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Source #1 Pocahontas Images The new world and the old world had their differences, however the one thing they had in common was Pocahontas. In 1607, she took up the role of creating a relationship between the Indigenous Peoples and people of England. In 1612, her abduction by Captain Argall set in motion Pocahontas's new journey into the new world, forever changing her identity to the world. In 1616 Simon van de Passe created a portrait depicting Pocahontas's new Virginian features for the…

In winter, the Konkow settled in widely dispersed patterns along river canyons, usually on ridges high above rivers and generally on small flats on the crest of the ridge, or half way down the canyon side. A village-community owned and defended a known territory, which served as a communal hunting and fishing ground. Some villages were located strategically atop isolated knolls in consideration of attack and defense. The Konkow followed an annual gathering cycle that made it necessary for them…

Ethan Frome takes place during the winter in the town of Starkfield and surrounding rural areas. The harsh winter is crucial to the development of characters in the novel and also to overall theme. The winter causes the characters to become isolated and make decisions that they would not normally make. For example, Ethan and Mattie make a rash decision when they decide to commit suicide by sledding into a tree rather than choosing to face their problems. The narrator describes winter in the…

saw-mill (24). Ethan’s mother falls ill of isolation of the house which grows to be more of a burden than that of the fields. Following his mother’s death Ethan marries Zenobia Pierce, a distant cousin of his. Ethan and Zenobia agree to move to a large town to pursue his yearning to become an engineer, once they fix troubles…

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…

are only thirty-one hospitals total. I wondered how si their health care different then our health care, How come they don't get the support they need like we do? I thought about how come they doctors can't go visit the people that live far out of town and start doing home visits to help people stay healthier. The funding is a bigger issue in the matter so trying to get more funding would be a big battle to attack. We are the generation that can start the chain reaction to helping people and…

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…