Pioneers founded our nation, they built the railroads, they helped teach in schools, they made life easier for us by building machines that people take for granted in everyday life. “Little House on the Prairie” by Laura Ingalls Wilder, is a fiction book about her life living on the prairie. The book tells us what life was like for those living on the prairie in the late 1800’s. It takes the reader on a journey out to the prairie where they have to work and work and work to keep the house running. While “Words West” by Ginger Wadsworth is a nonfiction book about the pioneers and their journeys west on the wagon train. The book tells us about the accidents and struggles of the Pioneers on the wagon train in the early 1800’s. Both
In the novel Huckleberry Finn, Huck goes through many adventures on the Mississippi River. He escapes from Pap and sails down a ways with an escaped slave named Jim. Huck goes through a moral conflict of how wrong it is to be helping Jim escape to freedom. Eventually Huck decides he will go against what society thinks and help Jim by stealing him from a farmer with the help of Tom Sawyer, a friend. In A+P the young man, Sammy, is confronted with an issue when he sees his manager expel some girls from the store he worked in simply because of their defiance to its dress code. In his rebellion against the owner, the boy decides to quit his job and make a scene to defend the rights he feels are being violated. In these stories, both the boys are considered superior to the authority that they are defying because of the courage that it took for Huck to free Jim, and for Sammy to quit his job for the girls because it was what they believed in.
Books: a group of blank white pages where authors record memories, reveal what they imagined, and take us along on a ride through their minds. These past few weeks, I had been reading two popular novels that did in fact take me on that journey: The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton, and Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson. In no uncertain terms, I did notice that these two books could be compared to one another. Although these are two separate books, written by two different authors with separate journeys, they actually have great similarities and differences in the characters and plot.
John Steinbeck’s novels The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men reveal and confront the struggles of common individuals in their day-to-day lives. The Grapes of Wrath creates a greater verisimilitude than Of Mice and Men as it illustrates the lives of Oklahoma farmers driven west during the Dustbowl of the late 1930’s. Of Mice and Men deals with a more personal account of two poor men and the tragic ending of their relationship. Steinbeck expresses his concern for multiple social issues in both The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. Tightly-knit relationships appear prominently in both books and provide the majority of the conflicts that occur. The decency of common people is written about to a great extent in The Grapes of Wrath and is also prevalent through numerous examples in Of Mice and Men. As in all effective writing that bares the soul of the author, each novel reveals Steinbeck’s core beliefs.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a phenomenal book that portrays life in the South during the 1930’s. This poverty stricken time, in which many struggled to get through, seemed to never grow dull by the means of the Finch family. Harper Lee’s award winning book was captured in a film containing the same title. Although the movie was in black and white and average in length, it lived up to the vivid story depicted within many pages. This worldwide hit reached many minds, but it is up to the people to decide which one is better: the book or the movie.
Comparing A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof In the game of life, a man is given the option to bluff, raise, or fold. He is dealt a hand created by the consequences of his choices or by outside forces beyond his control. It is a never ending cycle: choices made create more choices. Using diverse, complex characters simmering with passion and often a contradiction within themselves, Tennessee Williams examines the link between past and present created by man's choices in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. "
In Mark Twain?s novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the main character, Tom, is best friends with Huck. Tom and Huck seem very similar. But of course, everyone has their differences. They both have many freedoms and experiences, which differ. Their friendship means different things to each kid. There is also the factor of experience and intelligence. The boys are similar and different in many ways, but I think that it does not effect their friendship.
Two of Fitzgerald’s works, Winter Dreams and The Great Gatsby, have very similar plots. Both features poor young men trying reach wealth. Both protagonist have a women of their dreams in mind. And both men are devastated in the end. However there are some things that make the stories differ. Wether it is in a shape of a narrator or the way the story is written, they do have differences.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's narrative style in her book, Little House on the Prairie, is a very interesting topic to look into. Laura uses a very realistic approach to write this story. She pays very close attention to details and descriptions of the events taking place that everything becomes very real to you. Not only this book, but all the rest of her books are very fun to read and you get a great insight into how life was like back then.
Part A: The book, “To Kill a Mockingbird” has a movie adaptation, which skips parts, but follows the plot. While most of what it excludes are side stories, many of these had an impact, and changed the story later in the movie. A great example of this is the story of Mrs. Dubose, an old cranky woman who sits on her deck, insulting all who pass. Although first seen as an evil in the book, it is later revealed that she also had a morphine addiction she wanted to rid herself of before she died. She tried her hardest and succeeded with the help of Jem, who read to her every day for a bit over a month. Atticus, their father, explained that the reason the son read to her was to show him what “true courage” was, fighting an uphill battle, This
The United States has been a safe location for many people from different countries and time periods. Both "An American Story" and "Of Plymouth Plantation" share many differences and similarities. The two authors are completely different people, but their works are both non-fictional and true stories. "An American Story," written by Anthony Lewis, is an article that tells about the struggles of a Vietnamese family who has tried numerous times in the past to get into the U.S. At some point during their voyage, the Vietnamese family was separated for 15 years. The setting in "Of Plymouth Plantation" took place 400 years ago but the morale of the story still stays the same. William Bradford wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation" and his biography retells the struggles of a group of Puritans and Pilgrims who escaped from England to seek shelter in the U.S. Many of the people aboard the ship had died and therefore, William Bradford's account is equally sad and true. "An American Story" and "Of Plymouth Plantation" have many differences, similarities, and they both tell of a passage to a better place.
The United States is a nation deeply committed to the proposition that “all men are created equal” and that all lives matter. We are enthralled by tales of individuals willing to take great risks for great rewards, confident in their ability to make their dreams come true, and willing to constantly reinvent themselves in the pursuit of success and personal fulfillment. Laura Ingalls Wilder is just such an individual. As a young pioneer on the Western frontier, she lived a life of great risk, requiring her and her family to rely almost entirely on their own ingenuity and effort to survive. In her later years, she again took great risk and reinvented herself as a children’s writer, sharing her stories of the American Frontier with new generations. Laura Ingalls Wilder has become an American Icon due to her life-long willingness to take risks, practice self-reliance, and repeatedly reinvent herself.
In Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel entitled Fun Home, the author expresses her life in a comical manner where she explains the relationship between her and her family, pointedly her father who acts as a father figure to the family as she undergoes her exhaustive search for sexuality. Furthermore, the story describes the relationship between a daughter and a father with inversed gender roles as sexuality is questioned. Throughout the novel, the author suggests that one’s identity is impacted by their environment because one’s true self is created through the ability of a person to distinguish reality from fictional despotism.
The two classic books that I read were very inspiring and interesting. They are both widely known books that have impacted people’s lives and views on various subjects greatly. These two books that are known worldwide are Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Uncle Tom’s Cabin revolves mainly around the aspect of slavery and how slaves were treated unfairly. We learn about how slavery was once lawful in our country, the United States of America, and how our government punished people who helped fugitive slaves escape.
"The Prairies," however, takes on a little bit of a different perspective. Instead of using nature as a morality lesson, "The Prairies" is more of an account of the way of nature.
The American literature began with the writings of English colonists in which they wrote about the glory of their god and others wrote about their struggles that were set forth by their ruler from England. Their adventures to the New World were also a great inspiration for many others to write about. Native American writings were also viewed by many, as they shared their thoughts on creation and among other things, their suffering made possible by the colonist who ceased much of their land. Given that the colonists were trying to find a new meaning to life other than the life adjusted by King George back in England, most of their work included words of hurt and of change of which the new colonists persisted on having in their new country.