Native Voices
During this era, the Native Americans were so fascinated by the nature of America, that they revolved their whole life around nature With nature being one of their main focuses, they were able to create amazing myths and stories about the nature of their land. In the movie Pocahontas, there are many examples that could connect with the “Cherokee Myths’. When Pocahontas is singing the song “Color of the Wind”, the lyrics very much relate to the “Cherokee Myths”
In the song “Colors of the Wind” Pocahontas is singing about how beautiful and precious the earth is “The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim, but I know every rock and tree and creature has a life, has a spirit, has a name”. These lyrics connect with Native tribe
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because it about how amazing and beautiful the world is and it's nature. The Native tribes loved the nature of the earth and revolved their lives around it. The “Cherokee Myths” are about how the world was created. In these stories, they talk about how the world was only made of water and sky. In the stories they talk about how the water beetles pulled up the soil and the animals waited for the soil to dry so that they can live on earth. After the soil is dry enough, they bring everyone to earth so that they can have more space to live. The Native American tribe have a strong connection with the “Cherokee Myths” because the Native tribes were fascinated with how the world was created and the nature of the earth. “Colors of the Wind” and the “Cherokee Myth” have a strong connection because they were both about how the world was created and how beautiful nature is. The Native Tribes loved the nature of earth. They cherished the beauty of nature and were so fascinated by it that they made it a part of their lives. This era was all about the beauty of nature and how the world became to be. The Native American Tribes cherished every thing that was about nature. They lived their whole live being so fascinated by earth and its natural state. This era was very inspirational to American literature. American literature was very much inspired by the Native Voice in which they created the stories and myths that we enjoy today. Adventurers and Conquistadors There are many differences between an Adventurer and a Conquistador. One difference would be that an Adventurer or an explorer is someone who travels through many lands seeking for an adventure. A Conquistador, who is also an explorer, is someone who travels but seeks power and riches and are willing to throw down anyone who could possible get in their way. Amerigo Vespucci would be considered an Adventurer in American Literature. In 1499, Amerigo Vespucci went exploring throughout the land. Vespucci wrote many diary entries describing the new land that he had discovered. Vespucci was known as the first to identify both North and South America which were both different from Asia. The song “Shenandoah” is about a man who is traveling throughout the land to find his love. “Look away, you rollin' river, with notions his canoe was laden, look away, we're bound away, across the wide Missouri.” The song connects with the Adventurers of Amerigo Vespucci because he was fascinated with traveling and learning more about the lands. The Adventures of Amerigo Vespucci and the song “Shenandoah” both connect to the Adventurers and Conquistadors because they both are about exploring and being fascinated with nature. During this era, we learned that there are many differences between an adventurer and a conquistador. We also learn that there are many similarities, such as their need to explore and to discover new things. This era has given a lot of inspiration to American Literature. Puritans The Puritans believed that their fate were predetermined by God, meaning that before they were born God had already planned out their life. In the Puritan life, they believed that if you do good then God would reward you with good things, and if you do bad then God would punish you for your misbehavior. The major theme for the Puritans in American literature would be good things happen to bad people and bad things happen to good people. The Puritan beliefs would tie to the Salem witch trials because the people of Salem had the belief that the devil possessed some of them to do evil things. They believed that the reason for the devil using some of them to do evil was because he would be punishing them for the bad that they have done. In order to make this situation better, the salem people would find those who showed any signs of being possessed by the Devil and they would then accuse them of being witches. The accused, would be put on trial and eventually would be killed by the people of Salem. “They looked my onyx and bronze skinned forefathers in they face, their polytheistic, god-hating face They shackled, diseased, imprisoned face And taught a gospel that says God had multiple images in mind when he created us in it Their fore-destined salvation contains a contentment In a stage for which they were given Which is to be owned by your forefathers’ superior image-bearing face says your precious puritans.” In this song “Precious Puritans” it is about the beliefs that the Puritans had and how the puritan ways were.
“The circle met- the circle continued to meet- no doubt with the usual giggling, whispering, and gossip.” This quote is from “We Aren’t Superstitious” by Stephen Vincent Benet. This quote is saying that when there is something that is normal or out of the ordinary things would change.
The song “ Precious Puritans” and the story “ We Aren't Superstitious” show many connections because they both are about change and are what the puritans believed. In the song it gave Puritan beliefs and how everything has to stay the same. In the story it talked about change and how change can affect the way things are.
During the Puritan era, their were many beliefs based on God. If there were to be anyone that would go against these belief, they would have to face big consequences. The Puritan life was very different from what we are used to. The song “Precious Puritans” and the story “We aren't Superstitious” portray what that life was
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like. Nationalism During the Nationalism era in American Literature, having pride in your country and having that patriotic feeling was something that most of the Americans felt. Being free and equal amongst everyone, was something that everyone thought about. In the The Crisis, NO 1”, there are many connections with nationalism as well as the song “God Bless the USA”. “The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot, will in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and the thanks of man and woman.
