The Journey Continues

Throughout The Matrix there is a multitude of evidence that this movie was influenced by other texts, for example Alice in Wonderland. When comparing these two stories together a sense of self in two different realities emerge, one in the real world and one in a dream world or in our case the Matrix where both can be changed. When Morpheus makes allusion to Neo going down the rabbit hole he is telling him that it will seem like a dream and that Neo as a person will change. Throughout the film Mr

Introduction In the journey of the Odyssey, a Greek hero by the name of Odysseus, thinks that he can do anything and everything without the help of the Gods in his life. Odysseus, through his own person insight and challenges he was forced to face, learned very quickly he desperately needed the strong hands of the Gods! In his ten year journey to return home, he is helped by the Goddess Athena and befriended by Aeolus (keeper of the winds). On his journey, he had to deal with the angriest God of

the world with nowhere to go? So you just continued on a journey hoping to find your way back and exactly where you belong. I’m sure plenty of us have been through a road of lost direction. But, we keep moving forward hoping to find what we are looking for and figuring out how we made it on this journey in the first place. Nathaniel Hawthorne writes a story about a man named, Young Goodman Brown who was lost on a journey. During his journey he leaves behind his wife Faith and also his belief in faith

potential. In order to achieve his full potential, he sells his sheep and takes off on a journey to fulfill his personal legend. The story is not just about a boy trying to carry out his personal legend, it is about the symbolic aspects of life and how everything in a person's life affects them. Fate and omens are main motifs in The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo that helped Santiago find this way through his journey and are shown by the symbolic stones from the king, the desert he traveled through and

destination of your journey matters and in other cases the destination is pointless. These characters go on journeys to to learn lessons or reach a destination. In “The Odyssey” by Homer and “The Cruelest Journey” by Kira Salak, goes through obstacles into their journey where they endure new things during their journey. Have you ever thought you could not overcome an obstacle when there’s no hope ? In “The Odyssey” by Homer, is a epic hero tale that tells about a man’s 10 year journey trying to find

after he goes through the bad. He is robbed, and then he gets offered a job that will pay him, so he has a chance to regain the money he just lost. Finally, since he still tries to become better, he gets a job which will help him gain money for the journey. To conclude, Santiago learns that even if something bad happens, if you still strive to become better, you will be awarded. Next, Santiago’s friends help him become better. To clarify, when Santiago is on the

Dying is an archetypal novel where the journey the characters embark on is a model for others. Little Miss Sunshine, a movie rather than a novel, takes the basics of As I Lay Dying and alters them to form a more modern version with a slightly different storyline. Little Miss Sunshine successfully interprets the journey in As I Lay Dying because aspects of both the characters and their trek emulate that of the novel As I Lay Dying. The major events in the journey of the Hoovers in Little Miss Sunshine

Bryan Lee O’Malley, and the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, the concept that an unexpected detour on a journey can lead to a significant reward or outcome for the individuals is explored. Seconds, a graphic novel by Bryan Lee O’Malley, explores the idea that while on a journey, an unexpected detour can lead to a significant reward for the individual. The detour on the journey for the protagonist, Katie, in this text, is coming into contact with a spirit who allows Katie to change one thing

into receiving Esau’s birthright and Esau, “bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him” (The Catholic Study Bible, Genesis 27:41). Jacob runs off and is in Haran where he has a dream and in that dream he decides to continue the covenant with God and is ready to make peace with his brother. After the two reunite, Jacob becomes the father of twelve sons whom are to be the twelve tribes (Israelites), Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan

every minute of it, his days poisoned by lonesome and longing” (220). Inman realizes he does not want to live alone. Inman knows the importance of people and he needs them to survive. The help from people motivates both Inman and Odysseus to continue their journey home and to not give up. After twenty long years away from his family, Odysseus still has motivation to return to Ithaca. Odysseus could have stayed with the princess of the Phaeacians, but instead he wants to go home to his family. Odysseus’