...Pilgrims and Native Americans Native Americans (Wampanoag) and Pilgrims both played an integral part in the development of Massachusetts. One cannot take all the credit they must actually share it equally. The Pilgrims traveled to the state of Massachusetts over from Europe trying to escape the King’s rule and to be able to have religious freedoms. They also wanted to avoid being persecuted for their religious beliefs. The Native Americans were already settled in Massachusetts and had been suffering from plagues brought over from the Europeans. They had lost many of the Wampanoag and were looking for help and they needed allies since their numbers had diminished so much from the plague and war. They both had things to offer to the other to aid in their survival. The pilgrims had weapons to offer as well as ships where the Native Americans had had bows and arrows and spears. The Native Americans had their knowledge of the land and survival skills. They had two different ways of life such as different styles of dress, religious beliefs. The Pilgrims were not equipped to survive in the new world and many didn’t make it in the beginning through the first winter. With the help of the Native Americans they learned how to survive on the new land. The Native Americans taught the Pilgrims how to farm and plant. Corn became an important crop. It was sometimes used to barter for furs, and it was also used to feed the livestock. They also taught them how to fish and how to be...
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...In “Slaughterhouse Five”, Vonnegut writes a whole novel based on World War Two and the bombing of Dresden. Billy Pilgrim, the main character has been drafted into the army during World War two, where he trains to be a chaplain’s assistant, which causes him to be disliked by many of his peers. Billy is thrown into the Battle of the Bulge where he is immediately taken prisoner by the Germans, put into a slaughterhouse prison and assigned to work for the city of Dresden. Due to the war Billy was diagnosed with PTSD and has become unstuck in time. He states that he has seen his birth and death many times, hence pays random visits to events in between. Billy doesn’t see much freedom in his life, which is why he has no shame in believing that there is no such thing as free will. According to Vonnegut there are no heroes or villains, if there were to be any we would be judging people by their actions and intentions. There is one character that comes close to being a hero, Edgar Derby who stands up to an American Nazi but in this novel he isn’t known for being a “hero”. Billy believes that aliens known as the Tralfamadorians have kidnapped him and have taken him to their planet Tralfamadore. The Tralfamadorians teach Billy their perspective of life and that if someone dies they...
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...Every year on the fourth Thursday of November many people in America celebrate Thanksgiving. The Americans celebrate it because of the pilgrims by doing traditions they did. The reason why people celebrate Thanksgiving is because of the pilgrims. According to history.com when the pilgrims came to the new land, Plymouth, they had a hard winter. After the horrible winter was over all the people that did not die of illnesses or starvations came to explore the new land. They met Native Americans. They taught the pilgrims how to grow corn, extract sap from maple trees, catch fish in rivers, and avoid poisonous plant. When spring came, and the pilgrims first corn harvest was successful they decided to have a feast and it lasted three days. That...
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...Pokanoket Indians. The feast was happened in the colony. But the ship carrying it sailed in the late falls back to England, so that the narrative ends with the pleasant event. The story gives me a sense of hope and promise. We can see that Philbrick is interested in writing about history of Pilgrims and New England. His writing style is tell reader very detail to illuminate the conflicts between Pilgrims and Indians and fleshes out the characters in the book. The vocabulary that he used is not too difficult to read. He wrote the book with clean prose and eminent fairness. It helps me to create a strong image in mind easily. For example, this book is a story of courage, community and war. Author is not only uncovered a cache of 17th century documents but also detailed portrayal of Pilgrims and the various tribes and leaders. That’s why makes Mayflower so compelling. The grammar he used is also simple formal. I won’t lose easily because author wrote the story step by step. At first, he told the past history and then explains how it relates to current event. For instance, Philbrick’s account of economic and racial issues and the tragedy that ensued rings as true now as it did when the Pilgrims were peopling and depeopling New...
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...what I was going to have to overcome. I wasn’t worried about college applications or SAT tests. I had no clue. The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyon demonstrates that knowledge is gained through travel. Christian is the central character of the book and the hero of the pilgrimage. Christian represents one aspect of the human experience: the search for religious truth. He is his faith (hence his name). Christian’s motivation, the search for salvation in the Celestial City, is comparable to the pilgrimage of high school. A pilgrimage depends in travel, and so a pilgrim, or high school student, must be prepared to go far and wide. High school is a pilgrimage, every student is a pilgrim united under a common goal: Graduation. The obstacles that are overcome in The Pilgrim’s Progress by the main character, Christian, correlate to the obstacles a student faces on her way to Graduation. In The Pilgrim’s Progress, the pilgrims face a series of obstacles and thwarters on their way to the Celestial City. They have to overcome their obstacles one by one. For me, achieving the grades that I needed to be successful in high school was not an easy thing for me to do. Over the course of my high school career I struggled to maintain a grade point average (GPA) that I thought would appease my parents and would also be high enough to get me into a good college. I have never been the greatest mathematician. It is difficult for me to remember to check my simple addition, so I have always struggled...