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” In the speech The Crisis NO 1, Thomas Paine talks about patriotism, which was mostly what the Nationalism era was about, as well as having pride in the country.
“And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free, and I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me, and I'd gladly stand up next to you, and defend Her still today, ‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God Bless the U.S.A.” The song “God Bless America” is all about patriotism and having pride in the country we live in and having freedom.
The speech “The Crisis NO, 1” connects well with the song “God Bless The USA”. They both are about having pride in the country and being patriotic. In both the song and the speech they are about being able to live freely in America and showing patriotism.
During the Nationalism era, it was all about the pride and patriotism. The song “God Bless The USA” and the speech “The Crisis NO, 1” show the pride and patriotism of the nation. This era was amongst many that inspired American Literature then and
now. Romanticism Romanticism was the movement in literature that was all about being in touch with your individual mind, as well as being in touch with nature. With Romanticism, authors such as, Ralph Waldo Emerson, who influenced others to find their own individualism. During this era, there was also Transcendentalism. Transcendentalism is the belief of being true to yourself and knowing the wrong from the right in your own mind set. “Marching to the beat of your own drum” would be an example or idea what of what the transcendentalist era was about. “A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.” Emerson encouraged many to be their own selves. In his story “Self-Reliance” Emerson talks about being your own self and following your own individual will. He also talks about having self-reliance and not to depend on others “If I'd listened everything that they said to me, I wouldn't be here! And if I took the time to bleed from All the tiny little arrows shot my way, I wouldn't be here!” In the song “Shine” by Henry Rollins, he talk about only relying on himself and not others. This song connects very well with the transcendentalism because it is all out of transcendentalist thought. The song “Shine” and Emerson’s “Self-reliance” connect very well together because they are both about self-reliance and being your own individual. They are both all about the transcendentalist movement. This era has also inspired American literature then and now. Realism The Realism era in American literature, was all about what is true in life. During this era, there was an understanding that there was no happy ending or there was no bright side to anything. In the writing during this era, they did not have the happily ever after endings or the fantasies of any sort. There were unexpected deaths, no true love, no bright side to anything, etc. Examples of Realism can be identified in the story, Desiree’s Baby” and the song “ Forever and Always” "My mother, they tell me I am not white. Armand has told me I am not white. For God's sake tell them it is not true. You must know it is not true. I shall die. I must die. I cannot be so unhappy, and live." In this story, Desiree finds out that she is not who she thought she was. She learns that her happy ending isn't so happy or what she thought it would be. She finishes the vows but the beeps are getting too slow. His voice is almost too low. As he says, I love you forever, forever and always. Please just remember even if I'm not there I'll always love you, forever and always be.” In this song “Forever and Always”, it is portraying the realism of real life events. This song is about how this woman’s fiance is dying, by her showing how she feels about losing him, shows the realism. The Realism era was all about the reality of things. In the song “Forever and Always” and the story “ Desiree’s Baby” there were many portrayals of realism. The realism era has inspired American Literature by giving us the reality of things in the form of writing. “ Modernism During the Modernism era, it was all about living the American Dream. The American Dream was to be very wealthy, being famous, and being happy because of all your possessions that you have obtained. During this era, people believed that if you were rich and famous, then that would automatically make you happy. In some cases The American Dream was not the key to their happiness. In the movie Citizen Kane, there were many examples from the movie “Citizen Kane” and the song “I Took A Pill In Ibiza”. In the movie Citizen Kane, Charles Foster Kane is a man who has obtained riches and fame. Although he has wealth, and the popularity, he still has not found his happiness. Kane always searched for his happiness but he could never get back to it. Kane lived most of his life miserable and not so happy. This movie is one example that shows that having the ideal “American Dream” does not give a person happiness. “I drive a sports car just to prove. I'm a real big baller 'cause I made a million dollars And I spend it on girls and shoes. But you don't wanna be high like me. Never really knowing why like me. You don't ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone. You don't wanna ride the bus like this. Never knowing who to trust like this.” these lyrics from the song “I Took A Pill In Ibiza” are about how having all the money makes you look good and may make you happy for a short period of time. Throughout the song, it later says how he lacks the happiness that he once had. This song portrays the theme f Modernism, which is money doesn't buy happiness. During the Modernism era, it was all about the American Dream and what it was really about. The American Dream was something that everyone wanted. Although there was money and fame, their was also a lack of happiness. In the movie “Citizen Kane” and the song “I Took A Pill In Ibiza” there were many examples of the theme for Modernism. Search for Identity (Beats and the literary mainstream) During this era which is also known as Post-Modernism, was all about being unique, and finding your own identity. During the post modernism, the big trend was to be your own self, and not be what others expect or want you to be. In the book, “Into The Wild” and the song “I Believe I Can Fly” there were many examples and connections with the Post-Modernism movement. In the book “Into The Wild”, Chris McCandless set off to the great Alaskan woods to find his own identity. Chris did not want to be what everyone else wanted him to be. Chri wanted to find himself and be who he wants to be. The life that Chris lived connects very well with the Post-Modernism movement because he was all about being unique. “I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky. I think about it every night and day. Spread my wings and fly away. I believe I can soar. I see me running through that open door. I believe I can fly.” This song “I Believe I Can Fly” focuses on the whole idea of being unique. It has the big idea of putting intuition over logic. In the song, he believes he can achieve this goal without making any logical assumptions that any other person would make. This song connects with the Post-Modernsim era because it is all about being unique. The song “I Believe I Can Fly” and the book “Into The Wild” show many connections between each other. Chris McCandless is all about being yourself and being unique and finding himself. The song connects well with Chris’s life because he had so many ideas in his head without making the logical assumptions that any other person would make. The Post-Modernism movement was all about finding your own identity and being different. Many examples of this er are in the movie “Into The Wild” and the song “I Believe I Can Fly”. This movement influenced many different types of writing in American literature.
