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Gideon's Trumpet: Book Review

a lifetime of prison sentences], a flame still burned in Clarence Earl Gideon. He had not given up caring about life or freedom; ...

Hero’s Quest in the Film The Fisher King and in Epic of Gilgamesh

quest for the Holy Grail that were considered by filmmaker Terry Gilliam and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese in the 1991 movie Th...

The Saver

could serve to sever Fern from her First Nations heritage. Fortunately, that turns out to not be the case. Fern actually grows s...

The Odyssey and The Alchemist: Free Will, Determinism, and the Journeys

not something he will believe as he has already made a choice to be a shepherd and not a priest which is what was determined for h...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

see that Harry is not perfect because he is not filled with self confidence, nor is he incredibly knowledgeable about his gifts of...

Mattheissen: “The Snow Leopard”

been a scruffy collection of shabby hirelings and rich macho playboys who were footing the bill" (Hoaglund). Schaller is someone q...

The “Journey Motif” in Literature

that merits the death penalty. The only way to understand his savagery is as the climax of the poem, and a reward for his struggle...

Marketing the iPod

the products? Again, executives began offering some answers. Jobs cut them off. The products SUCK! he roared" (Burrows, Grover and...

Passover Exodus 12-13 : Exegesis

proving background and an exegetical discussion. Commentaries and other authorities are referenced in this paper. Historical Con...

“The Story of Mathematics”

killed in battle. Whatever the precise thing or event they represented in that hazy chapter of mans early history, one thing is c...

Bless Me, Ultima & The Odyssey

reacts to the presence of the men by eating two of them, Odysseus attacks and manages to blind Polyphemus by stabbing him in his e...

Walton: "Mississippi: An American Journey"

the American one" (Bernstein, 1996). Walton says that there is "something almost unspeakably primal and vicious about Mississippi...

"Sorrow Of War," "Perfume Dreams" And "In Country" - Review

one can readily argue how the expectations of such a first-hand experience lend themselves to the overlapping of uncontrolled chao...

Different Interpretations of Settlers in the New World

A great deal of insight about equality emerges, and later, this would be the basis for the creation of the United States of Americ...

Monkey's Spiritual Journey

Monkey is on a journey not just for the sake of travel, but also to actually accomplish something great. In some way, the journey ...

'The Odyssey' and the Underworld Journey of Odysseus

to go home. This particular point in the story is approximately halfway through such dangers and journeys and as such it is halfwa...

Self-Realization and the Hero’s Quest in ‘Beowulf,’ ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,’ and ‘Everyman’

the heros quest is self-realization, with the glory being more internal than external, the awakening of inner strength and self-kn...

Ministry Calling and Taking a Spiritual Journey

a place where she could just live with normal people, people with jobs, people with dreams, people who believed like she did. Desp...

Lessons Learned Along King Lear’s Journey

blood. The Fool ironically exhibits more sense than Lear, and reprimands his master for what can only be described as a foolhardy...

Ada's Journey in Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

leans on her heavily for advice and help in maintaining the farm after her fathers death. In fact, Ruby helps Ada take care of her...

Traveling the Silk Road

powers, centers or trading," and capitals of empires rose and fell; great trading centers were established and then declined (The ...

Symbolism of the Journey, in Three Works

This essay focuses on the symbolic meaning of the journey as it pertains to "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty and "I Used to Live Her...

Tolstoy's Ivan Ilyich and Redemption

This essay pertains to the psychological journey that Tolstoy's protagonist undergoes and how he ultimately comes to the epiphany ...

Their Journeys, Gilgamesh and Beowulf

This essay pertains to the epics of Gilgamesh and Beowulf and their respective life journeys to maturity. Seven pages in length, s...

The Fiery Serpent

Pratt (2001) explain that there is a distinction between "deadliest" and "most dangerous" in this context. Many snakes have deadl...

A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

about my feet, time I get this far,...Something always take a hold of me on this hill- pleads I should stay" (Welty). There is no ...

Erotic Journeys and the film Maid in America

portrayed in the film live in a climate of risk with "no health insurance, no drivers license, no pension and no recourse" to just...

Frost, Welty, and Rhys: A Journey Towards Death

the context of death, and it is because of the placement of a familiar symbol in this all too familiar context that readers have b...

Anne Lamott: Traveling Mercies

and reinforcement. In her case, this led to fairly early experimentation with sex and drugs. Lamott doesnt sensationalize her exp...

Protagonists’ Voyages in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

own death and running away. Along the way, he meets Jim, a runaway slave who is traveling north in hopes of freeing his family. ...