New England Colonies

emotional damage and because of society it is deemed unacceptable for them to move on to someone else. This internal struggle in the search of someone who understands them leads to both of them finding someone new who affects their actions. Again though, Ethan’s struggle was only intensified by this new relationship because he was faced with either staying with his unattractive and sick wife because he is weighed down by the duty society says he owes her, or leaving her for Mattie which is also…

Gina Ricketts is our Central Oregon Community College Native American Program Director. Her speech on Don't Get Sick After June is an incredible eye opening experience that takes a look into the health care abuse that native americans get from the united states government. The phrase Don't Get Sick After June is a Double Entendres it in turn really means don't get sick after June because all the funds are cut off to those hospitals that take care of the Native Americans because they just don't…

Robert Frost was a well-known and cherished poet in American literary history. Frost lived from 1874 to1923, but accomplished many achievements during his life span. Throughout Frost’s life he experienced quite a bit of depression, beginning with the woman he loved was dating another man. Then later on losing his mother to cancer, and his son to cholera. “Critics see the poet as a skeptic who regarded nature as an antagonist, … and visionary experience as an illusion.” (Liebman, pag 137) In 1923…

The novel Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton has an extensive amount of imagery, many scenes are accompanied by descriptions of the bitter winter that encompasses the town. Even the name of the town that the characters inhabit, “Starkfield”, contributes to this imagery. In the novel, Ethan Frome is no longer in love with his wife, Zeena, but now yearns for her younger cousin, Mattie Silver. During the harsh winter that the main story takes place in, Mattie is a warm and comforting presence to Ethan in…

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an eighteenth-century writer that lived in Salem, Oregon. He was a descendant of the judge, John Hathorne, of the Salem Witch Trials. These trials are said to have inspired his writing; in most of his books, there is a ruler that cruelly oppresses people. This is a depiction of John Hathorne and Nathaniel’s other ancestors, whom he outrightly denounces (Brooks). Many of Hawthorne’s works are based upon “the guilt that [he] felt over the actions of his ancestors” (Fider).…

Patwin is the native language of the Wintun people. Ancestors of these people arrived in Central Valley and Northern California around 1400 BCE. The Patwin had similar language with the Nomlaki and Wintu. The Patwin are the most southern of these groups and are sometimes called the Southern Wintun. (Patwin) The Patwin tribe were broken into two groups; the Hill Patwin that lived in the coastal ranges and the River Patwin that resided in the Sacramento Valley. (Quail) These people like most…

spreading of Canadian immigrants and their way of life in the New England area. There were many reasons for the Canadians to leave their home country, two being, of political reasons and the moving of companies. America proved to have a lot of opportunities for new incoming immigrants, this leading Canadian companies to develop their business in America. Almost half of the Canadian population decreased due to this emigration. New England went through many up and downs during the Industrial…

transportation of new technology, and materials into snowy, rural areas. With it gone, industrialization and new technology can be implemented in the northern parts of Canada. For example, new medicine doctors need to use could be brought by shipment, and delivered by snowmobile. However, the list of items that could be imported did not stop there. Building materials that could better withstand cold weather, quality-of-life items such as phones, goods for shops, etc.. With new materials being…

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton is a novel dealing with a young man’s persistent battle between his desires and moral principles. The story is set in 17th century New England in a rural community. The town of Starkfield is an area in which northern winters siege the inhabitants and hinder their daily lives. The characters within the novel must resist the frigid climate as it is a major impediment throughout the novel. Ultimately, Ethan Frome faces a conflict between his emotional desires and moral…

In making conversation, I frequently asked new peers, “What about your financial aid?” No one had warned me that this might be a bad idea. I was appalled to hear from most students that they would not receive financial aid at all and that they would, instead, foot the bill. I could not imagine paying…