Quest

Harvard College Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences. (150 words) As a camp counselor at Math Quest and Computer Quest, I took care of and taught twenty middle school students. My job included writing a lesson plan for the week and engaging the campers in their problem sets. Sometimes I held Sudoku tournaments or massive games of Mao. However, most of my time was spent getting to know the campers. My biggest responsibility was helping these…

Catcher in the Rye resembles a quest for Holden Caulfield. We, as readers, are able to experience his every thought and emotion when it comes to the five aspects of his quest. Furthermore, we are able to understand why he does what he did and how he was feeling within these moments. The quester: Holden Caulfield, a sixteen-year-old teenager who struggles in school, is sexually frustrated, and comes off very depressing from being effected from death of his brother, Allie. A place to go: in order…

Strengths Quest After being assigned a questionnaire survey to discover my greatest strengths as a person, I was made aware of five different descriptions that I feel actually fit me. Those being, competition, achiever, futuristic, positivity, and woo. With all of those describing my personality it proved that this particular strengths quest survey was very accurate. These specific qualities that I possess will prove to be vital in helping me achieve academic success, and find and reach my…

We witness in the novel how Victor Frankenstein maintains a child like curiosity for all things in the world far into his adult life. I believe it was this curiosity that sent him spiraling on a quest for knowledge that would eventually lead to his downfall. Originally I believed that Frankenstein's pursuits were purely based on his love for science and therefore justified. However, as time went on and he acquired more knowledge he began to develop a superiority complex. Regardless, he was still…

Foster begins giving an example of a quest; he explains how a trip to the store is considered a quest. Foster provides five key details included in a quest: a quester, a place to go, a reason to go there, challenges and tests on the way, and a real reason to go there (Foster 3). Furthermore, Foster explains how the “stated” reason is not the reason to go on the quest. The quester goes on the quest believing it is their life mission. Quote: “The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge”…

Chasejamison Akilah Manar-Spears #16 CCS 100/1 Prof. Del Castillo The Revolution Begins at Home: A Societal Projection of One Joto’s Quest for Identity “In Search of My Queer Aztlán” by Luis H. Román Garcia is a beautiful and vulnerable piece of autoethnography: a mix of introspective, narrative, and academic writing that ties his personal experience to the larger social issue of homophobia in Chicano culture. Garcia defines and narrates his own struggle with the concepts of home, school, and…

Chapter 1: Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It 's Not) Most stories include a quest, in which the main character of a story embarks on a journey and eventually learns something new. According to Thomas C. Foster, a quest consists of five things; (a) a quester, (b) a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en route, and (e) a real reason to go there. Every quest is educational, in which the quester gains self-knowledge. The stated reason for a quest is almost…

Jim Rohn, and American entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Siddhartha met unique people with varying beliefs on his quest for enlightenment, and readers can see his lifestyle change based on who he spends time with. Much like Siddhartha, our walk through life causes us to cross paths with many different people, and those people have the potential to change our identity. Siddhartha was heavily affected by the…

The story of Beowulf’s quest and heroic deeds starts off with the request for his aid from another kingdom. Hrothgar sends Beowulf on a hunt for Grendel, an evil monster that has killed many of his soldiers. Grendel’s first appearance is demonic in nature being the complete opposite of Beowulf himself, but this foil just brings out Beowulf’s heroic nature even more. When facing off with Grendel, Beowulf stubbornly turns this situation into one of pride and honor, going so far as stripping his…

In the film, The Quest for a Homeland, it focuses on two figures who each wanted to reclaim the Southwest in their way. Rodolfo Gonzales, better known as “Corky,” from Denver, Colorado was successful in rallying the youth of the Chicano Movement. His poem, I am Juaquin, inspired a national community of Latinos. His encouragement to gather and fight for change in communities inspired the youth. The youth responded by fighting for issues they cared about, specifically pushing for education reform.…