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...At every party there is always that one person who happens to get out of hand. Whether he had too much to drink or is just likes to antagonize others, everyone seems to recognize that particular person and his faults. Well in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales that role is filled by the Miller. He is rude and disrespectful drunk who aggravates the rest of the pilgrims. Throughout Chaucer’s frame tell narrative, the Miller is never seen in a good light. He invokes crude humor into his tale which distinguishes it from all other tales. The Miller is a multifaceted character in this tale, who begets conflict on the pilgrimage to Canterbury. The Miller’s physical appearance deeply reflects his personality. His fiery red hair is much like his outlandish personality. Much like his hair, he is a very noticeable member of the pilgrimage, but unfortunately for all the wrong reasons. The Miller does not hold back in conversation and speaks his mind to the point of cruelty. He has a brawny physic that parallels to his intense and over-bearing persona. The Miller overwhelms conversations and stories told throughout the pilgrimage. He consistently interrupts others and takes advantage of those not willing to stand up to him. An obscene wart on his nose with red hairs protruding out of it, demonstrates the Miller’s human characteristic of annoyance. His wart was so repugnant that one could not stop staring at it. His personality has connection to this thought by the way that the Miller was so...
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...Thanksgiving is when the leaves start to fall and it is time for venison? Though Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate the pilgrims and the Indians. Their traditions were very different than it is by today's standards. Would you go out and hunt for your turkey or deer. I know the Thanksgiving tradition for most people is to put a big ole turkey in the oven. A lot of people eat ham with their meal. I figure out that a lot of people eat all the same sort of sides, which usually consist of mashed potatoes, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. It was very much the same for the pilgrims too they have many sides with their meals. A lot of people eat with family and some people do it with there friends. That is very similar to the original Thanksgiving,...
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...Culture The Land of the Howling... Culture is the totality of people’s lifestyles and life stories. It summarizes one’s place’s history and reflects its civilization. It is an identity. There is no place without culture; there is no society without culture. Without it, there is no existence; no stories to share to future generations. Catanduanes, a small kidney-shaped island in the Pacific, abounds with a conglomeration of folkways and mores which constitute its rich culture. Some of these stories are commendable while others are dishonourable to some extent. Catanduanes has been known as the “Land of the Howling Winds” because of the many strong tropical cyclones that visit it every year and leave it devastated and desolated like a lover forsaken by a beloved. But aside from this epithet affixed to our province which implies its geographical condition and location, are there still other words we can attach to the phrase “Land of the Howling...” which in one way or another will help other people imagine and understand what our province really is? Well, maybe we just need to try. Land of the Howling Pigs and Drunkards Percy Bysshe Shelley in his “Ode to the West Wind” wrote, “O trumpet of the Prophecy, If winter comes, can spring be far behind?’. Cirilo Bautista, that celebrated Filipino poet, wrote in one of his essays, “If summer comes, can teacher seminars be far behind?”. I, on the other hand ask, “If summer comes, can fiestas be far behind?” This is the summer...
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...pilgrimage was important in the middle age because a pilgrimage is a journey of great moral or spiritual significance. In the middle ages, the pilgrimage was important since it was believed that if you prayed at the shrines you might be forgiven your sins and had more chance to heaven. Pilgrims visit Becket's shrine because it was rumored that when people were touched by his cloth they got cured from a variety of illnesses such as epilepsy, leprosy and blindness. The type of people who would have been pilgrims are those who have undertaken a physical journey often a very long and difficult one to a distant sacred place, for example, like the shrine. Going on a pilgrimage in the middle ages was a long and difficult journey. The costs involved were dependent on one pilgrimage, where one was going to stay and type of travel. Some of the Pilgrim routes were specific roads that pilgrims travelled on, where the road itself was a thing to experience for religious reasons. The route from London to the Becket Shrine in Canterbury was of this type, as was the Way of St. James. Long distance travelling in general was quite a dangerous activity, since cases of people being robbed along the highways were high. The pilgrims would travel in groups to enhance security. People that are pilgrimage would usually only carry what they needed, and would share with those who had little to...
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...Pilgrim Assurance Case Pilgrim Assurance is a case that involves a sealed bid auction. Therefore, the auctioneers will need to sell the building to the highest bidder involved at a minimum bid of $15 million. David Bailey is given the decision to decide on how much to bid for an office building. Furthermore, he needs to make the decision whether to lease it as office space or to convert this office space into condominiums. In this case, I will analyze the goals and objectives of Bailey as well as the other participants. The sealed bid auction indicates that they are willing to take a chance on the market and try to receive high bids. There is no problem with the government participant besides using permits to do renovations. There is no financing constraints, so the lending is not an issue. In my analysis I did a five year discounting cash flow, NPV and IRR of upgrading the office building as well as condo converting. That way there will be a good analysis of facts that we can base a decision on. The office conversion I feel is a less risky bet for David. On the other hand, the office rental market is weak and the housing market is hot. However, it is important to note that if Bailey would go with the condo, nearly 14,000 condo were in the process of being constructed. Also it looks like prices might be on the downturn. David’s one objective is to buy the building and upgrade it to office rentals by making square footage improvements, renovating bathrooms and reducing...
