Train 664 leaves Thirtieth Street Station bound for New York City at 10:55. Concurrently‚ Train 663 leaves the station‚ headed for Harrisburg. Both trains are‚ confusingly‚ called The Keystone. If Mark and I have tickets for Train 664 because we plan to celebrate his 58th birthday with a day of Manhattan museum-going‚ but somehow end up on Train 663 instead‚ how many miles do we travel in the wrong direction before we realize that we’ve made a terrible mistake? Or‚ to put it another way
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An unexpected journey Tom looked down at his telephone‚ it was 4 p.m. and we had been walking for hours‚ more specific for two and a half. Lost in our own minds‚ and the thought of finding back to civilization before nightfall. Five days earlier we had landed in Tanzania‚ and here our annual family vacation began. Even though we had had a truly unforgettable trip to Bahamas last year‚ this vacation would prove to turn our lives upside down in a way that we never had imagined. It was now eight hours
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Hero’s Journey: The Incredibles The Hero’s Journey is an important concept‚ it is the template upon which a vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbuster are based upon. Being able to analyze‚ understand and deconstruct the different capacities undertaken by the Hero is essential. The Hero’s Journey is a cycle made of super structures/steps which consists of both linkages and connections. It is composed of a beginning and an end‚ which ultimately are the same. This full cycle is
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A Hero in Disguise A hero is one who often times has immense physical strength‚ romantic appeal‚ and has a great deal of strength in battle. A hero can be defined as "a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability" (Merriam-Webster). Many times one can find a hero possessing these qualities in fairy tales‚ mythological stories‚ or even in their own home. He may be the prince who wakes his Sleeping Beauty‚ Hercules who endures much turmoil‚ or a
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encounters as expressions of a hero‚ there is a clearer understanding between Beowulf’s youthful heroism as a fearless warrior and his mature heroism as a true king. Each fight will represent a development in Beowulf’s hero’s journey. In the beginning‚ Beowulf possesses an immense amount of strength and courage. His defeat of Grendel and Grendel’s mother confirms his status of bravery and as a hero. Having expelled Denmark of its plagues and established himself as a hero‚ he is ready to enter into a
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he won’t be fully ever normal. This is totally ok‚ because the parts of him that aren’t normal are extraordinary (Halstead‚ 2000). Steve’s story teaches us the never accept being told that we can’t do something. The counselor’s role in Steve’s journey was not to guide his path but to be a companion on the path. The counselor before believe that his mission was to fix and help those broken seeking help from him‚ that he was the “hero’s travel guide-someone who is supposed to make the client’s
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noticed that all heroes do the same things? They all leave the ordinary world‚ conquer the difficulties‚ and win the battles. This is a pattern called Hero’s Journey‚ which introduced by Joseph Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces. In the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast‚ the main character Bella is going through the hero’s journey. The first stage is the call to adventure; this stage sets the story rolling by obstructing the happiness of the hero’s ordinary world‚ presenting a challenge
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Hero… “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity‚ but of power‚ love‚ and self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT). In just about in every epic story we find a hero on a journey. There is a path‚ they must choose to follow filled with discoveries‚ events‚ danger and a power that keeps the hero on its quest. As Believers‚ people we too are on this epic journey and everybody story lines are different from the rest‚ it’s a God unique sign of authenticity. Sometimes this path‚ which we all
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| It was the year 2201 AD. Gigantic preparations were in progress for the first manned expedition to Jupiter. A team of 150 astronauts had undergone rigorous training to travel in a spaceship called "Excalibur". They were instructed to fetch samples of all possible objects from Jupiter’s surface. The International Geologists Association were hopeful that they would find some metallic deposits in these objects and this would compensate for the diminishing quantity of metal available in the earth’s
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Since he was a little pup‚ Odysseus trained him well raising Argus. Training and nurturing his pup represents how Argus obeys and respects Odysseus and Odysseus towers over Argus as his master. Odysseus‚ a true leader‚ embodies the shadow of an epic hero by being in charge and top
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