Essays on Burning Desire

A road trip can be defined as any journey by road, regardless of destination or stops en route. Characteristically, road trips in the contemporary society relates to long distances by automobile. Road tripping is typically about dreams; it encompasses dreaming on landscapes and cities and looking forward to exploring them. Road tripping and also entail hardships, paddling down rivers, slogging though thick canopies, confronting suspicious people, testing ones adaptability, exploring hostile places and anticipating for some kind of revelation. Both John Steinbeck and Dorothea Lange engaged in documenting what they saw on their road trip, one through books and ...

Master of Public Health

Admission Essay I have recognized early in life that individuals respond and react differently to challenges, depending on the person’s values and beliefs; as well as personal aspirations and goals in life. I had been destined to be one of those individuals who had to contend with life’s difficulties, particularly the need to support one’s family and loved ones as early as 11 years of age. When most of the children at that age are still being holistically supported by parents, I was already forced to work to support my family. As such, when I ...

‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” starts with Peyton Farquhar standing on bridge, with his hands tied behind his back and a noose around his neck. His execution is near and he diverts himself from reality and focuses on his imagination in which he is with his wife and children. Again he opens his eyes and sees driftwood in water below. Soon he imagines himself as the driftwood floating and escaping from water, away from his executioners and near his home. He finds his way home, travel throughout the day and when he is about to embrace his wife, the ...