The short story “Cherokee” written by Ron Rash is about a young married couple fighting to save their truck by gambling their last one hundred and fifty-seven dollars in slot machines at a casino in North Carolina. Rash did an impeccable job at creating two ordinary, everyday people by portraying their lives as the working poor of America. The two characters, Danny and Lisa, both work; however, they are barely making it by and fell behind on their truck payments. Throughout the short story is observed a theme of freedom, or lack thereof, not only through the plot but also through psychology and economics.
Miller Edwards,Hawthorne and korning each show how religion was a sin in puritan cultures and affected many people’s lives that punishment will come when you have disgraced your religion that good is against the devil there is a strict form of puritan. Puritans were dedicated to work to save themselves from the sins in the world. Guilt was a great force in the puritans belief. The people in the story are Puritans a religion often depicted because of its rules and severe punishments to those who sin. The puritans left england to avoid religious persecution they established a society in America founded upon religion intolerance, Up surprising result the church dominates the Puritan culture.
The eighteenth century, a time of turmoil and chaos in the colonies, brought many opinionated writers to the forefront in support or refutation of the coming American Revolution. This highly controversial war that would ultimately separate the future United States of America from Great Britain became the center of debate. Two writers, both of whom supported the Revolution, now stand to fully illuminate one side of the debate. Thomas Paine, a radical propagandist, wrote many pieces during this time including “The Crisis Number 1” (1776). Through writing, he appealed to the “common man” in order to convince them to gather their arms and fight for their freedom. In this document, he utilizes many of the same rhetorical skills and propaganda techniques as Patrick Henry, a convincing orator, did in his famous speech delivered to the state’s delegates in 1775. Among these techniques are transfer, abstract language, and pathos. In both works, these were used to call the audiences to war. These influential pieces both contained a call to action which, through the use of strong and decisive language, aided the beginning of the American Revolution.
“Quantie’s weak body shuddered from a blast of cold wind. Still, the proud wife of the Cherokee chief John Ross wrapped a woolen blanket around her shoulders and grabbed the reins.” Leading the final group of Cherokee Indians from their home lands, Chief John Ross thought of an old story that was told by the chiefs before him, of a place where the earth and sky met in the west, this was the place where death awaits. He could not help but fear that this place of death was where his beloved people were being taken after years of persecution and injustice at the hands of white Americans, the proud Indian people were being forced to vacate their lands, leaving behind their homes, businesses and almost everything they owned while traveling to an unknown place and an uncertain future. The Cherokee Indians suffered terrible indignities, sickness and death while being removed to the Indian territories west of the Mississippi, even though they maintained their culture and traditions, rebuilt their numbers and improved their living conditions by developing their own government, economy and social structure, they were never able to return to their previous greatness or escape the injustices of the American people.
The Puritans were also very superstitious. They believed that the devil would cause people to do bad things on earth by using the people who worshiped him. Witches sent out their specters and harmed others. Puritans believed by putting heavy chains on a witch, that it would hold down their specter. Puritans also believed that by hanging a witch, all the people the witch cast a spell on would be healed.
...o captivating. Additionally, it does make an extensive number of appearances at various ceremonies and great events, such as the opening ceremonies of sporting events and national holidays such as Independence and Memorial Day. However, “The Star Spangled Banner” embodies a much broader and more abstruse, cryptic connotation. It illustrates America’s attitude of perseverance when facing seemingly indomitable adversities or unachievable ambitions. It represents America’s unfaltering faith, traditional values, and ethical laws that have come to characterize America’s individuality. It signifies America’s past, a historic reminder that unites the people and instills, in their hearts, a profound sense of patriotism and glory. Most of all, “The Star Spangled Banner” symbolizes the truth of what America truly means–“the land of the free and the home of the brave”.
