Treasures

Transformation of Hero in Raiders of Lost Ark Raiders of the Lost Ark is the 1981 film that follows renowned archeologist and professor Indiana Jones as he races against time and Nazis to uncover one of the greatest treasures believed to be in existence, the Ark of the Covenant. In this film, Indiana Jones fulfills the role of the hero and as such must fulfill certain tasks that will prove his heroic qualities. In "The Hero's Journey of Self-Transformation: Models of Higher Development from Mythology

on Dantés. During the book a sailor from Marseille named Dantés gets wrongly convicted of helping Napoleon. While he is in prison at the Château d’F, he meets an. He also knows of a secret treasure. During his time in prison, Abbe Faria’s choices of showing Dantés how to escape, teaching Dantés of secret treasure on the island of Monte Cristo, and allowing Dantés into his life all show a major effect on Dantés. The first choice Abbe Faria made was to help Dantés to escape from the Château d’f. This

a tool for protection. When “he gave her a jack-knife,” she took it “as great a treasure as if she were a desert-islander” (Jewett). With this new tool, Sylvia can whittle and create new treasures. We know she would like to have more, because when the hunter offers ten dollars for the white heron, Sylvia “wished-for treasures the ten dollars… would buy” (Jewett). Sylvia kept referring to what she could buy as treasures, and she

voyage was to be the last great expedition of the treasure fleet. By 1551, the greatest navy the world had ever known had ordered itself into extinction. Zhu Di’s death from illness, at age 64, started the collapse of the China, on August 12, 1424. following his death his son came into power, the two could not be more different. Zhu Gaozhi, become the new emperor, his first ruling was to return all treasure ships china and to store all the treasures they had collected. He also released all the prisoners

story is in third person and is omniscient. The protagonist of the book is Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo the main character in the book, is a hobbit. He was scared to leave his home town of Bagan. Bilbo was invited by dwarves to go on an adventure to find treasure that belonged to the them. Little was known about what could happen on this trip, but still Bilbo was drawn to this adventure with much excitement. It was when he did not have food to eat that he would question why he left his hobbit hole. The

ones that go and find ships and treasures not the Robots. However, ROVs are ABSOLUTELY valuable to underwater research because they can go into tight spaces, how they

wore ripped rags and an old, red bandana around her neck. Shark owned a giant ship. It had a big black sail on the top of it. Shark lived on the ship. She always loved adventures, but she loved treasures even more. One day, Shark was watching the news, and it said that a long time ago, a pirate buried a treasure at the Roman waterfall, and whoever finds it gets 9,000 cat treats. Shark really wanted 9,000 cat treats, so she polished up her ship and headed to the Roman waterfall. She lived in Meowmania

enlightenment can be equated with discovering a chest of treasure. After winding along a dotted path to an ever-elusive “X”, finally discovering valuable gains can feel more than satisfactory. But how does one begin the journey imprinted on the metaphorical treasure map to enlightenment? How does one procure the map in the first place? Plato’s Allegory of the Cave reveals that someone, a mentor, must be willing to press the yellowing parchment of the treasure map into the hands of the unassuming and complacent

Teacher-student relationships in The Alchemist In The Alchemist, written by Paulo Coelho, Santiago goes through a journey to find treasure in the Pyramids of Egypt. After having a prophetic dream, Santiago seeks out a gypsy who tells him that he has a treasure awaiting him in the Pyramids. Santiago then meets a man who claims to be a king. He tells Santiago to seek his treasure because it is his personal legend. Santiago follows the old king’s advice, and seeks out his own personal legend, meeting many

On page 69, and again on page 78 of Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman, Piper talks about the things that were her riches while she was in prison: letters, postcards, books, legal pads, pens, envelopes, and stamps. How do treasures in prison compare to treasures in your own life, and can you relate to the way she feels about her meager possessions? One of the things that struck me about Piper’s time in prison was all the books and letters she received. All I could think was: if I had landed