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    By a route obscure and lonely, Haunted by ill angels only, Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT, On a black throne reigns upright, I have reached these lands but newly From an ultimate dim Thule— From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime, Out of SPACE—Out of TIME. Bottomless vales and boundless floods, And chasms, and caves, and Titan woods, With forms that no man can discover For the tears that drip all over; Mountains toppling evermore Into seas without a shore;…

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    lightning rod was peculiar and unlike anything they had ever seen before (Bradbury 7). The lightning rod was shaped unusually and had different markings and languages all over (Bradbury 7). The lightning rod is symbolic of Tom Fury because Tom Fury is a wanderer, a loner who has no acquaintances…

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    An outcast in someone who is rejected by society or a social group. They are usually looked down upon or ignored. This is usually because of a crime or wrongdoing he or she committed and in result, becomes a wanderer. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Simon is isolated from the rest of the boys stranded on the island. Simon’s abstract statements and thoughts causes the others to view him as abnormal and possibly insane. This results in them refraining from interaction with him. Simon is…

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    Ernest indeed showed everyone that he was a master in changing the American writing to a whole new style and proved it by writing his artistry on paper. The life of Ernest Hemingway ventured out to be his constant pursuit of adventure, a life of a wanderer to help him brainstorm and write in creating extravagant…

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    and the Middle East are displacing over twelve million families from their homes. These people flee into the wilderness in mass, travelling as asylum-seekers, seeking asylum in other countries to improve their lives. The homeless and countryless wanderers fleeing the perils of violence and destruction are called refugees. Refugees long for a better life and they…

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    is the retirement phase of a person’s life when they begin to dwell on obtaining Moksha. Sannyasin is the final stage in an individual’s life where they abandon anything that they are attached to in the world in the pursuit reaching Moksha as a wanderer. The purpose of these stages in the Hundi’s understanding of living in the world is that they have to earn their salvation (Moksha). Moreover, I think Americans would only be able to complete the second stage of life as the other three are…

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    The Huns were a nomadic people, meaning they had were wanderers who had no home set in stone, who left the steppes of Central Asia to find a better home. It is theorized that the Huns were traveling far away from an extremely dry period in which they could not survive. As they went through the land of Europe they were an almost unstoppable force that crippled or destroyed anything they came across. The Huns are mostly known for being an extremely war focused tribe, and being a war focused tribe…

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    The Civil War was a terrible time in the U.S history. Our president, Abraham Lincoln announced emancipation proclamation, making 3 million blacks legally free. Slavery was a embarrassing and pitiful time in our history. The market and selling slaves continued during the war. Slavery played the central role during the American Civil War. Slavery in the south was a wild spread. Slaves were first brought to Jamestown in 1619. At one point slavery gradually spread to all Colonies. After the Civil…

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    In other words, what really drives Horstkotte is his selflessness and desire to make other people happy. Horstkotte is a quiet presence, and even as Filou there is a calmness behind his performance. He isn’t overly energetic, he’s more like a wanderer. In a particularly touching scene, Filou is seen walking around under an autumn-affected tree--barren of all leaves--picking up the dead leaves off the ground and attempting to put them back on the branches. The colors of this scene are…

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    The Nineteen Old Poems play an essential role in ancient Chinese literature. There are nineteen poems involved. Each of the poems expresses a unique theme. The first poem I picked is “Nineteen Old Poems XIX” . The poet describes the moonlight at the beginning of the poem. The description of the moonlight begins the whole poem and drives the whole content of the poem. There is only the poet himself in an unfamiliar city. The bright moonlight makes him miss for his hometown and relatives,…

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