Fellow traveler

Into the Wild Summer Reading 1. Was Chris McCandless’ death a “foolish, pointless, death” (71)? Did he lack “the requisite humility” to go into the wild (72)? Explain. While it appears reasonable to throw McCandless into the “cliché” of people who wandered into the wilderness without a clue of what’s to come, it is at the same time harsh to say that his death is worth no more than a killing on the street. Due to the means of his death, it would be more appropriate to call it “untimely,” as there…

stranger to religion. Anne’s childhood would be filled with daily prayers, Bible reading, and the education of maternal duties taught to her by her mother. Anne would live an ordinary Puritan existence; she would be enriched in Puritan faith, marry a fellow Puritan also from Alford, give birth every 1-2 years and diligently attend her local congregation, until the summer of 1634 when she sailed the…

feel empathy and understand why things happened the way they did. Pope Urban II launched the first crusade in 1095. He wanted to pilgrimage to the East with armed pilgrims and knights. He told everyone that Jesus was the leader and not to fight with fellow Christians, but unite and push Muslim territory back (Historical…

Over the course of the semester, I have really gotten the chance to understand the classroom environment from a different perspective. Through my practicum, I have been introduced to new ideas and tactics that will be very helpful in my future as an educator. I have also witnessed methods of teaching that I think could be improved to help the students develop and progress in more effective way. I observed the classroom environment, focused my attention on the ways in which bridges were being…

loses his innocence from the staff. The Devil’s staff could have been the reason of the altar scene occurring, the devil is shown offering the staff to Brown, he tries to convince Brown as shown in this quotation “Come , Goodman Brown”, cried his fellow traveler “this is a dull place for the beginning of a journey . Take my staff, if you are so soon weary” (Hawthorne 2). The devil’s staff aided Brown to take the wicked journey, thus losing his innocence. The staff represented evil and was…

Chapter 4 ? A Composer in the Making: Munich? And the maestro?who was a very great man?felt that she was the only one who understood. As it is always, it is to the one who understands to whom we turn, so after this the maestro found himself unconsciously teaching just that one person in class b. He would have scoffed at the notion had you been bold enough to accuse him of it, but nevertheless the truth remained. Mabel Daniels[footnoteRef:-1] [-1: Mabel Daniels, notebook…

Washington has sent a heavy amount of troops to help in Africa. Transition: Ebola is a serious disease and it is trying to be stopped in anyway possible. III. Conclusion The purpose of discussing about this topic is to inform my fellow classmates that this is a serious epidemic, even though the virus is very rare, this is the biggest outbreak that they have seen. We should all be aware what is going on in todays society. In today’s society we should always try to think of the…

their valuable supplies, the migrants are showing that they now view anyone in the same situation as a member of their unified family. Migrants also use their talents and skills to boost morale around the campsites, bringing comfort to their fellow travelers. Often enough, this comes in the form of music, as they join their voices in song. Their efforts cause the camp to rally together, and as a result, “the group [is] welded to one thing, one unit, so that in the dark the eyes of the people…

the beginning of the story. He is a traveling salesmen, and it is through his job that we first see that Gregor is a lonely person and longs for companionship. Gregor describes how his job effects his social interactions. “you know very well that a traveler, who is rarely seen in the office…

For practicing Muslims, a pilgrimage to Mecca is meant to cleanse a person. The rebirthing erases all negative aspects, in hope for a positive path. Ta-Nehisi Coates made his own pilgrimage away from a white dominated society and found his Mecca at Howard University. The foundation of his Mecca was black history. At a young age, it became clear to Coates that traditional education failed him. He found his Mecca, in part, through self directed independent study and discovering himself as he…