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A New Forest to Conquer
Title: A New Forest to Conquer
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 2274 | Pages: 9.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
A New Forest to Conquer
The following is a story that I hope to someday tell my grandchildren. I want it to serve as a means of instilling in them the courage and dexterity that I have somehow found within myself to make it through this wonderful and sometimes very painful journey.
Once upon a time, high, high up in a tree, there was a bird’s nest and in that nest there was a special, little egg . The mother …showed first 75 words of 2274 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2274 total…to be a direct reference to the Campbell video, The Power of Myth. I specifically chose the word conquer to bring up the image of the conquering hero. I wholly accept Campbell’s idea that every life is a hero’s quest and even though it may seem a bit arrogant, given the challenges that I have faced in my life, I very much consider myself a conqueror and a hero for living through them.
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