Fellow traveler

beliefs or keeping balance in society. In a way trade ties together the different societies that developed independently in their political, social, and cultural ideas. Trading was very useful for everyone, for it is the main reason cities prospered. Travelers who were interested in trade revealed how extensive trade networks were. Trading in the Middle East had resulted in…

Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, observed the actions of his fellow sufferers and in his publication, Night, stated, “We should show God that even here, in this enclosed hell, we were capable of singing his praises”(). As demonstrated in this passage by Wiesel that despite the injustices that prove to continuously leave the victims battered and broken, they are able to carry themselves upon the backs of one another to support their beliefs, and keep their dignity in tact. It is through instances…

author, editor, literary critic, and playwright. He was an American realist, and was nicknamed, “The Dean of American Letters". Howells is well known for authoring stories, such as "Christmas Every Day", and novels like The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria, among many others. His interest in literature started at a young age, and was probably passed down to him by his father , who made his living as a printer and publisher. William Dean Howells was born in Martinsville,…

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “ Young Goodman Brown” the author uses mystery and suspense to hold the attention of the reader. Through a person journey in life, our personal perceptions of faith in god can change. Religion during the times of the puritans deals with oneself to help guide you along the path of religion through life. Sometimes faith is what keeps people going. Faith isn’t always going to church and living by the bible, it also can deal with people’s beliefs and morals from…

After Brown leaves the house, he goes to the forest. Forest has a “dreary road”, “gloomiest tree”, “narrow path” (Hawthorne 1) which symbolizes the evil and sin. However, the “traveler knows not who may be concealed” (Hawthorne 1), Goodman Brown has to search the forest. Goodman Brown even said “what if the devil himself should be at my very elbow!” (Hawthorne 2). Since the path of forest is also darkness, “My father never went…

version of the Pardoner, Marjoe, made his living by traveling across the United States pretending to be an amazing preaching prodigy, as a child, thus tricking people out of their money in the same way. Furthermore, the Pardoner entertains his fellow travelers by telling the story of three men who search for death and find riches. The Pardoner’s Tale concludes with the men being punished, by death, through the riches they found. This happens by the men murdering each other in attempts to gain…

Upon discovering new lands west of Europe, many quickly went over in search of new opportunities and riches. Many of these travelers though were middle class and therefore could not afford to pay their way across upfront. This then led to the practice of indentured servitude, a common practice in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries where middle class men and woman signed binding contracts agreeing to work for a preselected amount of years after receiving free travel across the Atlantic…

It is his pride that overwhelms him in deciding to kill Laos and all but one of his fellow travelers and it is pride that caused him to try to reject the truths he received from Teiresias. Further, Oedipus' pride isn't wrongly boastful. The declaration "I am Oedipus" isn't coming from a place that intends to play up his heroism. Instead, it's…

Traveling around the world is a luxurious experience for which some wish; however the cost eliminates the yearning. In the article “How Millennials Are Changing Travel”, Amanda Machado argues that millennials should continue to travel despite the economic hardship. Through the usage of ethos, sentence structure, and conversational tone she persuades her audience. Machado constructs her argument using Aristotle's ethos strategy more so than logos or pathos. She gives an important background…

A fellow desert traveler and student of the language of omens, the Englishman and Santiago seem to have quite similar goals and experiences to unite them. In fact, they coincidentally both need to find the Alchemist in order to achieve their respective personal legends…