Journey's End

Jimmy Dean once said, “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination” (Jimmy Dean Quotes). Not many end a quest feeling the same way as they did when they started; a traveler can have a whole new mindset after finishing their journey. Both Salak and Odysseus endured life-altering journeys; journeys in which they both had to do exactly what Jimmy Dean said. The Odyssey is a story of the war hero Odysseus’s crazy journey to Ithaca after helping…

is at the end of the novel. It is unclear what drove her to insanity, although it could be the isolation she felt in society or the remorse and grief she felt about her mother's death. In both the film and novel the change in society is what…

Beowulf has many allies, maybe even more than Hercules. But they weren’t a hundred percent loyal to him, if they were, they would have stayed with him till the end, Beowulf’s “allies” would have fought with him even when it was a time of life or death. If they were truly loyal they wouldn’t have left like cowards and let Beowulf fight to his death on his own. “No help or backing was to be had then / from his…

When one encounters obstacle after obstacle after obstacle, one might feel that they need to give up. It is hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when you are shrouded darkness. Zala experiences this first-hand in Toni Cade Bambara’s These Bones Are Not My Child. Her search for her lost son, proves to be one of the most difficult journey’s she has undertaken. She goes through unimaginable efforts to find him and is foiled at all corners. Regardless, she is able to maintain her courage…

Symposium by its very definition is a drinking party held after a banquet in ancient Greece. “The Symposium” by Plato is set place after a heavy day of drinking, where all the men are still recovering from their hangovers. They all decide to go easy for the night and just tell stories. Aristophanes and Socrates both tell stories about love, but both have very different meanings. Aristophanes, who is a comic playwright tells a story in which he talks about the myth of soulmates and love, and his…

first being Óðr, meaning fury and inspiration while the suffix being inn, meaning masculine, so the entirety of his name means ‘The Furious. He was the leader of the Aesir tribe which was one main tribe of deities and would usually go on daring journey’s away from the kingdom. He constantly sought after harsh things, but was also the one to give knowledge and good judgement. He was a god-like ruler to the people and known as a war god as well as a poetry god who was impossibly. The individuals…

The events of Malouf’s novel Ransom and Eastwood’s film Invictus are both driven by the optimism and courage of their protagonists, respectively Priam the vanquished king of Troy, and Nelson Mandela the triumphant first black President of South Africa. As leaders of peoples harbouring profound historical animosities, it is in large part their sense of hope enables them to transcend division to inspire change. This is manifest within the characters, their relationships to other people (both…

his best efforts, Lyman becomes a damaged character watching his brothers decline. When Henry makes the attempt to refurbish the car (after Lyman purposely wrecks it), that is Henry's way of trying to fix their relationship. At the end of the story, this all comes to an end when Henry admits that he cannot help what has happened to him. Finally, when he deliberately enters the river (consciously to drown himself), the relationship is completely and forever disconnected. With all hope gone, Lyman…

Envisage the sensation of believing in people and the greater good of the world so strongly, the face of death is no obstacle for defending personal and global beliefs. Involuntary assistance, presumptuous positivity, and colossal conviction create a hero destined to change the world in an immense way. Malala Yousafzai’s sheer conviction to fight for what she believes in and remain brave in the face of the Taliban proves her heroism. Malala and Odysseus are categorized as separate kinds of…

Professionalism After receiving an education from Poole College of Management, I hope to seek employment as an entry-level financial advisor at a prestigious financial institution such as Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo or Morgan Stanley. Afterwards, I would work for my dream employer Deloitte who are located in the Duke Energy Building in Charlotte, NC. As a consultant for Deloitte, I want to be able to travel around the country because I enjoy experiencing new cultures and interacting with people…