In the story From Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, by L. Frank Baum, imaginary is used as the literary device.
Characters:
Dorothy: main character, young girl, arrived on a train from San Francisco to Hugson's Siding, it was several hours late due to the earthquakes. She was there to meet back up with her uncle Henry, so they could return home to Kansas. Uncle Henry was visiting with his brother in law Bill Hugson.
Zebedia (Zeb) was Bill Hugson's nephew and a second cousin to Dorothy. Zeb and his horse, Jim, had been waiting for Dorothy to arrive at the train station.
As the Dorothy, Zeb, and Jim were returning to the Hugson Ranch, earthquakes started again and the ground was splitting apart, the earth opened right in front of them but they did not fall in. However the second time the earth split right under the horse and buggy. "Suddenly there was a rending, tearing sound, and the earth split into another great crack just beneath the spot where the horse was standing....the animal body fell into the pit, drawing the buggy.."pg 350 As I was reading this I was imagining the scene in my mind, as the author was describing the fall I could see it in my mind. "...Jim's big ears turn to violet and the other to rose...she looked at Zeb, whose face was blue and whose hair was pink.." pg 352 Dorothy realized they were not in danger but she was going on another great adventure, as she had before. The three of them landed safely on a roof, in the middle of a large city.
I was not a huge fan of The Wizard of OZ and not even sure I watched the whole movie, but after reading this short section of this sequel, I want to watch the whole movie and read this book. Baum really has me as the reader wanting more because he uses imaginary very well in his story.
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Monday, March 11, 2019
Reading Notes A, Week 7, Eaton
In
the Land of the Free, by Edith Maud Eaton, takes place in San
Francisco. A Chinese couple were living in the San Francisco, the wife, Lae
Choo, returned to China to give birth to their child, The Little One. Her
husband, Hom Hing stayed in San Francisco and continued to work as a merchant,
he owned a store and they lived above it. Lae Choo and her son had stayed in
China longer than they expected because Hom Hing’s parents were ill and she
needed to take care of them. Hom Hing had never met his son, who was 20 months
old. Lae Choo and The Little One arrived under the Golden Gate bridge aboard,
Easter Queen. Hom Hing met his son and as they were leaving the ship the family
was stopped by two men with the intials U.S.C. on their caps. The Little One
did not have any papers and none of the papers about Lae Choo had mentioned
anything about a child, because he was not born when the papers were filed.
Against the parents will they had to hand their son over to the men, until they
could get approval from the government to let the child in to the US.
The
next day Hom Hing when to get his son, when he returned home, he did not have
his child. Lae Choo was devastated.
After
5 long months, Lae Choo was withdrawn from everyone, and Hom Hing felt his wife
would die if she did not get her son back. “Her food she takes only when I bed
her and her tears fall continually. She finds no pleasure in dress or flowers
and cares not to see her friends. He eyes stare all night. I think before
another moon she will pass into the land of spirits.” Pg 326 A young man, who
was a lawyer, brought a letter from the government but it said the same as
before. The young man said he would go to Washington to get the needed papers
for Hom Hing to bring his son home, but it would cost him $500, he would not
take anything less and the couple had no money. Lae Choo gave him all of her jewelry
in exchange for her son.
After
10 long months Lae Choo was able to get her son from the missionary where he
was taken care of. She was so happy to see him but he did not know who she was
when he saw her. “But the Little One shrunk from her and tried to hide himself
in the folds of the white woman’s skirt. “Go ‘way, go ‘way!” he bade his
mother.”pg 329
Revised Project 1, Winnucca
The culture and traditions described in the story, From Life amount the Piutes, are very similar to the Paiute tribe's.
Traditions are described in the story, such as children being raised with respect for their parents and each other, cultural gatherings for young girls and boys to meet each other, and the traditions practiced for when a girl becomes a woman. The story also describes how a husband is chosen, process of when a boy becomes a man, woman and men treated equally, and how they hunt for food. Within the story Piutes culture is described by the type of clothing worn, types of housing, religion, and many other details about the tribe.
