| Papers [1-15] of 100 :: [Page 1 of 7] | | Go to page : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 —> | Search results on "JOURNEY TIME": |
|
|
The Myth of Achilles: A Journey Through Time, 2006.
An analysis of the evolution of the story of Achilles from ancient times up to the modern day.
2,856 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 84.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
In this paper the writer chronicles the evolution of the story of Achilles through the examination of ancient texts, ancient through contemporary art, poetry and finally the 2004 movie "Troy". It discusses the similarities and differences and explores some ideas about why the myth has or hasn't changed. There are six paintings discussed specifically and they appear at the end of the paper.
From the Paper
"One modern retelling of the story of Achilles, and the Trojan War as a whole, that holds very true to the ancient texts is the graphic novel Sacrifice (2004) from the Age of Bronze series by Eric Shanower. It is the second book in an unfinished seven-volume series. It picks up Achilles' story after he leaves Scyros and while he is sailing for Troy. He is once again portrayed as the skillful warrior that he was in ancient times. There is one thing however that stands out to me. Achilles and Patroclus are portrayed as lovers. There has been speculation about a possible erotic relationship between the two but there is no hard evidence in the ancient texts to support this theory."
| |
|
A Journey Through Time, 2002.
An overview of the geological history of Louisiana.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper explores the geological history of the state of Louisiana, from ancient times to today.
| |
|
Marlow's Journey: A Journey of the Heart, 2005.
The journey motif in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness".
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, $ 41.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper shows that the theme of a journey in the novel, "Heart of Darkness," by Joseph Conrad, implies not only the physical journey, but a symbolic one as well. During his journey down the Congo River, the character, Marlow, undergoes a physical journey that is filled with spiritual, cultural, moral, and political symbols.
From the Paper
"Even though the Europeans look on with disdain, deep down inside, they feel connected and drawn to the dancing and the singing. Hidden inside there is a response to the call of the forest, and somewhere there is a meaning to it all. Even though they are two different peoples, Marlow's confession shows that they are one in spirit, and that if one would just heed the call of the land, it would not be as foreign, or half as frightening. There would be meaning and understanding, and then the Europeans too, could join in the celebration."
| |
|
Two Ethnographic Journeys, 2002.
This paper compares two ethnographic journeys: Patricia Preciado Martin's ?Songs My Mother Sang to Me: An Oral History of Mexican American Women? and Grenville and Neil Goodwin's ?The Apache Diaries: A Father-Son Journey?.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper compares two books, one about Mexican American women and the other about Apache men, in their treatments of race, gender, landscape, family and ethnography.
| |
|
The Journey Motif in "Heart of Darkness", 2005.
An exploration of the function of the journey motif in Joseph Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness".
1,087 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
Since the birth of literature, the journey motif has been a point of interest for readers and writers alike. This paper examines how the journey motif in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" reveals a life time of understanding as well as a reflection of the great journeys of historical literature. It also explores how one can also gain a deeper understanding of this motif through the failing journey of Kurtz by understanding the metaphors lurking behind Marlow's physical journey.
From the Paper
"The physical journey that Marlow partakes in reflects many aspects of the psychological journey that he endures. In some respects, Marlow begins his journey as a child, looking at an incomplete map. These blank spots represent the new and mysterious corners of the world as well as the blank spots present in Marlow's sense of self and identity. Only when he uncovers the darkness in Africa for himself is he "mapped out" in a sense. This is further reinforced by his tainted "yellow complexion" (Conrad,892). His physical discoloration reflects his trials in the Congo as well as his new found tainted view of the world."
| |
|
Literary Journeys, 2008.
Describes the literary journeys of Kenneth Grahame, Gwyneth Lewis, Sujata Bhatt and J.D Salinger.
1,335 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper explains that each of the pieces of literature in this paper involves a journey. The author points out that, in each work, the author enters a world of the written word and writes in ways reflecting a particular outlook. The paper relates the journey of Toad in Kenneth Grahame's "Wind in the Willows", of poet Gwyneth Lewis in first-person simile "Fax X", of poet Sujata Bhatt's journey from India and of Zooey Glass in J.D Salinger's "Franny and Zooey".
From the Paper
"This is poetry, sophisticated, complex, a stream of images, in which passivity - things being done to the characters in the poem - and activity - the actions of these characters - blend together. "We" are taken into the new day as if on a cruising ship. This poem reflects a world in which the journeys of life are more inflicted than chosen. While Toad chose his journeys, the "we" of this poem are taken on the journey, with no real expression of choice in the matter."
| |
|
Two Spiritual Journeys, 2002.
Discusses the spiritual pilgrimage or journey of two American leaders: Jane Addams and Malcolm X.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, $ 55.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
Discusses the spiritual pilgrimage or journey of two American leaders: Jane Addams and Malcolm X. Compares purpose of both journeys.. Overview of life of Malcolm X & his spiritual revelation in prison his education, attitudes, his leadership in the black nationalist movement. Overview of Addams life & her spiritual and personal journey. Her decision to devote her future to establishing a settlement house t help Chicago'r poor people; her belief in the need for social welfare programs.
