Grandfather's Journey

stumbles upon the house and sees that it is abandoned he explores the house and finds nothing and is very sad. But he does not give up, he continues going daily. Jacob soon finds pictures of the peculiar children that his grandpa told him about. Jacob’s journey is just…

stories, he explains his journey as a young soldier and the others soldiers about the hardships they had to go through during and after the war. To begin with, O’ Brien lists all the tangible items the soldiers have brought to the war with them and how those items are going to positively contribute to the soldier’s lives during the groundbreaking war. In particular, soldier Kiowa attentively caught my eye by the items he has brought such as a New Testament, his grandfather’s hunting hatchet, and…

In, “Grandfather,” by Gary Soto, the author uses imagery of the tree over the years, symbolism of the avocado tree, and negative connotation to convey a theme of growing up and the passage of time. This passage follows the journey of the speaker’s grandfather’s avocado tree relating to his own life. The first literary device used to show passage of time is imagery and symbolism. In the passage, Soto says, “His favorite tree, the avocado, which had started in a jam jar from a seed and three…

For my personal pilgrimage, I would want to travel to Angel Island, where my great-great grandfather had to pass through in order to immigrate to America. As a result, it holds deep significance to my family and me, as well as a large amount of Asian-Americans living in the Bay Area. Angel Island is an island in San Francisco Bay just east of Tiburon. There are hiking trails around its mountain, Mount Caroline Livermore, as well as beaches and a variety of natural plants. In order to reach…

You see, growing up, I would go over to my grandfather's house, on my mother’s side, and he would have paintings he made, everywhere. He use to paint for a living and has an immense passion for it also. So, you could say it was passed down to me. My father, also, passed down his creativity to me. My…

onathan Safran Foer’s, “The Very Rigid Search”, recounts the journey of the speaker, Alexander Perchov through Ukraine in an attempt to aid the American Jonathan Foer to find his grandfather’s village, as well as a lady named Augustine who saved him from the Nazis. Using only an old photograph and a map, Alex and his grandfather, who is “very melancholy and...blind” (116), navigate from city to city in search for Trachimbrod. In every conceivable moment, Alex questions Jonathan about life in…

with their mansions, between the rich East Egg and the blue collar West Egg, lies Carraway’s “beaten cardboard bungalow” (3). Although he may live in a shack compared to those around him, Caraway is not completely unfamiliar with wealth. His “grandfather’s brother... sent a substitute to the Civil War” (1). Only the fortunate…

My journey all started when my parents asked me what I wanted to become when I was 5 years old. It used to be cyber café owner, policeman, firefighter, and entertainer. They never forced me to look into medical or health related fields. I believe it all started when I entered elementary school in Korea. I vividly recall the incident on the first week of school when one of my classmates vomited on the floor and I was the only one cleaning and ambulating him to the health office. As I came to the…

Heaney’s poem, “Digging”, has multiple meanings. Literally, Heaney is telling the story of his father and grandfather’s occupation of digging soil. On a more complex level, Heaney is expressing that through poetry he is looking for a better and more meaningful occupation that the monotonous job his family has so long held. The title shows that Heaney’s journey is a process and that he is on a journey. How does the poet’s use of language reveal something about relationships in the poem? The…

role in her life. Without her unconditional love and affection she could not able to bear the burden of her inheritance. To Sonil, her grandmother whether she is alive or dead is her forever companion from cradle to grave. Indira Ganesan’s The Journey, again depict the Grandfather Das’s relationship with his granddaughter Renu’s. Grandfather Das is suffering from long ailment since Renu was ten. His eagerness to see his granddaughter…