Although the destination is significant, the journey is far more important. ... The experiences and obstacles are necessary to the journey, whereas the destination is not because sometimes one journey leads to another, and the destination doesn't exist. ... Understanding that the journey will shape the destination makes it easier to take full advantage of the journey. (Artifact C) The journey greatly out-values the destination. ... Journeys often happen concurrent to each other and it is a fact of life that people will always take up a new journey, whether they want to or not. ...

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Partaking in life's journey is something all humanity stages a role in. ... The journey of my father contains many obstacles that he had to conquer; defying temptations detrimental to his journey, transforming mistakes into experience, and mastering both the good and bad which define his identity. ... My father, David Felix DeLaO, began his journey in Brownfield, Texas. ... This point in his journey would vault him into the successful man that he is today. ... Through his trials he forged his identity which helped complete his journey....

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Spiritual Journey A journey is defined as any passage from one stage to another. ... The Grapes of Wrath is not so much a physical journey as it is spiritual, however. ... The journey was a long one, filled with losses all along the way. ... The Grapes of Wrath was not only a physical journey, but a very spiritual one as well. ... The Grapes of Wrath was a journey both physically and spiritually for the Joad family. ...

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Each of those individuals has affected me in my educational journey over the years. ... Lastly, throughout my journey in the educational system, I have seen how my family has always expected me to be great and go off to college to be a successful young man in life. ... My educational journey has affected my family and I by helping me to see how supportive they can be with all my decisions, bringing us closer together at key moments and for all of us to experience college for the first time in a way. ...

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The play,Long Day's Journey into Night? is a play that tells a story about a family's adventure through a day. This family had many personal and emotional problems along with problems with each other. Given the time this play went public, people could not believe what they was watching or readin...

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"Long Day's Journey Into Night" Essay The Past, Heart-warming yet Regretful Taking a journey through a human being's past can bring warmth and happiness to the heart, and yet it can also be wounding and bring disappointment. ... In the sorrowful play, "Long Day's Journey into Night" written by Eugene O'Neill, the symbolic Tyrone family of Mary, James, Jamie, and Edmund find themselves wandering through their pasts and causing a decaying effect on the present. ...

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O'Neill's prime example of this is in his play "Long Days Journey Into Night,"" which is as biographical as you can get. ... "Long Days Journey Into Night,"" was one of his later plays, that was not to be produced or published until all close relatives had passed away. ... "Long Days Journey Into Night,"" is one day in the life of the Tyrone's. ... We see this in the process during "Long Day's Journey into Night."" ...

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It tells a story of sheer determination as Phoenix Jackson makes a long journey into town to get medicine for her chronically ill grandson. ... Phoenix Jackson is "an old Negro woman" who continues forward over barriers that would not even be considered a hindrance for the young.This is a journey which she has taken before, and now "the time come around" she must travel it again. She begins her journey to town on "a bright frozen day in the early morning" in December. ... Phoenix Jackson encounters many adversities along her journey, but somehow manages to get through them....

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It tells a story of sheer determination as Phoenix Jackson makes a long journey into town to get medicine for her chronically ill grandson. ... This is a journey which she has taken before, and now "the time come around" she must travel it again. She begins her journey to town on "a bright frozen day in the early morning" in December. ... He also tries to prevent her from finishing her journey. ... Phoenix Jackson encounters many adversities along her journey, but somehow manages to get through them. ...

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It tells a story of sheer determination as Phoenix Jackson makes a long journey into town to get medicine for her chronically ill grandson. ... This is a journey, which she has taken before, and now "the time come around" she must travel it again. She begins her journey to town on "a bright frozen day in the early morning" in December. ... He also tries to prevent her from finishing her journey. ... Phoenix Jackson encounters many adversities along her journey, but somehow manages to get through them. ...

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In Siddharthas journey to Nirvana, the most profound people and events in his life start with his upbringing as the Brahmins son, his experiences as a father, and the river. For years now, there has been the debate between nature versus nurture, and many have concluded that it is fact both, which is why Siddharthas upbringing is so profound in relevance to his journey. ... The son eventually runs away, back to the town in which he had once lived and it upsets Siddhartha that he must allow his son to go on his own journey, but Vasudeva helps Siddhartha realize that his son must learn how to rea...

