Essays about: "The Journey to the West"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words The Journey to the West.
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1. "Stick vs. Rope. Gun vs. Strand." : The Monomyth and the Hero as Warrior in Kojima Productions' 2019 Video Game Death Stranding
University essay from Karlstads universitetAbstract : Released in 2019, the video game Death Stranding follows the monomythic structure described by Joseph Campbell in his 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The journey begins with the protagonist, Sam “Porter” Bridges, reluctantly accepting his calls to adventure, and, as he begins to move west, he receives supernatural aid from an increasing number of helpers he encounters along the way. READ MORE
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2. Can I bring my whole self to my workplace? : A qualitative study of immigrant Muslim women’s workplace experiences in Sweden
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : In general, immigrants face various problems as they adjust to their new surroundings and begin a new life. The educated, employed Arabic immigrant Muslim women, (EEAIMW), live between two worlds: a Swedish world at work and an Arabic world at home. In this East-West dichotomy, they keep trying to find who they are and where they belong. READ MORE
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3. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean to look elsewhere – a humanitarian crisis on the Canary Islands 2020-2021
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : During 2020 and 2021, a migration crisis has been developing on the Canary Islands in Spain. Large numbers of African migrants have made the dangerous journey from West Africa to the Canary Islands, risking their lives on the Atlantic Sea. READ MORE
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4. A Musical Personality : A quest towards discovering my identity in music and developing it into a musical personality
University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazzAbstract : The purpose of my research was to develop and strengthen my personality in music as a vocalist, so I would be able to freely let it out during any musical encounter. My base for the research was a duet with guitarist Mikael Máni Ásmundsson, but it was during a rehearsal with him that I realised for the first time I even had a musical personality – that I liked. READ MORE
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5. Planning for Sustainable Development in Fiji: indigenous knowledge, Western knowledge, or something in between?
University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studierAbstract : Climate change poses paramount challenges to our world. While more developed nations in the West are not without harm, among the hardest hit are vulnerable indigenous islanders in the South Pacific. Without sufficient action, Pacific Island nations might become uninhabitable, or practically disappear, in the near future (Belson, 2018). READ MORE