The Sage: “All we have to do, is decide what to do, with the time given to us.” Gandalf “The Hobbit” The Sage’s journey is for absolute truth. His biggest fear is seeking and believing false truths. He collects, and gives away knowledge, usually to help the hero. Benevolent and kind, the sage likes to be with others. The sage usually forms a deep bond with the Hero in literature. The sage’s shadow side is so addicted to knowledge that they can easily be misled, or manipulated with false truths and facts. They can become so involved in books that they forget to be an active part in the world. Sage’s usually live long lives and they feel responsible for everything. They can fall into a depression (or apathy) when it comes into the ways …show more content…
“I won’t let go” by Rascal Flatts is meant to represent the deep bond most sages form with their hero. “Everybody Hurts” by R.E.M. represents that while the sage seems to be almost always content he harbors sadness mostly directed at the wickedness of the world. “Don’t Forget Me” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers shows their low self-worth and guilt they tend to bottle up. “Training Wheels” by Melanie Martinez shows their willingness to teach others, but their fear when itcomes to misused knowledge. “Lies, Greed, Misery” by Linkin Park show a fully shadowed sage, and his distaste for the world around him. He never sees an end to the Lies, Greed, and Misery. The Explorer: “I always knew that making friends with you would end up in disaster.” Dr. John Watson The Explorer’s main focus is adventure. The explorer’s biggest fear is conformity. The explorer always wants to stay true to herself, they also love to learn about the world around them. They absolutely loathe the dull and expected life. They are independent to the point where it repels others, they prefer to go it alone. When their shadow side appears they seem to view any sort of group as dreaded conformity, their goals are often too unrealistic, they can become aimless thrill seekers. The shadow explorer thinks the only way for her to truly be herself is to be …show more content…
“Yer Blues” by John Lennon shows the sardonic attitude of a shadowed explorer in depression. “Monster” by Imagine Dragons represents their fear of letting others get close to them. “Stressed out” by the 21 Pilots shows that in their search of adventure and something great, they become disappointed when it doesn’t fulfill their need like they thought it would. “Pumped up Kicks” by Foster the people represents how an explorer is always ready to alienate themselves from a crowd, and their disdain for most people. “Marrakesh Express” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash shows their need for adventure, and to experience once in in a lifetime
James Baldwin’s Sonny’s Blues tells the story of the narrator and his brother and the hardships that they must endure. As Kahlil Gibran States “Out of suffering have emerged the strangest souls, the most massive characters are seared with scars.” (Gibran). In that very quote the real light is shown as it informs the reader that with suffering comes growth and once the person whomever it may be emerges out of the darkness they may have scars but it has made them stronger. The theme of light and darkness as well as suffering play a vital part in this story. For both men there are times in which they have the blues and suffer in the darkness of their lives but music takes the suffering from them.
In conclusion, the experience of main characters, Norman and Vicente, from Cathy Jewison’s The Prospector’s Trail and Eva Lis Wuorio’s The Singing Silence respectively, prove that, in order for one to attain a fulfilled and content life, one needs to be open to new things and try a new way of living. At first, the main characters are both unsatisfied with their old lives; as the stories progress, they try to embrace new ways of living; finally, by experiencing what they have never done before, the main characters find their true interest and become contented with life. Both of the stories convey the idea that, one should not be afraid to try new things, because these attempts may help one find one’s true interest and bring one a gratified life.
“This a song I never want you to forget. This is my song to you,” she said. On the radio played the song made famous by Tim McGraw called “Humble and Kind” The lyrics focus on remembering where
Being in the wild is a great experience, it opens doors and bridges inside one’s mind. It allows people to be inspired, to find hope. It gives people a sense of direction and helps people conquer challenges that they never thought they would achieve. The example left behind by a young man named Christopher McCandless in Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer demonstrates how living on the road and surviving off the land can prove to be a pilgrimage and help enlighten others to go out in search of their own philosophical ideals. Whether it is being away from home and travel all across America, not settling down in one place, but staying long enough in one place and have an affect on someone else, or being with your family hiking up a mountain and be able to look at the scenery that nature brought forth.
The title of the song shines surprisingly clear, though it creates a feeling of being unpleasant and obnoxious for the listeners. The man in this song either feels rejected or disappointed at the world as it seems to be so cruel and also beautiful. Obviously, the world itself always has an equal balance of good and bad and you can never have both. Even though the man got his girl but he feels they are falling apart.