The author, Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, was a Northern Paiute author, activist and educator. She became an advocate for the rights of the Native Americans after her band was attached by the US cavalry, who killed 29 Paiutes, including her mother and extended family. The author used the literary device of imagery she describes the traditions and cultures in great details I am able to envision them in my mind. The author also uses theme, the story describes the life of the Piutes, as another literary device.
Paiute tribe had two major bands called the Walpapi and the Yahooskin (also known as the Snake Indians. There locations of the Paiutes were divided into three groups; Northern Paiute of California, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon, next Owens Valley Pauite of California and Nevada, and lastly Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California, Nevada, and Utach.
The Paiute tribe is very close as a tribe and the family unit is very strong, including the elders in the family the ones that made family decisions. "The Great Basin Paiute tribe lived in temporary shelters of windbreaks in the summer or flimsy huts covered with rushes or bunches of grass called wikiups. The materials used were sagebrush, willow, branches, leaves, and grass (brush) that were available in their region." https://m.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/paiute-tribe.htm
"For their winter or more permanent houses, the Paiute placed willow poles in a circle and either leaned them together at the top, making a cone-shaped dwelling, or bent them in a dome shape. The poles were covered with mats woven from tule reeds, when they were available, or with bundles of long grasses tied together. There was a smoke hole at the top, and an entry door covered with an animal skin." https://factcards.califa.org/cai/paiute.html#top
In the following I am going to compare the text with information that I was able to verify is a part of the Paiutes culture and traditions:
"Our young woman are not allowed to talk to any young men that is not their cousin, except at the festive dances, when both are dressed in their best clothes, adorned with beads, feathers, or shells..." pg 255 The Paiutes also had many ceremony dances, such as the Bear Dance and the Sun Dance. The most popular dance was the Ghost Dance, which was created in 1870 to re-establish the peace and rid them of the "white men." "Paiute clothing for both the men and women was adorned with fringes and feathers and jewelry made from beads and shells." https://m.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/paiute-tribe.htm
"On the fifth day the antelopes were charmed... and looking sleepy and under a powerful spell." pg 261 In the story it is described in great detail, how the one tribe member has the charm to put a spell on a herd of antelopes and the process takes 5 days, once the herd is under the spell they are all killed and used for food and clothing. "Leaders of communal hunts usually had power—for antelope, always." https://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Northern-Paiute-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html#ixzz5hB5IGXxy
Lastly before a girl became a woman in the story, she had a twenty-five day tradition that included the grandmothers, two friends, they lived in a separate teepee for the three young girls. A girl had to gather and stack five piles of wood as high as she could three times a day, could only bathe every five days, and was not allowed to eat meat, this was done before the young girl could enter into "Womanhood." "...for young women at the time of their first menstrual period, and the other for young couples expecting their first child. In the menarche ritual, the young woman was isolated for four days. During this time, she observed taboos against touching her face or hair with her hands, eating animal-based foods, and drinking cold liquids. She also ran east at sunrise and west at sunset, and sat with older women of the tribe to learn about her responsibilities as a woman. After the four days of isolation, a series of rituals were performed to bring the menarche ceremony to a close." https://www.everyculture.com/multi/Le-Pa/Paiutes.html#ixzz5hB8OJNHS The story was similar to the actual tradition but in the story it lasted for twenty-five days, however it only lasted four days in the real tribal culture.
The context of the story describes the culture and traditions of the Paiutes tribe. I enjoyed reading this story because it describes and educates me on the Paiutes culture. I also had to research the Paiutes tribe and read the facts to confirm most of the details of the story are true and accurate. Culture is something I am interested in and trying to understand more about, for example, why do we loose our cultural traditions? In this story, it is clear that this tribe wants to stay together and keep their traditions but they wanted to diminish and shrink their tribe instead of multiplying it because they believed their daughters were not safe.
