Whitman

It has been another four weeks since I last wrote in this book. After Fort Hall we then left for Fort Boise, but we first had to cross the Three Island Crossing. When we got to the crossing, we had to manage to get across the Snake River. We didn't want to waste anymore money so we decided to let the animals swim across and have the wagon float across. That took way longer than needed, and we did have a little scare when Carol went underwater to “hide from us” and she didn't com back up for…

Donald Draper is a personification of the ideals of hegemonic masculinity. Hegemonic masculinity, as defined by Professor Robyn Bourgeois, “refers to dominant socially constructed norms and values upheld as ideal for all males in society”(2010). “A hegemonically masculine man is an ideal one, and in Western societies, this often means being strong, aggressive, tall, lean, able-bodied, a breadwinner, and possessing incredible sexual prowess, basically… being a “man’s man”(Bourgeois, 2010).…

There were many amazing poets that wrote about the Civil War. During the Civil War many different people wrote poems about the Civil War. The most common person who wrote about the Civil War was Walt Whitman. Whitman’s poems were about realism and trandsadalism. Whiteman wrote 18 different poems about war. Whitman’s popular poem about the Civil War was “Leaves in the grass,” it was about celebrating democracy, nature, love and friendship. Walt Whitman’s birthplace on Long Island but his name…

his loss. They style of the poem is that it places emphasizes the feelings of the narrator. It places focus on parts of the President's life that impacted the nation. This can be seen in the beginning of the poem when Whitman describes the victory of the Civil War. In addition, Whitman describes has bouquets and wreaths ready for the “Captain”, indicating how much the nation cared for him and grieved over this…

A post that I initiated on the effects on nature (or surrounding environments) on our bodily stress was probably the most interesting discussion that I initiated. In this post, I talked about how "green environments" can lead to a decrease in stress and beneficial effects on our body, whereas environments convoluted with massive skyscrapers and industrial zones can actually have detrimental effects on the body. I think that this article was very relevant to students at the University of McMaster…

Transcendentalism Nature is beautiful to the human eye, it brings peace and freedom to the mind and soul that leaves a feeling of contentment with life. Nature has a deeper meaning that carries a mood throughout the beauty behind it. The beauty of nature and the changing of seasons depict our emotions, thoughts and our physical desire of living life to its fullest. Our spirits have a deep, meaningful connection with nature and our ideas go beyond the natural world as our mood is depicted by…

After taking my dog for a three hour hiking trip that left us both excused, I returned home to paint the most time consuming and patience testing project I have ever done. Transcend-entalism is all about finding yourself and I may not have solved all of my numerous emotional issues, but I made a sudden realization about life. Well maybe not about life as a whole, but about my little mutt and myself. While I was walking around craving the comfort of my little screen that I left in the car, my dog…

I created a collection of William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman and Edgar Allan Poe. I created this collection because these four poets are the famous and well- known writers. Especially Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe are writers whom people in my age know better about. The poems that I choose from each poet are about the love and the lost. Even though they are four different poets and have different style of writings, however they ended up having a similar analysis of each poem.…

We reach Whitman Mission and figure out that it is very deserted. We only saw a family of four on a wagon. But we did discover that one month earlier the Cayuse Indians attacked the mission and killed many people. So that might explain why Whitman Mission has barely any people. We decided not to go get supplies because we didn't need them and we were just so anxious to get to Oregon City! But before we reached Oregon City, we had to go through Dalles. Here you take the Barlow Road around Mount…

Mississippi River. His purpose of writing this novel is so he can get the message of how society is hypocritical, has a lack of individualism and their way of religion however, his larger purpose is for society to promote social change. Moreover, Walt Whitman delineates a free verse poem in “Song of Myself” published in 1855, that conveys how equality didn’t exist at the time when there was still a distinction between the blacks and whites. The ambition is to not just speak for himself, but for…