Now that I have started and almost finished my finial essay I come to think of a lot of awesome ideas for the finial, all centering around this main theme of travel. If I was close reading this course, looking for themes and big questions I would trip over travel alot. Every character traveled in their own way, some by land, some by sea and some by carage, some by foot.I think that the different ways people traveled tell us alot about their character, the writer and the times that the book comes form.
A big question that might arise is why do the characters travel? and for each the answer would be different but it would have been an interesting paper. another would be How does the traveling effect the characters differently? what if everyone had been traveling in planes or on bikes? the stories would be sooo different, the characters now changed- different values and goals.
I would like to now turn that back to all of us.How does travel effect us? How do the modes of transportantion change our experiences?In what ways does it make our characters different? Is it just what we see- the hungry, the beutiful, the ocean for the first time- that changes us? or how we get there? do both play equall roles or does one tip the scales?
some would say that it is the journey that is important and others would say that it is the destination. I think that both can be equally important in affecting the lives of people. some people can be boring and timid if they don’t travel much while others are interesting and bold as a consequence of their travels, and others may be fearful and paranoid from their wayward adventures. I also think that the mode of travel is a reflection on the character but also reflects itself into the character. if you are on a ship, you may become superstitious or lonely or embittered by cold rough seas. on foot you will have more of a sense of independance and freedom.