Differences of Two Worlds in “Where the Worlds Collide” Though some readers might think that “Where the Worlds Collide” by Pico Iyers, is a description of collision, it is actually about a traveler’s emotional collision while traveling to America for the first time. The traveler is amazed to know about the structure and culture of American society, as well as its differences to the traveler’s homeland culture and how its society is structured. These differences in culture as well as how their society is structured is shown in their differences in the diversity of people and their abundance opportunities for the jobs, the regulations and enforcement of rules, and finally advertisement of products as well as over priced products. Primarily, one difference between American culture and structure compared to the traveler’s homeland culture and social structure is the diversity of people and the abundance opportunities for the jobs. This is shown when the traveler recounts their experience of seeing the Korean Taeguk Shuttle as well as the Arabic Sahara Shuttle by saying “forty-two other…
“The internet if flooded with traveling sites that let the traveler choose it’s service”. Many of the business people say that they don’t have time to make plans for the travel so they make a choice to contract travel agents. Work trips are the ones that need more help like in moneywise to time wise. There is many to choose from online but There is nothing like an actual person doing what is important to a traveler. Business people tend to travel for short periods of time that time is money for…
I talked about how relaxing it produces. Also, how it helps strengthen you and others around you. Visiting another country gives the traveler insight to other type of people which helps you grow from them. There might be negatives within traveling; however, these negatives turn into positives once you realize what they are and overcome them. Some negatives will always be there but the aspect of how the traveler handles it will set if it ends up good or bad. The relationships you gain from…
"A traveler in Crowned Fox woodlands? Quite odd." There an old lady stood, just down the rocky path where trees grew overhead, "Come now, you must be cold out in this snowy weather." "Hmm? You wish to hear the tale of the two broken kings?" She mused as the snowy earth cracked underneath her shoes as she walked, "I suppose that it won't hurt to tell a tale." She opened the door to a small hut and gestured inside, "Sit down my friend and I shall tell the tale..." The old lady sighed as she sat…
our fate take the lead. We also learn the mistakes of our action and suffer the consequences.The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is a descriptive poem that summarizes a traveler who comes upon a crossroad in his life. The choices the persona makes can affect him by changing his lifestyle or destroying it. The traveler is forced to decide between the two paths and decides to take the road less taken. The whole poem has a specific purpose and it represents the difficult choices we must often make…
Whatever benefits one has over another, people will always choose the traveling style that suit them the most. The definition of worry-free vacation is different among travelers. This definition not only included freedom and flexibility of travelers, but also included a lower possibility of traveling obstacles. For independent travelers, worry-free vacation means having a full control on their own schedules. They are not short on time because everything is based on their own paces. They can…
since 1975. The program is for elderly folks that are age 55 years old and older. The programs range from one day to several weeks in length. The elderly travelers are provided with comfortable accommodations. Accommodations include, delicious meals, lectures, field trips, excursions, program related activities and also gratuities. Elderhostel offer traditional programs which are based on the Elderhostel earliest adventures. Elderhostel offers the opportunity for older adults to travel to other…
The poem is being written through the perspective of the traveler where it begins with “two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (Frost, line 1). Metaphorically the traveler has arrived at a stop and now is being faced with the difficult choice of choosing which direction to continue on. The poem continues, “and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth” (Frost, lines 4-5). The traveler is now looking down both roads and considering to travel one but he is only able to…
Charles Corbyn was a quiet man. He had no real friends. Never in his life did he feel any need to have interpersonal relationships. Neither did the people around him, for a reason Charles Corbyn had never thought about. It was not because he was unattractive or unlikable. In fact he was a man of very gentle disposition and quite handsome. He had the body of a worker but carried himself as one of high import. Tonight he had decided to go to the pub for his supper. He grabbed his outer coat and…
Dating back into the beginnings of mankind, travel has long been a reoccurring trait in human history. With some in search for resources, and others in search for the meaning of life, the universal pattern regarding a journey merged into the search for knowledge. Cavafy echoes this sentiment in his poem Ithaka which communicates that you will be “rich with all [the knowledge and experiences] you have gained” after arriving at your destination. Like the promises made in the poem, Alexander von…