Stranger in a Strange Land

realized all of the dangers the first night she began traveling from Oklahoma to the northern part of Texas. Strangers would watch you as you went along and sometimes they would have strange expressions on their face. Hayley felt like she had to watch over her shoulder every so often. Watching the scenery from the window bus had put her to sleep since there was nothing but brown flat land majority of the time. She moved from town to town staying briefly hoping to find a place that felt right to…

Absurd when he feels that the world becomes strange and inhuman. He no longer recognizes the beauty in nature; he views the world for what it is - strange and incoherent. The feeling of being a stranger to society is prevalent in Meursault's life, and because of this he is a symbol for the absurd. His interactions with society cause him to be an outcast. His truth to every itation leads to the people within the society to turn against him for his strange and inhuman honesty. This disconnection…

unknown kind on his quest. Odysseus is a heroic person because he shows the Greek values cleverness, loyalty, and kindness to strangers. To begin with, Odysseus is a hero when he shows the Greek value cleverness, especially in difficult situations. When the men arrived at an unknown island, Odysseus, “Sent out two picked men and a runner to learn what race of men that land sustained,” (92-93). This is an example of cleverness because the last time they landed at an island,…

One night, on the land of the Phaiakians, the princess and daughter of Alkinoos was peacefully asleep beside her maids when the goddess Athena came to her in her dream in the form of Nausikaa’s dear friend. She urges Nausikaa to go to the shore in the morning and wash her clothes: “Leaving thy clothes uncared for, Nausikaa, / when soon thou must have store of marriage linen” (6. 31-2). She also reminds Nausikaa that she has come to the age of marriageability. When the sun had risen and the…

Running Fence is a piece of Land Art made by two New York artists, Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The temporary Earthwork was installed along the coastlines of California in September of 1976, where is stayed up for fourteen days, as documented by Albert and David Maysles in 1978 the film, Running Fence. This film took viewers through the process of installing and fighting for the legal permits needed to install the piece, which was very controversial. Many locals in the town did not believe that…

as the quality or disposition of receiving and treating guests and strangers in a warm friendly generous way. (Sharp) The author used several different disciplines to study religion in this article, such as Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology. “Hospitality is a virtue that id both commanded and commended through scripture, in the Old Testament it was specifically commanded by God, “When an Alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living with you must be treated…

of understanding. In the Ibo culture, it is customary for many people to be familiar with most, if not all of the clans in their region, therefore it is highly unsettling for the Abame tribe to meet by a strange white man riding into their land on his iron horse. The tribesman killed the strange…

play an important part in films, but yet the viewer does not see most of these details. The power of these production techniques plays an integral role in setting the mood and tone of a movie. During the film Shane, the viewers meet the new stranger named Shane. Shane comes across a family whose house is on his way out, however he meets the family and decides to stay the…

hunting, leaving their families behind. When they returned, they found their village destroyed by neighbouring white invaders and their families were gone. Imagine the anger and resentment of being betrayed that would have permeated that land! The spirit of this land was identifying with her personal spirit in anger and a hunger for revenge. Together we looked at her circumstances first and then I helped her come to a place of repentance and forgiveness releasing her perpetrators…

with the land. On the contrary, Oodgeroo Noonuccal the poet of “We Are Going”, writes the poem in an Aboriginal perspective and shares about Australia’s historically tragic past, indigenous…