From the Paper
"The stories told in both The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley and Twenty Years at Hull House by Jane Addams each fit the classic pattern of the spiritual pilgrimage. Each of the protagonists sets out on a spiritual journey which is simply seen as part of life, though it is a journey that not everyone takes as fully as possible. Malcolm X, for instance, might have continued down the criminal path he began on had he not had a revelation while in prison. Jane Addams's spiritual journey is more direct and lifelong, and in her case, she had to overcome a physical abnormality because of a congenital spinal defect. Both became leaders in their respective times and communities, and both suggested the importance of such institutions as education, social welfare, and religion.
The vital importance of education is emphasized again and ..."
| |
|
A Woman's Life Journey, 2001.
A review of Maria Harris' novel "Jubilee Time, Celebrating Women, Spirit and the Advent of Age".
2,043 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper analyzes Maria Harris' book "Jubilee Time, Celebrating Women, Spirit and the Advent of Age" as a help for those studying women at mid-life transitions who are struggling to remain in the workforce. It focuses on generativity, taking inventory of our lives and the spirituality of aging. It outlines the confrontations for women reaching the age of retirement and encourages a celebration of age. The book sees increasing age as a time of challenge and excitment and this paper encourages women to see mid life as a strengthening time. It provides a chapter by chapter chart summary with commentary.
From the Paper
"The introduction sets the theme of journey, a celebration of the fiftieth year and an invitation to women to consider their journey into the decades following this milestone. It invites the reader to consider the concept of rest and re-creation for this part of the life journey. There is an explanation of the Leviticus text, some elucidation of Maria Harris? own life journey from 48 years, and reference to other writers who influenced this book. . If spirituality is intimately connected with life, then it could be said to be life breathed into all, as daily routines are followed in a way that generates life even in the mundane happenings (Treston, 1985, p. 90). Nowhere did I feel Harris empathy and ?walking with? the reader was more evident than in the details of the many women who provided the research data so the book could be written."
| |
|
Monkey and "The Journey to the West", 2002.
A discussion of the character and the spirit of Monkey in the Chinese story, "The Journey to the West".
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper looks at how the story of Monkey, or Sun Wukung, and his journey west has fascinated and delighted readers for hundreds of years. "The Journey to the West" was compiled and polished by Wu Cheng'en in the 16th century, but the legend existed long before that and is based on the true story of Xuan Zang (602-664), a Buddhist monk and his journey to India in search of sutras. In particular, it focuses on the character of Monkey, who is born from a rock, and eventually makes trouble for the Gods. It analyzes how the character and spirit of Monkey is extremely free and unrestrained, playful, and impetuous, and how the story of Monkey parallels the growth of man and the growth of a religion at the same time.
From the Paper
"Monkey is a simple creature really (Hanabakate, 2003). The fact that he is seemingly unaffected by the little annoyances that the world offers up seems, however, too good to be true (Hanabakate, 2003). Later he goes on to say that he has no last name (Hanabakate, 2003). Lai (1994) points out: ?Monkey?s first answer makes him seem a nitwit: that monkey of a description of himself is his being himself. But when he further clarifies the situation with his second answer, he truly shows his "naturalness." He is, to use an American expression that the Taoists would applaud, "a natural." This child of nature is as nameless as nature itself?."
| |
|
Journeys of War, 2002.
A comparison of the journey taken by the heroes in the Vietnam novels, "A Rumor of War" by Philip Caputo and "In Country" by Bobbie Ann Mason.
2,343 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
The two novels, "A Rumor of War" by Philip Caputo and "In Country" by Bobbie Ann Mason, both concern the Vietnam War and its devastating effects on individual lives. The paper describes how, in these novels, the main characters, Caputo ("A Rumor of War") and Sam ("In Country") both undergo a journey towards greater understanding of the war and their lives. The journey of a hero in is described in three basic steps. The first is the ?departure?, followed by the ?initiation? and ending with the ?return?. When returning, the ?hero? is furnished with greater insight about the adventure and about life as a whole. The two characters, Caputo and Sam, are discussed in this paper in these terms. The author of the paper then gives a personal view of what these journeys can teach us.
From the Paper
"After reflecting in this manner for ten years, Caputo?s return comes to a conclusion with his published work, A Rumor of War (1977). He has had a chance to think about his experiences, what they mean and how they affect his life in the present. He has come to a deeper understanding of what a hero is. Thus he provides for the world an in-depth and detailed view of what it was to fight in the Vietnam war. In this way he has served not only his contemporaries, but also future generations who are curious about the war. He has used his knowledge and his journey to create something of value upon his return."
| |
|
"The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota Story", 2006.
This paper examines the biography "The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota Story" written by Joseph M. Marshall.
