Noted for her prominence in a number of Colorado’s climbing associations, Agnes Vaille was the first woman to successfully scale the east face of Longs Peak, which ultimately cost her her life. In James Pickering’s section of Western Voices: 125 Years of Colorado Writing, titled “Tragedy on Longs Peak: Walter Kiener’s Own Story,” the tragedy of Agnes Vaille is recounted by her climbing companion Walter Kiener, who had imparted the story to Charles Hewes. Kiener’s tale reminisces the harrowing nature of Vaille’s death on Longs Peak and the struggle to retrieve her frozen body, which resulted in the death of Herbert Sortland, the caretaker at the Longs Peak Inn. However traumatic this story, Hewes had chosen not to include it in his autobiographical journal that was published six years after her death. Detailed in Pickering’s report is the recovery of Kiener’s story, the nature of Vaille’s death, and who was responsible for Vaille and Sortland’s deaths, as well as the controversies surrounding each issue.
Historical Essay #2: James Madison and Patrick Henry Ashleyann Mabatid Azusa Pacific University College James Madison and Patrick Henry In this essay, I will be discussing James Madison and Patrick Henry. James Madison wrote the first drafts of the U.S. Constitution, co-wrote the Federalist Papers and sponsored the Bill of Rights. He helped with the Democrat-Republican Party with President Thomas Jefferson.
When you read a short story or book and then watch that episode or movie, which one do you think is the better version? The written version of John Henry was better because it showed how strong he really was and his work ethic. Some similarities between the two versions is that they are both racing against a machine. Another similarity is that it is a steel driving contest in both versions. Some differences between the two versions are that once John Henry won in the written version he died.
Patrick Henry vs. Britain “Give me liberty or give me death!” was a statement that Patrick Henry said when he was at the Virginia Convention of 1775 on March 23rd at St. John’s church. At the convention, he wrote a magnificent speech to get the colonists to support his claim about going to war against the British. He wanted to urge the colonists to fight back against Great Britain for what they have done to them. Patrick Henry convinced the colonists to go to war by using various literary devices.
Compare&Contrast The movie “Just Ask My Children” and “The Crucible” are similar to each other in many ways. In “The Crucible’, the girls did not want to get in trouble for dancing in the forest and conjuring spirits so when it came to the courtroom they started blaming other people .
In each work of literature we’ve read this unit are all written by romantic writers. In “The Devil and Tom Walker”, the author Washington Irving, uses imagination, and nature that are traits of romanticism. The author displays nature as the setting of the story, and uses the nature to bring to story alive. He also uses imagination to bring the story alive, and emphasize of the description of the Devil. Another work of literature we read this unit was “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe.
I am filled with despair and agony while fighting to survive the war. Year 1777 to 1778, valley forge is a small military village. Re-enlist because of time, resources, and the armies spirit. Grew in boston . tea party inspired me to fight.
This essay is about two sources read in class. “The Crucible” is about a witch hunt happening after rumors filled the town of demonic presences when a group of girls are found dancing in the woods. “The Dying Girl that No One Helped” is about a murder taking place that thirty-eight people apparently saw or heard but didn’t report it to the police to avoid questioning. Despite the completely different context between the two stories, There are similarities and differences present between “The Crucible” and “The Dying Girl that No One Helped”. There are several similarities between “the Crucible” and “The Dying Girl that No One Helped”.
In both The Crucible and Twelve Angry Men the theme of fragility of justice is shown. Fair justice does not exist, when your life is put on the line because of accusations or because of your supposed actions, your faith is not decided by you, but by the decisions of others. Fragility of justice is the most evident theme in The Crucible and Twelve angry men because the faith of others is decided solely by a jury, with no consent to the accused. In the crucible fragility of justice is showed when Abigail Williams starts accusing people of being associated with the devil.
The Crucible and The Village Comparison In the novel The Crucible by Arthur Miller and the film The Village written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan they both have similar themes and characters. The Crucible that took place in the seventeenth century carries the plot of a girls’ obsessive love crazy jealousy to potentially kill some innocent townsfolk and place others in jail. A young man by the name of John Proctor comes to the aid of the defence to show what an awful person she is and coax the truth from her to save the people she has harmed.
Richard the Lionheart is one of the most famous of kings, if not the most, in England and France. He was born on September 8, 1157 and died on April 6, 1199. He is mainly known for his part in the Third Crusade attempting to free Jerusalem from Muslim control. Although he had a large and important role in Medieval Europe, it is usually romanticized to increase the heroism of Richard. Richard’s prowess as a military leader, his benevolence and his sense of responsibility were all greatly exaggerated.
The Reivers The inspirational story that The Reivers describes is one that represents the progression of a young boy understanding the dark realities that life truly has to offer. These significant realities are based around racism, jealousy, corruption, betrayal, sexism, and theft that revolved around the 1900’s are the common difficulties that a person living in America would have to go through. Also, the story was one that proved to show great familiarity between the characters and understand the story’s true goal on symbolism. The story follows a young boy by the age of eleven whose name is Lucius Priest and his family’s retainer, Boon Hogganbeck.
Movements of righteous intent, such as the Salem witch trials and The Reign of Terror, typically end with innocent lives lost in vain in the drive to seek the truth. The play “The Crucible” written by Arthur Miller speaks of The Salem Witch Trials by giving a story line for the reader to comprehend the actions and emotions linked with the trials. In “The Crucible”, The Salem Witch Trials took place in 1692 and were a set of executions that were made on innocent people accused of having satanic practices of witch craft by young girls led by Abigail in an effort of revenge and jealousy. The French Revolution Reign of Terror, also known as “The Terror”, from 1793-1794 were the act of about 17,000 executions by a guillotine after rumors spread
Fault and redemption. What do these two words really do in our lives? Do they give us another chance or are they just concepts that we want to follow? In the world we live in, one fault can often make or break something in our lives, but when granted with redemption, we don’t always take it as seriously as needed and soon our fault becomes someone else’s pride. Sir Gawain’s faults can be a constant reminder of the mistakes we all make as humans along with the quote, “It is clear then that there can be no redemption without fault, just as one is unable to return from exile without first being sent into one.
Lord of the Flies was written by William Golding, an award winning Nobel Prize in Literature British author. William Golding was born on September 11, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. Golding wrote Lord of the Flies that soon became published on September 17, 1954. In the story, two characters that have a lot of differences between each other are Ralph and Jack. Examples of some of their differences include the fact that Ralph is a leader, Jack wants to be in control of things, and they both have different goals they want to achieve on the island.