I believe the author is telling a story about her tribe and is using the information to keep they history alive for them, with this story we are able to read and understand what her life was like as a child and how the culture of his tribe influenced her as she became an adult. Winnemucca also compares and describes how her tribe was different from the "white men." Indians do not swear, - they have no words for swearing till they learned them of the white men." pg 254 This was a great story and kept my interest, but most of all I really enjoyed reading about the cultural traditions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Winnemucca
Thocetony (Sarah Winnmucca) "From Life among the Piutes" pg 254-261
Traditions are described in the story, such as children being raised with respect for their parents and each other, cultural gatherings for young girls and boys to meet each other, and the traditions practiced for when a girl becomes a woman. The story also describes how a husband is chosen, process of when a boy becomes a man, woman and men treated equally, and how they hunt for food. Within the story Piutes culture is described by the type of clothing worn, types of housing, religion, and many other details about the tribe.
The author, Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, was a Northern Paiute author, activist and educator. She became an advocate for the rights of the Native Americans after her band was attached by the US cavalry, who killed 29 Paiutes, including her mother and extended family. The author used the literary device of imagery she describes the traditions and cultures in great details I am able to envision them in my mind. The author also uses theme, the story describes the life of the Piutes, as another literary device.
Paiute tribe had two major bands called the Walpapi and the Yahooskin (also known as the Snake Indians. There locations of the Paiutes were divided into three groups; Northern Paiute of California, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon, next Owens Valley Pauite of California and Nevada, and lastly Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California, Nevada, and Utach.
The Paiute tribe is very close as a tribe and the family unit is very strong, including the elders in the family the ones that made family decisions. "The Great Basin Paiute tribe lived in temporary shelters of windbreaks in the summer or flimsy huts covered with rushes or bunches of grass called wikiups. The materials used were sagebrush, willow, branches, leaves, and grass (brush) that were available in their region." https://m.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/paiute-tribe.htm
"For their winter or more permanent houses, the Paiute placed willow poles in a circle and either leaned them together at the top, making a cone-shaped dwelling, or bent them in a dome shape. The poles were covered with mats woven from tule reeds, when they were available, or with bundles of long grasses tied together. There was a smoke hole at the top, and an entry door covered with an animal skin." https://factcards.califa.org/cai/paiute.html#top
In the following I am going to compare the text with information that I was able to verify is a part of the Paiutes culture and traditions:
"Our young woman are not allowed to talk to any young men that is not their cousin, except at the festive dances, when both are dressed in their best clothes, adorned with beads, feathers, or shells..." pg 255 The Paiutes also had many ceremony dances, such as the Bear Dance and the Sun Dance. The most popular dance was the Ghost Dance, which was created in 1870 to re-establish the peace and rid them of the "white men." "Paiute clothing for both the men and women was adorned with fringes and feathers and jewelry made from beads and shells." https://m.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/paiute-tribe.htm
"On the fifth day the antelopes were charmed... and looking sleepy and under a powerful spell." pg 261 In the story it is described in great detail, how the one tribe member has the charm to put a spell on a herd of antelopes and the process takes 5 days, once the herd is under the spell they are all killed and used for food and clothing. "Leaders of communal hunts usually had power—for antelope, always." https://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Northern-Paiute-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html#ixzz5hB5IGXxy
Lastly before a girl became a woman in the story, she had a twenty-five day tradition that included the grandmothers, two friends, they lived in a separate teepee for the three young girls. A girl had to gather and stack five piles of wood as high as she could three times a day, could only bathe every five days, and was not allowed to eat meat, this was done before the young girl could enter into "Womanhood." "...for young women at the time of their first menstrual period, and the other for young couples expecting their first child. In the menarche ritual, the young woman was isolated for four days. During this time, she observed taboos against touching her face or hair with her hands, eating animal-based foods, and drinking cold liquids. She also ran east at sunrise and west at sunset, and sat with older women of the tribe to learn about her responsibilities as a woman. After the four days of isolation, a series of rituals were performed to bring the menarche ceremony to a close." https://www.everyculture.com/multi/Le-Pa/Paiutes.html#ixzz5hB8OJNHS The story was similar to the actual tradition but in the story it lasted for twenty-five days, however it only lasted four days in the real tribal culture.
