Two vs One

Traveling is defined as going from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship (Traveling). People all around the world are constantly traveling from city to city, country to country, or even just from home to the grocery store. They are either traveling alone, with a group, or maybe just a companion. Some people’s jobs require them to travel. This is true for a particular writer Pico Iyer and Bob Harris out of the movie Lost in Translation. Both men travel to Japan for work alone and stay for a while. Pico Iyer tells his story in the book Lady and the Monk where he travels around Japan near the city of Kyoto. Once there for a couple of weeks, he encounters a special woman who goes by the name of Sachiko. Harris, from the movie Lost in Translation, also becomes introduced to someone special too; her name is Charlotte. Both men find themselves to be very fond of the women they have come in contact with. Their relationships become very complicated and result in an adventurous story about how life becomes more enjoyable once you find the right person to spend it with. Traveling can also consist of one experiencing a different psychological state, such as being in love. A man or woman is able to travel to great depths of unknown psychological territory by becoming involved with a partner with whom he or she can share their experiences and emotions that is untouchable by any standards of traveling from place to place alone.

Pico Iyer explains how he travels often too many different places. He also talks about how traveling helps fulfill something that he is missing and looking for as well. In the book Lady and the Monk, Pico travels to the country of Japan. Once there he wanders around, observing the scenery o...

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... with other people. When two individuals fall in love, their previous paths are diverted from their original paths and directed towards a shared, similar place. Traveling down this new path yields an unsurpassable feeling, excitement, or just plain pleasure. Pico Iyer and Bob Harris were traveling down a path of loneliness and possibly depression until they fell in love with their lovers. Their paths now include at the very least happiness, which they did not have before. Now as they travel through their lives, they are better off due to companionship with their new found love.

Works Cited

Iyer, Pico. The Lady and the Monk. New York: Vintage Books, 1991.

Lost in Translation. Dir. Sofia Coppola. Focus Features, 2003.

"Traveling." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 05 Nov. 2009. .