Patrick Henry

A man, named Tom Joad, was finally released from a state prison in Oklahoma after serving his years for a conviction of manslaughter. On his way home back to his family he runs into a man named Jim Casy, a former preacher. A neighbor walks by and tells them that the family is packing up to head to California to find work because they have been tractored off their land. In John Steinbeck's book, The Grapes of Wrath, demonstrates the life and hardships families faced during the periods of time of…

My Responsibility as an American Everyone has many responsibilities as an American. Nobody should just be able to sit around and let the country shape around them. Everyone wants to complain and talk bad about our country but then don’t want to do anything about it. The least any American can do is show some effort and have some responsibilities as an American. There is endless things that we as Americans can do to have a part in the development of this country. People all have their own…

Grapes of Wrath and Invisible Man Invisible Man and The Grapes of Wrath both exemplify American Classics that depict the history of the United States, but what else do they have in common? Both The Grapes of Wrath and Invisible Man exploit imagery in their text to expose how oppression has destroyed society. Also, both novels utilize the theme of survival to describe the struggles of those not in power. Additionally, John Steinbeck and Ralph Ellison use symbols as a way of revealing how the…

My goal is to work with the Dutch East India Company to explore more efficient trade routes to North America in an effort to make trade with the Native Americans. There are a few essential skills and abilities that are needed to be qualified for this task, and I believe that I possess them. To begin, at a very young age I was well educated about navigation, which has helped me in the past to make many voyages around the world. I think that it is crucial to understand how to properly navigate in…

The Grapes of Wrath begins with Tom Joad, a young man fresh out of prison and on parole, searching for his family home which he hadn’t seen in four years. In his search he finds an empty shell of a past, with his family home, as well as the rest of the town, being abandoned. In his searches, Tom also finds a companionship with an ex-preacher who is an idealistic man that believes humanity works best as one. While at his former home Tom comes across an old neighbor who is the only man who remains…

Camp Sumter and was highly known for its horrible conditions and high death rate. In History.com’s article “Andersonville” it says, “In all, approximately 13,000 Union prisoners perished at Andersonville, and following the war its commander, Captain Henry Wirz (1823-65), was tried, convicted and executed for war crimes.” This camp was highly feared and the conditions in which the prisoners were held were definitely horrible to say the least. It was not a place you wanted to be at all. The…

Car Evolution Automobiles went to the cars we have now but how? Car evolution has changed over time and has had an impact on society. Karl Benz was born November 25, 1844-April 4, 1929. He had 5 children and a wife. She helped him with his car invention. He became famous for inventing the first automobile model-T in 1885. This powerful machine was called the Benz Patent- Motorwagen. He had help from Ford Motor Company but everyone only gave Karl the credit of the invention. This became the new…

This passage, written in Chapter 25, describes a change in environment of California, from vivid, bright, and lively to dark. However, it also includes the narrator’s criticism on the larger company landowners’ extreme greed, selfishness, and their excess desire to have what they do not necessarily need to obtain or things that the tenant or normal farmers could never own. The dark and ominous atmosphere was creeping over the lands of California, along with the farmers’ growing anger towards…

Automobile The automobile is what made the roaring twenties boom. Henry Ford was the inventor of the automobile in 1919, and it had a major impact on others and their families. In the everyday life of an American, this invention affected everyone more than anything else. An assembly line is a sequence of workers where everyone has their own tasks to speed up the building process. Ford came up with this idea for faster production in manufacturing the product called the Automobile.…

When American Muscle is brought up there are two main companies people have in mind Ford and Chevrolet. Ford and Chevrolet are the two biggest companies in American muscle and both the companies compete every year to see who comes out on top. Ford and Chevrolet are one of the biggest feuds in history. Although both companies have had their success over the years Ford and Chevy continue to compete for the title of #1 American Muscle brand. Ford and Chevrolet start all the way back from the year…