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Quests. Even in ... chalice. The authors and stories previously mentioned are
just some of the literature that use personal quests. Even ...
... Questing: Red quests have the highest XP reward. Green the lowest, grey
give no experience. Take all available quests in an area. ...
... something. In the books ?Sundiata? and ?The Odyssey of Homer?, both
of the main characters venture out on quests. Throughout ...
... Similar resemblances that can be found in both is their shadowy lineage, their
major mortal flaws, and their nature to journey on epic quests. ...
... something. The literary characters Ulysses, the Duke of Ferrara and Beowulf
are on such quests. Each of them is striving for something. ...
Submitted by p1mp1n on October 15, 2005
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Even in the simplest of literature an author can let a character in their exposistion adopt a personal quest. These characters can be anyone, as these characters grow into being heros, they sometimes have to overcome unbeatable odds and humongous obstacles to receive
there chalice. Once they acquire this prize, they are forever changed. Not all stories follow this type of acrchetype of the hero\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s quest, but they do have struggles along the way. . Personal quests are seen in James Joyce\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Araby\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Daniel David Moses\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"King of the Raft\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", and in \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"A Girls Story\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" by David Arnason.
The short story \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Araby\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" by James Joyce is a flawless example of a personal quest. The main character is brought on this quest by a girl he meets who is playing with her bracelet. The boy then decides to go to Araby to find this chalice for the girls of his dreams. Along his way, he is set back by a couple obstacles, which he has to overcome. The first obstacle the boy conquers is his Uncle. The boy has to waits until 9 o\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'clock, which is when his drunk uncle comes home and says that there is no point in going to the bazaar because it is to late. But with the help of his aunt he manages to not only get permission to go the bazaar but also get some spending money. At this point in the story the Aunt can be seen as a sidekick to assist the main character on his quest. On the way to bazaar, the boy goes on a horrendous train ride according to the author, this is just like a hero who has to overcome this physical setback. Once the boy arrives at the bazaar, to complete his quest, he has an epiphany, which results in the failure of his quest.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"King of the Raft\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" by Daniel David Moses also follows the path of a personal quest. Ultimately...
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