The context of the story describes the culture and traditions of the Paiutes tribe. I enjoyed reading this story because it describes and educates me on the Paiutes culture. I also had to research the Paiutes tribe and read the facts to confirm most of the details of the story are true and accurate. Culture is something I am interested in and trying to understand more about, for example, why do we loose our cultural traditions? In this story, it is clear that this tribe wants to stay together and keep their traditions but they wanted to diminish and shrink their tribe instead of multiplying it because they believed their daughters were not safe.
I believe the author is telling a story about her tribe and is using the information to keep they history alive for them, with this story we are able to read and understand what her life was like as a child and how the culture of his tribe influenced her as she became an adult. Winnemucca also compares and describes how her tribe was different from the "white men." Indians do not swear, - they have no words for swearing till they learned them of the white men." pg 254 This was a great story and kept my interest, but most of all I really enjoyed reading about the cultural traditions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Winnemucca
Thocetony (Sarah Winnmucca) "From Life among the Piutes" pg 254-261
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Reading Notes X, Week 6, Norris
From the Octopus pg 372-383
Characters:
Presley - Main character
Bronderson - friend of Presley killed by the "monster"
Caraher - friend of Presley
Vanamee - friend of Presley
Angele - wife of Vanamee
S. Behrman - owner of the largest elevator on the shipping docks to load the bulk wheat onto the ships. He did this to save money, in materials of the sacks and the labor of men.
Places:
Caraher's Place - Saloon
Long Trestle - farm/property; silence, desolation, abandonment
Annixter - farm/property; silence, desolation, abandonment
Los Muertos - farm - wheat fields
Quien Sabe - farm, wheat fields
Port Costa - town where the train brought S. Behrman
Swanhilda - ship, with the large holding "hold" for the bulk wheat to be elevated into from the largest elevator owned by S. Behrman.
It was the season after the harvest, and the great earth, the mother, after it's period of reproduction, its pains of labour, delivered of the fruit of its loins, slept the sleep of exhaustion in the infinite repose of the colossus, benignant, eternal, strong, the nourisher of nations, the feeder of an entire world. pg 373
"Death and grief are little things," he said. "They are transient. Life must be before death, and joy before grief. Else there are no such things as death or grief. These are only negatives. Life is positive. Death is only the absence of life, just as night is only the absence of day, and if this is so, there is no such thing as death. There is only life, and the suppression of life, that we foolishly, say is death. pg 374
"Evil is short-lived. Never judge of the whole round of life by the mere segment you can see. The whole, is in the end, perfect." pg 375
But the WHEAT remained. Untouched, unassailable, undefiled, that mighty world-force, that nourisher of nations wrapped in Nirvanic claim, indifferent to the human swarm, gigantic, resistless, moved onward in its appointed grooves. pg 383
Characters:
Presley - Main character
Bronderson - friend of Presley killed by the "monster"
Caraher - friend of Presley
Vanamee - friend of Presley
Angele - wife of Vanamee
S. Behrman - owner of the largest elevator on the shipping docks to load the bulk wheat onto the ships. He did this to save money, in materials of the sacks and the labor of men.
Places:
Caraher's Place - Saloon
Long Trestle - farm/property; silence, desolation, abandonment
Annixter - farm/property; silence, desolation, abandonment
Los Muertos - farm - wheat fields
Quien Sabe - farm, wheat fields
Port Costa - town where the train brought S. Behrman
Swanhilda - ship, with the large holding "hold" for the bulk wheat to be elevated into from the largest elevator owned by S. Behrman.
