The process of discovery entails a journey that can induce a metamorphosis in an individual through new experiences, which can be evoked by curiosity or wonder. ... This initial wonder and curiosity is the catalyst for the confronting and provocative journey that Miranda embarks, which ultimately leads to her forming new values and evolving. Comparatively, Lord Tennyson also attests that it is intrinsic to humanity to desire and embark on journeys of discovery for spiritual and metaphysical fulfilment, which are ultimately confronting or provocative. ... The journey an individual takes can l...

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Throughout the book Krakauer regularly refers to different mediums of his investigation, predominantly McCandless's journal entries and interviews with people McCandless encountered on his journeys, in order to give shape to the tramp's long trek. ...

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Linda was originally from the brave new world who later on went in a journey to the Indian reservation with the company of the Director, during a storm Linda got lost and the Director assumed she was dead and never came back for her, leaving her trapped in the uncivilized reservation with a baby inside her womb, that baby was John. ...

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When King Alcinous addresses the people of Phaeacia speaking of Odysseus' journey back to Ithaca, he compares the mighty Odysseus to the gods themselves, he notes, " 'Always, up to now, they came to us face-to-face whenever we'd give them grand, glorious sacrifices-- they always sat beside us here and shared our feasts'"(7.237-239). ...

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Though Bacon's essay is almost a cautionary device for young male aristocrats advising them against the repercussions of the journey, he persuades his readers through the imperative prose to, 'go hooded, and look abroad little.' ...

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Films are often constructions of reality, offering representations of the current issues within a society's culture. "Shame" is a 1988 Australian film that reflects some of the pernicious issues that have become naturalized in our real-life society, such as a deep rooted rape culture upheld by a dom...

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Success, in today's environment can be achieved only through the continous improvement of the business, a journey that spans from an initial awareness of the need to continuously improve to achieving world class systems. ...

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The Pilgrimage not only immediately gave the concept of it being a religious revolt with the naming of the rebellion 'pilgrim: Person who journeys to a holy place' but also used religious symbols and artefacts to enhance and out forward the statement that the revolt was one of religious conflict. ...

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Another example of Andrew Jackson's unethical conduct as president was the passing of his ruinous Indian Removal Act of 1830, which forced the extraction of some 100,000 Native Americans from their home territories and resulted in a myriad of deaths along the Indians' journey on the arduous Trail of Tears. ...

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Moreover, it seem that as Marlow's journey progresses the severity and frequency of the savage acts which he is witness to increases as he continues to plunge ever closer to the centre of the jungle and the homicidal megalomania of Kurtz the author uses thought provocative sentence and structure to depict his expedition both drawing ever closer to and penetrating deeper into the "Heart of Darkness- both metaphorically and literally as he gains a greater comprehension of the "Darkness- of Kurtz soul. ...

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The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment Period ignited a great expansion of revolutionary concepts as some of history's greatest thinkers emerged. Europe was possessed by a growing desire to venture through the untouched corners of the mind and reinvent the orthodox beliefs that prevailed ac...

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The first contribution that Bayard Rustin had created as an activist is the Journey of Reconciliation in 1947 in which he, as a member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation as well as a member of the American Friends Service Committee along with FOR member George Houser and 14 other members from CORE also took part in this non-violent action to allow for interstate transportation in light of the Irene Morgan decision that the US Supreme Court had handed down one year earlier that allowed for desegregation of interstate travel, but the South did not recognize that decision, so the protesters wer...

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What seems to be simultaneously, in nothing but an instant, 60,000 boisterous voices begin a (loud) familiar chant. "Here we go, Steelers, here we go!" It is Heinz Field in downtown Pittsburgh-- better known as "Blitzburgh" to football diehards-- Heinz Field, in the midst of a gameplay moment of wringing suspense: to the team's rabid fans, a moment of epic proportions. The Steelers are on offense against the Dallas Cowboys (bitter rivals since the Superbowl upset of 1996), down by three, with time enough to squeeze in one more miracle play before the buzzer sounds the end of the fourt...

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Quantum teleportation is a process by which quantum information, like the exact state of an atom or photon, can be transmitted exactly from one location to another, with the help of classical communication and previously shared quantum entanglement between the sending and receiving locations. In other words, it is the ability to transfer information instantly from one point to another with no time delay. This type of technology would be immensely beneficial to the world since it would allow us to have more advances in science and technology, learn more about space exploration than ever before,...

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