unit 5 - civil war and the movement west

"The Gettysburg Address"

Abraham Lincoln

believed our nation was founded on two principals

Abraham Lincoln

believed our nation was founded on liberty and equality

Abraham Lincoln

"i have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that i had nowhere else to go"

Abraham Lincoln

the civil war is a test of the principals and our commitment to them

Abraham Lincoln

Had a ceremony to dedicate a memorial to those who died here

Abraham Lincoln

we cant dedicate this land because it is really the soldiers that fought and died that consecrated the land

Abraham Lincoln

We have not forgotten what he said despite him saying we wont remember his words

Abraham Lincoln

we should dedicate ourselves to the unfinished work of restoring the union

Abraham Lincoln

The deaths of the people are inspiration to devotion

Abraham Lincoln

soldiers didnt die in vain

Abraham Lincoln

refers back to founding principals by using terms like liberty and equality

Abraham Lincoln

repeated the word dedicate to persuade us to dedicate ourselves to the nation

Abraham Lincoln

Used "new birth" to show the nation will have a new birth after the civil war

Abraham Lincoln

ideals are worth dying for and that it is up to the living to carry on the work of those who died to protect ideals.

Abraham Lincoln

_Leaves of Grass_

walt whitman

"O Captain! My Captain!"

walt whitman

"Beat! Beat! Drums!"

walt whitman

had a life long work called leaves of grass

walt whitman

free verse with having no rules and boundaries

walt whitman

self revelation of having personal issues about himself

walt whitman

story that had new trends in poetry that was based on Transcendentalism

walt whitman

represents the celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity and praises nature and the individual human's role in it.

walt whitman

Used extended metaphors to describe the story

walt whitman

abraham lincoln was the cpatain in this story

walt whitman

united states/ the nation was shown as the ship

walt whitman

the civil war was demonstrated by a storm

walt whitman

the end of the war were signified by the ports

walt whitman

people who lined the streets during processions were shown as the shores

walt whitman

a poem about a sea captain who dies at the end of a victorious voyage

walt whitman

this poem is written in the imperative (commands)

walt whitman

the poem is talking to the drums and bugles

walt whitman

had peaceful and quiet places like churches, schools, and farms that heard the drums and bugles first because they are quiet places

walt whitman

this story also mentioned busy places like cities, courts, and streets where the instruments needed to play louder

walt whitman

has conversation of people saying to not go so the drums had to get louder to drown out all the "no's"

walt whitman

uses repetition to emphasize the great sound and to demonstrate the importance

walt whitman

The poem directly addresses the instruments of a military band, telling drums and bugle horns to raise the alarm of war.

walt whitman

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?"

ambrose bierce

a story going through peyton farquhars mind

ambrose bierce

had a first thought that there was no escape as he saw the swift creek, hands tied, noose, soldiers, etc

ambrose bierce

had a second thought of his family while he was experiencing time slowing down by the ticking of his watch sounding like a anvil

ambrose bierce

had a third concluding thought that he could possibly escape through the water

ambrose bierce

the story is actually just a split second hallucination

ambrose bierce

story based on what if's (noose breaking, hands get free, swim underwater, run home)

ambrose bierce

a civilian who is also a wealthy planter and slave owner, is being prepared for execution by hanging from an Alabama railroad bridge during the American Civil War.

ambrose bierce

"The Buffalo that climbed a tree"

mark twain

_The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_

mark twain

his real name is Samuel Clemens

mark twain

novels were a series of episodes (like tv shows)

mark twain

wrote in dialect

mark twain

wrote with cynicism and humor

mark twain

wrote his stories with parts of his real life along with imaginary things

mark twain

Grew up in Hannibal, Missouri

mark twain

was a riverboat pilot on the misssissippi river

mark twain

his brother was appointed the secretary of Nevada as he worked in a print shop and panned for gold

mark twain

went to europe and the holy lands as a lecturer and storyteller

mark twain

lived his adult life in hartford conneticut

mark twain

story about a wagon breaking as they are crossing a river and they joined a buffalo hunting squad then the buffalo climbed the tree, horse did handstand, and bemis got thrown into tree

mark twain

character had a tug of war within his mind on the idea of slaves

mark twain

there is a child in us that always wants an adventure

mark twain

The novel tells the story of Huckleberry Finn's escape from his alcoholic and abusive father and Huck's adventurous journey down the Mississippi River together with the runaway slave Jim.

mark twain

"The Outcasts of Poker Flat"

bret harte

was the eyes of the people of the east to show that life is like out west

bret harte

story has a lot of irony as the characters are seen as bad people but are actually quit the opposite

bret harte

title has irony because oakhurst was kicked out of the town of POKER flat for gambling

bret harte

oakhurst struck bad luck for 2 weeks and shot himslef

bret harte

a vigilante committee which sets out to save the town from its moral decline by rounding up "undesirables." but they are actually good people that don't fare up agianst their traveling

bret harte