In the dream, he saw an angel of the Lord who told him, ‘Joseph! Joseph! Be not afraid to take Mary as your wife because the child she is carrying is the Son of God.’ Joseph immediately got up out of bed and he thought of the dream. He decided to marry Mary.…
They looked back and they were both gone again. They ran back and the first place they looked was downstairs and they were not there. They went upstairs and they were gone until they heard yelling from outside by the river. They ran out and started talking to them, they were in the cage that was locked up but the key was right there.…
The Alchemist is centered around a shepherd named Santiago, whose repetitive dreams lead him on a journey to succeeding his personal legend and finding his true love. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty revolves around Life Magazine’s negative asset manager named Walter Mitty, who frequently daydreams about an adventurous life until when an important negative goes missing, he must go on his own voyage to find a photographer whose location is unknown. Although on different quests, Santiago and Walter follow the archetypal hero’s journey, moving them from dissatisfied action with their lives to finding purpose in them, showing a rebirth and renewal emphasized by symbolic imagery.…
Joseph Campbell is an American scholar of mythology, from his famous book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Campbell’s outline of the archetypes about myths and stories across human cultures to figure out several stages that every hero life goes through in his adventure, which refers to as “the monomyth or The Hero’s Journey”. The hero journey starts at the call away from his ordinary world and brings change. The hero can choose either accept or refuse the call but there will be more danger ahead. As the hero commits the consequences to enter the unknown world, he needs to pass the test to become stronger in order to continue the adventure successfully and overcome the challenges of the journey.…
(Close-up to her eyes). She starts having visions of her brother in danger trying to contact her and telling her that he needs help. Her eyes become red and start seeing things. She sits down and starts reading the book. A light came out from the book and this is the time when she gets inside the book to the actual first story.…
A myth is a story that holds some kind of significance in a culture, a story that addresses fundamental and difficult questions that we as human beings ask: who or what am I, where did I come from, why am I here, how should I live, what is the right thing to do, what is the universe, how did it all begin? Myths are stories that are told about great men and great women; about the forces of good and evil; about large and small animals; about natural thing as well creatures like giants, gods and other supernatural beings. The complete study of all these stories theire respective elements is called mythology. Now when people hear the term mythology they automatically think of the Greek version, more specifically their gods such as Zeus the top-god,…
“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty. But who can endure the day of his coming?…
Sitting at my desk, I stared down at my schoolwork while my mind remained static. Suddenly, I found myself beginning to radiate golden light as my body faded from existence; then before I knew it, I rematerialized out of thin air. This does not happen often, so I was rather confused as I stood atop a cloud, high up in the sky. That is, until I noticed a large, human-like figure appear before me in a holy light. He raised his hands and smiled down at me before bellowing out, “Behold, for it is I; Gabe Newell!”…
A Hero's Journey The last month of summer before my junior year started was occupied with pondering and wondering what I wanted to accomplish during the upcoming school year. Sure, junior year sounds like a blast, filled with fun memories and friends. But it also doubles as approaching the cliff of adulthood that I would hit in two short years. Every step I take my junior and senior year will be one step closer to that ledge.…
Katherine pulls her luscious brown hair into a french braid as she glances at the nearby waterhole. What a day, she thinks, as she pulls out her camera from under the seat of her dusty old Jeep. Just then, a female lioness walks noiselessly past her car and halts at the waterhole. She crouches down and starts to lap up the crocodile infested water. Katherine snaps her camera rapidly, feeling extremely lucky; this is her fourth good sighting today.…
Color Variation in Venezuelan Guppies Guppies are one of the most diverse fish in the world. Some guppies are brightly colored and some guppies are drab and dull in color. The color variation within Venezuelan guppies interested scientists to find out how color variation within the guppies occur. So what causes the color variation within the Venezuelan guppies? The three factors that causes color variation within the guppies are the predatory fish residing in the pools, the amount of turbidity of the water in the pools, and the selection of mates.…
The Cops all pulled up, looking for darry of course he has stolen some things after he ran out of the hospital, when johnny died. Next thing i know i hear gun shots from every angle. Pow Pow. Then i hear a faint moan the cops were trying to shoot Darry, but soda got hit trying to save darry.…
A common misconception of humans is that we are born good or evil. However, a much more significant factor other than genes is nurture. Who molded you into who you are today? Was it your parents and your friends? In the short story “The Half-Husky”, by Margaret Laurence Vanessa is raised in a very caring environment and she turned out to be a very caring human being, while Harvey was raised by an aunt who did not even want him, this resulted in him becoming a “bad egg”.…
The Journey of Gilgamesh The oldest piece of literature in the world today has transcended time. The main character of Gilgamesh reflects a journey that we must all make in life, learning we will not live forever. This lesson transforms Gilgamesh from a tyrannical leader to a humble king. Gilgamesh undergoes this transformation through a hero's journey.…
In the novel, Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift expresses his ideas about politics, society, and the presumed self-righteousness of human society. The effects of social darwinism are profound and are evident within the characters in the story. Throughout the story, the desire to rise to a higher social standard is the driving motive behind the character’s actions. A main theme of the novel is how an individual can become distorted by their own thirst to climb up the social hierarchy.…