Ithaca :: Religion Greece Greeks Essays

IthacaWhen you set out on your move around to Ithaca pray that the pass is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge.Constantinos Kavafis, Ithaca (1911) Ithaca, a Greek island in the l whizan Sea, was the island that gave birth to Ulysses, one of the smartest Greek commanders, who through his invention of the Trojan Horse led the Greeks to a advantage over the Trojans. Immediately after this victory, Ulysses set out on his journey to return to Ithaca. To return home, to kiss his wife, to see his now grown-up son, to meet his friends and his parents, any these were Ulysses goals. To arrive there is your ultimate goal as Kavafis states later in the poem. interchangeable Ulysses, every person has his or her own goals and therefore is immersed in a journey towards the accomplishment of this goal. However, it is possible for someone to be in a journey without an ultimate goal in mind. More often than not, this goal leave behind appear in the way.It was during Christmas 1992, th at I received a very peculiar(prenominal) present from my grandmother, Orthodoxia. She had knitted a sweater especially for me. She had lift offed knitting this sweater, as I later found out, because she wanted me to have something from her. And whats better than a hand-knitted sweater? It could keep me loosen up during chilly winter nights while reminding me of my descent with my grandmother. Having as her goal to offer me a present to remember her, she created an cowcatcher sweater, which for me will always be unique. On the blue background of the sweater, twain familiar figures are shaped, the figures of a grandmother holding her grandson in her warm embrace. I have it in my wardrobe at home, even though it is way too small for me to wear, and whenever I see it, it reminds me of my beloved grandmother. I remember her smile whenever she saw me, the way her face lit up when she recognized I was happy and the worry and eagerness to help when I was feeling dispirited. Although my grandmother passed away six years ago, her memory is tacit alive through this sweater.Having a goal is not, however, a necessary determine for creation. In the documentary Dancemaker, for example, the featured dancer does not always start dancing with a goal in his mind, as Ulysses and my grandmother two did.