Rivers

Leading up to the portrayal of the river, Huck, the innocent main character, and his friend, Jim, a runaway slave, are traveling on the Mississippi River up to Cairo. Cairo is considered to be a border city by the slaves, where they could earn their freedom. Mark Twain illustrates the river as a perfect, almost heavenly place; the various literary devices he utilizes in the chapter help reinforce the idea that the river is a peaceful, safe shelter. The river and the surrounding areas are…

his two ways of seeing the river? Twain first refers to the river as something absolutely beautiful. Twain admires the river and appreciates all of the small details, as he describes the “broad expanse of the river; in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, sparkling upon the water” (1). After Twain sees the river everyday and gets used to it, he begins to not appreciate the beauty as much, as he says, “the romance and beauty were all gone from the river” (3). 2. What point…

that the examples of Huck Finn’s sound heart occur on the river while the examples of his deformed conscience occur on land. Those scholars are incorrect. The examples of Huck’s sound heart and the examples of his deformed conscience are not limited to a single place. Though most of the examples of Huck’s sound heart do occur on the river, some also occur on land. Furthermore, most of the examples of his deformed conscience occur on the river. An example of a sound heart would be anytime Huck…

Battle Analysis: Battle of Stones River The purpose of this paper is to describe how the Confederate Army of Tennessee could have used Intelligence assets to minimize losses and achieve victory during the Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee during the winter from December 3, 1862 to January 2, 1863. The Battle of Stones River was a significant turning point in the Civil War. It is the final battle of the Stones River Campaign of the Western Theater. The campaign includes four other…

Christian romanticism has a significant influence on Hudson River artists, whose foundation can be traced back to the fundamental cohesion between humankind, nature and god based on Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) and his student Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). Agreeing that nature was thought to be indicative of divinity, “the paintings of Cole are of that nature that it hardly transcends the proper use of language to call them acts of religion,” wrote William Cullen Bryant. Cropsey shared a…

The movie entitled “A River Runs Through It” focuses on the connection between two brothers, and the relationship they each have with the rest of their family. Growing up in an emotionally constricted household, headed by their minister father, each brother has his own personal challenges. The brothers grew up following in their father’s footsteps, but one slipped away, Paul, as he got caught in the current, which led him to make bad decisions. The other son, Norman, planted his feet in the…

Nevertheless, Speck’s arrival in Indian River Hundred proved particularly fortuitous for the Nanticoke, who were at the time facing new challenges to their collective identity. Despite the 1881 law that established a tripartite school system, the county appointed a black teacher to work at the Warwick School in the 1910s and several black children were enrolled soon after. A group of Nanticoke responded unfavorably to these turn of events. After withdrawing their children from the Warwick…

A Review of a Kingston Painter: Chronicler of the Hudson River School From time to time, one’s contributions to the world get noticed long after they have left earth. For some, it may be centuries later. This is the case for one Kingston painter named Jervis McEntees. McEntee’s contribution to the first native art movement in the United States, the Hudson River School finally gets celebrated, a century and a quarter later. Two exhibitions were used to celebrate McEntees’s efforts. His specific…

National River Watershed. Recently, an industrial hog farming complex has moved near the Buffalo National River and in the watershed for this river system. Industrial hog farms create tremendous amounts of hog waste that pose a threat to the creeks and rivers that make up the surrounding watershed. Can the government and local conservation groups protect this beautiful ecosystem, and if so, how do they protect this watershed and encourage economic activity at the same time? The Buffalo River in…

The Hudson River School was a group of artists based in New York City in the mid 19th Century. Primarily known for painting landscapes, the group belonged to many of the same clubs and in 1858 many of them worked at the Studio Building on West 10th Street, the first building in New York City to be built primarily as a workplace for artists. Thomas Cole, considered to be the founder of the movement, was born in England in 1801 and emigrated to the United States in 1818. In 1825 he moved to New…