Adventure game Essays

  • The Difference Between Adventure Stories, And Video Games

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    1) The difference between adventure stories, and video games Hilliard states is that video games cannot draw in depth story development, or character development. Unlike stories that draw a reader’s attention to a characters emotions or personalities, a video game is concentrated more on illusions of action, adventure, and not so imaginable situations. Another major difference is that video games use short clips, and demonstrations to try and build a story line. A novel uses the entire length

  • Mythic Heros: Sinbad The Sailor

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    returned home with riches beyond the imagination. As a child, the stories of Sinbad's voyages were wildly entertaining. In each one, there was adventure, danger, money, and the hero always came home in one piece. Now that I look back at the stories, there are some parts of Sinbad's fantastic tales that bother me. First of all, Sinbad never set out in search of adventure. These amazing things just seemed to always happen to him. He normally set out as a merchant, carrying goods from one exotic land to another

  • Nausea

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    Sartre details an existential exploration from the viewpoint of fictional character, Antoine Roquentin, in the form of a personal diary. Throughout the work, the “feeling of adventure” becomes an important motif in Roquentin’s existential understanding and development. The contrast Sartre constructs between the ideas of adventure and “perfect moments” not only defines their interconnected relationship but gives the reader insight into Roquentin’s perception of time. Sartre also presents these ideas

  • Chris McCandless: Hero or Dumb Jerk?

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    Helen Keller once said “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all”. Chris McCandless believed in this thought. However, Chris’s “daring adventure” also cuased his quick demise. People risk their lives for many reasons. Perhaps a person is suicidal or maybe they are foolish and ill prepared. I believe many people, including Chris McCandless, risk their lives for an adventure because life is short, and why not take risks while a person still can. Or on the contrary, a person could be seeking

  • Ghost Of The Lagoon Mako Character Analysis

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    fiercely ‘ I shall slay Tupa and win the king's prize’” says Mako, the main character in “Ghost of The Lagoon”. Mako is adventurous, clever, and caring because of his responsibilities and errands he does for his parents. Mako never backs down for an adventure, even if it is getting bananas for his family. His mom told him to go get his family bananas. After he collected bananas and oranges, he headed home in the dark night. As he is rowing, he finds Tupa, the ghost shark in the lagoon. Mako goes and fights

  • Analysis Of The Rail Rush

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    Video games become popular these days, and one of the kids and adults ' interest. People like to play video games on computers or mobile phones, and they like different kinds of games such as violent and adventure games; also, they like to play them because they may learn some skills like patience. Moreover, kids can learn a lot of vocabulary from the game such as word? game. However, some game teaches us how we concentrate on the game like Rail Rush, which is an adventure game that you must travel

  • The Hero's Journey In The Hunger Games

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    There are twelve steps in which the hero participates in, where the hero goes on an adventure or quest, is in a decisive crisis, wins a reward and comes out of it a changed or transformed person. Hercules, is a Greek myth and is an American animated film loosely based on Ancient Greco-Roman mythology, Heracles. The story is modernised in the 1997 to a Disney film and follows the hero 's journey structure. The Hunger Games is a Dystopian fiction set in American, is written by Suzanne Collins and also follows

  • The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

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    determined by fate, destiney provides a troubling situation before the individual can embark on their journey. Then the initial change happens, or the event that sets the quest in motion. Next is the unchartered territory, in this stage the real adventure happens; a person can geographically venture into new territory, or an experience an emotional journey somewhere outside of their comfort zone. Next, is the required learned knowledge; this is the information that the individual learns about his

  • Analysis Of The Hero's Journey

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    The Hero’s journey is a structure which all stories are created from and with which the structure provides the core for creating amazing stories. The Hero’s journey consists of twelve steps the Ordinary World, The Call to Adventure, Refusal of the Call, Meeting the Mentor, Crossing the Threshold, Tests/Allies/Enemies, Approach to The Inmost Cave, Ordeal, Reward (Seizing The Sword), The Road Back, Resurrection, and Return with The Elixir. All of the stories and plays we have heard go along with the

  • Odyssey

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    risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all time here gone before us." (p.1 A Heroes Adventure). This quote from Joseph Campbell tells you the essence of a hero. Odysseus might be a hero in the book but Telemachus was the one who went through the real journey. Campbell defines a hero one as "who has found or done something beyond the normal range of achievement and experience. A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." (p.1 A Heroes Adventure) Now if you

