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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 ...

Sarah Eleanor Royce  The time period of this is 1819-1891 which is in the middle of the Gold Rush. The story starts with Sarah and her family climbing two ridges at the summit.  During the night of their travels they "slept within a few yards of snow." It was very cold, their pans would freeze with water if it wasn't too close to a fire. After their travels they come to California, a place that Sarah completely loved at her first sight. When sleeping in California, there were a few nights where Native American men shot arrows at the men in their camp. One was injured. They eventually went to a place called Weaverville where they would be looking to mine gold. They originally went somewhere else, however, it was nearly picked clean. It goes on to talk about their business adventures, about looking for gold, and also opening a shop eventually. Interestingly enough, in some areas, there were Native Americans who were panning for gold in certain areas. It explains ...