Beryl Markham’s West with the Night is a collection of anecdotes surrounding her early life growing up as a white girl in British imperialist Africa, leading up to and through her flight across the Atlantic Ocean from East to West, which made her the first woman to do so successfully. Throughout this memoir, Markham exhibits an ache for discovery, travel, and challenge. She never stays in one place for very long and cannot bear the boredom of a stagnant lifestyle. One of the most iconic statements that Beryl Markham makes in West with the Night is: I have learned that if you must leave a place that you have lived in and loved and where all your yesteryears are buried deep, leave it any way except a slow way, leave it the fastest way you can. Never turn back and never believe that an hour you remember is a better hour because it is dead.
Which was no strange feeling to me since I turned to music to cope with whatever ailed me, because no matter what, a song, some headphones, and volume turned way too loud was always there. Returning to the supple age of ten, was a disconnect, mainly between the receptors in my brain that determine whether or not I get enough of the happy chemicals, but between what I am, and what I thought I was. I thought I was a kid like everyone else, I would be sad for no reason often, but moving many times, and having to be on my own for a large portion of my early to late teens, I thought it was how life was for most people in my situation. My situation was dreary at best, people bullied me extensively in middle school to high school, in the first string of serious relationships I had they all left because of some arbitrary meaning of what being happy should have been; coming to a peak on Valentines day of 2012, the first time I attempted suicide. Suicide is the focus of the song, how abandonment can lead to hopelessness and desperation to the point of the ultimate act of despair, death. “I guess I finally had the courage to go away. The promises we made were made hollowly. Sometimes you'd reassure me we'd be okay. But you'd always leave” (A Lot Like Birds. Kuroi Ledge. Equal Vision Records, 2013.
The conception of this trope took place in the 18th and 19th century in adventure fiction. During the period of European exploration, the trope has since modernized and has become problematically common (Kingsle, 2013).... ... middle of paper ... ...
For many of us, one of the most accurate and effective ways to express the feelings that really matter to us is through music. We don’t only grow to attached to songs that are catchy, but also those with lyrics that we can relate to. It is not uncommon to feel like sometimes, artists can convey the way we feel better than we could ourselves. The storybook-like lines you read at the start of this page are a collection of lyrics
self-respect in “Doo-woop that Thang”, and the joys of motherhood in “To Zion”. Lauryn Hill
That desire to go where no one has ever been before is inside of all of us. All of us enjoy exploring new teritory that we have never been on before. It’s that thrill and excitement that fills our heart and soles.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, better known as J.R.R. Tolkien, was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa.(Biography.com, J.R.R. Tolkien) Most of Tolkien's family life lived in poverty. He later came to write a series of books and became very successful. One of his novels came to be The Hobbit written in 1954 and came to be finished in 1955. Tolkien created what we call “Middle-earth” out of Middle English. Before the people had the use of insulin available, diabetes was very fatal to most people. In the year of 1904 Tolkien’s mother was diagnosed with diabetes. She later died on November 14, 1904. She orphaned her two sons. Both boys were housed with an unsympathetic aunt, by marriage. (Britannica, J.R.R. Tolkien) Tolkien already
Bilbo reacts to conflict by rising to the challenge, unlike Bombur, who submits to conflict. While thinking about a riddle to stump Gollum, Bilbo “scratched himself, he pinched himself … he slapped himself,” (78) Bilbo thinks as hard as he can, inflicting pain on himself to get his mental gears turning. Evidently, Bilbo is not going to give up and is going to do what he can to stump Gollum and escape the cave with his life. Bilbo is rising to the challenge by attempting to come up with a stumping riddle to save his life. Mr. Baggins is clearly a determined and persistent person when he directs his energy on something. This reaction to conflict by Bilbo is unlike Bombur’s reaction, who claimed that “’I am too fat for such fly-walks … I should
Journeys give us the ability to explore the world with an insightful perspective. A matured perspective is developed when the features of a journey significantly affect us. Crossing the Red Sea, and Postcard by Peter Skrzynecki and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini represent these features. Crossing the Red Sea demonstrates the concept of being stripped from your innocence, a healing process whilst on the journey and the persistence of the past on journeys. Postcard portrays the confronting and lingering attributes of incomplete journeys. Similarly, The Kite Runner highlights the confronting nature of journeys. The three texts establish the idea that a journey delivers changed perspectives towards one’s self and his/her surroundings.
Lynn Powell’s, “A Scherzo for Sadness” is a poem consisting of nine stanzas that provide a narrative through a series of instances in time through concrete imagery. These particular images vividly display the speaker's emotion, implementing a tangible idea to rather abstract concepts. By performing a deep explication and close reading of the work, a deep-seated recognition of a person's emotions and the effects it has on their understanding of the universe is revealed. Throughout the poem, the speaker displays juxtaposed representations of both joy and sadness, which ultimately opens up to a broader statement about the necessity of these feelings in order to fully experience the world. This is catalyzed by the raised question, “And what, today,