Pilgrim

sailors rough hands, and thanked them all profusely. Then he sagely headed back below deck where he wouldn't be washed over the railing and out to sea. The pilgrims welcomed him back ecstatic that he was still alive. They each delivered a small prayer of thanksgiving in their hearts to God for saving their dear friend John Howland. The pilgrims journey would still have many perilous events before they reached their new home, but in their hearts they seemed to know that God would protect them and…

I. SUBJECT Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five is a cheerless tale of young Billy Pilgrim’s crusade through World War Two. Billy Pilgrim was an ordinary youth who went on to optometry school and was drafted into the United States Army. However, his life is turned upside down when he is captured by German soldiers during the war and he experiences his first journey through time. Years later, Billy claims to be abducted by the alien creatures from the distant planet of Tralfamadore. They reveal to…

How long ago was the first catholic group of knights formed? Well the answer to that is almost nine hundred years ago! The Knights Templar were the first catholic order of knights ever to be endorsed by the church and the pope. They helped the pilgrims travel to the holy land, created the first big bank system and were also said to have found the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail. The Templar also were great builders of the lost times, so long ago. These men gave up many things to ensure…

Abstract: This present study is about the extended metaphors that Shakespeare used in his plays and the real meaning they have. I am going to present two of his plays, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. These plays, as the most of his, are plenty of extended metaphors. Shakespeare is the playwright and poet who changed drama in England and with his contribution the theater became an established part of London life. The major themes in his plays are love, struggle and ambition with his personalities…

Africa to obtain ivory and to make the natives civilized. The pilgrims were a group of Europeans that were in charge of making the natives work and treated the natives as livestock. They forced them to work and did not feed them or provide them with essential equipment needed for everyday life. There was no one there to uphold the laws of Europe so the pilgrims used brute force and guns against the natives to make them work for nothing. A pilgrim said, “Anything can be done in this country.…

Ignacio de Loyola portrays the transformation of Iñigo de Loyola from being a soldier and a man of vice and violence to a pilgrim, a soldier of Christ. His journey from chivalry to the beginnings of sainthood entailed enduring sacrifices and facing internal and external struggles, with Iñigo coming to terms in being a sinner. However, Iñigo’s transformation from a soldier to a pilgrim as depicted in Ignacio de Loyola was not a full change; it was, for the most part, a radical reorientation of…

In his article, Pilgrim later states, “Unfortunately for blacks, the Supreme Court helped undermine the Constitutional protections of blacks with the infamous Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case, which legitimized Jim Crow laws and the Jim Crow way of life.” Even though these…

The Pilgrims created their new society as ‘The City on a Hill’,the perfect society that should be an example for all other civilizations. Politically, the Puritans were far right religious fundamentalists. So, when the Puritans arrived in Cape Cod, the local…

The Canterbury Tales are the tales told by pilgrims while making their pilgrimage to Canterbury. The Wife of Bath is one of the pilgrims on the journey, she is an exuberant woman who spends her time with her many husbands. Another is the Pardoner, a conniving man who simply preaches for profit. The tales these pilgrims tell gives the reader insight into their thoughts, their personalities, and into the way Medieval Society may have perceived certain things. Throughout The Canterbury Tales,…

The trading in the English world needed to be expanded for more goods and services, so that helped motivate them to move on to bigger and better things. The hopes for intense financial growth drove them to make this change. The pilgrims needed to make sure that they got away from the religious ties that held them down in England. When a change was made, they later felt as if the younger members of the family were being corrupted by the Dutch lifestyles and they were losing sights…