The Bloody Benders were a murderous family living in southeast Kansas near the Osage trail; later being known as the Santa Fe trail. It was during the 1870 's when the benders had their occurrences with the locals and travelers of the southeast Kansas area. The family had a small home that was occupied with locals and travelers being located on the Santa Fe trail. They housed and fed anyone they could that was moving westward, then killed them when they least expected it. Taking their personal belongings and burying them in their apple orchard was a usual concept to the benders.
Do you like the Transcontinental Railroad? I love the Transcontinental Railroad because there’s a little girl just like me, she acts like me, and I just like the Railroad. The little girl that I’ve been talking about, her name is Ruth Ann. She’s proud, silly, and a little on the stubborn side.
The Devil’s Highway: Designed to Kill When the Wellton 26 began their journey on the Devil’s Highway, they had no way of knowing that half of them would not make it to the other side. They were told they would walk through the desert for a day and then they would be on their way to their own version of the American Dream. But no outcome other than suffering and death should have been expected, since they were being led into one of the deadliest parts of North America, with almost nothing to help them survive. Like many before them, they were doomed to die. The Devil’s Highway is a ruthless death trap.
Schlosser also says that, “The new four lane highway changed the town forever, connecting it to two big cities about an hour and a half’s drive away: Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland. (Pg.19, line 36)” This basically means that they built the interstate to avail people of Martinsburg get what they needed because there wasn't enough in Martinsburg. When people went to Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland to buy stuff, they also started to adapt to their culture and lifestyle. Since, they are both cities, a person’s lifestyle there suits city life.
The beams radiating light exemplify America at its best.
Solomon claims "...we can conclude that America is a nation of fantasizers, often preferring the sign to the substance and easily enthralled by a veritable Fantasy Island of commercial illusions"(406). Significantly suggesting that the sunset and big city that are incorporated in the photograph hoping to entice those that have dreams based on
First Transcontinental Road is Built The first transcontinental road was a length of 1,776 miles. The transcontinental road was built in 1860 and finished on May 10, 1869. This was one of America’s greatest inventions that had brought many successes to America, however there were difficulties along the way, such as Native American tribes being moved due to the transcontinental road invading their land. In this paper I am going to tell you about the invention that was so important to America in the 19th century.
The surrealness of the road is used to reflect his thoughts on running away. It’s possible to cross the border but that decision in his mind is impossible for him to make. He isn’t going to hit a physical road block, but instead, he loses and does not get to follow his desired path no matter which path he takes. Canada is a new life, and Vietnam is a waste of life. It also gives off a more physical concern of his subconscious.
Throughout my childhood growing up in Miami Fl, was an amazing experience, it’s unique variety of cultures spread through one city is absolutely mind blowing. Although there was one thing one my mind at all times. One thing I never experienced was living out west and getting away from the Miami life. Its kind of hard to believe someone would prefer living out west, in the middle of nowhere than along a beach shoreline. As a matter of fact, living out west had become one of my priorities when I was making my college decision.
I crack one eye open and happen to notice the biggest piece of stone. People were shouting,“lookie there” “The Statue Of Liberty!!” I open both of my eyes before I even realize I did. A though crossed my mind in the midst of adoring the statue. “this is America.
In the chapter “Geography Matters”, Thomas C. Foster explains the effect of geography on a story. Geography contributes greatly to themes, symbols, and plot, and most authors prefer to use setting as a general area with a detailed landscape rather than a specific city or landmark. In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, he does not reveal the actual region of America that the man and boy are traveling in, but describes the mountains and eventual beaches of their path. McCarthy might not have revealed their location because it might ruin the reader’s interpretation of the setting. For example, the pair come across a generic “gap” between mountains and this is a turning point because it confirms the man’s planned path to the south.
See America First is a chronicle from the genesis of tourism in America from the late 1800s through the beginning of the 20th century. The Author Marguerite Shaffer links National tourism to the emerging culture of leisure in the middle-class Americans life due to the growth of the transportation industry. See America First was a catch phrase or advertising slogan used by various media outlets to spur travel and boost patriotism in the middle class. Shaffer links tourism to a national consumerism in the identity of America. Shaffer insists on Seeing America first instead of Europe as a form of loyalty to America.
In the 1800’s, America was the subject of many romantic visions and musings. The British and East Coasters alike saw everything west of Appalachia as a wild wonderland: home to cowboys, adventure, and opportunity. Oscar Wilde, a renowned British author and satirist, voyaged across America to test the truth of these claims. Afterwards, he published his findings and opinions in a piece known as Impressions of America. In the piece, he makes it clear that America did not live up to his expectations, and would disappoint his readers as well.
Similarly explainable, are the adverse effects inspired by America’s push for conformity and consumerism following 1945. Regarding these years, historical statistics suggest a triumphant American atmosphere due to a victorious war outcome and economic affluence, but these positives quickly turned to negatives for certain societal sectors. Most notably, the unit that would grow to be labeled as the Beatniks. Within this crew, alongside Burroughs, was fellow writer Jack Kerouac. Kerouac’s most publicized text, On the Road, has been saluted as the quintessential novel of the 1950s and is beneficial in the fact that it conveys something that the aforementioned historical statistics cannot, emotion.
An article called; What give Robert Frost 's "The Road Not Taken" It 's power? Brake down the poem from stanza to stanza giving you all the key point to Mr. frost point of view in the road not taken. The article states that for the stanza where Mr. frost speaks about the Road he took that was less traveled and how that road made all the difference" is actually speaking in reference to the North Of Boston as an apparent Declaration of Independence against cosmopolitanism, society and the option of other. The poem is unique in its own way not unique as in one of a kind but unique as in having different meaning to want the poet would like for the readers to
