Sonoran Desert

unappreciated in our industrial societies. But, by looking hard enough through the glare of light reflecting off of our automobiles, buildings, and street signs, its remarkable beauty can leave your speechless. To Edward Abbey, author of the novel “Desert Solitaire,” nature’s beauty is indescribable. Throughout the course of his story, Abbye expresses difficulty trying to depict his experience to the reader. He used enormous lists filled to the brim with visuals and sensory images about…

and exporting the wool to the world, the Australia is often called “The country which sits in the harvesters” and “the country which rides on the back of the sheep”. In terms of mining, the extraction of different minerals and ores from Australia’s desert interior contributes to a larger part of the country’s GDP than both Agriculture and Tourism combined. Australia alone contributes to about 95% of the world’s Opal production. More than half of Australia’s total population lives within five…

Rajasthan’ tour covers some of the most popular destinations of North India. It covers the Golden Triangle of India: Agra, Jaipur and Delhi, Jaisalmer that seems to have sprung out of the leaves of Arabian Nights with its camels and grand fort in a desert setting, the brooding Mehrangarh Fort of Jodhpur and the oasis-like…

Buried (2010) by Rodrigo Cortés is a film construct by only one scene, in the coffin buried deep down under the sand in a desert within a human Paul Conroy with limited resource. Most of the shots using a dark tone to shape a tense atmosphere, in order to increase the disturbed mood and project to the audiences. The first few capture of the shots is all about showing the narrow space inside a coffin, the unfamiliar environment, the heat and the emotional of Paul as well as how limited action…

In True West, Sam Shepard offers a different idea to the traditional American Dream that is taught in so much of our life and literature. It is a piece that features a great deal of symbolism to figuratively give meaning to its production. Examples of symbolism are discovered all over the play and one great example of symbolism could be seen in Austin, Lee’s younger brother. We see Austin wearing a “light blue sports shirt” with “clean blue jeans” and “white tennis shoes.” Clothes say a great…

'In the book, A Long Walk To Water, a sudanese boy named Salva had to overcome hundreds of deadly challenges, survive a war, walk for over one thousand miles in harsh terrain with unknown dangers, lead thousands of boys to safety, and even live in an entirely new country but no matter how hard the challenge was Salva always came through. In this essay I will talk about how Salva overcame all his challenges with his persistence, help from his his uncle, and memories of his family. Salva’s Uncle…

This is a land made mostly of desert and sand. Hence the name. Within the Deserted lands, there are several sections; the Singing Sands, the Red Desert, the Black Dunes, the Black sands of Roth, and off slightly from the coast of the Black Sands of Roth are the volcano flows, that create the black sands. The Singing Sands are the section of the desert that is known to create illusions from those who wander through it. Singing them deeper into…

Arctic tundra The Arctic Tundra is found nearly everywhere in the North. They are found mostly in the arctic. The categorization of a tundra falls between a taiga and the ice caps. The zone is controlled by the extremes in the weather. In the arctic tundra there are two seasons: winter and summer. In the summer, the sun is present almost 24 hours a day. This amount of sun only warms up the tundra to a range of about 3°C to 12°C. In the winter, the lighting conditions are flipped. For example,…

that a man should never be interrupted by love during his journey to find his destiny. Especially the love with Fatima because she's a woman of the desert and she knows that she have to wait for her man to come back from the desert to marry her. From the alchemist, he realized that his destiny had already been set and what a man and woman of the desert have to do. During this journey, Santiago had learned a lot of things about the world, learned about himself, find his love, and finally he…

I believe that everybody has a Personal Legend. Everyone want to achieve or dream of something in life. But sometimes this achievement is full of obstacles and challenges on the way. This dream or achievement can also teach us some valuable lessons throughout our journey. How we see it in the book, “ The Alchemist.” Santiago was in the search for his Personal Legend. He faced many obstacles. From working at a crystal shop to later on being beaten by some refugees from the tribal war who stole…