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...Give You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need them tomorrow? And tomorrow, what shall tomorrow bring to the over prudent dog burying bones in the trackless sand as he follows the pilgrims to the holy city? And what is fear of need but need itself? Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, thirst that is unquenchable? There are those who give little of the much which they have and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome. And there are those who have little and give it all. These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty. There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism. And there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue; They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space. Though the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes He smiles upon the earth. It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; And to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving And is there aught you would withhold...
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...America. The other rationale is the development and organization of the government in New England and the Chesapeake region. These two things are both caused by the most important motivating factor for the evolution of two distinct societies in America, Religion. Religion of the settlers coming to America has caused the differences in the two societies, and is the reason why New England and the Chesapeake region developed the way that they did, in a way very different from on another. A major distinguishing factor in the difference between New England and the Chesapeake region is the presence of religion, including its role in daily life and the amount of religious diversity of an area. Because the original settlers in New England were the Pilgrims and the Puritans, religion was immediately an essential part of the lives of New Englanders, and played an important part in the development of communities within New England. Puritanism soon became the official religion of New England, and one who practiced any other religion was automatically considered an outcast. There was little to no religious toleration in the beginnings of New England, particularly towards Catholics. Puritanism was an extremely strict religion that one had to follow in nearly every aspect of their...
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...The meaning of Thanksgiving Thanksgiving, The annual national holiday marked by religious observances and a traditional meal including turkey. The holiday commemorates a harvest festival celebrated by the pilgrims in 1621, and is held on the fourth thursday in november. There are many meanings to thanksgiving like a big meal or football but the true meaning is to give thanks to God. This holiday takes place this year on november 23, 2017 Every november there is a celebration throughout the world. This holiday is called Thanksgiving. On this day we celebrate and give thanks to God for all the things he has gifted us with.We have been celebrating this holiday for almost 400 years. During this holiday there are multiple traditions and family...
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...Because Chaucer included such a wide array of pilgrims in the Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, it is difficult to make a general statement that applies to every single person. It is, however, possible to note a couple of traits that apply to most of the pilgrims, even if there are a few exceptions. First and foremost, it is clear that the vast majority of the religious pilgrims are either corrupt or lack true religious convictions. The Pardoner, for example, takes advantage of poor parish priests through "double talk and tricks," convincing them to buy religious relics of extremely questionable origin. The Monk, similarly, uses his position enrich himself, exchanging religious services for money or gifts. The Monk, the narrator notes, "was an easy man in giving shrift, when sure of getting a substantial gift." With few exceptions (the notes at the end of the chapter notes that the Knight, Parson, and Ploughman are the only exemplary pilgrims), the pilgrims are generally unlikeable and immoral. While the speaker gives long descriptions of many of his fellow pilgrims, he does not spend much time speaking about himself. When he remarks that he is describing the other pilgrims "as they appear to him," he is doing a couple of things. First, he is informing the reader that his observations include personal biases; the descriptions are not absolute truth coming from an omniscient narrator but rather are filtered through the lens of a character in the story. Second, the narrator is...
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...The Canterbury Tales takes place in a tavern near London called the Tabard Inn. The narrator is staying at the inn with twenty-nine pilgrims who are all traveling to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury. The pilgrims are a wide range of people and characters. The Host, Harry Bailey, makes the point that they should all ride together and entertain one another with stories. I believe Chaucer uses this setting in order to tell many different types of tales. The first pilgrim to tell a story is the Knight. He tells a tale of two knights: Arcite and Palamon. They were wounded in battle by the Duke of Athens, Theseus. The Duke decides to imprison them rather than execution. During their imprisonment they both fell in love with the Duke’s sister-in-law, Emily. After fighting over who was more worthy of Emily, Arcite was freed from prison through the help of a friend. However, he was banished from Athens and was to never return. Arcite returns in disguise as a personal attendant for Emily. When his fellow knight, Palamon, is freed from prison, he confronts Arcite and they begin to fight over her again. The Duke apprehends them and arranges a tournament, with Emily as the prize, between the two knights and their best men. Arcite wins, but he is thrown from his horse and dies. Palamon then marries Emily instead. It makes sense that the Knight would tell this story because it is filled with knights, love, honor, chivalry, and adventure. I believe that...
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