...A Journey by Boat - Essay Essay Introduction Last summer vacation was a period of joys and delights. I traveled through many cities, made many friends and enjoyed sights and scenes. A journey by boat upon the Ganga is a very wonderful experience. It is impossible to forget it. It is equally impossible to remember it without sense of pleasure. From where to where: We were three friend sat Allahabad. We decided very early in the morning to go to Beneras by boat. All the necessary arrangements were quickly made. We were soon moving on the sacred water. How the boat was propelled: The current and the wind were very favorable. Our boat went on by itself without help of oars. They were smoking and laughing. They were perfectly at ease. Night rest: My two friends had paid a visit to a theatre the previous night. They felt very sleepy. As the gentle breeze was blowing, they were soon asleep. Description of Surrounding Scenery: I was quite refreshed after a whole night of full rest and sleep. I began to look about. I observed and enjoyed what I saw. I feasted my eyes on the sights along the banks of the river. At regular intervals, there were ghats where men, women and children were bathing. I saw, at some places, the village women washing clothes. Here and there children were playing about. They were shouting at one another. Some women came to the river to fill their earthen pots. I had often heard and read that Indians were lazy. I was struck with the...
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...A journey by boat It was Durga Pooja vacation. I had come to my native village with my cousins. As we had no work there, we found the village life very dull. Suddenly an idea struck in my mind and soon we decided to go on a journey by boat. A day was fixed for the journey. The river was not too far. On the fixed day we took our bags and some things to eat and started for the river bank on foot. As we had already hired a boat, we found it ready. The boat was small but it was beautifully decorated. There were two boat-men who instructed us to set properly on both the sides of the boat. It was morning and the sky was clear. A fine cool breeze was blowing. As soon as we took our seats in the boat, it began to move on water. They were really thrilling movements in our life. We all were in high spirit. The' boat was moving gently. The river water was shining in the rays of the sun and was presenting a beautiful scene. It looked white like silver. There were many more boats of different shapes and sizes sailing in the river. There were men, women and children in those boats. The children were very excited and were shouting with joy. All of a sudden the cool breeze stopped blowing and we felt a bit hot. One of my cousins suggested enjoying cold drink which we had brought in our bag. Soon it was midday and we decided to take our lunch. Up to this time we were on the other side of the river. The boatmen tied the boat to the bank and guided us to a restaurant. We took our meals. We enjoyed...
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...This is shown as the novel’s protagonist, Piscine ‘Pi’ Patel, a character that dedicates himself and practices many different types of religions such as Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism. Yann Martel makes a clear indication on how faith brings a person together and how faith and religion brought Pi to the person he is today. These 3 religions play an important role in Pi’s life as Pi refers to God many times throughout his devastating journey on the lifeboat. The novel, The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel offers and gives the reader the most accurate definition of religion, which is incorporated by simply and basically having faith. At the beginning of the novel Francis Adirubasamy states that Pi’s story of survival is “…a story that will make you believe in God” (Martel. 21). This story makes you believe the ideology of religion and notion of God due to the fact that Pi’s devotion to God helps him obtain freedom from this horrific incident, that God gave Pi strength, and that God performed miracles to help Pi survive and continue living on his journey. The main character Pi Patel dedicates himself to the religions of Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. Pi brings himself closer to the deities of each religion by following specific religious customs, festivals, and...
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...its great insight on the life of refugees. The book provides a universal message to its readers about the suffering of human beings during wars and their struggle to make a better life in a foreign country. The Happiest Refugee is about Anh Do and his family’s journey for Vietnam to Australia during the Vietnam War in 1962; which was the longest war the Australia had been involved in. Due to the war Anh’s family and friends were forced to leave their country and come to Australia in search for a better life. Refugees often have to risk their lives on dangerously crude and overcrowded boats to escape life threatening circumstances and poverty and war in their nation. The Happiest Refugee provides reader with a n insight to a refugee’s life and demonstrates the circumstances and situation they must get through in order to start a new life. The Happiest Refugee is a memoir written by Anh Do in August 2010. It’s a story about the Anh and his family being forced to flee from Vietnam and come to Australia in search for a better life. Anh’s family and friends were forced to sell all their belonging and spend all their savings just to by a boat in which they could escape in. During the war not only was it expensive to buy a boat it was also considered to be extremely dangerous due to the threats of the local police and army. As described by Anh in The Happiest Refugee.”Getting your hands...
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...Hero’s Journey in Beowulf How does a hero today compare to a hero in the 5th or 6th century? Now, a hero is considered a selfless and courageous superhero or just an average person saving lives one way or another. In Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney, Beowulf encompassed a supernatural warrior who ventured through the hero’s journey for honor instead of love or riches. “Often for undaunted courage, fate spares the man it has not already marked”, (572-573). Beowulf claims if your fate has not been decided yet, you can survive through your sheer nerve and courage. Beowulf exemplifies a hero because of his nobility and code of arms that he lives by. The first act of the “Hero’s Journey” said by Joseph Campbell is “Departure” which consists...