  • Pakistan - The Land of Adventure and Nature

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    Pakistan - The Land of Adventure and Nature From the mighty stretches of the Karakorams in the North to the vast alluvial delta of the Indus River in the South, Pakistan remains a land of high adventure and nature. Trekking, mountaineering, white water rafting, wild boar hunting, mountain and desert jeep safaris, camel and yak safaris, trout fishing and bird watching, are a few activities, which entice the adventure and nature lovers to Pakistan. Pakistan is endowed with a rich and varied

  • My Traveling Adventure

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    My Traveling Adventure The wind hummed past my head, and I noticed off to my side that the sky was starting to clear and that the water surrounding me was becoming a brighter shade of blue. The features of my destination were quickly becoming more distinguishable with each second that passed. Only fifteen minutes before, the features coming into view had appeared as small white dots across the horizon. Looking at my small digital watch, I noticed that the time was 3:45 p.m., five minutes away

  • Tentatively Unravelling Ten Lines of Tennyson's: "Ulysses"

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    confined to a throne although I bear the title of king. Adventure is what I yearn for and what is in my nature. I look forward to living my life to the fullest and throughout all my past experiences I have ventured through them with many of my peers as well as gone through them alone. My adventures left me with satisfaction as well as great turmoil; however, I was able to share those memories with the people who enjoy the same covet for adventure. I find myself and my capabilities when I am free to

  • An Analysis Of A Hero's Journey

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    Hero 's existence is explained before his present story begins, blind to the adventure that is soon to present itself. It 's also the moment where we learn crucial details about our Hero, his true nature, his capabilities, and his outlook on life. This anchors the Hero as a human, just like you and me, and makes it easier for us to identify with him and later, empathize with his predicament. Step two "The Call to Adventure" is where the Hero 's journey begins with an "ultimate disruption" to the comfort

  • Does The Fountain Of Youth Cause Gerascophobia?

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    The fountain of youth is a spring that supposedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks and bathes in its waters. Tales of such a fountain have been recounted across the world for thousands of years. But wouldn’t a person in search of such a fountain have gerascophobia? You are probably wondering what gerascophobia is, it is an abnormal or persistence fear of growing old or ageing and this fear might be based on anxieties of being left alone. In this modern world the fountain of youth is no longer

  • Character Analysis: Numbers By Rachel Ward

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    “Running away from your problems is a race you’ll never win.” -Unknown. Running away from a problem in one's life is never the correct solution, and often times, running away from a problem can only make it worse. In the beginning of the story, Jem explains her background to Spider, how she has moved about through many foster homes. This explanation helps Spider understand the reason Jem is such a closed book. Throughout the book Numbers, by Rachel Ward, Jem changes her attitude towards social interactions

  • Defining Adventure Education

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    Growing up, I knew adventure education to be about practical skills and recreation. It was a way of keeping youth active and engaged. More recently, however, I’ve come to learn more about the history and philosophies of adventure education and so my idea of the concept has changed dramatically as I have also lived and learned much since the days of my youth. I define adventure education as one word: integration. Integration encompasses both personal growth and development of morals and an understanding

  • My Biggest Adventure

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    My Biggest Adventure To start off my story I was born and raised in the same city my entire life. I grew up in the same neighborhood and even the same house, never to fully experience the sensation of moving into a new house or having to make new friends at a different school. Some may say I was lucky I never had to move, but deep down in my heart I always wanted to be that new kid and feel see what it feels like. Worst of all, my schools I had attended were only about ten minutes away from

  • Experimental Training Program: Wilderness/adventure Learning

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    Experimental Training Program: Wilderness/Adventure Learning Training employees is a fundamental element of a corporations success. A company succeeds only as well as the people running it can perform. This training process can cover many skills and go into many areas of expertise. One key element that has only recently come into action is an outdoor- based experiential training program. Commonly called "ropes courses," wilderness courses or adventure learning programs have been in use in the USA

  • Personal Narrative: My Hero's Journey

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    maximum velocity seeking out dangerous and exhilarating events. I am expeditious, I am worthy, I am strong, I am legendary, sometimes I can be absolutely mad, but despite all of my personality traits; I am natively known as the explorer. I seek adventure in new or unfamiliar areas, whether it be the deepest and the darkest parts of space and time, or perhaps something beautiful. I am always prepared for a challenge and will go to phenomenal lengths making sure I use my time wisely, because may I