The Way of a Pilgrim

Question 2: Puritans originally came to America from England to get away from English rule, and establish their own religion. Back in England, the English Reformation led many English people astray from the rules, searching for a new place to call home and practice religious freedom. The puritans that came to America hoped to be an example for others, and because of this coined the term “ a city upon a hill” (Gastil, lecture). A city meaning a group of people, and upon a hill meaning they were…

you are not afraid. In fact, you could not be any more indifferent towards your current place in time, and in space. You are Billy Pilgrim. In the poem I Do Not, by Michael Palmer, the narrator makes a point of telling you again and again (In English) all the words he doesn’t know, and all the things he cannot say in English. In the book Slaughterhouse Five Billy Pilgrim finds himself unstuck in time, at some point in 1944. He has seen his birth, death, and everything in between, many times.…

World War II proves to be one of the most appalling events in history. Kurt Vonnegut unintentionally takes advantage of the war’s atrocities in his novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. Billy Pilgrim, a former prisoner of war and survivor of the Dresden bombing, comes unstuck in time, meaning he can travel between moments in his life. His condition hints at instability as he also meets aliens, or the Tralfamadorians, who live on a utopian planet. He relays the events and stories of the people he…

He tells the pilgrims in lines five and six, "Thus I preach against the very vice I make my living out of – avarice." He preaches about it but the greed doesn’t show up till the conclusion of his tale. When death gives the men a pile of gold, each desires more for themselves…

Throughout The Canterbury Tales, there is a distinct distance between personal identity and the general statement “alle”. “Alle” means totally, or all together (University of Michigan); it implies a universal agreement without hesitation. The term is used frequently within the collection and functions as yet another aspect that distances individuals from companies and different ranks. In “The Miller’s Prologue”, the narrator reflects on the Miller’s words and character: “And therfore every…

considered a love drama, that’s mostly what it is, but it takes on a very digital type of feel. Meaning that throughout the series, its almost like you're reading a video game. The series I want to read is Scott Pilgrim. The plot involves a 23 year old Canadian nerd named Scott Pilgrim, who is a quiet and laid back guy with no job and no future career; the only thing he has going for him is his band(which isn't very good as it is). It starts of with him telling his friends that he's…

book titled, “The Pilgrims Progress” by John Bunyan. A sad hunched over man carrying a huge bag on his shoulders fills the cover. What kind of adventure is this? Why is he depressed? Intrigued, I take the book home and fully engross myself into the exciting journey of Christian, the pilgrim who I see play out much of my own weaknesses and strengths in his perilous travels. The story of Christian is not only a wonderfully written piece of literature, it has caused me to change the way I think and…

In our society, women being confident about whom they are is disapproving but it is still common. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer written in the 1400s about a group of pilgrims going on a holy journey to Canterbury. A pilgrim named The Wife of Bath also known as Alice can is seen as a strong independent woman. The Wife of Bath is an angry and independent woman who Chaucer admires. The Wife of Bath is an angry woman. Chaucer himself described The Wife of Bath as angry by…

Writing is an art that has been around for many centuries. From the bible, to world renounced novels and screenplays, the work of writers has transformed the world of art and words. There are many influential writers whose names carry great meaning because of the uniqueness of their writing craft. One such writer is Kurt Vonnegut Jr.; “Vonnegut was an American original, often compared to Mark Twain for a vision that combined social criticism, wildly black humor and a call to basic human decency.…

States and ranged from the states of Maine down south to the state of Georgia. King James I of England supported the efforts to establish colonies along the eastern coast of the New World, north of the Spanish empire. In 1607, three ships made their ways up the James River, as they called it, and selected an island to settle on. They named the colony Jamestown and the territory Virginia. At first, the population decreased from 100 to 40 colonists as a result of illnesses, poverty, starvation,…