Wanderlust Narrative

Essentially a monologue set within a frame, this poem creates two personae. The anonymous author gives a brief introduction and conclusion. The Wanderer, an aging warrior, who roams the world seeking shelter and aid. The Wanderer’s monologue divides into two distinct parts, the first being a lament for his exile and the loss of kin, friends, home, and the generosity of his king. In nature, he finds absolutely no comfort, for he has set sail on the winter stricken sea. Poignantly, the speaker dreams that he is among his companions, and embracing his king, only to awaken facing the gray, winter sea, and snowfall mingled with hail.

I love traveling, and not just because it’s fun, but because it exposes you to another lifestyle outside of the norm. According to nbc news, “ Traveling is very good for your health”. Communication skill would improve while traveling because you are less on your phone so you are more social towards others. Traveling can also inspire different ideas based on what was seen. Traveling can also help you get to know yourself because you are away from the hassle of everyday tasks, and you get to learn new things. Traveling on this trip will give me more knowledge as well.

Matt Richtel’s non-fiction novel, A Deadly Wandering is an insightful story about a young man named Reggie Shaw who lost got distracted behind the wheel for a little too long and took the lives of two well-known rocket scientists. The story highlights key aspects of everyone who was brought into the accident including friends, families, lawyers, even the people who were just driving behind Reggie that despairing day. Not only does Ritchel write about the accident but he also writes about the research showing how our attention works. Little does our population know on how in depth our attention works and how valuable or maybe even overpowering it can be. With today’s technology we are vastly discovering more on how the brain truly works and how it can affect us in a day-to-day lifestyle.

I had to step out of my comfort zone many times during this trip, I had to try new foods that were unfamiliar to me, and get to know people in a different setting that I was not used to. The bonds I made with the students and teachers that also went are irreplaceable. We acquired a group of knowledge that no one will receive unless they have done the same. Some people may not enjoy traveling because it means leaving behind what’s comfortable for them, whether it’s their group of friends, their air-conditioned homes, their favorite foods, pets, family, the list goes on. Just getting on a plane and going is the first step. It is exhilarating to forget what is familiar for a bit and expand your horizons. Once you do, there is no better feeling than taking on unfamiliar territory and making it familiar.

Ever since I was a couple months old I have been travelling. Flying from coast to coast and country to country. I have flown on nearly three hundred flights domestically and some internationally. Internationally I have been to Paris, Toronto, Jamaica, and Cancun. I have been to Cancun twice as I vacationed there for my final spring break before high school graduation. Domestically, the most notable place I have flown to constantly is Buffalo, New York where my father’s family is from. Traveling has allowed me to experience new places, foods, and culture.

“Oh the places you’ll go” by Dr.Seuss was my favorite book ever since i was young. Hearing the title brought my mind to countries, cities and oceans waiting to be explored .As I got older I learned that there was much more than just sites to be seen. I learned that there was human geography, international relations, comparative government and politics, and international law and much more involved into becoming apart of the world .I’ve gotten opportunities to travel to Portugal,Spain and Puerto Rico. Usually when people my age travel they want to be the beach and go to waterparks when I travel i like to learn the government, geography and their politics. I’m very interested in the world around me. In intermediate school and elementary school

Once a upon a time in a long stormy night.. I was with three people in a car driving to a haunted railroad. As we were driving we saw something strange. I didn't know what it was but we were scared. So as we were driving listening to some r&b music, I saw something for another time and they thought..”hmmm what is going on!”. So we wanted to find out what it was so we stopped the car and got out. I was looking around and I asked fiercely “why are we doing this?” Joey replied strangely “because we need to find out what is going on!” So we went on the trail of the train tracks hoping there was a big train coming for us. As we were walking Outta nowhere There it is. A train rushing forward and we all run except for joey he didn't realise that there was a train coming. We yelled for him but he couldn't here us. By time joey got crushed by the train.

“The shortest path to oneself leads around the world.” So, wrote German philosopher Count Hermann Keyserling, who believed that travel was the best way to discover who you are.

Later that day her husband could tell something had made Rosa upset, he loved her so much that he wanted nothing to happen to her. She explained everything that happened earlier that morning. Jordan then became furious at the witch for not letting Rosa take the berries. After Rosa finished the telling him the story he came up with a plan that would cheer up Rosa, that plan involved him sneaking into the garden that night. After dinner Rosa and Jordan went to bed, when he was sure she was asleep he left the house. It took him several hours to find the secret passage and when he found it he went down the trail without looking twice. When he arrived to the garden he located the berries that his beloved wife wanted. As he was about to take some

The lists of abhorrent practices, like forced labor and human trafficking, that are involved with slavery and racial segregation has helped not only create a social divide between education and economic programs but has supported the values of capitalists within the American society today. Captain of the Wanderer, John Egbert Farnum, had rhetorically redesigned the architecture and setup of one of America’s fastest racing yacht to twist its functional maritime purpose of slave trade even though it had been banned by Congress half a century before. The Wanderer ship’s owners supported the dehumanization of others by enslaving them within a double layered reality. The reality of separate hidden floors on this ship not only ripped the African passengers’ freedom from them but also objectified them as items of economic profit. The use of an extravagant ship such as the Wanderer, in one of its final voyages to harbor slaves from Africa, is an example of an unresolved problem in the United States that include how slaves were dehumanized while they were hidden behind symbols of a great, wealthy, and a proud patriotic country.

In the article Why You Should Travel Young by Jeff Goins, he discusses the importance of exploration and adventure and how the experiences can impact your life forever. The main ideas he talked about were how the habits you create now will most likely stick with you for the rest of your life and how traveling broadens your view on issues larger than you can even imagine. While reading this article the main subject I agreed with was the idea of habits sticking with you for life and disagreeing with the idea that “yeah but…” is always negative.

These quotes explains how the destination of a journey may not be the most important part. Many people forget that the memories made along the way should make traveling exhilarating. Naomi Shihab Nye considers traveling around the world a crucial factor in her

Being adventurous is how you start to understand who you really are. Many people believe it is dangerous to travel, not worth it. But I believe, the world is dangerous. There are shootings everyday but getting out there and risking it is just living. Being adventurous shows you how others have to live, what so many people deal with every day. Or what so many people get to see every day, the beautiful yet cruel world we live in. There is a purpose for everything here, it is meant to be seen. We are not here to work everyday and then go home to rest and do it all over again, we were made to make a difference and to understand the world. Mountains were made to climb, oceans were made to be seen, and landmarks were too, “in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a

Many things could’ve woken me up that morning: My own worry and fault for not being able to sleep, the moving trucks constant beeping reminding me of my soon departure, or the alarm my mom set the night before. Either way I was going to end up going to bed that night the same way, on the floor of my new house, miles away from my home. I woke with the battle of not knowing whether I was dreaming or if this was reality, and for a few short seconds before my conscious told me why I was up, I had completely forgotten the day ahead of me. I look around at my once poster filled walls of bad boy bands and teen movies. My poster board of movie stubs and notes I had passed around with my friends now perfectly packed up into categorized and clearly labelled containers. I have moved enough in my life to know the drill, though I thought I wouldn’t have to ever recall it again.

I try to get away as often as possible because travelling is the most awesome thing to do in this world. Travel is a powerful tool for personality development. It can teach us a lot about other countries and about ourselves. You can experience the happiest moments through your limited travels. Travelling introduces us with several ups and downs of life.