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...A boat drifts in an endless ocean. There are no borders. “Are we in Australia?” asks a refugee beside you. You have no idea. You have been floating for 3 days without sight of land. “Yes” you say, just in the distance, the fog horn of an Australian Warship resonates. When we embark on a journey, the obstacles encountered reveal the complexities of the world. My chosen feature article by Luke Mogelson explores the social and political complexities that prevent Iranian refugees from fulfilling their hopes, dreams and aspirations for settlement in Australia. “The Dream Boat” is published on November of 2013 in the Sunday Magazine. The harsh journey of the refugees reveal the complexities of geopolitics - that the individual might hope… but the world always wins....
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...Summary of "Aline's Journey" The story, “aline’s Journey” is centered around a girl called Aline and her family. One day Aline’s father, says that they are leaving on a boat, to a better life, filled with opportunities and happiness in the great and big America. The story evolves with Alaine, how she get bolder and more confident on her way to America, Alaine felt scared when they were ordered to change into a bigger boat, with more people on it. All of the people from Alanies city was on the boat, Alanie could not get that they would give up their good lives, to travel to America. When reaching America, their boat is stopped by the water police, saying that they have to stay in the boat. Aline and her family jumps out of the boat, into the water, but when they reach the shore they were welcomed by the police, and put in handcuff. They were sent to trial, and ordered back to Haiti, but Alines father pleaded to the judge, for his family to stay, because he was planning a coup d'etat at home, to gain freedom and rights in their city, though it failed, so sending them home, would mean sending them to their own graves. The judge had compassion with the father and lets Aline and her family stay, though sending her father home to Haiti. The story ends with Alanie and her family without their father, is in a room, scared, afraid and confused. They thought that it would be the land of opportunities, but in reality they would have had more opportunities back home in their...
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...think you could travel across the atlantic on a boat or in a plane, on your own? Christopher Columbus and Charles Lindbergh are two people that have had a journey across the atlantic ocean. For each Columbus and Lindbergh’s journeys they had many similarities and differences, they had achievement and they each also faced challenges. Christopher Columbus began a risky journey to get across the atlantic ocean by boat in 1492, departing from Spain. Later, him and his team reached Canary Island where he was in need for three ships to help him along this long journey. The three ships were named; the Pinta, the Nina, and the Santa Maria. They made many stops and explored new land. Though all of the ships did not make it, they had to leave two behind before their voyage was even over. ("What...
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...years now. But it has become a tourist attraction for only six months or so. It’s located in the Goainghat Upazilla of Sylhet just near the Indian border. A stream coming from a waterfall located in India comes down rushing through the mountains and it kisses the Goain river gently, at a narrow stretch which is adorned with stones of different sizes and shapes. This gorgeous meeting point has become known as “Bichanakandi”. First things first, Bichanakandi is not yet prepared for plenty of tourists, at least as far as convenience is concerned. You just can’t enjoy a leisurely ride while passing by idyllic natural beauties. The road that leads to Bichanakandi is full of potholes here and there and uneven pavements are sure to make your journey – what to call it – not “quite comfortable”. Sure, that does not pose any threat to seasoned travelers; but when you are planning to make a family trip, these are things...
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...reality, fate and free will and isolation. With Stoppard’s word-playing intellectuality as well as his daring and bizarre ways, he has also created an entertaining play that addresses many philosophical concepts. To represent some of the ideas which form the essential concepts of the play, our group decided to create a poster, that details Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s paralyzing confusion as they are condemned to death and the sheer world that they cannot understand comes crashing down on them. From the beginning of their journey to their final moments, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are in complete confusion as they desperately try to make sense of the utter randomness of the universe. The play suggests that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s frequent confusion is caused by the prominent role of chance in our lives. This idea has been represented on our poster by an enormous wave that looms over the boat that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are on, as they journey in the darkness on their way to England. The wave indicates the unpredictability of the world as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are trapped against an unstoppable force that is impossible to contain. Throughout the wave, we have included the many themes explored in this play, including fate and free will. Stoppard asks the question of to what degree do fate and chance control our lives? Rosencrantz and Guildenstern believe that England represents their freedom as once they have completed all royal duties, they will be able...
