estimates a 30% population increase in Knox County, Kentucky in the 1930s. Many Appalachians who returned to the mountains found closed mines and mills and turned to government work programs and public assistance.…

In recent discussions of whether men are acting masculine, a controversial issue has been whether men are acting feminine. From this perspective, men are acting more feminine. In the words of Michael Kimmel, one of those views main proponents “men still feel the need to show their masculinity.” according to this view, men should always show their masculinity. In sum, then, the issue is whether men have stopped being masculine or have not stopped being masculine but have changed the meaning of…

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.…

make clothes. Faster production lead to mass production. The invention of the plow helped reduce labor with field work. Farmers now focused on cash crops and used the money made to buy new machines. With this new technology meant new ways of work. Men, women, and children were happy to work in the mills for money instead of farming for no wage. The producing of large quantities changed our economy from traditional to market. There were positives and negatives to this new industrialization spike.…

“How dare you try to hog all the continent!” by Rocky Mountain News, 1866. The transcontinental railroad ran through the continent like a steel horse. The railroad was a massive event that happened in American history, and encounter and exchange occurred in this situation. For Chinese immigrants and Native Americans the transcontinental railroad was a series of tragic encounters. However, the transcontinental railroad allowed goods and services to be exchanged across the United States allowing…

The Chinese immigrants What do you think about when you hear Chinese Immigrants, when I think about them I think about them having moved to the United States while racism was going on around that time. Many of the chinese immigrants went to America where money was everywhere, at least that is what they thought. A lot of that stuff happened, and the outcomes for them did not turn out as well as you would think it would. An interesting question of how this all started. What was pushing the…

Despite these sad statistics, there is plenty to see at Glacier. Tall mountains jut around flat plains; rushing waterfalls sprinkle around the park; 762 tranquil lakes delve deep into the land; and wildflowers peek up all over the ground. 151 hiking trails total 745 miles of must-see paths throughout the park. No matter what time of year you head to Glacier National Park, chinooks, dry warm breezes that gust down the mountain, take the chill out of your bones. Try to squeeze this wondrous hiking…