Being One with the Land

In this section we see a contrast in the dynamics, the levels become a lot more dramatic and passionate and the dynamics become heavier so as to portray the sorrow, yearning and grieving for the land and to plead with God to bless them with water.

Opportunity defined the Unassigned lands. Two attorneys, T.C. Sears and Elias C. Boudinot, found within the old treaties, land titles, and other various documents that 14 million acres of land were unclaimed, which would later be promoted Oklahoma district (Baird and Goble, p 141). The drive behind the Sears and Boudinot were primarily monetary reasons. Sears was an attorney for the Katy Railroad, which sought to settle the unassigned lands to increase the revenue from the empty region; Boudinot a Cherokee Attorney seeking fortunes (Baird and Goble, p 142). Yet, the Federal government protected the unassigned lands, which had been previously taken from the Creek and Seminole Nations (Baird and Goble, p 142). Although the opening of the Unassigned Lands in 1889 would require pressure from various sides on the Federal government, but to change Federal government’s stance of zero homesteading would require the pressure of the powerful railroads, the Boomer movement, and other major parties.

“When you sit in your own country, your spirits lift and you are again truly back to the land where things make sense and your life has meaning” – Galarruy Yunupingu.

In the two short stories “Drought” by Roz Spafford, and “The Provincials”, by Daniel Alarcon, there is one common problem; a drought. In the story “Drought” it is a literal drought causing survival difficulties between a married couple, Chrissie and Clay, and their baby. It continues to get tough between the couple as they distance themselves from one another slowly falling apart. In “The Provincials” however there is a metaphorical drought in a Mexican town, where the father Manuel used to live and the son, Nelson the aspiring actor, lives and the residents lack the necessities to improve their lives while corruption attacks any generation that follows. The lack of essential necessities in “Drought” signifies death while the metaphorical drought in “The Provincials” leaves the town with no money or opportunity signifying causing hopeless lives.

The relationship between people and their environment in A Land Remembered is one where the profit from land exploitation is naturally corrupting and exponentially increases the exploiters lust for larger profit, leading to the exploiter planning larger scale endeavors in the future. The author, Patrick D. Smith (1984), suggests the idea that communities naturally grow in a hedonic cycle to crave more resources to fuel loftier endeavors that require even more resources from the environment, an idea that is also discussed by Aldo Leopold in the Land Ethic as wholly negative, and that is also part of my world view that is rather more optimistic.

Louisiana has one of the most culturally diverse areas on earth, with respect to “SoLa,” or Southern Louisiana. New Orleans was the birthplace of Jazz, and is full of great culture from people who have developed unique traditions that are special to New Orleans. Not is the culture diverse, the wetlands contain some of the most diverse ecosystems in North America. With 40% of America’s wetlands in SoLa, the area is very unique when compared to many other places in the US. Along with the uniqueness in culture and environment, the practices of the politicians and industries may be unique due to the questionable practices of the politicians and companies. The problems described in the film for Louisiana seem to be quite unique, but after some thought, the problems are almost universal to most of the modern world.

In conjunction with the symbolic representation of Elisa’s life, the dramatic description of the environment can also be seen as a unique representation of the relationship conflict between husband and wife. Steinbeck’s foggy description demonstrates conflict through the following statement, "a time of quiet and waiting." This description is interesting because the fields are personified as waiting for rain, however, “rain and fog do not go together” therein lies the conflict just as Elisa waits for a positive change in how her husband treats her (Palmerino, Gregory J). Gregory P. further points out that, “The natural elements of the foothills ranch seem as unwilling to confront each other as the characters that inhabit its environs. Hence, fog and rain can be seen as the female and male equivalents to Elisa and Henry.” This only further solidifies the deep rooted troubles within Elisa and her relationship with her husband. The setting of the story is personified to act as a symbolic representation of the couple’s relationship (Steinbeck, John 337-338).

Ever since we can remember, the water cycle has been a part of our life. No matter where we are, we can see the spectacle continue its infinite loop in nature. From evaporation to the runoff that awaits to begin the cycle again, we have constantly trained and memorized the importance and resourcefulness of the water cycle through schooling. In Leslie Marmon Silko’s “The Man to Send Rain Clouds,” Silko illustrates the different stages of the water cycle symbolically throughout the story. The first place we can catch the symbolic usage of the water cycle (mainly evaporation) is in the first section labelled “Part One”.