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...the attention of the Wedding Guest, he starts telling a story about a disastrous journey he took. The Wedding Guest really wants to go party, but he can't pry himself away from this grizzled old mariner. The Mariner begins his story. They left port, and the ship sailed down near Antarctica to get away from a bad storm, but then they get caught in a dangerous, foggy ice field. An albatross shows up to steer them through the fog and provide good winds, but then the Mariner decides to shoot it. Oops.Pretty soon the sailors lose their wind, and it gets really hot. They run out of water, and everyone blames the Mariner. The ship seems to be haunted by a bad spirit, and weird stuff starts appearing, like slimy creatures that walk on the ocean. The Mariner's crewmates decide to hang the dead albatross around his neck to remind him of his error.Everyone is literally dying of thirst. The Mariner sees another ship's sail at a distance. He wants to yell out, but his mouth is too dry, so he sucks some of his own blood to moisten his lips. He's like, "A ship! We're saved." Sadly, the ship is a ghost ship piloted by two spirits, Death and Life-in-Death, who have to be the last people you'd want to meet on a journey. Everyone on the Mariner's ship dies.The wedding guest realizes, "Ah! You're a ghost!" But the Mariner says, "Well, actually, I was the only one who didn't die." He continues his story: he's on a boat with a lot of dead bodies, surrounded by an ocean full of slimy things. Worse, these...
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...However, they quickly embraced a modern spirit of adventure, opening international air routes for passengers and strengthening ties within the British Empire. Qantas flying boats ushered in an era of elegant and pleasurable flying. They were built for comfort and safety rather than speed. So therefore, the journeys took some time. But it was still much faster than by Ship. Enjoying these flights came at a hefty price. A Sydney to Singapore return trip was slightly more than the average annual wage of the time, which in today’s terms would mean handing over some $70,000 to $75,000. That price did however, include three overnight stops en-route to Singapore. Stopping at Townsville, Darwin and Surabaya (Indonesia). The nights were spent at luxurious hotels while the aircraft lay at moorings in a nearby lake or port. To embark these flights, Passengers would head to the Rose Bay Flying Boat Base, situated on the edge of Sydney Harbour to board one of Qantas’ magnificent Empire Class flying boats for the flight of their...
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...Summary of Aline´s Journey Edwigde Danticat wrote Aline´s Journey in 2003 The story is 1st person view, where we follow Aline from Haiti to USA. Aline lives in a two concrete house, in a town called Sayira, in Haiti. Aline´s house in Haiti gets often flooded, when it rains a lot and they often have to wait for the water to die down, before they can go back to their beds. One night Aline woke up, and got told that she needs to pick a dress, because they are moving to United States. Aline picked the light blue dress, with puffed sleeves and ruffled skirt. Aline asked Papa, about who will take care for the house, and she was wondering why she could not, say goodbye to her friends and family members. It was full moon, and a boat, anchored the beach. A man was standing on the deck, beneath the sails, watching people arrive. Aline was surprised, why Magalie Benoit is moving to United States also, when she was just done with cooking course. The sea was calm for the most of the night. They did not have too much water to drink. They land in Bahamas to take another boat to United States. In the other boat, they have to squeeze to find some room. The other boat moved also faster and made more noise when it slides across the ocean. Suddenly Aline woke up, and Papa was telling her to be brave and jump into the water. She could see lights from tall building, and highway with car speeding. She could also see a much bigger boat with blazing lights shining on them, and she could hear a man...
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...Comparison of Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" and Jack London's "To Build a Fire" Two prominent American literature works, Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat” and Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” portray the man vs. nature theme. These two pieces are alike and different in many ways. I can agree and disagree on the survival methods used by both authors, although Crane’s methods seemed a bit more questionable. While nature seemed to toy with the crew of the boat in “The Open Boat”, the old man in “To Build a Fire” seems to toy with nature by ignoring its signs to stop and to relinquish his failing journey. In the following paragraphs I’d like to get into the trenches of these two adventure stories. These two authors share similar traits when it comes to connections and reasons for writing these stories. Stephen Crane wrote “The Open Boat” based on a real life experience he went through. It was on December 31, 1896 when Crane left the Florida panhandle en-route for Cuba. His mission was to cover the war as a correspondent. On January 2, his ship sank and he and the other three crew members were forced to make the rest of the 30 hour trip in a small dinghy back to the United States (SN). This real life experience compares to Jack London’s real life journey through the Yukon Territory in 1897, around the same time as Crane’s sea adventure. London scavenged the area with others around that time in search for gold (Rees). While the gold rush was ultimately not as successful as he had...
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...This performance included a gigantic boat built of wood. That sways from side to side based on the dancer’s movement. The music was strong and had a heavy drum beat. There was one light on the stage which was showcased on the boat, and all the dancers wore white. Trajectoire is meant to represent the physical and emotional journey through the ebb and flow of human experience. The performers struggle to find their balance on a voyage of destiny and destination. As Heim stated prior to the performance “Trajectorie shows the transcendence of the human soul against all odds”. This performance is what initially drew me into their performance when I first heard about them. My favorite part of the dancer was there were four female dancers, and they all stood with their weight on a side and as the boat swung to the other side, the dancers just dropped to the floor. At first, I was so scared, but it took incredibly physicality, and balance. Another impressive part was when the dancers ran towards the swaying boat and then ran back when it swayed in the opposite direction. It felt like the dancers were the water commanding the boat. The jumps and flips done off the boat showed the risks that we take in life. The boat showed the balance that we need to acquire in life. While this dance had an important meaning, this section was the most fun and lighthearted to...
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