1,005 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
The writer of this paper explores the journey of the main character in Joseph M. Marshall's biography "The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota Story" as one of immense conflict and personal change. This paper compares the main character of Crazy Horse to Jesus Christ. The paper discusses how Jesus was betrayed by those who were close to him just as Crazy Horse was.
From the Paper
"The final scene shows Crazy Horse putting up one last fight against those who have been out to get him for so long. They are trying one last time to get him to surrender himself, but he refuses. Surrendering to the white men would be a rejection of all the morals that he upheld throughout his life. This would mean that he would not die as a hero but as an anti-hero. He would be giving up all that he stood for and would forsake those who followed him."
| |
|
"The Journey of Ibn Fattouma", 2001.
This is a book review of the quest tale "The Journey of Ibn Fattouma".
1,470 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 48.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper is an analysis of a story in the form of a quest, "The Journey of Ibn Fattouma". The author finds that this literary journey becomes increasingly metaphorical as the story progresses and that Fattouma, the protagonist, has by the end of the book come to understand himself better as a man and has found his soul even though he has supposedly not found love.
From the Paper
"It has been argued that there is only one story, that of the quest, the seeking after something that is either lost or that was never obtained to begin with. Quest tales do of course differ from each other in important ways. There are great differences among the heroes and villains who set out in search of something, and what it is that they are searching for changes the nature of the story at least as much as does the character of the traveler. And then there is the important distinction between those quests that are successful and those that are not ? although to this a third category of stories must be added, which is the kind of quest that may or may not have been successful, but either the reader or the seeker does not know if the goal has been obtained.Nagib Mahfouz?s The Journey of Ibn Fattouma is certainly a story in the form of a quest. It is must transparently about a quest in that it takes the form of a story about a journey. This literal journey (as is true in all good quest stories) becomes increasingly metaphorical as the story progresses, and Fattouma?s traveling becomes by the end of the novel a symbol and a way of understanding many different things. The protagonist has by the end of the book come to understand himself better as a man and as an individual and he has also come to a fuller understanding of what it means to be a person of faith who is guided by the complexities of making moral choices along the path of life."
| |
|
"Frankenstein" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth", 2004.
An examination of the theme of exploration in "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley and "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne.
1,368 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper discusses how, in Mary Godwin Shelley's 1818 Gothic masterpiece, "Frankenstein", the main protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, a young student of the alchemical arts and sciences, takes the reader on an exploration into the unknown, for his primary goal is to create life from the dead. It looks at how, after much experimentation, he produces a creature of hideous proportions and intellect, bent on nothing but revenge. It also shows how, likewise, Professor Hardwigg, the main protagonist in Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth", published in 1864, leads the reader on another "journey" into the unknown, only this time into the bowels of the earth, where Hardwigg and his companions discover another world, much like Victor Frankenstein with his experiments concerning the mysteries of life and death.
From the Paper
"The beginning of Frankenstein opens the proverbial door to the strange and horrifying tale related by Victor Frankenstein to Captain Walton, an English explorer surveying the polar regions of the far north. One day, as the ship's company is looking out over the empty ice fields, they are astonished to see a sledge drawn by dogs speeding northward with the sledge driver huge and misshapen. That night, an ice floe carries another sledge with a weakened man to the ship, and once the man (Victor Frankenstein) discovers that the first sledge has been sighted, he turns quite agitated. As Victor convalesces on the ship, he becomes friendly with Walton and after recovering his strength, relates the tale of the creature that he created artificially from the dead."
| |
|
"Marie Antoinette: The Journey", 2004.
This book discusses Lady Antonia Fraser?s ?Marie Antoinette:The Journey? and the reviewers of this book.
1,375 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper explains that Lady Antonia Fraser?s ?Marie Antoinette: The Journey? is a good introduction to this period of French history and, after more than two centuries of criticism, is a needed antidote to the bad image the reader may have of Marie Antoinette because she is shown to be much more a victim than a victimizer. The author points out that the story is told in a straightforward fashion with numerous citations, so the interested reader can delve further if desired. The paper relates that Fraser includes a great deal of information on the social and cultural attitudes of the time, as well as painting a picture of the world of the 18th century, especially of the world of the royals.
From the Paper
"Marie Antoinette lived from 1755 to 1793; her life cut short by the guillotine once the rebels had taken over France and started eliminating remnants of the aristocracy. She was the youngest daughter of Francis I and Maria Theresa, Emperor and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, and she had been told from a young age than it was her destiny to be queen of France. Her parents arranged the marriage of her to the crown prince of France in 1770, and she would become queen in 1774 when her husband was crowned King Louis XVI."
| |
|
"Long Day's Journey", 2002.
A review of the connection between Eugene O'Neill and his character James Tyrone from his play "Long Day's Journey".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 35.95
»
Click here to show/hide summary
Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between Eugene O'Neill and James Tyrone, his character in the play, Long Day's Journey. It contends that there is a direct connection between O'Neill and Tyrone. It looks closely at the conflicts within the Tyrone family and within O'Neill's own family.
|
|
|
