Week 4 Analysis: Sarah Eleanor Royce

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This was a very interesting, yet dull story, however, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I first want to talk about the literary devices I am going to use, that is mainly plot and setting. The plot of this story was very straight forward, yet very engaging. The story basically explained their trip to California in search of gold to become rich, it also highlighted the struggles of doing so. When they reached California, the initial place they were planning to pan for gold was all washed up, so they had to move to a place where they were constantly in fear of Native Americans hunting them down. Eventually they were out of this place, opened a shop, and were able to live a long life. The setting of this was in California during the Gold Rush. When reading this, you get an insight on what it was like being alive during this time from a first hand account. The theme of this, to me, is that life is never simple, you may go for a simple task, and have many hardships down the road. What I mean by this is, in the story they simply wanted to escape to California in hopes of getting rich fast, and having it be easy. However, it did not completely go according to plan. They were in constant fear at the area they were getting their gold, Native Americans were constantly firing arrows at them. At one point, someone was shot in between his ribs by one of the Native American's arrows, and everyone rushed after to catch them, but never could. This shows that there was also danger involved, the Native Americans were defending their home, not aware of what the panner's were doing, and vise versa. This really shows the life of being in the Gold Rush, and also the historical context of fearing Native Americans that were simply just defending their land.

Comments

  1. AmandaMcVeyFebruary 23, 2019 at 8:44 PM

    Hello Evan!

    Its funny, but you actually drew me in by stating it was a “dull story”. I appreciate how you summarized the reading and then elaborated on it. It was helpful in understanding the plot and point of the reading.

    Without having read this story myself, I gain an understanding that the story touched on how disconnected or even completely non-existent communication was between the Native Americans and the settlers. As it sounds, neither side truly knew or understood what the other was looking or fighting for. The only thing in common they had was fear of each other.

    I am curious, who exactly was on this “trip”? Without reading the story myself, I am uncertain if Sarah Eleanor Royce was the author or the subject. Also, where were they coming from? I understand they were going to California and I understand their goal once they got to, but I don’t have a concept of their history or where they came from.

    Thank you for sharing!
    Amanda

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  2. Mcduffie BlogMarch 4, 2019 at 9:08 AM

    Hey Evan,
    I like your honesty with the story, because as mentioned in another’s discussion I didn’t read this one. I like that you still found some interest in it. What made the story dull? Was it it’s language or the tone of the narrator. Your post makes me want to read the story so I can familiarize myself with it.

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  3. Logan HMarch 20, 2019 at 5:54 PM

    Hello Evan,

    I also thought this story was kind of boring compared to some of the other ones we have read. However, you did a good job analyzing and breaking the story down. The gold rush sure was a crazy time in California's history, and this story showed that. Great job on the analysis and keep up the good work.

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