It was the season after the harvest, and the great earth, the mother, after it's period of reproduction, its pains of labour, delivered of the fruit of its loins, slept the sleep of exhaustion in the infinite repose of the colossus, benignant, eternal, strong, the nourisher of nations, the feeder of an entire world. pg 373
"Death and grief are little things," he said. "They are transient. Life must be before death, and joy before grief. Else there are no such things as death or grief. These are only negatives. Life is positive. Death is only the absence of life, just as night is only the absence of day, and if this is so, there is no such thing as death. There is only life, and the suppression of life, that we foolishly, say is death. pg 374
"Evil is short-lived. Never judge of the whole round of life by the mere segment you can see. The whole, is in the end, perfect." pg 375
But the WHEAT remained. Untouched, unassailable, undefiled, that mighty world-force, that nourisher of nations wrapped in Nirvanic claim, indifferent to the human swarm, gigantic, resistless, moved onward in its appointed grooves. pg 383
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Reading Notes B, Week 6, Muir
From the Mountains of California pg 298-307
This passage describes the beautiful landscapes of California from the beaches to the snow covered mountain ranges.
This passage describes the beautiful landscapes of California from the beaches to the snow covered mountain ranges.
- Go where you may within the bounds of California, mountains are ever in sight, charming and glorifying every landscape.
- only one valley, and two chains of mountains
- Coast Range on the west side, the Sierra Nevada on the east
- the waters of which have only one outlet to the sea through the Golden Gate
- own climate, soil, and productions - each different landscape; coast, mountains and valleys all have their own climate and produce different things but all in one state.
- Central Valley, glowing golden
- the Sierra should be called not the Nevada, or Snowy Range, but the range of Light
- Sierra range is described as 500 miles long, 70 miles wide, 7000-15000 feet tall.
- Yosemite kind are made up of rocks mountainous in size, partly separated from each other by narrow gorges
- grandest forest trees, the Sequoia, king of conifers, the noble Sugar and Yellow Pines, Douglas Spur
- described animals, reptiles; lizards, large numbers of ants, crows, ravens, rabbits, coyotes.
- Avalanches are described in the High Sierra during the winter. it booms and roars like thunder, and makes a glorious show as it sweeps down the mountain-side
- North half of the range is mostly covered with floods of lava ad dotted with volcanoes and craters.
- Mount Shasta, a colossal volcanic cone
- Mount Whitney only granite
- The great granite domes a mile high, the canos as deep, the noble peaks, the Yosemite valleys, these, and indeed nearly all other features of the Sierra scenery, are glarcier monuments.
- Yonder let us spread broad sheets of soil, that man and the beast may be fed and here pile trains of boulders for pines and giant Sequoias.
I enjoyed reading Muir describe California and how all of the landscape and different climates we have because of the glaciers that were here before. They have given the mountain ranges, valleys, coast, and every beautiful view in between.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Reading Notes A, Week 6, Markham
God made men in His own image, in the image
of God mad He him. –Genesis
The Man with the Hoe
..the weight of centuries he leans, Upon his
hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, And on his back
the burden of the world. Who made him dead to rapture and despair, A thing that
grieves not and that never hopes pg 294
As I read this section of the poem, I envisioned
a man working in a field of some type of crop, the man is hunched over using
his tool to get his required job done. He does this with no sense of
excitement, joy, or with dignity. You can tell with his posture and the
emptiness look on his face he is unhappy.
The
poem then goes on to question if this is the world that God made, envisioned,
and wanted?
How will you ever straighten up this shape;
Touch it again with immortality and the light, rebuild in the music and dream
pg 295.
The
poem then asks God to come and save the world and bring it back to the way he envisioned
it.
The
Sower
Who is it coming on the brown slop, pg
296
Flinging their foolish glory on the air – He
hides their nakedness, he give them bed, and by his alms their hungry mouths
are fed. Pg 297
This
poem is describing a empty dirt hill, that is then planted with seeds and once
the seeds grow the hill is no longer empty. With the seeds that grew into
plants or crops, they are now able to feed the people that are hungry. He is then described as a “Earth-god,” someone
that is here on earth and able to help feed the hungry with the land, seeds,
and crops that are grown.
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Project 1, Week 5: Write a piece in which you explore: What does this story teach us about history? - Winnemucca
What is the Paiute tribes culture and traditions?