The puritans were very religious. They wanted to show everyone what happens if you are good and believe in god and the heavens. If you do bad things you would be punished or be killed. If you do good things you can be hand chosen to go to heaven.
Another example of how important it is to listen to stories in order to understand the land is in The Way to Rainy Mountain when Momaday writes about how the storm spirit is so important to the Kiowa’s because it can understand their language while other people have a hard time understanding it. Momaday illustrates this point perfectly when he writes, "At times the plains are bright and calm and quiet; at times they are black with the sudden violence of weather. Always there are winds"(49). This quote shows the importance the wind plays in the culture of the Kiowa’s because it is so powerful and they can speak to the spirit of the storm and it will understand them anytime.
...ty men and women had been accused of being witches. Of those, nineteen of them plead innocent and were hung. One man refused to acknowledge the accusation and refused to enter a plea. He was legally crushed to death. Of the ones who plead guilty and were sent to jail, many contracted illnesses and later died. The outbreak of hysteria caused many to suffer and die, families to break apart, and a society to succumb to the whims of children. In the Puritans quest to create a perfect society based on pure beliefs only created a society ripped apart by tension, anxiety and fear.
Pocahontas is Disney’s 33rd animated movie, which takes place in early 17th century Virginia. The movie is based around Pocahontas, a Native American who is the daughter of Chief Powhatan of the Powhatan Tribe located in the New World. When British settlers of the Virginia Company, including Governor Ratcliffe and John Smith, make landfall in the New World looking for gold, they encounter the Powhatan Tribe when they start building Jamestown and excavating for the precious metal. While the rest of the crew builds Jamestown at the order of Governor Ratcliffe, John Smith starts exploring the wilderness, where he meets Pocahontas. The two of them bond and quickly fall in love with each other, even though Chief Powhatan gave his daughter strict orders to stay away from the Englishmen after a few tribesman, including Kocoum, the Native American warrior Pocahontas is set to marry, gets in a fight with a group of settlers. Word gets around to Kocoum that Pocahontas is spending time with John Smith, and goes to confro...
The Disney movies of Pocahontas tell a plot of a Native ¬American tribe and English colonists that fight for the land the Native Americans live on though war ultimately creating moderate peace. While keeping to their own sect, the imbalance of power between the two social groups is prevalent throughout much of the story. Walt Disney’s Pocahontas is more than a classic children’s movie. It is a thoughtful, well contrived narration that portrays a message that in order to fit in, you must be a certain race and born into a specific culture. Disney’s Pocahontas suggesting that the color of our skin shouldn’t matter when being accepted into social groups as well as the idea that arranged marriage should be rejected. Thus, treating people right could ultimately have a positive outcome and lastly, the film also suggests that family roles change without a mother figure.
The customs and beliefs of the Puritans, were highly based on religion. They believed in two very different worlds; the Natural World, that includes everything we can see or touch, and the Invisible World, that includes everything that cannot be seen or touched. However, there are two separate parts of the Invisible World. As Rosalyn Sc...
In American Indian Stories, University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London edition, the author, Zitkala-Sa, tries to tell stories that depicted life growing up on a reservation. Her stories showed how Native Americans reacted to the white man’s ways of running the land and changing the life of Indians. “Zitkala-Sa was one of the early Indian writers to record tribal legends and tales from oral tradition” (back cover) is a great way to show that the author’s stories were based upon actual events in her life as a Dakota Sioux Indian. This essay will describe and analyze Native American life as described by Zitkala-Sa’s American Indian Stories, it will relate to Native Americans and their interactions with American societies, it will discuss the major themes of the book and why the author wrote it, it will describe Native American society, its values and its beliefs and how they changed and it will show how Native Americans views other non-Natives.
In the excerpts from Fluffs and Feathers, Doxtator discusses the ideas of indianness and he talks about how people perceive First Nations people. The dominant fantasy of a First Nations person is someone that is spiritual, environmental, primitive, and in need of support. In the text by Doxtator it states “every culture creates images of how it sees itself and the rest of the world” (13). But how did the idea of indianness come about? The power of storytelling is a powerful tool because stories are rooted in people’s culture and it affects the way they see the mimetic world. Stories help people form dominant fantasies about things that they may not actually experience themselves. It would be impossible for all of Europe to travel to America and experience the new world. Therefore when the European travellers came to the Americas they would tell stories of their travels and their experiences so that other people could understand what they had experienced.
...ld their people about the nation’s perseverance and struggle in order to achieve their independence. This goes the same with the American national anthem. It was telling about one of the American war against British empire in order to defend their independence