End of the Road Willa Cather once said‚ “The end is nothing; the road is all.” But what does that mean? The most overt answer is that it doesn’t matter where one ends up in life‚ it’s how one gets there that counts. But‚ I think it goes deeper than that. To me‚ this means that the path you take is‚ in itself‚ simultaneously the beginning‚ middle‚ and end‚ and ultimately I agree with Cather‚ that the path is the focus not the end. The final terminus is the direct result of a string of decisions
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Andy Le English 1A 3-5 PM 9/9/15 Transformation In the upcoming essay we’re about to do‚ I want to explore the ideas of Jack Kerouac’s transformation throughout the book. When he wrote “On the Road.” people expect him to be this happy optimistic guy. Jack Kerouac was an example of youth and freedom. To everyone he was this person that changed everyone’s life and even made a change to people’s viewpoint of literature. He was someone that represented the Beat Generation and was even considered the
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In the article‚ “To Hell with Good Intentions”‚ Ivan Illich addresses an audience of U.S. volunteers. He attacks the student volunteer programs abroad for their arrogant idealism. I am neither agreeing nor disagreeing with his piece. Although he did make some valid points‚ I still felt opposed to almost everything he was saying especially when he said that we have no common grounds with the people being helped aboard. How can anyone say that taking money and time to go to these impoverished places
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Readers are introduced to a cyclist‚ who seems to enjoy exploring around with his bicycle‚ however after one adventure‚ things take a rocky turn. Author‚ Joe Kurmaskie‚ starts of his passage‚ Rough Road Ahead: Do Not Exceed Posted Speed Limit‚ However‚ he follows it up by changing up the saying‚ "Never accept travel advice from a collection of old-timers who haven’t left the confines of their porches since Carter was in office" (Kurmaskie)‚ giving the readers a feel that the story will be about traveling
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Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road”‚ published in 2006‚ is a dystopian novel that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. The story is about a Father and a son traveling down a road in a futuristic world where it is almost unrecognizable. There is little life present and those who are alive will do anything to survive. The father and son are referred to as the man and the boy. McCarthy’s style of writing also is unique. Throughout the story‚ McCarthy does not used quotation marks to separate the fact that
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The Road to Heaven A Literary Analysis by Joseph A. Bartram For Mrs.Dehr’s ENC 091 Class Summer 2013. Frost’s " The Road Not Taken" is a poem about how a person takes the road less traveled. In this analysis we will discuss what this literary piece means and then how it can be related to real life. In the first stanza it clearly states that it was in the middle of autumn. Which states a lot. It also states that the character could not travel both. When I hear that‚ I have a religious
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Mildred Melgar English comp.2 Rand Miller Pigeons from Hell The struggle between cruelty and culture is portrayed by the Blassenville mansion‚ which symbolizes an obscure world in which brutality succeeds. Humanity is ruined to a reality in which all human beings necessarily burnout into a notch of obliviousness or barbarity. Dehumanization is determined as extinction of others and a failure of kindness‚ comprehending or refrainment‚ that also uncovers a vital emptiness or lack of soul‚ as
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All the world’s a canvas‚ and all the men and women merely the colors; They have their debuts and their disappearances into the background‚ and red in its time takes on many jobs; the coloration of a red sunrise of a wartime morning‚ and then the crimson blood of wounded soldiers bearing arms against brothers‚ and the last scene of all‚ that ends this strange eventful history‚ is scarlet dusk bathing the war-torn battlefield as it dips beyond the horizon. Over the thousands of years‚ art has irrefutably
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Rebekah Newby March 28‚ 2013 Psychology Mr. Zeglin Road to Perdition Throughout Road to Perdition‚ Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development is evident mostly through the Post-Conventional stage in the abstract moral reasoning and quest for fairness by the main characters. Throughout the movie it follows an orphan named Mike Sullivan who’s raised by a crime boss by the name of Jeff Rooney. Mike Sullivan then becomes a hit man for Jeff Rooney. One night while on the job Sullivan’s own son Mike Sullivan
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through hardships and decide not to surrender‚ that is strength.¨ - Arnold Schwarzenegger. Surrender‚ Strength‚ Winning‚ and Struggle: Words that are not only associated with the quote above‚ but words that are synonymous with the motion picture Glory Road. Don Haskins‚ head coach of the Texas Western Basketball Team‚ recruits a majority of African-American student-athletes to his new division I group. Made up of mostly colored young men‚ Haskins experiences backlash from the local‚ basketball‚ and national
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