The Journey of the Chosen One
Once there was a man named Casey Lucas. He had a younger brother Michael Lucas, and they lived in the land of Florida. Casey was special; he was born on February twenty-ninth, a leap year. He is psychic and also the son of the King; his name was George Lucas. He was a good leader but a few people did not want him to be ruler such as Arthur Ramos. Arthur would do anything to be the leader of Florida even if it meant killing the king. One day Arthur confronted George Lucas and he killed him with poison. So the day later when everyone found out about George Lucas’s death, his wife Kimberly decided to marry Arthur Ramos and Ramos was the leader the next day. When Casey found out about what happened he went to his brother Michael and they started talking and Casey said, “There is something off about this, why would father kill himself?’ Michael replied, “I don’t know maybe he was in trouble.” Casey said, “I can sense that someone killed our dad and I think I know who it was.” Michael asked, “Who?” and Casey said, “The new king.” Then Michael asked, “How do you know this?” Casey replied, “Because I am psychic.” and Michael said sarcastically, “Oh right that thing.” Casey said, “You still do not believe me; I can prove it I am sensing that we will find our answers at the top of Mount Everest.” Then Michael said, “You have got to be kidding me.” Then Casey pleaded, “Please help me with this quest I think mom is in danger, we need to go to Mount Everest there is someone at the top that can prove that Arthur Ramos is the killer.” Michael replied “I will do it, not for you but for mother and what you are saying right now is true then we better hurry. First we need to book the next plane to Nepal, stat.”
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... on speaker phone so that everyone could know who killed George Lucas. Arthur Ramos appeared in the room and he said, “What is this atrocity and why did not Anthony and his men kill you?” Casey replied, “Because I killed them all,” and Arthur took out his sword and started attacking Casey. Then Casey knocked Arthur to the ground with one hit from his Frisbee and while he was on the ground Casey said, “Lock him up in the dungeon forever!” Then, the guards grabbed him and took him down to the dungeon. Then Casey was named the king of Florida and was a very good king and nobody ever disliked him. Casey was happy that Arthur never hurt his mother and his mother became a mentor to Casey until she died. For his loyalty Michael was named the king of Disneyworld. So Casey remained king until he died and everyone remained in harmony never to have any danger in Florida again.
Christopher “Alexander Supertramp” McCandless was a dreamer. However, unlike most of us nowadays, Christopher turned his desire for adventure into reality. Similar to Buddha, he gave up his wealth, family, home, and most possessions except the ones he carried before embarking on his journey. He traveled by various methods, mostly on foot, to eventually reach his desired goal in the Alaskan wilderness. Unfortunately, due to various mistakes, Christopher ultimately passed and his body was found in a neglected Fairbank City Transit Bus. His motivation to achieve his goal was based on the many aspects of his life. Chris’s dysfunctional family weighed heavily on him, one prime reason for driving him onto the road of freedom.
And so we sat there in the cool of the shade from our own tree, askance of Main Street but within reach of the remote. We were just far enough away to observe the parade with condescension and just close enough to feel the discomfort of the sorcerer’s leer. First the big mouse, then the princess, then Goofy, then the sorcerer, then the beast – always the beast. I watched the 5-year-old near me and wondered if he felt like Adam may have felt on that lofty mount, as Michael revealed one dramatic historical upheaval after another. I was glad that I didn’t have to worry, didn’t have to get involved. I was happy to know that this bit of fancy was but a type of reality, scripted by that master of artifice, Walt Disne...
Chosen By: Chaim Potok. The novel The Chosen is a story of two Jewish boys who become friends and go through lots of hard times together. The book starts out with a baseball game, one boy on one team and one boy on the other team. The game quickly turns into a war rather than a game.
In The Chosen, silence plays an important aspect in the characters lives. Reb Saunders forced silence and suffering upon his son Danny by not talking to him about anything other than his studies. He says he does this because he feels that Danny is so brilliant that he might not understand the suffering of others. Reb Saunders feels that silence is suffering by imposing non-communication, however, silence is really how Reuven, Danny, David Malter, and Reb Saunders communicate with each other and the world around them.
One day John came up to Juan and told him ,“ Juan, I am not going to bully you anymore, I want to tell you something.” Juan then said ,“Go ahead tell me.” Then John said ,“ Josh has either ran away or hid with a girl. His cousins are saying that he ran away with Emily” Juan then said, “ No, I don’t believe you.” John then said, “ Juan please believe me, Josh’s cousins said that he is leaving with a girl and they most of the time never lie. John adjured Juan to help him find out the truth, “I want to help you find out the truth.” John says,” I don’t believe you, but I’ll go with you. We will go find out the truth”. Josh said, “ Ok let’s go. Josh said that he is going to the village nearby our village so we will go
As both Philip and Sylvia lay in separate beds, in separate rooms, both are ready to free themselves from all prior fears and denials. Philip’s last moments in his life are his best. He gains a sense of humor as he laughs about Chinese Jews and Jews in love with horses. Harry’s wife says, “We finally found a sense of humor in you,” as Philip answers, “I finally figured out the joke.” Philip was truly ready to look himself in the mirror and love his face. Tragically, Sylvia’s standing up symbolizes the start of her new life, while Philip’s change of heart is already too late. Ironically, this time, Phillip is the one asking for forgiveness.
