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Sinbads Voyages
942 wordsSinbad, the Non-Classical Hero The stories on Sinbad the Voyager from the Arabian nights, are fantastic tales of voyages of a merchant named Sinbad. The stories are told as Sinbad tells them to a humble porter named Hindbad, who after complaining about his lack of financial fortune outside of Sindbads luxurious home is invited into Sindbad's home. Sinbad offers Hindbad dinner and a hundred sequins, a substantial amount, to listen to his stories. Throughout the stories of Sinbad the Voyager in th...
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Campbells Outline Of The Heros Journey
3,130 wordsJoseph Campbells Monomyth and its Applications Jessi Langer It has always been the prime function of mythology and rite to supply the symbols that carry the human spirit forward. This quote from Joseph Campbells book The Hero with a Thousand Faces exemplifies the idea that myths are our way of expressing universal truths common to every member of the human race. Not only do they contain startlingly similar symbols from one culture to the next, but they are all contained within a basic, magic rin...
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Audie Leon Murphy
776 wordsAudie Leon Murphy, son of poor Texas sharecroppers, rose to national fame as the most decorated U.S. combat soldier of World War II (Audie L). At age 12 as an orphan growing up in Texas, he was already a fair shot with a rifle. At that time, his family was very poor, so he quit school to work for a neighboring farmer, himself an ex-marine, and who influentially always said, "my biggest mistake I ever made was gettin' out (of the Military) ". Audie's mom approved of him quitting school to work by...