A journey is defined as the travelling of one place to another. However‚ whilst studying Journeys‚ I have found it is much more than that. Often‚ we underestimate the power and importance of the lessons a journey may possess. I have chosen three texts that relate closely to the aspects of Journeys of Discovery. My first selected text is a poem called ‘Journey’ by Narendra Kuppan. My second chosen text is the movie‚ ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and my third text is the book‚ ‘Tomorrow When the War Began
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the tide rises‚ the tide falls. The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls Stamp and neigh‚ as the hostler calls; The day returns‚ but nevermore Returns the traveler to the shore. And the tide rises‚ the tide falls. Pee Paragraph : I think this poem is trying to tell us that when you have got ups or downs in life‚ you can’t do anything to change what has happened and you just to just carry on. I thought this because when he uses ‘The tide rises‚ the tide falls’‚ it makes me think of something
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are no longer united by green coverage but instead splayed and unmoving. Everything is rigidly frozen. Buckler’s stark imagery of a lifeless landscape during winter - the season of death - foreshadows David’s death. At the end of the prologue‚ he escapes the kitchen profoundly; it is only in the epilogue in which the story is brought back to him “standing at the window [...] watching the highway” (397)‚ his last viewing of society before his literal isolated
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Dickens felt transported by the sublimity of Niagara Falls when he visited it on his 1842 journey to the United States and Canada. In a letter to Forster (26 April 1842)‚ he said of Horseshoe Falls (the Canadian side of Niagara) that "It would be hard for a man to stand nearer God than he does there" (Letters 3: 210). Dickens proceeds to effuse over the beauty and majesty of the falls in a passage that forms the chief part of his description of his experience in American Notes‚ although the letter
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surface‚ it does not seem as though “Crossing the Bar” is about death. It appears to be a jolly story about a sailor waiting for high tide so he can safely cross the sandbar and leave the harbor. After further examination‚ the true meaning of the poem becomes apparent and can be somewhat upsetting. Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar” captures an old man’s acceptance of death through Tennyson’s edgy writing style‚ strong poetic devices‚ and clear understanding of death. “Crossing the Bar” is about an
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“ESCAPE” By William Somerset Maugham The text under interpretation is “Escape” by William Somerset Maugham. W. S. Maugham was a well-known English playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. He was the son of a British diplomat. He was educated at King`s school in Canterbury‚ studied painting in Paris‚ went to Heidelberg University in Germany and studied to be a doctor at St. Thomas Hospital in England. So‚ he put his hand in different activities and that`s why he is versatile and experienced
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FOREGROUNDING IN THE POEM TITLED “GOING” The author of the poem “Going” had a specific message that he intended to set across to his readers. To do this‚ the author used a number of stylistic elements that include foregrounding‚ imagery‚ symbolism‚ diction‚ synthetic parallelism and structure among others. This essay intends to give a brief stylistic analysis of the poem and describe how these devices have affected the meaning of the poem. Basically the poem “Going” according to the essay is about a new
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novel set in pre-civil war time. Young Huck Finn escapes the confinements of society when he runs away from first‚ Miss Watson and Widow Douglas and then his father‚ Pap. At the beginning of his journey‚ he meets up with Miss Watson’s runaway slave‚ Jim. They become travel companions and eventually‚ the best of friends. After many crazy adventures and a lot of adversity‚ the river brings them both to freedom. Throughout Huckleberry Finn’s journey in the book‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Huck
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Escape from Embarrassment Imagine you are invited to a party full of strangers. You know no one except for the host‚ who is now busy welcoming some other guests. As an outsider‚ you sit in the corner‚ feeling like a fish out of the water. The disaster may be a nightmare-come-true for you. With some communication strategies‚ however‚ you can quickly start a conversation and avoid the embarrassment. To avoid relentless rejection‚ carefully look for a person who might be willing to talk with you
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Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman and “Ex-Basketball Player” by John Updike are both about the reflection of honorary greatness achieved in their lives as athletes‚ the speakers possess different views and attitudes towards their characters in each poem. In “To an Athlete Dying Young” the speaker shares a positive reflection of the characters accomplishments that takes place due to the death of that character dying at a young age: “To-day‚ the road all runners come‚ / Shoulder-high we bring you home
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