The Sage: “All we have to do, is decide what to do, with the time given to us.” Gandalf “The Hobbit” The Sage’s journey is for absolute truth. His biggest fear is seeking and believing false truths. He collects, and gives away knowledge, usually to help the hero. Benevolent and kind, the sage likes to be with others. The sage usually forms a deep bond with the Hero in literature. The sage’s shadow side is so addicted to knowledge that they can easily be misled, or manipulated with false truths and facts. They can become so involved in books that they forget to be an active part in the world. Sage’s usually live long lives and they feel responsible for everything. They can fall into a depression (or apathy) when it comes into the ways …show more content…
“I won’t let go” by Rascal Flatts is meant to represent the deep bond most sages form with their hero. “Everybody Hurts” by R.E.M. represents that while the sage seems to be almost always content he harbors sadness mostly directed at the wickedness of the world. “Don’t Forget Me” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers shows their low self-worth and guilt they tend to bottle up. “Training Wheels” by Melanie Martinez shows their willingness to teach others, but their fear when itcomes to misused knowledge. “Lies, Greed, Misery” by Linkin Park show a fully shadowed sage, and his distaste for the world around him. He never sees an end to the Lies, Greed, and Misery. The Explorer: “I always knew that making friends with you would end up in disaster.” Dr. John Watson The Explorer’s main focus is adventure. The explorer’s biggest fear is conformity. The explorer always wants to stay true to herself, they also love to learn about the world around them. They absolutely loathe the dull and expected life. They are independent to the point where it repels others, they prefer to go it alone. When their shadow side appears they seem to view any sort of group as dreaded conformity, their goals are often too unrealistic, they can become aimless thrill seekers. The shadow explorer thinks the only way for her to truly be herself is to be …show more content…
“Yer Blues” by John Lennon shows the sardonic attitude of a shadowed explorer in depression. “Monster” by Imagine Dragons represents their fear of letting others get close to them. “Stressed out” by the 21 Pilots shows that in their search of adventure and something great, they become disappointed when it doesn’t fulfill their need like they thought it would. “Pumped up Kicks” by Foster the people represents how an explorer is always ready to alienate themselves from a crowd, and their disdain for most people. “Marrakesh Express” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash shows their need for adventure, and to experience once in in a lifetime
In conclusion, the experience of main characters, Norman and Vicente, from Cathy Jewison’s The Prospector’s Trail and Eva Lis Wuorio’s The Singing Silence respectively, prove that, in order for one to attain a fulfilled and content life, one needs to be open to new things and try a new way of living. At first, the main characters are both unsatisfied with their old lives; as the stories progress, they try to embrace new ways of living; finally, by experiencing what they have never done before, the main characters find their true interest and become contented with life. Both of the stories convey the idea that, one should not be afraid to try new things, because these attempts may help one find one’s true interest and bring one a gratified life.
Beryl Markham’s West with the Night is a collection of anecdotes surrounding her early life growing up as a white girl in British imperialist Africa, leading up to and through her flight across the Atlantic Ocean from East to West, which made her the first woman to do so successfully. Throughout this memoir, Markham exhibits an ache for discovery, travel, and challenge. She never stays in one place for very long and cannot bear the boredom of a stagnant lifestyle. One of the most iconic statements that Beryl Markham makes in West with the Night is: I have learned that if you must leave a place that you have lived in and loved and where all your yesteryears are buried deep, leave it any way except a slow way, leave it the fastest way you can. Never turn back and never believe that an hour you remember is a better hour because it is dead.
Which was no strange feeling to me since I turned to music to cope with whatever ailed me, because no matter what, a song, some headphones, and volume turned way too loud was always there. Returning to the supple age of ten, was a disconnect, mainly between the receptors in my brain that determine whether or not I get enough of the happy chemicals, but between what I am, and what I thought I was. I thought I was a kid like everyone else, I would be sad for no reason often, but moving many times, and having to be on my own for a large portion of my early to late teens, I thought it was how life was for most people in my situation. My situation was dreary at best, people bullied me extensively in middle school to high school, in the first string of serious relationships I had they all left because of some arbitrary meaning of what being happy should have been; coming to a peak on Valentines day of 2012, the first time I attempted suicide. Suicide is the focus of the song, how abandonment can lead to hopelessness and desperation to the point of the ultimate act of despair, death. “I guess I finally had the courage to go away. The promises we made were made hollowly. Sometimes you'd reassure me we'd be okay. But you'd always leave” (A Lot Like Birds. Kuroi Ledge. Equal Vision Records, 2013.
