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    In the poem “The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere,” the Marinere attains a change of mindset in regards to the sea snakes he encounters. This moment in the poem is larger than just the liking or disliking of an animal; it shows a larger change within the Marinere. Through exploring the concept of seeing in Carlos Castaneda’s novel A Separate Reality, and applying it to the beloved Marinere, it is discovered that the Marinere completes the act of seeing. Being able to “see” allows the Marinere this shift

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    Monkey King is a most well-known Chinese fictional character existing in the novel Journey to the West written by Wu Cheng’en. The novel is an extended account of the legendary pilgrimage of the Tang dynasty Buddhist monk Xuanzang who traveled with three disciples to Central Asia and India to obtain Buddhist sacred texts and returned after many trials and much suffering. Monkey King is one of the three disciples who not only has vivid and human-like personalities but also has magical powers. I feel

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    and Direct the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Farmer studied Gandhi, this strongly influencing the activist to approach the protest peacefully . Choosing to model the Freedom Rides after a similar bus protest, Farmer followed Bayard Rustin’s “Journey of Reconciliation”; however, unlike Rustin, Farmer emphasized thoroughly training his riders in a three-day workshop that focused on

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    Now I do not know what Carlos Castaneda was smoking while he wrote Journey to Ixtlan: the Lessons of Don Juan, but it sure did bring out his creative side. Throughout Journey to Ixtlan, the reader is constantly perplexed and confused by the enigma that is don Juan. Don Juan is a teacher, if you want to call him that, and he teaches Castaneda how to stop the world and how to erase personal history. In reality I really do not think don Juan existed, he was merely a figment of Castaneda's peyote-influenced

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    characters throughout Rohinton Mistry's "Such a long journey" include the contrast of many opposing forces. Good and bad, bitterness and forgiveness, saving and destruction, heaven and hell as just a few of the conflicting themes. Many secondary characters in the novel are important in the life of Gustad, and encourage these themes. In The Road to Salvation: Mythological and Theological Intertextuality in Rohinton Mistry's Such a Long Journey, Michel W. Pharand states: "Since good and evil

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    University: University of Leiden 14 June 2012 Department: Language and Culture of China Course: Visual Political Communication (BA3) Semester: Summer Semester 2011/2012 Lecturer: Florian Schneider Journey to the West A Textual-Visual Discourse Analysis Name: Stefan Ruijsch (Student No. 0620203) Major: Chinese Studies, BA 3 E-mail: s.ruijsch@umail.leidenuniv.nl Phone: 06-48369645 Address: Vrijheidslaan 256, 2321 DP Leiden Word Count: 9,387 Table of Contents

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    “If not us then who? If not now then when? Will someone else’s children have to risk their lives instead of us risking our own?” (John Lewis, a former Freedom Rider). The Freedom Riders were a group of more than 400 blacks and whites who endured great amounts of hate and violence, simply for riding together on buses and trains in the South. They impacted the civil rights movement by creating a large public outcry for their struggles, which eventually led to laws prohibiting segregated transportation

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    Monkey King

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    Main characters are the soul of the book, and sometimes the stories cannot be remembered by people, but the main characters are remarkable. Monkey King is a successful figure with no doubts, and he is a famous hero in everyone’s childhood. Monkey King was born from a stone, which located in Flower and Fruit Mountain. This mystery location is already telling the readers that this is a unique and special monkey. Monkey King learned seventy-two transformations from his master, Puti, and he declares

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    players much more than Western focused games. Strengthening its position and giving gamblers something new to get stuck into, XIN Gaming have raised the curtain on brand new flagship game Monkey King. Taking inspiration from classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, this new game is set to enchant, enlighten, and entertain unlike any slot tile that has come before. Known by tens of millions of people and considered to be the ‘ultimate’ when it comes to Chinese literature, Monkey King plays as if

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    The Journey Of The West

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    The book,the Journey to the West first emphasizes how they work together to resist the master.They have four people. Tangseng who is the leader of them and has mission to get the holy scriptures,Song Wukong is the smartest person and good at fighting, Zhu Bajie is supposed be the immortal forever, but he made some mistake ,and he needs make those up, and Sha Wujing, who is the same as Zhu Bajie.They all trust each other,and they have Owen duty.Tang Seng is son of Buddha, so the others protect him

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