Swimming through the river, like a red bolt of lightning, the salmon tries to find the place it was born at so it can spawn. It has learned this through the species’ trial and error, which is acquiring knowledge, one of the most important parts of a journey. As we’ve seen through many journeys, such as the poem by CP Cavafy “Ithaka”, and the migrations of animals like salmon, beluga whales, and horseshoe crabs, the journey is the most important thing out of an adventure. Although the destination still matters, the journey is where you gain all of your knowledge and your important items from. The journey matters more than the destination when you gain as much knowledge as possible, but keep the destination in mind to keep you moving forward. The definition of a journey is, “The act of traveling from one place to another while acquiring as much knowledge as possible.” This …show more content…
is a perfect representation of “The Odyssey”, an epic poem by Homer. In the story, Odysseus leaves his homeland to go and fight in the Trojan war and he is forced to go through many hardships and trials. By the end, he has gained a great deal of knowledge and has gone back home to Ithaka. Throughout this journey, there were many parts that stood out when he went through hardships. One of those, “Three abreast I tied them silently together, twining cords of willows from the ogre’s bed; then slung a man under each middle one to ride there safely, shielded left and right.” (378-381) Odysseus thought of an idea to get him and his men out of the cyclops' cave. In this situation, he gained knowledge of the cyclops and how to work around him. A journey can teach you amazing things, like being smart during a journey so you don’t get harmed or your companions don’t get hurt (even though all of Odysseus’ men died, he still used his wits a lot). He used his wits to get out of sticky situations, like escaping the Cyclops and putting wax on his men’s ears when he needed them not to hear the song. “I drew on all my wits, and ran through tactics, reasoning as a man will for dear life, until a trick came to me - and it pleased me well. The Cyclops’ rams were handsome, fat, with heavy fleeces, a dark violet.” (373-377) Odysseus used his tricks and wits to trick the Cyclops into letting them out of the cave they were trapped in. Odysseus was the hero that got all his men killed, some of it by his huge ego because he would use responses that aggravated people, like the Cyclops. He also held his men to high standards, like trusting them to not eat the Sun God’s cattle, but they did. And Zeus blew up their ship because of it. The men should have been supervised by someone like Odysseus, who would warn them not to eat the cattle, but that was when Odysseus wasn’t thinking and went somewhere else to sleep. “Slipping away, I struck across the island to a sheltered spot, out of the driving gale. I washed my hands there, and made a supplication to the gods who own Olympus, all the gods - but they, for answer, only closed my eyes under slow drops of sleep.” (857-863) This was an unthinking move by Odysseus because he had already told his men not to eat the cattle. But his men had already shown that they sometimes don’t listen to him, so his men eat the cattle and are then punished by Zeus. Odysseus has learned that he needs to use his wits and trickiness to get out of sticky situations and bad places. When you come back from your journey a changed person, in a better way, that is when a journey is more important than the destination.
The poem by Georgia Douglas Johnson, “Your World”, is the story of how big you make your world, do you want to stay in the corner all your life or do you want to go out and explore what you do not know? “Your world is as big as you make it. I know for I used to abide in the narrowest nest in a corner, My wings pressed close to my side.” (1-4) The author’s world was as small as could be in the beginning of the poem. This was when she didn’t want to get out and explore, but when she went out and explored, she came back happier and changed. “But I sighted the distant horizon where the skyline encircled the sea, and I throbbed with a burning desire to travel this Immensity . . . Then soared to the uttermost reaches with rapture, with power, with ease!” (5-12) She changed when she went on the journey. This also goes back to the hero’s journey, we see the calling, the transformation from the known to the unknown, and the return of the character, but she is
changed. To conclude, the journey is more important than the destination. A journey is the key part of an adventure, as shown in many movies and books, such as “The Hobbit”/ “Lord of the Ring” series, “Michael Vey” series, and “The Outcasts”. If you gain more knowledge from the journey than the destination, then you know that the journey is more important than the destination. As we’ve seen in the Odyssey, by Homer, Odysseus gains knowledge about different things, such as the cyclops, to get back home to Ithaka. Also, if you get to the destination a changed person, that is how you know the journey is better than the destination. The destination is just the cherry on the top.
Kim Addonizio’s “First Poem for You” portrays a speaker who contemplates the state of their romantic relationship though reflections of their partner’s tattoos. Addressing their partner, the speaker ambivalence towards the merits of the relationship, the speaker unhappily remains with their partner. Through the usage of contrasting visual and kinesthetic imagery, the speaker revels the reasons of their inability to embrace the relationship and showcases the extent of their paralysis. Exploring this theme, the poem discusses how inner conflicts can be powerful paralyzers.
Throughout all texts discussed, there is a pervasive and unmistakable sense of journey in its unmeasurable and intangible form. The journeys undertaken, are not physically transformative ones but are journeys which usher in an emotional and spiritual alteration. They are all life changing anomaly’s that alter the course and outlook each individual has on their life. Indeed, through the exploitation of knowledge in both a positive and negative context, the canvassed texts accommodate the notion that journeys bear the greatest magnitude when they change your life in some fashion.
“They say God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers and what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.” This, lyrics from the Intro of her album, justifies how Kehlani, an artist from Oakland, the third largest city in the Bay Area, have put in so much effort and hard work to be able to set herself apart and stand out from all the other aspiring singers.
