Liminality

Gennep it is the stage where he is separated from the roles and obligations he had before (Nye 2008, 146). Harry leaves his miserable life with the Dursleys behind and is quick to form a relationship with other wizards, Ron and Hermione. The stage of liminality Harry experiences is the first school year in Hogwarts. “The liminal stage may entail an inversion of ‘normal’ life, marked by different forms of dress, a different place, and different kinds of behavior” (Nye 2008, 147), the things Harry…

Question A: The transition from childhood to adulthood is a very important step in the life of a human being. It marks the beginning of a new chapter in our lives. Today, I will be reminiscing the rite of passage of a friend who transitioned from childhood to adulthood. The rite of passage that I witnessed was a Quinceanera, a Quinceanera is a coming of age celebration/ceremony that symbolizes a girls transition from childhood to adulthood/womanhood. The event started with a mass, although I…

When someone finds out my parents are Deaf, they often ask me “what is that like.” This is the worst question because there is no proper answer for it. My stock answer has always been; “well, it is just like growing up in a Spanish, or Polish speaking home.” My answer only tackles the language aspect of their question, which always seems to satisfy. But the difference here is that a Spanish child can identify with their parents culture, where as I cannot. Those children have a cultural group…

The rite of passage I got to witness was an Indian wedding/marriage. This experience was very blissful and unforgettable. The indian couple that I witnessed get married, had an arranged marriage, which is one the most common practises used by indians. The parents were in control of their children and of the marriage. I noticed the process of the parents looking for the significant other, they were to examine the religion, caste, wealth, horoscope and beauty. After the parents approved of the…

authority and destabilize authorized boundaries. As “the epitome of binary oppositions” the trickster figure rejects social borders, boundaries, categorization, and identification. Often a shape-shifter, the trickster embodies an ongoing state of liminality—they are always on the cusp of becoming another. Though the trickster is often designated the title of “the fool,” it is, in fact, his “foolish” methods that render them the opposite—a divine entity embodying serious potential. The foolish…

Unbeknownst to us at the time, my Edgemoor Community Research Group participated in a microadventure the first day we explored our neighborhood together. After reading through the powerpoint and the assignment on microadventures and liminality, I realized that our experience met the criteria for understanding how our choices of food and transportation contributed to ecotourism, how our congruent travel personalities contributed to engaging in activities that met everyone’s needs and wants in the…

Introduction The monumental Middle Bronze Age gate, complete with two well-preserved mudbrick towers, represents one of the crowning architectural achievements of Canaanite Gezer. The gate, the defensive wall, the grand watchtower, the row of standing stones, and the massive rock-hewn water system illustrate a flourishing MB II society at Gezer. While Irish archaeologist R.A.S. Macalister uncovered all these features in the early 1900s, archaeological and anthropological questions remain.…

Aristophanes' Birds is a comical play that was preformed in the Dionysian festival in 414 BCE. This comedy does not follow the same usual trend of using comedy to address serious political issues that can be seen in the majority of the works that we have of Aristophanes. The play starts with two older Athenians, Euelpides and Pisthetaerus, who are discouraged with the state of Athens and its people. Instead of these two looking to change the old and corrupt Athens they want to start a new life…

Liminality is a large part of the book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Being liminal means “to exist equally in two worlds or states or to exist on both sides of a boundary.” In this case Duke and his attorney are both liminal because they are in the ‘real…

In literature, important things are often left unsaid. In this case, one must carefully read between the lines in order to extract the true breadth or meaning behind the work. This is exactly the case with Ernest Hemmingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants”. Upon initial reading one might find themselves perplexed as to what is actually taking place within the text. The reader is introduced to the two main characters; a man vaguely named the “American man” and a girl called “Jig”, who seem to have…