The Pioneers

Homework Assignment #2 1. Case 8.1 “Unilateral Contract” The "Pioneer Trail Ultramarathon" had an advertised prize of $10,000 but Rocky reserved the right to change the terms of the race at any time. Although his actions are shady and deceptive in my opinion, there was not a breech of contract. His decision to change the prize from $10,000 to $1,000 was within the rules stated in his legally enforceable unilateral contract. 2. Case 8.2 “Intention” Sullivan merely stated he would not take…

Franz Boas: An Anthropological Pioneer Often referred to as the “father of modern anthropology”, Franz Boas is best known for establishing the area of cultural anthropology. Having possessed a scientific background with a doctorate in physics, he was one of the first scientists of his day to question the beliefs behind social Darwinism and scientific racism, and try to come to an understanding regarding the differences among people and their cultures. Boas dedicated his life to the study of…

The video, The Dream Pioneers: Visionaries of Science Fiction, is about young men who pioneered the Los Angeles Science Fiction League, which is a program that encourages visionary young people to openly share thought provoking ideas of exploring the solar system, extraterrestrials and other fantasies. These young people went on to change the world by inspiring one another to let their dreams run free. The film goes on to tell about some of these great men who contributed to the creation of…

Naturalism in her book O Pioneers! because how She wrote about her and Oscar and Luis’ fight and Emil and Marie’s relationship. Although, Cather prefers Naturalism in her book, the title has a sense of Naturalism. To sum it up I believe Cather uses Naturalism as her life philosophy in her book O’ Pioneers!. However, O’ Pioneers! has the Naturalistic view the title of the book has a romantic view. The Title of the book has the same title as a romantic poem that talks about pioneers. “O I mourn…

that is established throughout the novel. These novels describe the difficulties that the Indians and early settlers faced. First, the description of Land in The Last of the Mohicans and The Pioneer is used more thoroughly in The Pioneer and less in The Last of the Mohicans. The town village used in The Pioneer is Templeton but some say it is based off of his father’s town in Cooperstown, New York. Scholars have actually sought to connect Cooperstown and Templeton and discover biological…

In hopes of attending the Pioneer Prep Leadership Institute I plan to gain understanding and develop my leadership skills. Some people are natural born leaders but others like myself are on a continuous process of learning and developing the necessary ways of being, a leader possess. Leaders are inspired by the desire to see everyone happy and prosperous so that we may keep evolving to new levels of understanding. Attending the Pioneer Prep Leadership Institute is another opportunity I hope…

From the beginning of “O Pioneers!” readers are shown a complete disregard, or reversal, of gender roles. Gender roles are highly discussed in American literature. Characters in “O Pioneers!” are not shamed for their gender reversals, Alexandra is actually seemed to be praised for being masculine. Alexandra is the character that the audience gets to see gender reversal in. Carl is also described differently than the stereotypical man. While Alexandra and Carl are the most prominent characters…

Successful organizations all require 2 things: a strong team and strong leaders to direct the team to victory, and the Marching Pioneers is no exception to this rule. With an ensemble as large as the Marching Pioneers, there is no physically possible way 4 top tier leaders can give everyone the attention they need. Section leaders are necessary for the success of our fine organization, and there’s nothing more satisfying than being part of a leadership team that can add to the already growing…

The Wright Brothers Pioneers of Flight Inventors, determined, and famous are three words often used to describe the Wright Brothers. Many people know the Wright Brothers as great inventors of the airplane, but do not know the determination it took to accomplish greatness. By making it possible to fly, they changed the world, they persevered through challenges to accomplish a dream, and their legacy was being pioneers of flight and bringing airplanes and flying to the world. There was one very…

In the book O pioneers! By Willa Cather, there are many themes, from self-sacrifice to how horribly terrible relationships can go. However one of the themes relates most to U.S. history and that is how the book compares how the foreign characters were treated compared to that of real-life immigrants from the late 19th century to the early 20th. During the 19th century and the early 20th, there was a spike in the number of immigrants to America from all over the world. During this time, however,…