self-respect in “Doo-woop that Thang”, and the joys of motherhood in “To Zion”. Lauryn Hill
At one point, my friend played me ‘Migraine’ by Twenty One Pilots and I became obsessed. I was amazed that I could relate to it so much. Eventually, I had a playlist with every single Twenty One Pilots song I could find. This was during a time when I felt I was entirely alone and even suicidal at one point. Tyler’s words helped me cope and feel like I had someone there for me. Thank you, Josh and Tyler, for saving my life”
Journeys give us the ability to explore the world with an insightful perspective. A matured perspective is developed when the features of a journey significantly affect us. Crossing the Red Sea, and Postcard by Peter Skrzynecki and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini represent these features. Crossing the Red Sea demonstrates the concept of being stripped from your innocence, a healing process whilst on the journey and the persistence of the past on journeys. Postcard portrays the confronting and lingering attributes of incomplete journeys. Similarly, The Kite Runner highlights the confronting nature of journeys. The three texts establish the idea that a journey delivers changed perspectives towards one’s self and his/her surroundings.
Christopher Columbus, one of the most well-known explorers, endeavoured to find a passage to India going west, but found the West Indies instead. He obviously did not find what he was looking for. Like Columbus, the man in Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem, “The Explorer”, does not find what he is looking for either. Brooks’ explorer attempts to find a quiet haven where he does not have to make any decisions, where all is peace. In this poem, Brooks employs figurative language, diction, and structure to demonstrate not only the man’s struggle for quiet, but also humanity’s ongoing search for peace.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, better known as J.R.R. Tolkien, was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa.(Biography.com, J.R.R. Tolkien) Most of Tolkien's family life lived in poverty. He later came to write a series of books and became very successful. One of his novels came to be The Hobbit written in 1954 and came to be finished in 1955. Tolkien created what we call “Middle-earth” out of Middle English. Before the people had the use of insulin available, diabetes was very fatal to most people. In the year of 1904 Tolkien’s mother was diagnosed with diabetes. She later died on November 14, 1904. She orphaned her two sons. Both boys were housed with an unsympathetic aunt, by marriage. (Britannica, J.R.R. Tolkien) Tolkien already
Bilbo reacts to conflict by rising to the challenge, unlike Bombur, who submits to conflict. While thinking about a riddle to stump Gollum, Bilbo “scratched himself, he pinched himself … he slapped himself,” (78) Bilbo thinks as hard as he can, inflicting pain on himself to get his mental gears turning. Evidently, Bilbo is not going to give up and is going to do what he can to stump Gollum and escape the cave with his life. Bilbo is rising to the challenge by attempting to come up with a stumping riddle to save his life. Mr. Baggins is clearly a determined and persistent person when he directs his energy on something. This reaction to conflict by Bilbo is unlike Bombur’s reaction, who claimed that “’I am too fat for such fly-walks … I should
happiness." (242) He goes on to compare the songs to those of stranded castaways, as to emphasize the
For many of us, one of the most accurate and effective ways to express the feelings that really matter to us is through music. We don’t only grow to attached to songs that are catchy, but also those with lyrics that we can relate to. It is not uncommon to feel like sometimes, artists can convey the way we feel better than we could ourselves. The storybook-like lines you read at the start of this page are a collection of lyrics
Many people love to read poems of happy love, the kind of love that makes you feel good and hopeful. Some of these poems are even made to song, which we can find ourselves listening to during weddings and sweet moments throughout our lives. However, love is not always happy nor endearing and sometimes the love that we read about is angry, broken, and sad. We can find these heartbreaking poems on the radio, in fact, we probably listen to them quite often. Songs such as “Love is a Battlefield” by the infamous Pat Benatar, or “What Hurts the Most” by the Rascal Flatts carry upbeat, beaten down lyrics that remind us that love is not always so sweet. Even the elegantly spoken, Emily Dickinson who is famous for her deep
The conception of this trope took place in the 18th and 19th century in adventure fiction. During the period of European exploration, the trope has since modernized and has become problematically common (Kingsle, 2013).... ... middle of paper ... ...
It was played over and over in the car when I was a kid. Picture a nine year old singing along to Poison, Motley Crüe, and ACDC in the backseat, knowing every word一that was me. Everyone, I’d like to think, has questioned the good in other people at some point in their life. Even at nine years old, I had times where I had to prepare and deal with really unfair situations. I started to realize there is a lot of bad in this world and didn’t understand why. I had always sang the songs to sing along but when I started to listen to the lyrics instead of just singing them, I heard the message of adversity. I sort of used it as advice and reassurance that it wasn’t just me, but above all that, I looked at it almost as if Bret, Rikki, C. C., and Bobby had my back through
Tolkien describes, "It had a perfectly round door . . . the door opened on to a tube-shaped hall