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Scavenger Hunt Essay

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1. The type of genre this is is a ballad because it narrates the story in a poem. 2."Well John Henry drove into the mountain, His hammer was strikin' fire He drove so hard he broke his poor heart And he laid down his hammer and he died, Lord, Lord Laid down his hammer and he died He laid down his hammer and he died, Great God Laid down his hammer and he died ". Was my favorite part. This is because of his death. Earlier in the ballad he was sitting on his daddy's knee and said "Said hammer be the death of me, Lord,". It was like he foreshadowed his own death. It was also funny because he died by using the hammer. 3. One historical even that was going on when the was written was the gold rush. People would go into mines to dig for gold. And
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