Josh Herzer Dr. Despain The American West 13 October 2017 Academic Book Review: Colin G. Calloway’s “One Vast Winter Count” Calloway, Colin G, One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West before Lewis & Clark, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2003.
The author describes how the behaviors and beliefs of whites in the south had an impact on how the multiple generations of the Bosket males valued their respect and their reputation. The first generation of males began in the 1890’s with Clifton (Pud) Bosket who was alive during the worst time for lynching’s and the Jim Crow era. He had no education and hated the way whites treated blacks. He worked as a sharecropper under a boss that used a whip for punishment. On this day, as the landowner lifted the whip to hit Pud he snatched the whip away from him and said “this is the last nigger you’re gonna whip”.
Saul was getting hit left and right but refused to hit back. He knew that he was going to play a fair game because hockey was what gave Saul an escape from the world even if it did not seem like it
In the book “There Are No Children Here” written by Alex Kotlowitz, there is a passage where one of the main character Lafeyette, is attempting to convey his troubled thoughts to his mother through obscurities. Due to the sudden death of his friend Bird Leg, he tells his mother that his dead friend’s spirit is appearing and trying to tell him something. Unfortunately, even though his mother LaJoe tries to get him to verbalize his thoughts and feelings, his only reply to the death of his friend is quoted as saying, “That talking wasn’t going to help him, that every-thing that goes wrong keeps going on and everything that’s right doesn’t stay right.” (55) In his quote, there is depth to his view on life around him that one can interpret by reading between the lines. He is simply
Herb Brooks was an American Ice Hockey player and coach. Although he was a great player, people will always remember him for his coaching style. Herb Brooks was an incredible leader; he saw in his teams what many could not see. In the 1980 Winter Olympics, Herb Brooks put together a team of college kids to take on the best hockey team in the world, The Soviet Union. This dramatic win was dubbed the “Miracle on Ice” and is still remembered as one of the greatest moments in sports history.
The short story “Hunters in the Snow”, written by Tobias Wolff is introduced in a rather unique way. The three characters Frank, Tub, and Kenny seem to be friends in the beginning. However, throughout the progression of the story, their true colors are revealed. A number of different conflicts arise during the story and they are handled in an unusual way. The author, Tobias Wolff, intentionally has one character manipulate the others throughout the story, which may relate to survival of the fittest.
Winter Dreams By F. Scott Fitzgerald is a short-story telling of a 14 year-old caddy named Dexter Green. In this narrative Dexter meet Judy Jones while working at his golf course. As the story continues on, Dexter becomes severely infatuated by Judy. The desire to be hers overcomes him so greatly, he works his way to wealth to be in the same social class as her, hoping to catch her attention and marry her someday. However Judy may be beautifully the outside as she ages, but her insides say differently.
Over the last couple of days in class we have discussed F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Winter Dreams”. This short story explores several themes such as reality vs idealism and over expectations. These themes communicates through the use of various literary devices such as irony, symbolism, allegories and imagery. Through the use of these literary devices each character is brought to life and given its own type of personality. One quote that explores how the main character, Dexter, is given a unique personality states “The helpless ecstasy of losing himself in her charm was a powerful opiate rather than a tonic”.
Tobias Wolff’s memoir This Boys Life, charts the young boys trials and adulations, growing up in the turbulent post war 1950s america with a warm hearted but ineffectual mother and a long string of violent and dangerous partners. Poverty and violence in his life rob Toby of his childhood innocence forcing him to hide in his own imagination to shield himself from harm. At the tender age of ten Toby witnesses a major “crash”. Standing “at the cliffs edge” Toby does not realise how much of an ominous sign this is for his life.
It all began in Colorado Springs, 1979 as Herb Brooks interviewed with the Unites States Olympic Committee of Hockey. In an era were the Cold War is going on and the Soviet Union is dominating the sport of hockey, Herb walks into the meeting demanding changes in the way the US hockey team prepares and trains. He shares his philosophy
The date was February 22, 1980 in a snowy Lake Placid New York; “Morrow up to Silk, you’ve got five seconds left in the game, do you believe in miracles? Yes!” and so it began. Al Michael’s call ended the game, but the games impact just began to be recognized across America. The United States Men’s Olympic Hockey Team had just beaten the Soviet Union’s Olympic team 4 to 3 in a major upset that shocked the world.
“Winter Dreams” was published in 1926. Francis Scott Fitzgerald is most well-known for his novel “The Great Gatsby”. A common theme he is known for is the American dream and how it is corrupt. Fitzgerald enjoys writing about the poor boy chasing after the rich girl. This story is about a man named Dexter Green trying to achieve the American dream by obtaining the girl he adores.
Women’s active participation in sports is fundamentally changing society’s perception of women’s roles. Whether a male or female, any sex must be allowed to all the opportunities of the opposite sex. It is called fair play; unfortunately it is not present in western civilization to date. In “It’s Part of the Game”: Physicality and the Production of Gender in Women’s Hockey, Nancy Theberge argues that having less physicality in women’s hockey distorts the focus that women have implemented to change gender norms. Theberge inquires the lives of elite hockey players; she builds this conception that women are undermined in ice hockey.
The poem Useless Boys, written by Barry Dempster, is a short 34-line poem about two boys, the narrator and the addressed reader, who both grew up together with horrible fathers. The fathers aren’t described as how they are horrible other than that they live a “moth-life” (line 12), seeming to imply a short and dull life. This causes both boys to promise “not to be / like [their] fathers” (line 14-15). Despite the narrator seeming to follow his word, becoming successful despite losing his sight, the intended reader seems to be influenced negatively by these goals as he must constantly count his money and that he is “living in an air / conditioner” (line 29-30) which seems to imply that he lives a low-quality life if not in poverty.
Nobody in Wolff’s memoir is honest – they all use deception (dishonest) to get what they want. Discuss. In this memoir “This Boy’s life” by Tobias Wolff, shows the dishonesty that’s played between every character however jacks seems to be the most. Jack is shown to change his identity so much that he starts believing them but rather his complete opposite to who he shows himself to everyone.
