Thursday, June 2, 2011

Name some famous people who undertook a journey that changed their life?

I need inspiration because I'm doing a project. I need to identify a journey and show how it has had a significant impac on a particular aspect of life of the person or people who have undertaken it.

Just name some people and tell me very briefly what journey it was. (Rehab, war etc etc) It has to have a significant impact on them though.Name some famous people who undertook a journey that changed their life?
william wallace -- he brought freedom to scotland. he ended up being exicuted by the english.



joan of Arc -- fought for frances freedom from the english. she was eventually burned at the stake.





both met their fate due to their conquestName some famous people who undertook a journey that changed their life?
The concept of taking a journey to achieve a higher level of spiritual awakening (and to become a great religious leader) is found in just about all religions: Abraham (with Isaac/Ishmael), Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, Joseph Smith, etc.



For secular examples, consider how a change of location impacted the works of various artists: the travels of Leonardo da Vinci, the impact of the South Pacific on Gaugin's painting, the influence of folk-music collecting on the work of Ralph Vaughn Williams, Bela Bartok, and Woody Guthrie, etc.Name some famous people who undertook a journey that changed their life?
Ghandi?

Sacajawea ?

.. malcom x would be a good one.. after he left the states, and went into countires where blacks and white got together nicely, he questioned himself why he was doing such a movement in the states, for black freedom againts the whites... and because of his new enlightenment, his own party killed him.Name some famous people who undertook a journey that changed their life?
the firey minister of mosque 7 in new york was malcolm litttle better known as malcom X, and he took the hijhi in mecca. finding there white people that helped him in ways he never thought possible, he returned to america a changed man. this and his break from the muslims lead to his death in harlem.Name some famous people who undertook a journey that changed their life?
Nelson Mandela (jail; war)

Christopher Columbus

Harriet Tubman (Undeground Railroad)

Edgar Allan Poe (depression)