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    <br> <br>In this passage‚ there are also several allusions to events that take place in past religious writings including the Bible. In one‚ Bradford speaks of Mount Pisgah‚ where the Hebrews could see what lay before them. Bradford infers that the pilgrims have it harder because they do not know what lies ahead of them. In another citation he speaks of "wise" Seneca‚ who said he would rather take 20 years and go by land than in shorter time

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    to the relationship between the Wampanoag people and the pilgrim settlers from Europe. The two communities engaged in both mutually beneficial and dangerous unstable relationships. These relations contributed to the changing of the entire region. For instance‚ the Wampanoag people provided means for the pilgrims to resettle and survive in the New England region while the pilgrim people resettled themselves as a regional power. The Pilgrim alliance with the Wampanoag people led to the emergence of

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    What made Tom become different after the pilgrimage? Victor Turner’s theory of pilgrimage can explain this with ideas of “the liminal state”‚ “communitas”‚ and “antistructure”. However‚ his theory of communitas confronts some challenges in explaining the case of Tom. In this film‚ almost every character experienced the liminal state. According to Turner‚ the liminal state is a marginal phase when people have left one group yet haven’t joined to a new one. Tom is a typical example of it. He lost

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    Life in Colonial America

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    from his parents and forced to work as a slave. The settlers had the most problems with Indians. They always said one or the other was the cause of them. Indians believed the pilgrims were ruining the land and they did not like the fact of all of the new immigrants to the area. The Indians would raid the pilgrims homes

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    sacred as Eliade explains‚ but only for the believers. Those individuals whom are tourists or scholars may not necessarily experience an encountering with the sacred on their visit‚ however all of the visitors are respectful of the site and the other pilgrims visiting. Sacred sites like Chimayo are heterogeneous places filled with people of all different beliefs‚ so no it is not possible to say that every single individual visiting Chimayo experiences hierophony‚ but all give a mutual respect for one

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    The story tells about the journey of a group of pilgrims to Canterbury to the shrine of Thomas a Becket and the stories they tell along the way. The pilgrims are in a competition to see who can tell the best story. The host of the Tabard is in charge of the competition and giving a complimentary dinner to the winner with the best story. Each one of the pilgrims stories reveal a little about them‚ their personalities and their morals. The pilgrims include people like Chaucer himself‚ a Knight‚ a

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    difficulties and realities of New England. John Smith‚ a pilgrim who arrived in the Americas‚ writes a description of the new land. In "A Description of New England" he shows what a wonderful world of vast food and pleasure await. However‚ William Bradford‚ another pilgrim who arrived on the coast of Massachusetts‚ in Plymouth‚ gives his take on the early settling of the new land. In "Of Plymouth Plantation" he writes a description of how the pilgrims actually lived and what really happened in Plymouth

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    On Thanksgiving we gather with our family and friends‚ thinking that we are celebrating everything that we are grateful for and giving thanks to that. We do this by sitting around a large table of smiling faces with a big‚ hot‚ succulent‚ golden brown turkey in the center that went through a horribly miserable death‚ just to get on our plates in time so we could celebrate our good times through its worst. First‚ I would like to talk about my own experience. Getting time to spend with my family is

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    remember the pilgrims. The original pilgrims celebrated the autumn harvest with a feast of thanks. The feast popularly known as the ’First Thanksgiving Day Feast’ was held as a gesture of thanks to almighty God . It was celebrated in the year 1621. After the United States gained independence‚ Congress recommended one yearly day of thanksgiving for the whole nation to celebrate. Tribute to Native Indians Until recently‚ people believed Thanksgiving Day to be a celebration of pilgrims‚ offering food

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    people‚ enjoying turkey‚ mashed potatoes‚ cranberry sauce‚ and pumpkin for Thanksgiving are as traditional and American as‚ well‚ apple pie. But how did the Pilgrims really celebrate on what we now regard as the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1621? Is our celebration and traditional menu truly akin to that enjoyed by the Pilgrims and their Wampanoag Indian guests? The only written record of the famous meal tells us that the harvest celebration lasted three days and included deer and

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