Adventure novel

To begin, a definition of a hero's journey is the common template of a broad category of tales that involve a hero who goes on an adventure, and in a decisive crisis wins a victory, and then comes home changed or transformed. The Great Gatsby is about a young man who fell in love with a girl named Daisy, but he was sent off into war so was lost from his long love and then years later he reunites with her and tries to get her love back when she's married to another man. The Matrix is about a man…

Dictionary describes a journey as “going from one place to another.” While I believe that this is a basic way to explain the context of the word, "a journey" could mean a lot of different things depending on the way it is being used. To me, journeys are adventures that people partake in to provide clear understandings and encouragement for themselves. Journeys could be in the physical, mental and/or spiritual sense. Not all journeys focus on one of the three, sometimes they could focus on all…

Some can’t go without it other have never even tried even tried it. It’s been practiced throughout history we call it adventure, but what separates the explorers from the people who stay in their comfort zone. Well I believe some people just love to adventure it’s in their heart they are what we call adrenaline seekers. They have strong qualities of bravery, curiosity and they have strong will to do what they love. Explorers of all kind show these qualities whether they are exploring mountains,…

of a normal life to do something extraordinary. Two examples of pieces of literature that show off people that accept the call to adventure while other folks do not ,is the New York Times Article, “A Private Dance? Four Million Web Fans Say No” written by Charles Mcgrath. As well the poem “Sadie and Maud” written by Gwendolyn Brooks. Concluding, with my own adventure story about me exiting my comfort zone which…

I would definitely describe myself as someone who is always willing to try new things, including eating strange types of food, chewing on a “tongue numbing” plant at the Arboretum, and licking the bottom of daddy longlegs to see if it tastes like peppermint. Signing up for Orion was opening up the door to a new challenge that I have never experienced before. I have never gone hiking, let alone backpacking, nevertheless I gave the experience my all and what I got back from it was exponential.…

story is about a guy, Nick, who goes on a lone adventure into the wild to face nature but also to escape into its beauty. The poem similarly speaks of natures beauty in smaller hints while focuses on the hardships and darker side to nature. Nick experiences the dark side of nature as well when he sees the impact nature can have with fire as even the grasshoppers continue to be black a year later. “Yet the wild must win” line in the poem connects to the novel as nature had beat Nick when he did…

The point of view of this novel is first person with a central narrator. At the beginning of the novel, Huck introduces himself to the reader and also refers to “Mr. Mark Twain”. This immediately shows the reader than he, not Mark Twain will be narrating the novel. By having Huck as the narrator, it puts the story into his perspective, his interpretation, and his voice. The narrator voice of Huck is very effective in this novel because we really get a sense of his thought process in very black…

We have also realized that there are meanings behind everything that is written on the novel. We assume that the events in the novel were based on real life, which we think is true since Alice herself is a representation of a real-life Alice. This theory helped us to further understand the novel because Alice is the main character, and almost all things will revolve around her. Everything is connected to her so we were actually able to analyze…

is a somewhat controversial 1950’s novel about the main character, Holden Caulfield, recounting his days of adventure in New York City following his recent expulsion from Pencey Prep, a private all boys’ school. Throughout the interactive oral, it was discussed how Holden’s journey through New York was similar to the odyssey and what the writer achieved by his use of language style, among other questions like what the audience, purpose and context of the novel was. The author’s style was…

This enchanting novel about treasure maps and old pirate duels has captured the attention of generations. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is a novel set in the mid 17th century but was written in 1881. Based in a time when pirates were at large, there was adventure around every corner. Dangerous encounters and clashing personalities set this novel apart from the rest. With the untameable ocean and ferocious spirits, the story could not be set anywhere else. Our protagonist, Jim Hawkins…