Battle of Bennington

war • British pros o Navy o South Atlantic system o New technology o North American natives also fell into the British cause • America cons o Army was incredibly small and weak, unprepared o Economically small o No stable government or tax/money • Battle of Long Island- Lord North- sent General William Howe to NYC to take over the Hudson so that the southern

nature is hard as she is soft, she can destroy and thwart, disappoint, frustrate, and batter” (132). Robert Frost views nature as an ‘alien force capable of destroying man’, but on the flip side, he also views “man’s struggle with nature as a heroic battle” (quoted in Thompson). In his poem “Our Hold on the Planet” Frost illustrates this point by saying, There is much in nature against us. But we forget: Take nature altogether since time began      Including human nature, in peace and war,

Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five Great artists have the ability to step back from society and see the absurd circus that their world has become. Such satirists use their creative work to reveal the comic elements of an absurd world and incite a change in society; examples include Stanley Kubrick’s film, Dr. Strangelove, and Joseph Heller’s novel, Catch-22. Both works rose above their more serious counterparts to capture the critical voice of a generation dissatisfied with a nation of

Ecotourism in South American Countries Synopsis: We are living in a world that tends to put developed nations against indigenous peoples. Foreign developers seeking cheap labor and natural resources on untouched lands are exploiting cultures that have survived for centuries on their own. South America is a continent that possesses rich indigenous culture that is still relatively untouched by outsiders. Americans have the ability to preserve that heritage through organized efforts to encourage