These days I read the book named Peace Like a River and My thesis is that: The symbolic of the peaceful lives of Lands is a river and Some bad things in Lands’ lives just like the freezing of the river, the wind, the rocks and all the large or little things that can influence the river’s flowing. These kinds of bad things in Lands’ lives can make their lives not peaceful. For example, Finch and Basca do something that insulted Swede and Davy’s girlfriend and it made Davy impulsive to kill them. After these happening, Davy needs to run away and Lands need to find Davy, but the reasons of these things just only that Finch and Basca have done little bad things to the Lands. About the river, the little things can make the river be changed just like the wind can make the splash on the river, the rocks can make the wave on the river which was peace just now and the

Without rain a farmers crop can not grow. In this story it symbolizes death and destruction. It is not any ordinary rain that normally comes down. The rain shows us nature will continue without man. We also see that even though man is fallen machine is still prospering. This means machine has truly taken over. The war with machine is over. Man is no more it is only nature and machine left to fight it out. ”Out of warrens in the wall, tiny robot mice darted.”(pg.323) The machines do not even recognize all humanity is

Overall, the ideas of the French Revolution had a greatly positive effect on the lives of the free blacks in Haiti, as leaders such as Toussaint Louverture, and Jean Jacques Dessalines were able to seize power during the Haitian Revolution due to their scholarly expertise. Prior to both the French and Haitian Revolutions, free black men in Haiti could not be a part of the government or have a respectable position in the army. As soon as the French Revolution began, the free black men of Haiti were quickly inspired by the revolution's principles of equality and liberty, as they wanted equality and liberty for all Haitians. This shows that the French Revolution's influence on Haiti had a beneficial political, economical, and social effect on

The land may seem the farm but it shows how Ellen that if she stays home isolated from Paul, their marriage will remain at a dead end. For example, Ellen is always stuck home isolated inside the house. She wishes to be with Paul and wants him to be near her but she is angry how he is always in the barn and not with her. Ellen feels depressed about what she is going through and she does not like how Paul is working too hard on the farm which isn’t worth for. The author proves Ellen seeing it by showing she’s isolated and the emptiness she feels without Paul by proving that their already having a bad relationship status. Next, as Ellen being isolated and seeing the farm a sombre void. Also, she thinks their marriage is not going to end well. Paul on the other side is confident and resilient about his farm and bring good crops back. Also, he believes in his marriage to continue and be strong than what Ellen thinks. During the two main characters, having a conflict between each other. Ellen believes nothing is going to come out from the farm during the dust storm. Even though, Paul believes they can and thinks they can get through and keep their marriage strong and not quit. Paul's thoughts are shown through the land when the reader recognize that “We’ll have crops again,” her persisted, “Good crops/the land will come back it’s worth waiting for.” (Ross 66). Paul clearly thinks

Again the description is bleak, (‘the sun beats .......the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief.’ ) Life-giving water is again absent, (‘the dry stone no sound of water.’ ) And moving transversally forward to section 5 brings the reader into the desertscape where there is an intensification of the oppressiveness . The absence of water is emphasised through repetition:

In the two novels, Masters of the Dew and Praisesong for the Widow, water is an evident representation of change between opposite ideas throughout the overall plots. In Masters of the Dew, Jacques Roumain tells the story of Manuel, a Haitian peasant who struggles to save his native village, Fonds Rouge, from severe drought and division of the villagers. Later, Manuel finds a large reservoir of water but only tells the secret to one person. Towards the end of the story, the village is saved, but only after the divided village agree to work together and build an irrigation system after Manuel dies. In spite of Manuel’s death, the people of Fonds Rouge finally access water. In his death, there was change--reconciliation. In this novel, water symbolises change, from death to life--revival. In Praisesong for the Widow, the symbolism is similar, but not as literal. The story starts with Avey Johnson, an African American widow, on a cruise ship with her friends. However, Avey starts to feel an indescribable urge to

This is well explained where the body of the old man is laid to rest in a proper burial to his next world so that rain would be provided in the area. A priest is presented in the setting, an issue that portrays change. It is important to note that from the beginning the Franciscans and other religious groups were determined to change the religious practices of the Native Americans religious practices. The setting of the book is modern although it entails of rituals and traditions of the ancient Laguna Pueblo individuals. The Laguna’s believe that the dead individuals become the cloud people who eventually give them a gift of rain. Rain is a vital element of the Native American life because it is one of the factors that sustain life.