Journeys Essay Journeys are often undertaken by the need to escape the tensions of our realities. Either the physical or metaphysical challenges one experiences on a journey evoke self-reflection and internal realisation‚ assisting the individual to resolve previous tensions and gather new outlook on life. This is evident in Tim Winton’s novel “A Big World‚” Phillip Hodgin’s poem “Dirt Roads” and the film “Into the Wild.” Winton’s “A Big World” expresses a journey as a physical experience
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continue my study here. Honestly‚ I’m afraid to start a new life in another unfamiliar environment for the preparation program to overseas. I just started to adapt to the life here and now I need to go to a new place again. Another reason is that I have to adapt to new culture which is totally different from my country. Why my life need to be so complicated? I asked a lot of opinions and helps from my seniors who had the same fate with me and analysed the pros and cons to study abroad and here come
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2011‚ winter was to arrive soon. I had always been excited about the arrival of winter breaks‚ planning trips ahead of vacation and thinking about the extended morning hour sleep in those warm and cozy blankets made me long more for it. But this year the reason for my anticipation of winter break was different. I got accepted to intern at “Youth Vision.”; An NGO working for the rights of HIV victims. As a high school student I did not know what to expect of my internship. My friends had planned
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Where are you going‚ Where have you been? This is a horrifying and haunting story that shows a girl who resulted in an awful situation. She rejects the role of being a daughter‚ sister‚ and a nice girl to refine her sexual personality. She has an obsession with her looks‚ loves to hang out with her friends and flirts with boys older than her. This award directly goes to Connie which is the main character of the book called‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol. Connie is
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matters‚ but rather the journey” “Journey” can mean anything. It could be travelling from one place to another‚ or an adventure. The concept of journey can be seen in three different ways; which are physical‚ inner and emotional. The prescribed text that will be discussed in this essay is the film “Beneath Clouds” directed by Ivan Sen. The related text that will be discussed is a visual text of a book cover called “The Ivory Trail” written by Victor Kelleher. Both texts have a similar theme‚ which
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THE HERO’S JOURNEY Joseph Campbell‚ an American psychologist and mythological researcher‚ wrote a famous book entitled The Hero with a Thousand Faces. In his lifelong research Campbell discovered many common patterns running through hero myths and stories from around the world. Years of research lead Campbell to discover several basic stages that almost every heroquest goes through (no matter what culture the myth is a part of). He calls this common structure “the monomyth.” George Lucas‚ the
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ON GOING A JOURNEY One of the pleasantest things in the world is going a journey; but I like to go by myself. I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors‚ nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone. "The fields his study‚ nature was his book." I cannot see the wit of walking and talking at the same time. When I am in the country‚ I wish to vegetate like the country. I am not for criticising hedge-rows and black cattle. I go out of town in order to forget the
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Loving‚ Superficial‚ Intimate Teens "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates catapults its reader into a seductive‚ fifteen-year-old mindset‚ embodied by the main character‚ the rebellious Connie. Connie‚ much like Sammy‚ the main character from "A & P" by John Updike‚ is on the prowl for companionship and sex. Their unsuccessful search for intimacy‚ appreciation for family life‚ and superficial attitudes are what bring them together as similar characters but also what
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Hurst 1 Allison Hurst Professor Ben Mayo English Comp II 30 April 2011 Analysis of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates In 1966‚ Joyce Carol Oates published her short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”. Oates was inspired to write this story after reading about a serial killer that was referred to as “The Pied Piper of Tucson”. Oates was disturbed by the number of teenagers that this killer was able to persuade to help him and keep his secrets
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Journey To The West 西游记 Growing up‚ we all had our favorite stories. My personal favorite was the Harry Potter series; I spent hours and hours immersed in those books. For a lot of Chinese children however‚ the story they grew up with was called Journey to the West‚ or XiYouJi. This story was written by Wu Cheng’en‚ an author who lived during the 16th century in the Ming dynasty. A very famous piece of literature‚ it is considered one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature. The
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