Fellow traveler

Originally published in 1908 and featured in The Century Magazine, Jack London’s short story “To Build a Fire” is a story of a man on a journey that strays past the main Yukon trail. The Yukon trail is 33 miles long and begins in Dyea, Alaska and ends at Lake Bennett in British Columbia, Canada. There is no indication of when the story was taking place. The story consists of two characters, which remained unnamed throughout; however, one character is a man while the other is his companion, a dog…

fire overhead and behind the prisoner, and between the fire and prisoner, a road that travelers cross. The fire displays great shows of shadows on the wall in front of the prisoner of the travelers crossing the road. These shadows are the only thing that entertain the prisoner, these shadows are the only interaction that he has with the outside world, these shadows are the only things that the prisoner…

In the city of Mecca, a man started a new religion known as Islam. This man was Muhammad who was born in about 570 C.E. As he prayed in a cave in the mountains of Mecca in the year 670, he was visited by the angel Gabriel. Further, this angel proclaimed that Muhammad was a prophet, or messenger of God. As he received messages from God, Muhammad began to teach and recite the revelations to others. Moreover, these revelations were recorded in the Qur’an, which was the holy book of Islam. Over time…

Cather herself had spent some time in Washington, D.C. while working for the Nebraska State Journal and the Index of Pittsburgh Life writing criticism and interviews with comments on the Washington cultural and social scenes (Willa 102). In an effort to supplement her income while there, Cather took a job as a translator in a government office identifying the slaving clerks her fictional Tom later encounters (Willa 102). In the novel, discouraged by Tom’s inability to obtain governmental support…

Iceland was not my first experience out of the country, nor my first experience in Europe. I’ve traveled to England, France, Germany, Puerto Rico, and the British Virgin Islands, and in each country I found myself recognizing that I was in a foreign country. In Iceland, however, I felt as though I was back home in the mountains of North Carolina, as strange as that may sound. Throughout the entire semester leading up the immersion trip, I was prepared to see Iceland as this modern pillar of…

Throughout out the middle ages people debated whether Margery Kempe was a crazy woman or a mystic. There a lot of evidence that proof that Kempe was a mystic. This essay examines Margery Kempe and other introspective women of the middle ages and find what their beliefs were and how they practiced to those beliefs. Mysticism in not unique to one religion or even is a religion by itself, but rather a facet of many different religions around the world. During their reflection, people who practice…

What was so fascinating and appealing about Marxism/Communism Marxism has long been the alternative philosophical approach to capitalism as a way to model a society. Whereas, western civilization opted for capitalism, countries in the east, most notably Russia and China, embraced a Marxist identity. The debate on which is the better philosophy, capitalism or Marxism, was settled by the fall of the Berlin Wall, yet, there has been tremendous appeal of the Marxist ideals both before and after…

Acquiring an international placement is a major goal of mine. It would present me with an invaluable opportunity to cultivate unique skills needed for a future career in the international social work field. This prompts me to pursue the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees’ Community-Based Protection Unit (UNHCR CBP) Geneva, Switzerland placement and the Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) internship in Chennai, India. The UNHCR CBP placement is my top choice however, for several…

before being struck down by a storm, allegedly landing them into the eighth circle. After departing from Troy, the crew had travelled far passing by lands such as Caeita, with the witch Circe and past a strait that Hercules has warned all future travelers to not go past. Yet still the group traveled, until they saw a mountain shortly before being assailed by the aforementioned storm. Interestingly, Dante’s recounting of Ulysses final journey varies greatly from the original story as told by…

The 1950s and 1960s were times of social, federal, and scientific change for the United States. The Civil Rights movement gained a ground it never had before. Citizens discovered voice and took advantage of this newfound freedom to the streets through peaceful protest. Despite this domestic struggle for justice, the United States faced a foreign enemy: the Soviet Union. The Cold War was brewing throughout the decade, but America found comfort in their superior mentality. That is, until the…