The Journey Not The Arrival Matters Essay

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    “The journey not the arrival matters” Discuss this statement focusing on HOW the composers of your prescribed text and two related texts represent the concept of journey. A physical journey involves both a beginning and ending. The beginning and ending is not what is important, in fact the journey itself is important. Physical journeys involve movement to new places whilst incurring obstacles. A physical journey has many opportunities for its travellers, these allow for physical, environmental

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    The American Dream establishes a journey to achieve a goal in order to start a new life. In “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” by Walt Whitman, Walt Whitman illustrates the arrival to endorse a connection with the American future. Therefore, Walt Whitman conveys the experience of arrival using images to highlight the steps to reach the American Dream. As a result, the experience of arrival introduces a similar goal people are trying to achieve, which connects one another. Nevertheless, the people arriving

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    the concept of the physical journey and specifically that it is the journey, not the destination that matters. Noyce has used a number of filimic and literary techniques thoughout “Rabbit Proof Fence” to ddo this. The use of symbolism, lighting, characterisation and camera angles all enable Noyce to express the physical journey being explored. The cover of Kellehers’ novel ______ uses visual techniques such as colour, blending and dark patches to convey the type of journey being explored through his

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    The journey,not the arrival is what matters in human experience. It can be said that when one takes the first steps of a journey, that person will be forever changed as they will no longer be the way they were. As on travels, through physical or inner journeys the experiences one has, the decisions one makes and the affects of those decisions enables one to grow and develop in new and unexpected ways. These ideas are explored in Roberts frosts poem the “road not taken” and Peter Skrzynecki's poem

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    Question: “Journeys allow travelers to reflect on their own experiences because of new knowledge gained and greater insight into themselves and the world around them.” How do composers explore this aspect of journeys? Essay Answer: It is presumed that journeys are uplifting experiences, with the implication that new knowledge and greater insight allow travelers to gain wisdom and solidify a coherent view of the world. Yet, experiences through journeys can result in new knowledge clashing with preconceived

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    Two sets of families filled with emotions, hopes, and promises to embark on separate journeys. Anticipating the feelings and emotions of meeting up with their loves ones. Different situations cause for different reactions, with similar causes. The short story “A Pair of Tickets” written by Amy Tan and the story “Everyday Use” written by Alice Walker both gives insight on the true gut wrenching feelings behind the importance of family and how a mother’s opinion can affect the actions and mindset of

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    unlikelihood of John Howland’s struggle and survival would be comparable to winning the lottery today. With the sighting of Cape Cod on November 9, 1620 the struggle of the journey seemed to be drawing nearer to an end. John Howland, along with the other indentured servants, was appointed to the construction of the Carvers home. Upon the arrival of the Mayflower came the birth of The Mayflower Compact and the inauguration of the Plymouth Colony. The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self-government

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    Jamestown, Virginia also known as “America’s birthplace”, went through many hardships and adversities in its first years. The journey from London to the Chesapeake Bay alone, took four months when it was only to take three. The rivalry and conflict happening in the ship itself only made matters worse. Once the colonist arrived to what is now known as Virginia, their conditions only worsened as food, water, and shelter were scarce. Unlike the Native Americans, the newly arrived settlers were unprepared

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    Effects of Perspective: Essay In Villenueve’s 2013 feature film Arrival, the thought of seeing the future evolves into a negative sense as viewers are able to have different perspective on the matter. In the film arrival, viewers are able to see things from different points of view. In the movie Dr. Louise Banks is able to see into the future. She can decide on if she would like to try and change her fate or not. Being able to see into the future is an unfathomable concept to the normal human being

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    purified, and their only option to change the church system was to leave England. They then began an extreme journey across the water to establish a new church. The Puritans main goal in migrating to America was to create what they believed to be a “city upon a hill”, which would be the guidelines and a model to other societies.

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