Inner Journey Essay

In the essay, “For My Indian Daughter” by Lewis (Johnson) Sawaquat, the writer moves from hating himself is an Indian because he always had unfair treatments by the public and even be bullied by white people to accepting his differences and knows what it means to be a Native American. We see this when he learned how to kill, bully and hate Koreans to express his dissatisfaction and when he decided to join in the powwows and did some research about Indian past with each other. Regarding the…

details to achieve his purpose and uses it all throughout his speech. He uses words like ?struggled? and ?rehab? to describe what he has been through in his lifetime. He appeals to the audience with his words and believes Americans can conquer this journey. Next, Reeves use the words family and value a lot to achieve his…

“A Supermarket in California” is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg. Taking into account of the speaker’s past magnificent works, it made me think the author is trying to analyze his self-identity. Conceivably, this is Allen Ginsberg himself looking for a deeper connection with feelings of emptiness in his sub-consciousness. Is the author creating more space in his own sovereign reality? In other words, is this creating less dense by clearing out the disconnected emotions and readjusting with…

overtaken by greed; However, that is what makes one human, and one’s weaknesses are a staple to one’s life. In Homer’s The Odyssey, he perfectly composes perils and interlaces many flaws that change the course and lives of the characters and their journeys, yet they are still human from the start to the end. This inevitably means they will have flaws. In The Odyssey, Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, and his battle-hardened crew face many challenges and perils, all while Penelope has problems to…

In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Africa, specifically the Congo, is not only depicted as a wild country but a place which hosts the darkness of human nature. Marlow’s journey from the very beginning is accompanied by a variety of scenes of death, violence, disease, the cruelty of white people and savagery of Africans. Being curious about new lands, Marlow wants to meet the outstanding man of the colony - the man who is admired by every person in the colony. Marlowe imagined the figure of a…

For this week’s readings, I am going to focus on the issue of growth in cities and what I found interesting in Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. According to the reading on The City as a Growth Machine by Logan Molotch, “one issue consistently generates consensus among local elite groups and separates them from people who use the city principally as a place to live and work: the issue of growth.” Meaning that the local elites in these cities are divided from…

money, or items purchased, can only be measured in the time given up to acquire them. However, while living a simple life, materialistic items have less value over time. Inner peace and freedom carry a greater merit, which enables humanity to enjoy spiritual…

would be very few followers of religion. At the centre of all religious teachings there is peace, in both monotheistic and polytheistic religions, but it plays a different role in each. In order for one to live a truly peaceful life, they must find inner peace, extend that peace, and enjoy eternal peace in the afterlife. Peace is key for both the Hindu practices of dharma, ahimsa, and moksha; as well as the Christian practices of discipleship, forgiveness, and heaven. “We can never obtain…

From how Dr. Bolte Taylor can describe every sensation of her body functions, to her inability to perform cognitively, Dr. Bolte Taylor takes us on a journey of unworldly enlightenment, “Insight” through her medical symptoms. I became fascinated in her vivid depiction of her experience of what she has been studying for so long. The new aspect and appreciation within her stroke by the feeling of freedom…

In the book of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the story tells the journey of a young girl in one of her most peculiar dream. Even the characters are partly animals that can talk and have feelings like humans. While Alice is portrayed still having her normal little girl look, she is able to do change her body size by eating the cake or drinking some magical water that she founds. However, this ability may raise questions among the readers since she can just control her body growth and yet her…