This darkly satiric poem is about cultural imperialism. Dawe uses an extended metaphor: the mother is America and the child represents a younger, developing nation, which is slowly being imbued with American value systems. The figure of a mother becomes synonymous with the United States. Even this most basic of human relationships has been perverted by the consumer culture. The poem begins with the seemingly positive statement of fact 'She loves him ...’. The punctuation however creates a feeling of unease, that all is not as it seems, that there is a subtext that qualifies this apparently natural emotional attachment. From the outset it is established that the child has no real choice, that he must accept the 'beneficence of that motherhood', that the nature of relationships will always be one where the more powerful figure exerts control over the less developed, weaker being. The verb 'beamed' suggests powerful sunlight, the emotional power of the dominant person: the mother. The stanza concludes with a rhetorical question, as if undeniably the child must accept the mother's gift of love. Dawe then moves on to examine the nature of that form of maternal love. The second stanza deals with the way that the mother comforts the child, 'Shoosh ... shoosh ... whenever a vague passing spasm of loss troubles him'. The alliterative description of her 'fat friendly features' suggests comfort and warmth. In this world pain is repressed, real emotion pacified, in order to maintain the illusion that the world is perfect. One must not question the wisdom of the omnipotent mother figure. The phrase 'She loves him...' is repeated. This action of loving is seen as protecting, insulating the child. In much the same way our consumer cultur...
The death camp was a terrible place where people where killed. Hitler is who created the death camp for Jews. The death camp was used for extermination on Jews. This occurred on 1939 – 1945. The death camps were in the country of Europe. Hitler did all this because he didn’t like Jews and the religions. The book Night is a autobiography written by Elie Wiesel. The poem called First they came for the communist written by Martin Neimoller is a autobiography.
The poem On Girls Lending Pens that is written by Taylor Mali tells that a boy forgets to bring his pen for class, so he has to borrow one from a girl beside him. However, he does not expect that girl has too many pens to pick from. It seems that the girl cares too much about her stuff and makes the simplest thing more difficult to deal with. At the end, the boy decides that he would rather come unprepared than borrow a pen from the girl. It is a very humorous and rhymed poem. Through different poetic devices, it shows the theme of being prepared.
That journey means that every day is a new change or a new transformation of who she is, and where she is going. She also highlights the idea throughout the text that the journey is one that everyone must take in order to discover themselves. Thus, the essay or story is about self discovery at its most basic. Understanding this allows the reader to see the importance of curiosity, of asking questions, and of heading into the unknown without questioning the journey
Getting somewhere is not just the destination, but even more so the journey. The goals are our destination and obstacle and temptations litter the voyage. Like Odysseus, achieving these goals is not a cinch. Obstacles must be faced or avoided, and temptations should be resisted.
1) The theme that I will explore for the two independent pieces, will involve the theme of simply finding who you really are. As a viewer we should see past the complications of the obstacles we face in our day-to-day lives, for our eyes should only then become fixated on the endless possibilities of the time we have left within the intersection of time and space. The viewer can than grasp each of the moments that are left, so they can imagine beyond the emptiness - alone to see a sense of self-discovery in the very center, only pondering on the isolated sense of power we hold as humans to create a new life of belonging. Also, the depiction of having a positive approach to life’s challenges is essential to explore life and work
Moose wanted to carry the football so that he could be noticed, “ And dreamed of racing down the field with the ball in the end zone, while everyone in the bleachers screaming his name.”
“Poetry tries to get at the emotions of situations. It's the most direct form of communication we’ve got.” (Gary Hyland) Poetry is our most direct form of communication because it attacks emotions to get its message across, author to poem, and poem to reader with figurative language of hyperboles, similes and personification. Tugging at heartstrings of emotions to connect the reader to its passages. “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins and “What You Are Doing Now” by Gary Hyland, are two “poem on poetry” poems written in free verse using those literary devices.
A journey is something that comes in many forms, such as physical or mental. Any journey can be beneficial even life changing, though sometimes it might take a huge toll on someone. After going through a journey it strengthens a person and they learn that they have more power than they ever thought possible. Life is the ultimate journey that everyone experiences.
Did I Miss Anything? is a poem written by a Canadian poet and academic Tom Wayman. Being a teacher, he creates a piece of literature, where he considers the answers given by a teacher on one and the same question asked by a student, who frequently misses a class. So, there are two speakers present in it – a teacher and a student. The first one is fully presented in the poem and the second one exists only in the title of it. The speakers immediately place the reader in the appropriate setting, where the actions of a poem take place – a regular classroom. Moreover, the speakers unfolds the main theme of the poem – a hardship of being a teacher, the importance of education and laziness, indifference and careless attitudes of a student towards studying.
Even today in reality, the journey is more important than the destination through each of our individual lives. People make choices on their voyage, such as deciding on a college, a job, or even where to live, and all of the choices the adventurer makes is going to affect the future. On the way to their objective, they will gain experience and learn life lessons which will impact their final
For centuries, many have argued over which is more important: the destination or the journey. Willa Cather once voiced that, “The end is nothing; the road is all.” What she means is that the journey is more important than the destination. The road taken to the destination is more important because it can give people useful skills. It can also give people important life experiences. The journey makes people who they are.