The Oregon Trail 2

Looking Into: "The Oregon Trail" Think of man's many great achievements in life to strive towards everlasting freedom from the world in which we are entrapped. Francis Parkman, the author of The Oregon Trail, takes the reader along on a grueling journey westward through the new found prairies and deserts of the mid west by using a style of well written imagery and word choice to get the reader to understand the theme and purpose …

…the weak had a very poor chance of making this journey due to the length and determination it would take to reach their destination. The use of imagery tells the reader that only men and women of good health, mind and strength had a chance of surviving The Oregon Trail. Works Cited Parkman, Francis "The Oregon Trail." The Oregon Trail: The Conspiracy of Pontiac. New York, N.Y: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 1991.