Essay on Drifters by Bruce Dawe

Imagine a world where the skies are grey and the ground is torn to pieces. Where there is no civilisation present, nor another human being to be seen. Where the feeling of hunger influences you to consider the idea of human flesh filling your insides and persuading you to do so. A world infested with murder, crime and despair- which have now become necessary for survival. Imagine the air thick with black clouds towering over your very essence and having to muddle through 10 feet of snow and a strong gust of wind. A world where all faith should be gone, but amiss all bad things, it continues to linger through the eyes of the youth. Being able to see the light when your surroundings are pitch black signifies that humanity has not been lost completely. Although, the man knows in his heart that death is inevitable and dangerously close, he continues to live for the sake of the boy whom he believes carries the final hope for humanity.

One of the books I read this summer was called Adam of the Road. Adam of the Road is based in 13th century England. The story is told from the perspective of Eleven year old Adam. One of Adam’s favorite things to do was to run and play in the fields with his dog, Nick, until that was no longer possible. One day Adam, Nick and Adam’s father, Roger, set out on a journey. They trek through the open fields and the cobblestone paths until they find and Inn to stay in. After they get settled in they eat supper and then they go to sleep, Adam places Nick under his bed and tells him to stay so Nick does not run away. When Roger and Adam wake up in the morning they immediately notice Nick is missing. Another person who is staying at the Inn says that

Essentially a monologue set within a frame, this poem creates two personae. The anonymous author gives a brief introduction and conclusion. The Wanderer, an aging warrior, who roams the world seeking shelter and aid. The Wanderer’s monologue divides into two distinct parts, the first being a lament for his exile and the loss of kin, friends, home, and the generosity of his king. In nature, he finds absolutely no comfort, for he has set sail on the winter stricken sea. Poignantly, the speaker dreams that he is among his companions, and embracing his king, only to awaken facing the gray, winter sea, and snowfall mingled with hail.

Future society is an extremely unpredictable subject, because people all have different views on life. Charles G. Waugh author of the short story, “Long Way Home” tells a story about a caring father losing his son, due to the world's advanced technology. On the other hand in the short story, “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradley, individuals are completely addicted to technology, allowing technology to over rule the world and take over people's minds. Although both stories show a possible outcome of the future, the more realistic future will most likely be “The Pedestrian”.

schedule of the family that lives in the house, which is a family of 4, throughout the story, but the

Have you ever wonder why they built borders? Or who built them? Or who prevents and controls illegals from crossing, and what they do to accomplish them from crossing? In the book, The Devils Highway, by Luis Alberto Urrea defines the effects the desert has to offer for the immigrant’s entrance. The Devils High Way is a measureless desert past Mexico and Sonora, which is one of the most isolated and driest deserts in the U.S. This is a desert which few

Following, on May 4, 1961, a mixed group of 13 African Americans and white civil rights activist led the Freedom Rides (Freedom Rides?). Similar, to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Freedom Rides traveled to various cities in the south to protest against segregation of the bus terminals. History.com staff concurs “the Freedom Rides, a series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals.” The purpose of the freedom riders was to openly disobey the Jim Crow laws in the south in a nonviolent fashion. This was a dangerous journey, many of these people were beaten, arrested, and even the buses were destroyed. Yet, they persevered (“Freedom Riders: The Nashville Connection”). History.com staff, adds “The Freedom Riders, were recruited by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a U.S. civil rights group, they departed from Washington D.C., and attempted to integrate facilities at bus terminals along the way in the Deep South.” African Americans would try to use the “whites only” bathrooms and counters, which attracted attention and violence (Freedom Rides). According to the history.com staff due to the efforts of the Freedom Rides, “in September 1961, the interstate Commerce Commission issued regulations prohibiting segregation in bus and train nationwide.” The

Have you ever been forced to leave and explore the world? Well that's relatable, it's the only option left for the immigrants trying to blaze a trail to travel on safety. But people don't wanna risk getting hurt or trespassing into someone's land.

First published in 1977, Robert Day’s The Last Cattle Drive was an instant bestseller and Book of the Month Club selection. Currently, the novel is a Western classic. This rough and boisterous novel of a cattle drive by two older cowboys, seeking to relive a bygone era and prove themselves superior to the trucking industry, backed by Opal, the wife of Spangler, and a green horn school teacher in the modern age of the planes, trains, and trucks revived the genre of the cowboy. Moreover, the novel added its own special twists of relationships between the characters and the people along the way which captured the imagination of its audience, especially the author of this paper. The novel is full of relatable rural small

In Langston Hughes, "On the Road" the Sargeant is a homeless Black man that is desperate for food and shelter. In his desperation, Sargeant goes to the church to refuge, but there is no one at the Church to help him get refuge. Although Sargent is living in a time where the depression is in existence amongst all people, Black and White, he finds no one to help him. Sargent goes to the Church because the Church helps people. However, because Sargeant is Black and the Church is populated by a White congregation, he is rejected. In the story " One the Road", one of the people: A big black unemployed Negro holding onto our church... "The idea"! This represents that Sargent wants the benefits of the white

In American culture, working long, tiring hours is considered the only way to live. Many individuals feel pressured to follow the path society has set out for them. Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom, chronicles Ken Illgunas’ journey to self efficacy. His 2013 memoir follows his grapple with student debt and social pressure. While searching for his place in the world, Illgunas criticizes society’s disdain for freedom of choice. Like Thoreau, he searches for his own definition of a meaningful life: a balance between solitude and social integration.

Why do you think McCarthy has chosen not to give his characters names? How do the generic labels of “the man” and “the boy” affect the way you /readers relate to them?

In the short story, “The Hitchhiker” Lucille Fletcher sets the Hitchhiker as a Grim Reaper that will keep following Adam until he takes his fate and accepts his death. When we lose someone close to us it's hard to accept they are really gone. We need to move on from living in a fake reality where they are alive and everything still is the same. The story leaves the readers questioning why was hitchhiker is following Adam. Maybe the reason he is still able to drive is so he could travel on forever? Maybe the Hitchhiker is following him till his death, or the grave? While the readers just see it as Adam is the only one caught up with not accepting his death, maybe the reason he can talk to certain people is because they are going through the

Freedom Road is book written by the renowned novelist Howard Fast. Fast has written many novels including Citizen Tom Paine, Spartacus and April Morning. Fast’s career was a bit controversial because of his affiliation with the Communist Party USA and his time spent incarcerated because of this affiliation. This did not deter Fast from utilizing his creative abilities in writing novels. He wrote his most famous novel Spartacus while incarcerated. Howard Fast died on March12, 2003.

The Road is a story where is set in a post-apocalyptic world, where the date and location is unnamed. The author of the novel Cormac McCarthy doesn 't describe why or how the disaster has demolish the earth. But after reading the novel, I can sense that the author wanted to present a case of mystery and fear to the unknown to the reader. By the author 's exclusion I think that the story gains a better understanding of what the author wanted to express to the reader. An expression of a man and his son surviving in a post-apocalyptic setting.