Journey Essays

Caulfield undertakes a journey of personal discovery. Every journey begins with a first step. What are Holden’s first steps? How does his character react to the world around him as he begins his ‘hero’s quest’? Holden Caulfield is an extremely unique character. Through his inability to conform to the rules of the adult world that […]

After Emma’s death Hardy embarked on a journey to some of their old haunts in Cornwall to rediscover their old love. Considering in detail one poem, discuss ways in which Hardy uses the symbol of journeying in his poetry.”At Castle Boterel”, one of the greatest of Hardy’s Poems of 1912-13, is an intensely personal poem, […]

When I look back on my life’s goal, I had a perfect life planned out. At age 34, I should be looking forward for retirement but today I am a freshman in college. What I have learned on my life journey is that life does not always turn out the way we imagine or dream. […]

The first step Moody took on her journey of activism was to join the NAACP and SNCC. The majority of work done by Anne Moody while working for these two organizations was voter registration drives. During Moody’s stay at college, she would often travel to the delta and stay in the Freedom House. Here, Moody […]

“It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ” – Ursula K. LeGuin. A journey, in essence, is a travelling from one place to another, or, more broadly, a passage or progress from one stage to another. Whether it is the journey or […]

For the duration of existence, people undergo the physical and mental stages of growing up. During this phase, people establish through their dealings who they actually are in addition to what they are worth. For instance, Treasure Island is an adventure tale, but it is also the story of one boy’s (Jim Hawkins) coming of […]

The obstacles encountered on the journey challenge us to change and grow. Discuss. Journeys form a catalyst for change in the individual. Through the imagination the individual is faced with adversities which are inevitably conquered, and on the return to reality the individual is able to change perceptions and beliefs. Edgar. A. Poe’s ”Dreamland” Coleridge’s: […]

Physical Journey’s often involve choices being made when individuals encounter obstacles or move to new places. Discuss the significance of the concept of choice in relation to your exploration of physical Journeys and its impact on your thinking. -Migrant Hostel -Leaving Home -Feliks Skrzynecki Choices are an un-avoidable fact of human life. Typically, a physical […]

More than anything else, imaginative journeys are about the process of speculation. Do you agree? Argue your point of view. Imaginative journeys take us from the reality now and transfer us into unreal existences or different worlds that not only entertain us, but help us to learn more about the world we inhabit and ourselves. […]

Physical journeys also involve emotional and spiritual journeys A physical journey brings inner growth and development from the experiences a person encounters from a physical transition from one place to another. All physical journeys include obstacles and hardships however they also involve emotional and spiritual journeys along the way. Peter Skrzynecki’s poems “Postcard” and “Crossing […]

Helen Keller describes her most important day as the day she met Anne Mansfield Sullivan, her tutor. Keller states that this day connects two lives and that there is a big difference, “I am filled with wonder when I consider the immeasurable contrast between the lives which it connects”. Keller lived the first few years […]

How Heroes are Made Jason Williams Mr.. Christiansen English 12 period 6 May, 2nd 2014 There are many types of heroes in this world. They all go out and strive to make the world a better place for the rest of us. The Journey is never easy, but the fulfillment you get after you finish […]

I started to watch basketball when I was a child. It’s a passion for me. Can only one person change another person’s life? Maybe or not, but my life was changed by a basketballer, LeBron James. He is like Michael Jordan for many people who love him. He is one of the best basketball players […]

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a story of a young girl’s journey down the rabbit hole into a fantasy world where there seems to be no logic. Throughout Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice experiences a variety of bizarre physical changes, causing her to realize she is not only trying to figure out Wonderland […]

There comes a time in life, where humans look back on their past actions in the search of a clarification as to why their life is as it is. Every decision you make carries an impact on how your future is going to shape itself. It is at this moment that one will consider whether […]

Both R. C Sherriff and Peter Whelan in `Journey’s End` and `The Accrington Pals` use the characters Stanhope and Hackford to present the way war is perceived on stage through the perceptions of other characters and of stage through the perception of the audience. Stanhope and Hackford are also used to affect the way the […]

In 1914 class distinctions were only too apparent within the British military, its structure mirroring the British class system – only the war’s vast death toll required class boundaries to mix as the need for more officers arose; temporary commissioning bestowed the title ‘temporary gentlemen’. The devices Sherriff and Barker use to present class are […]

Barker and Sherriff use “Regeneration” and “Journey’s End” respectively, in order to convey similar views on idolatry. In both texts this form of adoration and reverence is depicted as flawed and the view is conveyed that other forms of relationship are more constructive. This is achieved by portraying characters in idolatrous relationships which are not […]

Today’s my very last day at Silverdale, and I’m feeling rather slightly cold and blue. One thing for certain is that I’m going to Miss Zoe so much! mum just called me to” make sure I had put all my clothes in the box and placed them in the truck”. It was making me feel […]

We feel sympathy for Raleigh when he first comes across Stanhope. As Stanhope enters the dug out and sits down for a drink, he is told of a new officer arriving. He soon greets the unknown officer and discovers it is his old friend Raleigh. Stanhope “stares at Raleigh as though dazed. ” Sympathy is […]

Theatre managers and producers hesitated to stage Journey’s End for many reasons. Journey’s End, written by R. C Sherriff is about ten young men in the trenches on the Western Front in the spring of 1918 awaiting a huge German attack. It was rejected by most of theatre managers in London, on the grounds that […]

Focusing on the exchange between Stanhope and Hibbert in act two, consider how R. C Sheriff presents the comradeship felt by the men fighting in the 1st World War. On the 4th August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. Germany had dishonoured the Belgian treaty of neutrality. Millions of British men and younger boys volunteered […]