Myth and the Modern World Essay -- Heros Journey, Hospitality

Since the beginning of time, people have been searching the universe feeling for answers to the burning questions somewhat what it all means. By looking to the past, we find parallels that help put our own modern lives into perspective. We mortals have an insatiable quest for knowledge about everything under the sun. Who are we? Where did we come from? Why are we here? What happens next? By analyzing the meaning of ancient Mythology and applying the lessons learned through the scrappers quests, we stumble insight and perspective about our own place in the modern world we live in to twenty-four hours. By visualizing and internalizing the lessons learned through the mythological heros journeys, we find relevance in the symbolism and metaphors that mirror our own struggles and inspire us to find the courage and determination to overcome them.I am not a deeply religious person but I do believe in something. What that something is, I am not entirely sure. However, same the ch aracters in the myths we have read about this semester, I know that I am also on a journey that hopefully one day will reveal the answers to the questions Ive been looking for along with the ones I havent even thought of yet. Life is a quest that begins at put up and continues until the day we die. Our quests resemble the heros journeys because in attempting to achieve our goals we stumble, fall, get a little help if were lucky, then get up and tense up again. Sometimes I pray for supernatural help as I struggle to overcome obstacles along the way, but so far no gods or goddesses have materialized to help me out in my times of need. I guess thats why we have family - those people in our lives we sometimes cant live with but could never live without. They are the ones... ... process. Like the mythological characters weve been introduced to this semester, we travel through life and face obstacles that either make us stronger or shatter us into a million pieces. Its up to us to choose how we put those pieces back together.Works CitedJason and the Golden Fleece. Ancient Greece Mythology. Copyright 2003-2012 University insistency Inc. . Web. 11 Oct 2013. . Raffel, Burton . Beowulf. New York, NY Signet Classic, 1963. print. Gardner, John. Grendel. New York, NY Vintage Books, 1971. Print. Fagles, Robert. The Odyssey. Deluxe. New York, NY Penguin Classics, 1996. Print. Encyclopedia Mythica. MCMXCV - MMXII Encyclopedia Mythica.. Web. 11 Oct 2013. . The Epic of Gilgamesh. Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, Web. .