Journey to the West

In the dauntless and remarkable story of the Odyssey, the Greek gods and goddesses has an enormous influence on Odysseus’s journey back to his beloved wife, Penelope and homeland, Ithaca. The Greek gods and goddesses clearly proved their superiority over the humans with their abilities to drastically change courses effortlessly in Odysseus’s sail home. Throughout his journey back to Ithaca, he encounters many unfortunate obstacles with gods and goddesses like Poseidon and Circe. Despite the…

was seen through some points in Odysseus’ journey where he was faced with struggles in order to return home, whereas Medea compared to The Odyssey, revenge was the main focus. Vengeance played a big part of Greek civilization and was seen several times throughout its literature. Both Homers the Odyssey and Euripides Medea, are major examples of works of literature…

is used to repeat to the migrants that this code they had was verging on like a written constitution, giving everybody particular rights. At a certain point in Chapter 17, Steinbeck compared the life of a bug to symbolize the families as they move west. Much the same as bugs, the general population is edgy and they gather as one when they need each other’s support during the madulin…

The first step Jimmy took in his journey was changing his name to Ralph Spencer. A simple name change shows Jimmy doesn’t want to be stuck as a criminal, but rather to have a chance starting new. In time, Elmore provided Jimmy with many friends and family. “He was much at home in the family…

Many colonists did not get the chance to settle themselves in early Jamestown. Issues took place on their journey to a new world. Three important areas affected the colonist’s lifespan. The environment, settler’s skills and relations with the Indians all had an impact on their survival. Very many different aspects of responsibility fit these categories of the very few that survived. The environment wasn’t the best land to go to for a new settlement. Within the first couple months of finding…

Introduction Prologue I looked beyond the clear dome that sheltered and protected our people for almost two decades. My eight-year-old face pressed against the glass in astonishment. I was thankful that our unit happened to be at the edge of the West Division. I could observe space forever. It boggled my young mind that our dome could levitate. I would examine the planet, Earth. It was the size of a standard grapefruit from the distance. Earth looked depressing. I was glad I didn’t live there.…

It is at this point in the essay where examining the specific journal entries of Lewis, Clark and the known associates of the expedition help prove the question of whether or not the expedition was truly well prepared for their journey westward. Upon beginning their journey, Lewis was attentive as ever, “staying up till midnight, making observations every five minutes or so for an hour or more.” This was only practice, as the group was still making its way down the Ohio, and was often…

understanding. Finally, the last quadrant to complete the wheel is the west which also represents black, “figure it out”, reason, and knowledge. Another Medicine wheel might represent something a bit different like the north is still represented by white, but it has the meaning of balance and respect. The east and red quadrant is attached to wholeness, south and yellow represent inter-relationship, and to finish off the wheel, the west, black quadrant represents inter-connectedness. Although…

untod rishes in the west and started to make their claim on land in and around california. The Gold Rush encouraged white settlers amoung the crowd to go to california and make a way for themselves. Finding gold was not as common as the title would make you believe, but the concept of the gold rush brought more than just prescious metals to America. New cities and colonies were formed and innovations which continued to bring America into a new age. In their move towards the west, their were…

book See America First, Shaffer gives an overview of how America used tourism to shape its’ identity. In the late 1880’s, America, even though we were considered one big country, it was still subdivided into the North, the South, the East, and the West. As railroads and eventually automobiles allowed easier travel the tourism industry picked up. The tourism industry proposed that by traveling and seeing the country, it would unite America. Shaffer (2001) points out that “tourism was…