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As Martha embarked on another journey to New York after she had gone to Mount Vernon, this time she was "feted with fireworks and serenaded by musicians [which] was considered big news by several journals" (Roberts 230). ... However, throughout all the poise and strength she had, Martha did face difficulties that made it hard for her to keep a happy face during her journey. ... Washington faced multiple exhausting and painstaking journeys. ... Roberts displays tremendous stories from many Founding Mothers of America, however, Martha Washington truly shows her compassion to both her f...

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Independence Throughout this journey we call life man often struggles to surpass the transformation from childhood to adulthood. ... Athena gives him both the wisdom and the strength he needs to begin the journey on which he is searching for news about his father. ... In his journey, though, Telemakhos has learned more about Odysseus, strengthening a bond with his father that was virtually non-existent before his travels. ... After he is given a push in the right direction, Telemakhos faces up to his responsibilities and continues his journey, both geographical and spiritual, with littl...

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The novel is basically divided into three sections: their time in Oklahoma, their journey to a "better" life in California, and their time while in California. ... In chapter three, some symbolism is noticed in a turtle that has great difficulty crossing the highway, foreshadowing the journey in the next chapter. ... Ma then slips some sleeping syrup into Granpa's drink, and the Joad family begins their journey to California. The second section of the novel is about their journey to California. ... After Ivy decides that the last stretch of the journey will kill Sarah, they separate f...

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The journey to manhood is one of the hardest. ... But, other problems still exist for James and Dave on this journey. ... With these types of conflicts presented with James and Dave they really needed to focus on their journey to manhood. ... That proves that age does not matter, and taking care of your responsibilities and understanding the logic behind it is the key to being successful at the journey to manhood. ...

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In Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath, the main character the Joads undergo the journey to California to search for work and the happiness that was stolen from them. At the end of the novel three family members have died, one friend, one pet, and three family members have left the family for their journey alone. ...

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The rest of the movie revolves around the journey of the two brothers for collecting their father's ashes. ... Thomas, on the other hand, is a very calm person who often narrates inventive stories to his brother all through their journey. ...

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Along my new journey, I met an intellectual individual who encouraged me to take a variety of classes at my local community college. ... In 2012, with no prevail, I graduated from Santa Monica College, yet found myself journeying down a winding road with no career goals or guidance. ...

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Chanda Kabelo, the main character in this novel struggles with a unique journey of maintaining a family and striving towards a better life despite the society she lives in. She travels through her journey alone, however along the way there's always someone there to lend a helping hand such as a friend, a neighbor, a teacher or her mother. ... The story opens with an obstacle in Chanda's journey, her little sister Sara, has just died from colic. ...

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In this story O'Connor uses setting to convey the Grandmother's spiritual journey to find out what real Christianity is. O'Connor begins the Grandmother's spiritual journey by alluding to heaven, "Trees were full of silver-white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled" (1043). ... The clouds that were veiling the Grandmother's sight to what it means to be a Christian have cleared representing change, however the sun that appeared in the beginning of the story, when O'Connor alluded to heaven, is still not present which means the journey isn't over...

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As cars arrive in the lane outside Nana's cottage, aunts, uncles and cousins emerge looking cramped and cranky after their long, hot journey. ... First, there is the cramped journey on an ancient, wheezing bus that chugs over precipitous jungle tracks. ...

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The repetitious rise and fall of hope and despair that engulfs Martha's life takes her on the endless human journey to happiness and fulfillment. ... Martha, deprived of love and motherly affection generally given by mothers, embarks on a journey to find the love and attention that she needs to thrive as a human being. ...

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Someone who is prodigal is given to wasteful luxury or extravagance. This profuse behavior is seen in "The Prodigal Son", by James Weldon Johnson and "De Progicul Son", by John Henry Faulk, which is the view from an African American perception. The two literary works make known the importance...

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The family had to work as one in order to survive the journey, but by the end of the book the team was diminished to only a small number of members. ... Along the rough journey to the West, the Joads and other nomadic families came upon harsh, dry deserts and lush valleys; they lived gruelingly out of automobiles or simply out of quality government camps. ...

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As she left the bus station on her long arduous journey, she thought back to her child hood where her parents thought they were making her a more competent and more prepared for the world that lay out ahead of her. ...

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