In the story From Life among the Piutes, the setting is described as children being raised with respect for their parents and each other, cultural gatherings for young girls and boys to meet each other, and the traditions practiced for when a girl becomes a woman. The story also describes how a husband is chosen, process of when a boy becomes a man, woman and men treated equally, how they hunt for food. Within these traditions the story describes clothing, types of housing, religion, and many other details about the tribe. All of these cultural traditions are described in great detail.
During my research on the Paiute tribes, I was able to locate most of these cultural traditions and confirm a majority of the smaller details are the same. The Paiute tribe is very close as a tribe and the family unit is very strong, including the elders in the family the ones that made family decisions. "The Great Basin Paiute tribe lived in temporary shelters of windbreaks in the summer or flimsy huts covered with rushes or bunches of grass called wikiups. The materials used were sagebrush, willow, branches, leaves, and grass (brush) that were available in their region." https://m.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/paiute-tribe.htm
"For their winter or more permanent houses, the Paiute placed willow poles in a circle and either leaned them together at the top, making a cone-shaped dwelling, or bent them in a dome shape. The poles were covered with mats woven from tule reeds, when they were available, or with bundles of long grasses tied together. There was a smoke hole at the top, and an entry door covered with an animal skin." https://factcards.califa.org/cai/paiute.html#top
In the following I am going to compare the text with information that I was able to verify is a part of the Paiutes culture and traditions:
"Our young woman are not allowed to talk to any young men that is not their cousin, except at the festive dances, when both are dressed in their best clothes, adorned with beads, feathers, or shells..." pg 255 The Paiutes also had many ceremony dances, such as the Bear Dance and the Sun Dance. The most popular dance was the Ghost Dance, which was created in 1870 to re-establish the peace and rid them of the "white men." "Paiute clothing for both the men and women was adorned with fringes and feathers and jewelry made from beads and shells." https://m.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/paiute-tribe.htm
"On the fifth day the antelopes were charmed... and looking sleepy and under a powerful spell." pg 261 In the story it is described in great detail, how the one tribe member has the charm to put a spell on a herd of antelopes and the process takes 5 days, once the herd is under the spell they are all killed and used for food and clothing. "Leaders of communal hunts usually had power—for antelope, always." https://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Northern-Paiute-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html#ixzz5hB5IGXxy
My lastly before a girl became a woman in the story, she had a twenty-five day tradition that included the grandmothers, two friends, they lived in a separate teepee for the three young girls. A girl had to gather and stack five piles of wood as high as she could three times a day, could only bathe every five days, and was not allowed to eat meat, this was done before the young girl could enter into "Womanhood." "...for young women at the time of their first menstrual period, and the other for young couples expecting their first child. In the menarche ritual, the young woman was isolated for four days. During this time, she observed taboos against touching her face or hair with her hands, eating animal-based foods, and drinking cold liquids. She also ran east at sunrise and west at sunset, and sat with older women of the tribe to learn about her responsibilities as a woman. After the four days of isolation, a series of rituals were performed to bring the menarche ceremony to a close." https://www.everyculture.com/multi/Le-Pa/Paiutes.html#ixzz5hB8OJNHS The story was similar to the actual tradition but in the story it lasted for twenty-five days, however it only lasted four days in the real tribal culture.
The context of the story describes the culture and traditions of the Paiutes tribe. I enjoyed reading this story because it describes and educates me on the Paiutes culture. I also had to research the Paiutes tribe and read the facts to confirm most of the details of the story are true and accurate. Culture is something I am interested in and trying to understand more about, for example, why do we loose our cultural traditions? In this story, it is clear that this tribe wants to stay together and keep their traditions but they wanted to diminish and shrink their tribe instead of multiplying it because they believed their daughters were not safe.
I believe the author is telling a story about her tribe and is using the information to keep they history alive for them, with this story we are able to read and understand what her life was like as a child and how the culture of his tribe influenced her as she became an adult. Winnemucca also compares and describes how her tribe was different from the "white men." Indians do not swear, - they have no words for swearing till they learned them of the white men." pg 254 This was a great story and kept my interest, but most of all I really enjoyed reading about the cultural traditions.
Thocetony (Sarah Winnmucca) "From Life among the Piutes" pg 254-261
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