Journey

I felt that each video was helpful in its' own way. Personally, the 'What Makes A Hero' video was the most helpful/informative video for me. Basically, it explained the common Hero's journey archetype which takes place in many stories. Essentially, the hero in a story is the archetypal predecessor of all humankind in general. The modern day hero is a culmination our ancestors' experiences over many generations. All societies have similar hero stories not because they coincidentally decided to…

The traditional hero’s journey begins with a calling, the hero is drawn to certain circumstances in which they must decide whether or not to accept the quest. However, the feminine journey differs, instead the protagonist determines there is something about their life that must change, and only they themselves, through their own free will, can resolve it. Characters such as Alba, Fa Mulan/ Kingston, and Rahel take the challenge to tackle their deepest psychological issues while simultaneously…

would do. My eyes rake across each package until I come across the one that I know is the most powerful tool the world has to offer. As I look at my full hands, I know these are the weapons I will use to conquer the world. This is the start of my journey. My nine-year old body wasn’t prepared for the intense training that would follow. Writing until my fingers had blisters, writing until I had to sharpen my sword, writing until the teacher said I did enough writing, and then still writing more.…

“ I BELIEVE it is difficult for those who publish their own memoirs to escape the imputation of vanity…” states Olaudah Equiano as he begins the narrative journey of his life, his struggles, and his accomplishments (1: 1). The year was 1745 when his life story began. It started out in a valley called Essaka, which is in the province of Eboe. Where he came from, white men were not common, but he would soon experience these white men for himself. Olaudah Equiano came from a well esteemed lineage.…

Task - Write the opening of a story about a journey Heirlooms flew across the room magnificently, as if they possessed wings, landing on top of the mountain of other artifacts that had been carelessly flung; some were broken, some were not, but that didn’t matter now - he doubted he would ever hold them in his hands again. The pestering knocking at the door turned into slamming, each punch at the door making it weak at the knees - the banging was like a timer, counting down the seconds until…

Hello, my name is Samuel the sperm. I will be taking you on a journey today, from how I became a sperm all the way until I make my grand exit. We will start with the process of meiosis, which is how I got to become a spermatozoon. Like any good journey, we have to have a setting. In this instance, we are in the testes, the male reproductive organ that produces sperm. The process of becoming a spermatozoon all starts with a process called interphase. During this time, chromosomal DNA is being…

In John Krakauer’s “Into the Wild,” Chris McCandless set out on an odyssey into the American wilderness, and eventually the Alaskan bush, in the 1990s. Throughout McCandless’s journey, he reflected on himself and on society through books. Much of this literature he read is centered towards the lifestyle that comes with living in the wild. In some of the books he read, McCandless highlighted passages he believed to be noteworthy. Most, if not all, of these passages reflected his life,…

If you desire something, would you sacrifice logic and reason in to obtain it? Will you give up your needs for your ambitions? William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, takes readers through a journey which has them constantly asking themselves these questions. Macbeth’s biggest enemy is himself, as he frequently gives whim to what he wants, rather than what he should do. This ultimately leads to Macbeth’s downfall, from once a great individual, to now a tragic hero. Shakespeare has readers…

years. However, this is not to say that most of the knowledge we have acquired about Muhammad is not an accurate portrayal of his life. In learning about the historical life of Muhammad there are certain sources along with texts that describe his journey. Most notably is the Quran, the Sira, and oral traditions collected through Muslim scholars. Muhammad was understood to be a man of “truthfulness, character, and kindness”, (Brown) but it wasn 't until his first revelation that Muhammad was…

In understanding God, who he is and what his role is in relationship to humanity, it offers an opportunity to increase our knowledge of God’s character, draw deeper into his presences and understand how our relationship with him is reciprocal and helps is developing a theology of waiting. Along with understanding God, it is important for humanity to understand itself in the development of a perspective of waiting that is applicable. In identifying inner movements during times of waiting, it may…