Chapter 4, “ Toward ‘The Stony Mountains’”, focused on Andrew Jackson’s unreasoned hatred and removal of Native American. Many times during the chapter, Takaki shows Jackson’s numerous times in removal of the Indigenous. He came to a conclusion of moving the Natives towards the West. He promised the Native American tribes the district of Mississippi, but a lot of tribes were against this treaty. Prior to Jackson’s presidency, Jefferson sent a letter to Jackson to advise the Native Americans to “sell their ‘useless’ forests”.
In her book, Cournos describes her growing up years, which was filled with loss of many she loved, and describes the pain and struggles these and other experiences
The book Montana 1948 by Larry Watson makes you think about the injustices throughout the novel. This book is based on a true story of a 12 year old boy named David, who grew up in Montana after WWII. David shares this book in first person perspective. He talks about what his family is going through and how they have to put up with Uncle Franks crime. While reading this true story we learn that taking advantage of our power can lead to mortal consequences.
Ada: From Helpless to Productive In the novel Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier, main characters are featured: Inman and Ada. Throughout the book, Ada struggles to survive on her late father’s estate. She goes from almost helpless to admitting she needed help to fully productive on the estate, but not without Ruby’s assistance.
Silence on the mountain was a book written by Daniel Wilkinson. In his book, Wilkinson chronicles the guerilla warfare and massacres that occurred in Guatemala during its 36-year conflict, starting in the late 1950s with a U.S backed rebellion that installed a militaristic government, overthrowing the one that was already in place. During the conflict, hundreds of thousands of people were killed and disappeared. Wilkinson sought to discover the untold stories of the conflict, which had not been covered to the extent that it should. One of the periods in the conflict that Wilkinson focused heavily on was the early 1980’s because Wilkinson tried trying to search for the story behind a destroyed house which was located in a plantation.
Frazier focuses on Inman and Ada’s odyssey by providing a consistent plot and supplying believable historical background and references, which mold the novel into a memorable composition. In an attempt to traverse from Raleigh to Cold Mountain, in order to reunite with his true love, Ada, Inman undergoes a physical and spiritual odyssey, for he tries to discover the essence
She had endured a lot of pain and injustice for her to talk to her sister in such manner to where she wished for peace and Justice should belong to everyone and
What situations caused these emotions? She felt bad that her oldest son had to wear the same clothes over and over. Depressed from the meeting she had with the social worker, because it didn’t go the way she intended it to. Worried if she can provide for her family once she stops receiving government assistance. Also hopeful that a new job will be the start for something better for her family.
We live in a society that has increasingly demoralizes love, depicting it as cruel, superficial and full of complications. Nowadays it is easy for people to claim that they are in love, even when their actions say otherwise, and it is just as easy to claim that they are not when they indeed are. Real love is difficult to find and keeping it alive is even harder, especially when one must overcome their own anxieties and uncertainties to embrace its presence. This is the main theme depicted in Russell Banks’ short story “Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story,” as well as in Richard Bausch’s “The Fireman’s Wife.” These narratives, although similar in some ways, are completely different types of love stories.
The search for the soul by Inman and Ada are very different, but they both have to work hard, and do, to get what they want and need. Inman eventually makes it back to Cold Mountain and is reunited with Ada, but never gets all the way home. He does, however, find what he wanted when he left the war. His reunion with Ada gives him solace, and “[the cabin they stayed in on their first night] was a place that held within its walls no pain nor even a vague memory collection of pain.” Inman is finally home.
The story of Inman 's journey interlaces with Ada 's story. With the absence of her father Ada is left alone to maintain the farm she inherited. Lonely, depressed and confused, she slowly lets the farm wither away until it becomes nothing. Her neighbors began to see the change in the farm and send
This delineates the theme because she chose to seek help to heal her
Simone’s struggles started early in her childhood. Her mother was a drug and alcohol abuser; she did not even know her dad. Her grandparents took her in, and she knew them as Mom and Dad ever since then. Having a strong relationship with her mom has been a very positive thing in Simone’s life.
She is raped by him often, and has fathered many of his children. Once Pa’s wife dies, she is forced to be the motherly figure in her siblings/kids life. All of these people in her house at the time are related to her by blood, in more ways than most, but you can tell they are not family to her. She does not feel at the beginning of the book. She makes herself not feel, so she can stay alive.
Her husband isolated her from others and her child, which caused her condition to worsen because she felt that she couldn’t care for her family as she
