Last American Man
I believe that an American Man is independent, physically strong, macho, someone who creates their own paths, competitive, a leader, self-sufficient and someone who works hard to achieve their goals. An American Man is also inquisitive, intelligent, inventive and restless. In my opinion, I think that Eustace is not the Last American man because he gets upset when that people are not living the way he is living. Eustace was independent, macho ans someone who created their own paths, competitive, a leader and self-sufficient and someone who works hard to achieve their goals, but I believe that the way Eustace treated people makes me want to belive that he his not the last American man. Eustace treats people as if he is better than everyone. Even though Eustace is very smart and knows a lot about nature, doesn't give him the right to treat people poorly. I believe that Eustace tried to be an American Man, but he took it to a level where I don't see him as the ideal American man. I think that the idea of having an American Man is a good thing because in the older ages we valved someone who was a leader and someone who could take control and get the job done.
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Why do the apprentices dislike Eustace so much? Would you want to work for him ?
Eustace didn't have an apprentice that he really trusted that was able to manage Turtle Island well. He didn't think that any of the apprentices could do all that Eustace could, which was everything. (page 198). The apprentices disliked Eustace so much because they were never enough for him. Eustace Conway is very controlling because he wants his apprentices to be smart about nature and expects them to everything. Eustace treats his apprentices with little respect and expects them to do whatever he says. He assumes that they know how to do things just because he knows how. For example, on page 210 Eustace tells one of his apprentices to go and fill this bucket with water, but the apprentice has never learned how to fill a bucket before. The apprentice struggles and Eustace laughs and says, "that is the simplest task in the world". I would not want to work for Eustace because he is so controlling and would expect me to know how to do everything. I would not want to for for someone who thinks that they are better than me or knows more than me, even if they do know more than me.
Eustace didn't have an apprentice that he really trusted that was able to manage Turtle Island well. He didn't think that any of the apprentices could do all that Eustace could, which was everything. (page 198). The apprentices disliked Eustace so much because they were never enough for him. Eustace Conway is very controlling because he wants his apprentices to be smart about nature and expects them to everything. Eustace treats his apprentices with little respect and expects them to do whatever he says. He assumes that they know how to do things just because he knows how. For example, on page 210 Eustace tells one of his apprentices to go and fill this bucket with water, but the apprentice has never learned how to fill a bucket before. The apprentice struggles and Eustace laughs and says, "that is the simplest task in the world". I would not want to work for Eustace because he is so controlling and would expect me to know how to do everything. I would not want to for for someone who thinks that they are better than me or knows more than me, even if they do know more than me.
Chapter 7
Why does Eustace want to ride his horse across the country? What is one significant thing that happens to him on the trip?
Eustace rides his horse across the country with his brother and his brothers friend. Eustace wants to ride across the country to prove to other people, or to brake a record for riding across the country the best or the quickest. His brother and his friend just wanted to enjoy the trip and observe the country for what it is. One significant thing that happens to Eustace on the trip is that he has an experience with a mule named Peter Rabbit. Peter Rabbit is a very brutal mule and fought Eustace. Eustace gets so upset that he starts to bite the mule and beat it up. This shows that Eustace always wants to have authority over everything. Eustace never gave up and kept fighting.
Eustace rides his horse across the country with his brother and his brothers friend. Eustace wants to ride across the country to prove to other people, or to brake a record for riding across the country the best or the quickest. His brother and his friend just wanted to enjoy the trip and observe the country for what it is. One significant thing that happens to Eustace on the trip is that he has an experience with a mule named Peter Rabbit. Peter Rabbit is a very brutal mule and fought Eustace. Eustace gets so upset that he starts to bite the mule and beat it up. This shows that Eustace always wants to have authority over everything. Eustace never gave up and kept fighting.
Chapter 6 - LAM
In this chapter, Eustace starts to get a hang of things and learns how to manage Turtle Island better. Eustace wants to buy more land and because of this want he buckles down and tries to gain more money. Eustace wants to buy Cabell Greg, and he starts to see that he may not get it, he gets upset and very angry. Eustace starts to work harder and ends up getting Cabell Greg. I believe that that pressure from having to run Turtle Island is making Eustace learn how to not only become a business man, but learn how to work for what he wants. In this chapter people start to see how Eustace makes changes in his attitude and starts to treat people more nicely.
Turtle Island
What does actually starting Turtle Island do to Eustace? What does it allow him to do?
Eustace starts Turtle Island because he wants to get away from the society and live on his own. He wants to use nature for him, rather than all the unneeded necessities he thinks people lean on. Eustace starts Turtle Island with the help of his father. Eustace has an all boys camp at Turtle Island. I think that he starts this camp so that he can teach other children about how he lives. Becuase Eustace has Turtle Island it allows him to show other people the way that he wants others to live. Turtle Island is like Eustace's utopia, perfect, beautiful and exactly what he wants. Overall starting Turtle Island really starts Eustace future and makes him really want people to be interesting in living outside the box and start living in the circle.
Eustace starts Turtle Island because he wants to get away from the society and live on his own. He wants to use nature for him, rather than all the unneeded necessities he thinks people lean on. Eustace starts Turtle Island with the help of his father. Eustace has an all boys camp at Turtle Island. I think that he starts this camp so that he can teach other children about how he lives. Becuase Eustace has Turtle Island it allows him to show other people the way that he wants others to live. Turtle Island is like Eustace's utopia, perfect, beautiful and exactly what he wants. Overall starting Turtle Island really starts Eustace future and makes him really want people to be interesting in living outside the box and start living in the circle.
School on Wheels
In our Literature class we were told to research an orgnaization that provided assistance in some way to others. I chose to find out more about the organization, School on Wheels. School on Wheels is an organization that provides assistance to homeless children in the United States. It all started with a women named Anges who read a book on poverty and homeless people in America. She was a retired teacher and decided to start a program with one-on- one tutoring to help these children succeed in school. This is an important organization because I belive that every one deserves the right to a good education. In America, it is important to have a good education to later succed in life. School on Wheels was started in California and later started in Indiana and Massachusetts. School on Wheels tutoring, I belive, will later reduce the amount of homeless people in America by provding them a well served education.
Today's Society
In today's society there is a lot of discrimination going on even though we may not be aware of it. In the book, Incidents in the life of a Slave girl, Linda gets discriminated against because she was a slave. She gets treated badly because she is black. People may think that discrimination is not going on in today's socity, but infact it still is. Some examples may be the discrimination of how men have more authority over woman. Another example of discrimination in our society is poverty. People treat people differently just because of their social status. If you are in the lower class you are thought of as not being worth anything. Our society is still discriminating against people just like how Linda was discriminated, but in different ways.
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