Savage Land

into America faced multiple challenges including conquering the land, battling natives tribes in a bid to secure settlements, while at the same time trying to stay true to their religious, entrepreneurial, and socio-ethical roots acquired in their former lands back in Europe. Through their writings, the soldier, administrator and adventurer John Smith, Poet Anne Bradstreet and Governor William Bradford depict an America whose lands were initially hard to subdue and inhabited by a people wary of…

Have you ever wondered what life would be like over the rainbow? Way up high in the lands of Oz? Have you ever wanted to know the real Wicked Witch of the West? Well then, you're in for a treat. Gregory Maguire is an American novelist born in Albany, New York in 1954. He received his PhD in English and American Literature at Tuft University. He is the author of many parallel novels and stories for both children and adults. The most famous of Maguire's novels is, without a doubt, Wicked.…

Is this land our land? In Woody Guthrie’s poem, “This Land Is Your Land,” the tone is set to be a joyful song, but the tone twists towards the end. As I read, I interpreted the poem in the tone of joy which transforms into disillusion when the speaker questions, “Is this land made for you and me?” (Guthrie line 24). Reading Guthrie’s poem, I came to the conclusion that because of all the hardships America went through in the 1930s, the American dream is not for everyone regardless of one’s…

problems. The infamous idea of the crusade refers to the medieval era, 500AD-1500AD, where there was a rise in European military expeditions. This rise in military power created a series of European “crusades” and campaigns in attempt to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. Even in present day these crusades of the past get the new name, the “holy war,” which is believed to never end by a lot people. What makes the crusades very unique in its own and not just some random war is that this is…

Arielle Macpherson Dr. Jessica Murphy English 603-HSE-VA 17 11 April, 2016 A moral compass Morals teach us right from wrong as well as give us hope. They are found in all forms of entertainment: from articles, to magazines, to movies, to television shows and books. The novel Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, although originally meant as a training manual for horses, has a main message that comes directly from the main character’s attitude throughout the book. Even though, the children’s book The…

win back the Holy Land from the Muslims” (Backman 313). This happened during a time of religious persecution and a rise of the Christian faith and “proceeded the centuries old struggle for control of the eastern Mediterranean shore” (Backman 313). The Crusades have been seen as a holy war, deemed justifiable through means of religious property; yet others see the Crusades as merely a way to expand the Christian empire, through a facade of “religious attempt to regain the holy land” as a…

There’s No Place like Oz Caroline lived in the midst of the great North Carolina piedmont with Jamie, who was her mother, and Alex, who was her older brother. Their house was made of brick, and sat upon a tall, grassy hill overlooking the road below that no one ever drove on. When Caroline stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray small town on every side. Neither a Starbucks nor a Forever 21 broke the broad sweep of mountainous country that…

rain between March and May 2014 (ReliefWeb, 2015). The adaptations covered in this essay are; Sustainable Land Management, Agro-Pastoralist Adaptation, Research and Genetics and Government and NGO involvement. ADAPTATION OF DROUGHT Sustainable Land management 80% of the land mass in Kenya is occupied by dryland. This dry land contributes to the economy of Kenya because Kenya relies on its land for crops for food and export, Livestock and wildlife which is also a major economic boost for Kenya.…

successor of Moses in leading the conquest of Canaan after Moses death. It was a change of command that he received the solemn charge of leading Israel to the Promised Land where Moses left off. Although the Book of Joshua tells of Israel’s conquest of Canaan, almost half of the book (chapters 13-21) provides us with details of how the land would be divided between Israel’s twelve tribes. Clearly, it is a reminder of God’s…

explores the use of the different types of conflicts to progress the plot and develop a theme. The first major conflict seen in the novel can be classified as a man against man conflict. Joseph has set off to California to pursue his fondness of the land and crosses paths with a man named Juanito who has agreed to help Joseph as a vaquero in return for his friendship. Juanito is seemingly a good hardworking man that would not…