Lucas even worked on pit crews for race cars when he met Haskell Wexler, who
Alan Quatermain, sitting hunched over and delirious from opium withdrawal, has been taken aboard a huge submersible vessel. The aging adventurer says, "P-please. I feel so sick. Need my medicine." A cold voice answers him, "You are aboard my ship, sir, and my remedies are bitter." Quatermain turns, with his eyes rolled back, teeth clenched, and streams of sweat rolling off of his face, and he says, "Who said that? ... I see you only dimly, sir. If you are real and not some opium djinn sent to torment me, tell me who you are!" A turbaned man with a long beard and curled mustache, his eyes dark with the weight of years of exploring the depths of the oceans, exploring the unknown, and seeking vengeance with a hate that consumed him but that he controlled, looked down upon Quatermain and answered, "No-one."
Born Carl Lucas and raised in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, Carl Lucas goes through trials and triumphs throughout his life. Wrong decisions and being around the wrong people changed his life forever. Consumed by rage, betrayal, and pain, Lucas fights to make a major change. As the past continues to always come up, Lucas’s major change comes along when the journey of the hero mono-myth occurs.
Long ago, in the desert of Egypt, Hebrew slaves known as Israelites escaped from the tyranny of the pharaoh. This story has a common theme that an unlikely hero leads people out of a wasteland and into a place of new life. The Israelites heroes' name was Moses. There are several attributes that his quest shares with Joseph Campbell's theme of the journey of the spiritual hero, found in The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Departure, initiation, and return are all part of the journey. Moses' journey will take him away from his familiar surroundings, separating him from all that he knows, so that he can return to perform the tasks God commanded him to complete.
Upon meeting the King on his death bed, the physician decides to outwit Death by turning the King around so that Death was standing the King’s head instead of his feet and giving the King the special herb. While upset, Death warns the physician that he forgives him because the man is Death’s godson. Unfortunately, soon the King’s daughter falls upon her own death bed, the physician again se...
Heroes are often perceived as characters who leap great distances in a single bound. However, they actually have three distinct stages where they develop into the character we grow to love. In George Lucas` “StarWars IV: A New Hope.” Luke Skywalker is a quintessence of of an archetypal hero because he goes through initiation stage through distinct phases of separation, transformation and the return stage. Luke Skywalker begins his journey as farmer boy on a remote planet and becomes the hero of the galaxy. However, this process the not happen quickly. Rather, it is a difficult journey where is is faced with multiple tests and obstacles and pushes his endurance to the limit.
We are taken through a journey as we learn of an Old man who sits at a cafe alone at night. The Old man is deaf, and had recently tried to commit suicide although he is a pleasant customer; the two waiters must watch him to ensure that he doesn't get too drunk, because he will leave without paying. As the two waiters in the cafe play close attention to the Old man the Younger waiter is clearly upset because the Old man will most likely be staying all night, and he is anxious to go home and see his wife. The Younger waiter wonders why it is that the Old man tried to kill himself and says to the deaf Old man that he should have killed himself last week, but the Old man simply asks for more brandy. After going back to the table where the two waiters had been sitting together, he asks the Older waiter why the Old man tried to kill himself. However, the Older waiter was not certain and replied by stating that it was because of despair and that he tried to hang himself and was found and cut down by his niece.
Shortly into the ride, the bus driver stopped and picked up an older heavy set black woman. The driver asked the woman “is it not too wet out there for yah, Lois?’ she responded with a big smile and said “how you doin’ Bill?” They knew each other and were on a first name basis. I came to find out, the driver “Bill” knew just about every ones name. Lois was wearing a ‘Burger King’ uniform and cap, she appeared to be going to work. Around the corner we picked up ‘Dwayne’.
The Wanderer: A struggle with Faith In the Anglo-Saxon poem, The Wanderer, the narrator describes a man who is having a religious struggle between his old pagan traditions and the new Christian Philosophy. Anglo-Saxons believed in fate, fame, and treasure; and that one could not easily change his life. The Christian Religion believed of an afterlife in Heaven or Hell, and where one would go depended on their actions during their human life. Since Christians did believe in an afterlife, they did not believe in pagan philosophy; instead they believed God was in control of everything, and things in their life happened for a reason. Following this concept, defeat and misfortune were easier to accept, because if one suffered a horrible life on Earth, he would be rewarded for his misery in the afterlife.