O Pioneers!

Rabbie Burns. He was born January 25, 1759 in Alloway, Ayrshire, in southwestern Scotland and died at the age of 37, in July 21, 1796 at Dumfries, Scotland. For his lyrical poetry and his re-writing of Scottish folk songs, he has been best known as a pioneer of the Romantic Movement which many are still well-known today around the world. Though most of his best poems and songs were written in Scots, he also wrote them in English for the English spoken public. The poem is about a man declaring…

From Yellowstone to the Smoky Mountains, America's true beauty shows though to many of the greatest Authors. The idea of beauty can not only physical properties but there can be a inner, deeper meaning of beauty which can not only be alluring but unattractive at times too. Beauty in american literature expands from nature to the greatest historical building such as the the Statue of Liberty but that has a deeper under meaning of what true American beauty looks like from freedom. One Perspective…

Early pioneers such as Edwin Chadwick and Lemuel Shattuck helped to improve sanitation and health conditions for our world today. However, public health is often taken for granted, especially in the United States, as many Americans do not realize that one could not always turn on the kitchen sink and have clear, clean, running water and trash service was not always available. In addition, many people are unaware that there are still many unfortunate people today in other parts of the globe who…

In Against All Odds: the Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations, authors Brad Christerson, Korie L. Edwards, and Michael O. Emerson present the results of their research into integrated religious organizations. To frame their research they employ a case-study approach, examining four congregations, a religious based university and a religious organization within a university. Through these case studies the authors examine what processes happen in an integrated religious…

Willa Cather, in her story, “O Pioneers”, utilizes several different philosophies of life to tell a realistic story about immigrant life and struggles on the plains of late 1800’s Nebraska. The story is centered on the character of Alexandra Bergson, her family, friends and neighbors and her struggle to raise her three brothers on the family farm during harsh times. Cather’s use of romanticism, realism and naturalism helps to tell the story from the eyes of the characters and shows clearly her…

physical and emotional scars come to mind when many people think of adversity, but few stop to considerer the positive effects. Difficulties are oftentimes the very reason extraordinary people develop their marvelous talents. If many of the great pioneers in various fields had not experienced childhood calamities, large failures, or repetitive lack of results, they might not have realized their massive potential. From famous figures, to countrywide calamities, adversity is a clear and present…

The trail was made in the 19th century because of the migration, like movement of pioneers to western America. The trail goes from Missouri to Oregon to California. Pioneers traveled in farm wagons on the Oregon Trail. The farm wagons were approximately 4 feet by 10 feet. Thousands of pounds of food were carried on the farm wagons. The pioneers used cotton covers with linseed oil to keep the rain out. They also had toolboxes, water containers and spare axles. There…

Summarize main points of book- manhood Michael Schwalbe viewpoint in, "Manhood" discusses the social development of masculinity as well as its connection to male control. Schwalbe states that masculinity has lost its actual roots in view of women 's activist perspectives in the world. He has made different types of masculinity methods of insight as appeared in the book. "Manhood" displays the contemplations and perspectives on the distinction amongst women and men as unequal creatures in…

pool table. Zuse later changed the name to Z1 so that it would not be confused with the German rocket V1. Z1 was a binary mechanical calculator; it executed instructions read from punch cards and metallic shafts that could shift from position 0 to 1 (O 'Regan). Zuse invented Z1 to speed up calculation while studying the construction of buildings and roads. These types of constructions involved huge systems of linear equations that were tedious to perform given the level of technology at that…

political/apolitical separation is present in the work and lives of artists working between 1865 and 1900. First against a social backdrop of liberation and hope and later against one of oppression and despair, landscape painters like Edward M. Bannister and Henry O.…