Glory

Philbrick, Nathanel. Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. U.S. Viking Penguin 2003. The author wrote in detail about the United States South Seas Exploring Expedition of 1838 (U.S. Ex.Ex.), an unprecedented naval operation for a nation with a navy less than half the size of Great Britain’s, and consisted of six sailing vessels and 346 men, making it one of the largest voyages of discovery in the history of Western exploration. The Ex.Ex.’s ships…

Is Glory Worth Dying Over The Iliad is the oldest work of western literature and it is considered by the majority to be the most important piece ever. It is a story of the Trojan War. Instead of focusing on the battle outside the walls of Troy, I found the internal, mental battle that the hero, Achilles was fighting to be much more interesting. Achilles is tired of fighting in combat. He has already won great material wealth and glory from other conquests around the world. Achilles says, For…

desire of glory. Similarly, in books nine through eleven of The Odyssey, Odysseus speaks of the dangerous tasks he was faced with and his visit to the underworld. All of his actions depended on his want for kleos, a soldier's glory. Although Gilgamesh and Odysseus share the same burning desire of achieving fame, only Odysseus’ mature approach and mindset on numerous occasions gave him the path to glory. Both characters express their aspirations differently, yet their interest in glory is shown…

confrontation and acceptance of death. Homer uses these conversations with ghosts to show how Odysseus’s glory-seeking is something he has to let go at his age. My creative piece hones in specifically on the theme of glory by exploring his conversations with the dead specifically Akhilleus, Anticleia, and Orion. I depict Odysseus at the fork of a road, where he has the choice to either continue his glory-seeking or go back to his family. Before he makes this decision, he gets words of…

Glory is an extraordinary thing that can only be earned when a person has done something amazing. Glory makes a person proud of him or herself and shows the person is noteworthy. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but rising in every time we fail.” The idea expressed in this quote is that our greatest pride is not in never giving up, but in getting back up every time we fall. A person should not be proud of always being correct, but when they persevere…

to veneration and glorification, in all their different appearances. Glorification and veneration cause the Homeric conflict that claims the existence of innumerable men, and form its evolution at every staging. The fall of Troy is “a thing… whose glory shall perish never (Homer, Iliad 2.324)”. The aim of the Greeks is the prominence that re-echoes even after death, and they do not allow anything stand on their way. The glorification of the individual, and community docent their every action and…

and shoot him dead. In “Harrison Bergeron” and in “Old Glory” both authors use a rebellious character and a powerful government to portray the theme, always stand up for what is right even if you are alone and no one is standing with…

Dances with Glory Bang! You’re in the middle of a war with and for people you really know nothing about. What do you do? How do you communicate with them? Who helps you? In the movies Dances with Wolves and Glory the lead characters address these situations while dealing with other minor conflicts along the way. In this paper, I will be comparing and contrasting what happens in these movies by talking about the main character, the supporting characters, the plot, and the visual aspects of the…

As a retired veteran of war Clint Eastwood has to face many challenges in his life that most people his age should never have to face. In his life, he is having to overcome many struggles such as dealing with such negativity, living in the past, attachment and the many things it throws at him. With all being said the most important thing to gain from growing older is that no one person should be unhappy in the ending years of their life. In the beginning, Clint shows a bit of negativity to…

Glory does not last forever. To those who have experienced it fully, and its addictive nature, it is a cruel mistress that demands pursuit. It is the ubiquitous high school jock, clad in an aged letter jacket and basking in fleeting splendor that personifies this pursuit so well. More appropriately perhaps, it is the struggle of an international hegemon struggling battling an identity crisis because the recipe that, for centuries, has produced profound success no longer yields a palatable…