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 The Red Sea” are both examples of an emotional journey within a physical journey. A feature article ‘A Desert Odyssey’ reported by Sue Williams and Robert Frost’s poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ also involve emotional journeys within a physical journey.
‘Postcard’ is a poem by Skrzynecki about the arrival of a postcard for his parents. As Skrzynecki’s
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On this extensive journey it allowed for an emotional journey to take part between immigrants, shown by the metaphor “silence fell from it’s shackles” showing readers that they were finally able to talk about their past experiences and emotions, which allowed for emotional release. The lengthy journey also allowed for Skrzynecki to allude back to his past life remembering both good and bad memories.
“I remember a field of red poppies” is a pleasant allusion that Skrzynecki had about his past life but is then juxtaposed by “Blood leaves similar dark stains”. The juxtaposed quotes shows the emotional impact his past life as had on him, as he remembers the happy memories he quickly replaces them for memories of lives and blood that has been lost. This emphasises that even though you can leave the past behind you, past events and memories can still be the cause of an emotional journey that must be overcome, as emotions can also be an obstacle that has to be faced on a physical journey. “The equator still to be crossed” shows that the immigrants have a long way to go and still have many obstacles to face including their emotions. Crossing the Red Sea therefore shows that a physical journey can be epic and momentous in both literal distance and process but also with relation to emotional change that inevitably accompanies such a situation/event.
My related text ‘A Desert Odyssey’ is a feature
Rhetorical Analysis of “The Journey” by Mary Oliver A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Mary Oliver poem “The Journey” describes someone who breaks free from society’s restrictive ways and finds themself in nature. Oliver uses figurative language, synecdoche, and parallelism to press her argument that to find yourself, you need to break free from society and spend some alone time with nature. Figurative language like symbolism and personification is present.
“A refugee’s story” relates to “Feliks Skrzynecki” by Peter Skrynecki in various ways. Themes of isolation and assimilation are explored in both texts by Peter, forgetting his Polish heritage and Hujale “forgetting his motherland”. During their journey, they both became refugees/immigrants at very young ages and had a difficult experience in coping with new their life which is shown by the use of techniques.
This blog also uses pathos appealing to the audience’s emotions. Many of the travelers have to endure the physical challenges in order to get to their final destination. In “Pieces of a Journey” readers get a very good insight into all that goes into traveling in rough climates. When authors express the cons not just the pros to traveling it makes readers sympathize with the travelers. Readers also get fell the emotion when the views are described. It is unreal how the authors describe with such detail what the magnificent views God has made for
Michael Griffin, and “The Journey” a poem by Mary Oliver all show and describe different journeys. Characters in the Odyssey go on a physical journey to save their home and then to return home. Michael Griffin in, “The Real Reasons We Explore Space”, explains that people go on mental journeys to satisfy a natural human curiosity. The speaker in “The Journey” goes on a mental journey to free themselves from being subject of codependence.
Jane’s physical journeys contribute significantly to her emotional/personal journey in self discovery. The journeys evolve as time goes on, as does she; they help her grow and mature as a person. Each physical journey causes her to feel differently and changes the way she views the world. These physical journeys help Jane on her four metaphorical journeys, as each one allows her to reflect and mature.
In literary travel writing, it is always necessary to do a deep analysis of each of its components to be able to get a better understanding of the reading and to get the real message of the writer. In the case of Albino Ochero-Okello’s “Arrival,” he talks about his experience when he arrives to the United Kingdom as a refugee looking for asylum. The writer tells his life story, trying to express his experience when entering the United Kingdom. In many ways, I can relate to the story because of my personal feelings about having to live the same experience because of problems that are currently happening in my country. The author’s encounter is the main conflict that entailed human against self. The feelings that he expresses throughout the story are concerns about his family and about his future, in addition to uncertainty about what is going to happen to him after passing through immigration. For this reason, it is important to study and analyze one of the rhetorical elements more significant in this story called pathos informed by the stance. These rhetorical elements in the story called my attention the most.
Physical journeys are comprised of change and can lead to realisation of some fundamental truth. They occur as a result of the obstacle of societal constraints. Shakespeare's pastoral play As You Like It explores the notion of a physical journey through the societal constraints and physical obstacles faced by the characters, which forces them to embark on a transformative physical journey into the forest. These ideas are also reiterated in Noyce’s film Rabbit-Proof Fence through the unjust laws
The inner journey is a concept that has always been debated, and so has its meaning. The word ‘inner’ has the alternative meaning of personal. Moreover, the word journey has an alternative meaning of movement. So, the concept of the inner journey, customarily, has the meaning of a personal movement. Inner journeys have often been described as the metaphor behind a physical journey. The statement ‘Journey is the reward’ and the idea of a personal movement are depicted in the texts, My Place by Sally Morgan, The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, The Transall Saga and Pay it Forward. ‘My Place’ is the autobiographical
There are many people who travel a distance in life to find the path they should take or to remember the path they once took. In the poem “The Path Not Taken,” by Robert Frost and the short story "I Used to Live Here Once" by Jean Rhys there are many similarities and differences. The authors’ use of describing a path helps them personify life’s journeys and self-reflection.
Moving to a new country can be a daunting experience, especially when you do not know what to expect when you arrive at your destination. Migration is the movement of people from one place to another. I will be looking into migration in a much greater detail throughout this assignment. I will be focusing on how the narration and relationship between the storyteller and the audience reveal the main themes of migration and cultural difference depicted in the short story, 'Squatter'.
In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine, the physical journey represents the setting for the psychological journey that both main characters undergo. Each stage of the journey is correlated to an emotional insight, and the implications are great enough to incur a change in the protagonists' lives. Through the discovery of distant lands and foreign ideas, Marlow and Jasmine are prompted to look internally to find the answers to their questions. Their struggles are personal, and they are driven by different guiding forces, yet both experience a greater sense of self-awareness by the end of their journey.
In the Robert Frost poem ‘’The Road Not Taken’’ there is a pervasive and in many ways intrinsic sense of journey throughout. In such, the poem explores an aspect associated with human decision, or indecision, relative to the oxymoron, that choices with the least the difference should bear the most indifference, but realistically, carry the most difficulty. This is conveyed through the use of several pivotal techniques. Where the first such instance is the use of an extended metaphor, where the poem as a whole becomes a literary embodiment of something more, the journey of life. The second technique used is the writing style of first person. Where in using this, the reader can depict a clear train of thought from the walker and understand
The novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë consists of the continuous journey through Jane's life towards her final happiness and freedom. This is effectively supported by five significant 'physical' journeys she makes, which mirror the four emotional journeys she makes.
5 days pasted since Alexei left his family in Russia. About a hundred criminals and traitor of the country dropped dead like flies due to the harsh weather. The survival trip is all about mental resilience. The walk was a physical battle but a mental one too. Alexei looked forward and thought about his family and his daughter. Alexei continued walking, thinking about warm thoughts. It was Ironic.
A journey is the act of travelling from one place to another. Both Plath and Larkin portray this in a literal and metaphorical sense. I will analyse and compare ways in which Plath and Larkin portray their ideas about what a journey is to them. ‘Ariel’ and ‘Sheep in Fog’ by Plath portray the idea of a journey as a metaphorical escape as she struggles with her own insecurities and paranoia and contemplates death as the end to her journey. ‘Here’ and ‘Whitsun Weddings’ by Larkin portray a journey as an escape from the bustles of life and the oppressions of Capitalism in a consumerist environment to feel bliss in the solitude of his own thoughts.