The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates is a New York Times Bestseller by none other than, Wes Moore. This novel features an intriguing tale of two boys who grew up under the same circumstances, under the same names, and with the same chances; and yet one manages to become a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader while the other grew up heisting and selling drugs until he received a life sentence for felony murder after shooting a police officer. The more successful Wes Moore, Wes Moore, began to visit the less successful Wes Moore, the other Wes Moore, during his prison sentence in order to write the book.
Furthermore, the journals do not have the same purpose. Knight’s journey reveals survival. Knight’s journal is just a recount of her adventures for her family to know, but it was never meant to be published. The journal displays her endurance on dangerous territories. Knight manages to make daily entries, while her journey is in progress, regardless of the lack of accommodations; she takes account of every event. Her intentions are merely amusing, not profit; she is just trying to record her daily trip to display memories for closing ones. She emphasizes on the customs and conditions of the different communities, creating an outstanding journal, and remarks the danger of traveling long distance on horseback to prove that a woman is
I chose to do research on my great, great, great, grandmother who lived during the eighteen hundreds. She settled in North Fork, Arkansas. I discovered after many hours of searching for a modern and historic map that the population had dropped dramatically. The population for her time was 1,128.79 while the town’s population now is about 550 residents she settled in a rural community. I think this could because of the different change in jurisdictional boundaries. I believe the geographic features did affect the settlement the patterns because during this time period most of the early settlers who came to Arkansas were farmers. As a result, they wanted soil with good vegetation which would produce more crops. I wasn’t able to find any churches or cemeteries on either on my
I was apart of the Corps of Discovery with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on a 2 year and 4 month journey, on the newly purchased Louisiana Territory. It was a fact finding mission, brought upon us by president Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson wanted us to try and find a water route that goes across North America, get on good terms with Native American tribes, tell the tribes that we come in peace, that we now own the land, and lastly collect information about animals, plants, and landscapes. This adventure was a once in a lifetime opportunity and it will make our country very successful in the future.
The Oregon Trail was traveled by over five hundred thousand people between 1841-1869. Many people wanted to travel on the Oregon Trail in hope of better health. They did not bring many supplies; they only brought the bare necessities. The pioneers traveled in covered wagons, called prairie schooners, pulled by oxen. The journey started in Independence, Missouri, and ended in Oregon City, Oregon. The trail went through many states, including Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Kansas, and mountain ranges, including the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevadas. The pioneers also passed many milestones, including Courthouse Rock, Chimney Rock, Independence Rock, and Soda Springs. Even though the travelers faced dangers, such as Indian attack,
“I think a stalwart peasant in sheep-skin coat, born on the soil, whose forefathers have been farmers for ten generations, with a stout wife and half a dozen children, is good quality”-Clifford Sifton.
The Lewis and Clark expedition was the first American exploration across the western part of the United States. They were known as the “Corps”. While exploring Lewis and Clark encountered a with Native American tribe. The tribe exchanged knowledge, ideas, and items to help Lewis and Clark with their journey. Their exploration find a practical route across the Western half of the continent. Lewis and Clark encountered many obstacles like the Rocky Mountains, but found the Pacific ocean and a way across the United States. By the courageous exploration of Lewis and Clark, their encounters with Native Americans, and the exchange of foods, animals, and knowledge shaped the United States as it is today.
When Jefferson was President he made two very important things happen in the United States. Those two very important things are He made the Louisiana Purchase and he launched the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Jefferson was the third president of the United States. His nickname was man of the people. When he made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 he purchased more than 800.000 square miles of Louisiana territory. We bought it from France for about $15 million dollars. By buying this territory doubled the size of the United States. Because he just bought some of the Louisiana territory greatly expanded the United States. Jefferson wanted to explore both the new part of the country and the rest of the continent. He appointed
Born on June 23, 1927, Bob Fosse grew up in Chicago and was the second youngest in a family of six. His father, a traveling salesman for The Hershey Company, was also a known vaudeville entertainer. From a young age, Fosse took an interest in dancing and performing and was supported by his family. Considered a young prodigy, Fosse was taught dancing, specifically tap, early and, before even reaching high school, was performing professionally at local nightclubs. During his young teenage years, through his performances, Fosse was introduced to the style of vaudeville dancing, a popular entertainment style that mixed burlesque dancing, song, and comedy.
Alvin Ailey was an African-American modern dancer and choreographer who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (http://www.alvinailey.org/about/people). His self-titled company was started in 1958 with the goal of preserving American modern dance while also evolving it through the addition of African American cultural aspects (abt). Ailey later founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, now The Ailey School, and the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble, now Ailey II (http://www.alvinailey.org/about/people). Ailey was raised in a time of racial segregation and so, as an adult, he aimed to make dance education available for all people, including those of color (https://www.theaileyschool.edu/ailey-school/about/history).
Jonathan Wayne Nobles was not truly rehabilitated. Some individuals thought him to be rehabilitated, but others saw through his bogusness. From the examples that will be given; they will show how Nobles was just “faking it, to make it”. His actions, religion, and attitude show it all.
“There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.”-Josh Billings. In “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls you will find out how memory can play a huge part in our lives and how your perspective can change your whole idea on something.
In the poem of “Touchscreen,” by Marshall Davis Jones, he is explaining how our feelings towards technology are crucial and where we do not want to live in a world without internet or media. He describes how he lives in a society where everyone has limited interaction with each other and that he witnesses doing it also. He explains his frustration how we spend so much time establishing profiles so other people can recognize you. In the beginning of the poem, it introduces you to his world where it is all digital and in the end, it shows you that the speaker is angry about technology and how he wishes that they would design it more advanced enough to make them all humans again.
Their journey wasn’t very interesting in the beginning. The British men decided to start using a trail other than the one they had originally planned to use. They soon learned that by using the other trail, they missed the Rockies as well. After going too far they figured it would be best if they used the Oregon Trail to try and reach Fort Laramie. After traveling eight days they finally came across someone on the Oregon Trail. He was a straggler immigrant and at the end of three weeks, the Englishmen and a small group of immigrants that they had met along the way joined them. They soon reached the Platte River.
Milton Glaser is an iconic New York City designer who was born in New York, June 26, 1929. He attended the high school of music and art. Known for his influential colourful dynamic design, the three most popular of his famous design work include the I love New York logo, Bob Dylan poster and DC bullet logo and also designed for DC Comics. Milton Glaser is still a working graphic designer today, and I think his relevance to the changing of culture is outstanding. The society was going through so many of changes in the time between 1955 and 1975. During that period of time everyone were learning about freedom and declaring independence from the own thoughts about family, friend, life and established traditions. There were war and integration