Native American Folklore
Many cultures have morals set for the younger generations, to help aid them through life. Story telling, or folklore first explained most of these morals. Storytellers were the most important people because they told, drew, and sang messages to the younger people.
Parents or chiefs had to explain things to the young or followers [...]
A Lifetime of Change- American Dreams
The quest for truth and Justice, for social and economic equality. A place where everyone had a fair change at making it big. America! America! The land of the FREE and the home of the brave, set your sail and travel to the New World of wonder and where your [...]
Dr. Seuss:
The Great American Children’s Poet
Dr. Seuss is the pseudonym for Theodor Seuss Geisel III, Ted Geisel to
his friends. He originally thought of his pen name being pronounced zo-oice
which is the German pronunciation. He took his middle name from his
mother’s maiden name.
He was born in 1904 to Theodor Jr. and Henrietta Geisel of Springfiel
Massachusetts. Both [...]
Slaughter House - Five as an American Novel
Slaughterhouse - Five by Kurt Vonnegut is clearly an American novel. Vonnegut
wrote this novel in an attempt to show Americans how they make mistakes as humans,
and to do this, he had to link them to the book somehow. He accomplished this by
including different aspects of American life, such [...]
Edward Weston:
American Photographer
Daniel J Brophy
History of Photography
Term Paper
“Weston is, in the real sense, one of the few creative artists of today. He
has recreated the matter-forms and forces of nature; he has made these
forms eloquent of the fundamental unity of the work. His work illuminates
man’s inner journey toward perfection of the spirit.”
–Ansel Adams, [...]