Essays Tagged: "Rite of passage"
"The Secret Sharer" by Joseph Conrad, Critical Analysis
blic world or man versus society, in other words is the primary dialectic. The journey theme or the rite of passage theme also reveal themselves. We see a young and inexperienced captain grow and expl ... captain. Furthermore, the green color of the trees symbolizes growth touching upon the theme of the rite of passage. The captain comes into the sea, an archetypal symbol of spiritual mystery and infin ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Anthropology - Ritual and Symbol
terest to Turner and to Chapple and Coons.The Mescalero girls' puberty ceremony is an example of a 'Rite of Passage,' a ceremonythat marks the transition of an individual from one stage of life to ano ... It is a method of making this transition from girl to woman easier. I classified thisceremony as a Rite of Passage, rather than a Rite of Intensification, because it is held inresponse to a non-perio ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology
John Fire Lame Deer - The essay tells the life of this native american person
eing the capitalistic world of the European-American. John Fire Lame Deer participated in a popular rite of passage among Native American tribes known as the vision quest allowing him his first glimps ... g comfortable surroundings about. This belief in animism directly connects to the vision quest as a rite of passage. The belief that all things in nature are connected and are alive with spirits shows ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
La quinceanera - A girl's right of passage into womanhood, which is celebrated when a girl turn's 15. I wrote this a year ago for Spanish class, and i got an A.
m was started by the Aztecs a long time ago, and still exists now. La quinceañera is a girl's rite of passage into womanhood. The event is very much like a wedding, and costs a lot of money. The ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Goin' Down the Road: Film Analysis
and Paul Bradley, with Jayne Eastwood in a supporting role. It is about the universally understood rite of passage: the two young men searching for bigger and better things.While the films strengths ... mic problems of East coast Canadians, yet he turned it into a fictionalized story with the help of writer William Fruet. An extremely low budget and Shebib's documentary style background led Shebib to ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Pierced
tified with royalty and portrayed courage and virility. Egyptian Pharaohs pierced their navels as a rite of passage. Roman soldiers pierced their nipples to show their manhood. Mayans pierced their to ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Body Art vs. Self Mutilation.
in almost every culture. Both practices have different meanings and multiple levels from religious rites to pure decoration. Often times throughout the history of western culture, these practices hav ... lation, in which only heathens and criminals engage. These often painful practices usually marked a rite of passage or indicated an act of bravery and courage in warriors. The art of tattoos have exis ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Alice Munro's limited feminist approach in conveying a young girl's rite of passage in her short story "Boys and Girls".
Alice Munro's Boys and Girls attempts to use a limited feminist approach to convey a young girl's rite of passage into womanhood. Although the story has a strong viewpoint on the differences of a ma ... to plot and gain control over the innocent.In the end of the story though, the girl enters her own rite of passage, watching the horse being shot. When it comes time for Flora to be shot the girl is ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Response Journal for "Boys and Girls" by Alice Munro
Alice Munro's "Boys and Girls" tries to view a young girl's rite of passage into womanhood, through a limited feminist perspective. The narrator battles with co ... .The story is written in first person narration and is seen through the eyes of a young and free-spirited girl. The themes of this story are self-discovery, stereotypes, and rebellion. To portray thes ... uch as allusion, similes and situational irony were used. Allusion is present in the line "his favourite book in the world was Robinson Crusoe," as the author attempts to portray the father's inventiv ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
This is about Birth... Description of the modern birth process as on that is ritualistic and shaped by a technological society.
In the ethnography, Birth as an American Rite of Passage, Robbie E. Davis-Floyd describes the modern birth process as one that is ritualistic ... ich the mother's wishes need to be respected.Robbie Davis-Floyd describes the birth experience as a rite of passage for both the mother and the child. There are four major stages in this rite of passa ... phase ends with her reintegration back into society and the acceptance of her role as a mother. The rite of passage accompanying childbirth takes a woman from her status as a woman to her role as a mo ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology
"Prom Night: Youth, Schools, and Popular Culture" by Amy L. Best
he highlight of high school. It is the one thing so many students look forward to. Many see it as a rite of passage into adulthood. For Amy L. Best, the author of "Prom Night: Youth, Schools, and Popu ... youth to express themselves and to be set apart from everyone else. Prom has always been seen as a rite of passage, and maybe it can still be seen that way, but certainly not a passage into adulthood ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
College students who binge drink.
cts a majority of the people around my age. In college it is a problem that is widely accepted as a rite of passage and in most areas looked upon with approval by one's peers. Binge drinking can lead ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Analysis of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea - this paper uses an anthropological prospective. It's a good paper ... my teacher was a low grader!
Transition, Ritual and Rites of Passage in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea The term threshold evokes imag ... in the novel The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, and for them to successfully complete the rite of passage. A number of anthropological studies conducted by Arnold Van Gennep, Victor Turner a ... d Van Gennep, Victor Turner and Edmund Burke's model of the sublime, have provided insight into the rite of passage; that is constructed of separation, threshold and incorporation. The motif of the ri ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway
Analysis of the Wizard of Oz
ard of Oz, A Child's Tale of Growing UpAs a child the first viewing of The Wizard of Oz is almost a rite of passage. The techno colored fantasy is a favorite movie for as long as any one movie can hol ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Prom rite of passage
is the one school event many students look forward to in their high school years. Many see it as a rite of passage into adulthood, but proms can also be a disaster. Prom, shor ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
A Separate Peace by Dan Knowles
A SEPARATE PEACEThe theme "rite of passage" was used in the novel A Separate Peace, by John Knowles. This moving from innocence ... e, I wrote to General de Gualle personally, I also wrote Chiang Kai-shek, and I was about ready to write somebody in Russia," (Knowles 190). Gene's rite of passage was examined through these symbols.S ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
History of Body Piercing and Tattooing.
the History of Body Piercing, the Victorians pierced out of firm religious beliefs and to signify a rite of passage and often times as a sign of royalty. While body piercing is seen as one of the most ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Military hazing.
ruel, abusive, oppressive, or harmful.Hazing includes, but is not limited to any form of initiation rite of passage or congratulatory act that involves: physically striking another in order to inflict ... is superior in rank). Hazing has at times occurred during graduation ceremonies or similar military rites of passage. However, it may also happen in day-to-day military settings. It is prohibited in a ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security
Body Art: The History of
in almost every culture. Both practices have different meanings and multiple levels from religious rites to pure decoration. Often times throughout the history of western culture, these practices hav ... lation, in which only heathens and criminals engage. These often painful practices usually marked a rite of passage or indicated an act of bravery and courage in warriors. The art of tattoos have exis ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
"The Odyssey" - Telemachus' Journey
When does a boy become a man? This rite of passage is explored in Robert Fagles' translation of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey. Odysseu ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology