Travel Broadens The Mind Essay, Research Paper
Travelling enables many people
to broaden their minds in certain respects.?
When you travel you gain new ideas and experience new things.? However you do not have to travel miles to
expand your horizons, and there are many disadvantages associated with
travelling.Travelling makes it possible to
experience new cultures; for example, observing different religions and
customs, even if it just means traipsing round an Indian mosque, or visiting an
Egyptian temple.? While travelling, you
can learn new languages, which may increase your confidence.? If you learn a few basic phrases, you are
given the chance to interact with the native people.? Also you are more likely to experience the friendliness of the
locals because language barriers are broken.?
This may lead to prejudice ideas being destroyed.? A new language gives a different outlook on
life.? Travel also teaches you independence,
because it allows you to escape the familiar surroundings of home and stay in a
strange or alien place.? Just arranging
travel and accommodation can give you new responsibilities.? Often when people travel they leave everyday
commodities behind and have to learn to cope without them.? Improvising or making do without them
teaches patience and determination, and when you return home you become more
grateful for the things you left behind. Not only does travelling allow you to see new
cultures, it also often allows you to learn the roots of your own
cultures.? Travelling enables you to
become aware of differences in lifestyle ? whether they are regional or
national – and to learn how different people interact and generally what they
base their ideas on.? Travelling lets
people explore their own customs and way of life, and appreciate their
countries? history and traditions.?
Travelling introduces new ideas that can change your opinions on
different topics and help you to become more open minded about things you would
normally disapprove of.? Such as
exploring different political situations in countries you visit.? By experiencing life in different social
systems or under different governments, you can see how successful they are and
form intelligent opinions.? Travelling
can also make you more aware of other traditions and help you understand
different views and perceptions that foreign people have.? Our neighbours in France, a mere twenty-two
miles from our shores live diverse lives from our selves, socially, politically
and legally.? By visiting new places you
are introduced to new etiquette, which you may be expected to abide by.? This provokes awareness in many people on
the correct rules of behaviour in society and broadens the mind.The opportunities of travel are expanding.? Package holidays are becoming more
popular.? And travelling to new
countries is being made more accessible, and cheaper.??? In the future there will be orbital hotels in space offering
?out of this world? holidays.? Ordin
holidaymakers will be able to travel to space and back.? How could travelling to a different planet
not broaden the mind?? Space travel
could put a new perspective on life and change the way you think and the way
you live your live.However, travelling has many disadvantages and it is
possible to take the view that it does not broaden the mind.? Travelling can be very expensive and you may
have to be inconvenienced by having to get visas or a passport.? Why would you want to go to all this bother
when you are able to experience new cultures through media, such as television
programmes, newspaper articles or the Internet?? There are numerous travel programmes on the television and radio,
and it is much easier and cheaper to see new places by this method.? Also England is very international and there
are many foreign people living and studying here.? So you do not have to go abroad in order to learn new languages
or see different traditions.? An example
of this is ?China Town? in London.? Here
in this bustling town are many Cantonese and Mandarin speaking people.? There are a variety of restaurants offering
a taste of the eastern culture.There are also many dangers associated with foreign
cultures.? There are the hazards of
diseases and you may have to go to the trouble of getting injections and taking
malaria tablets.? You are relatively
safe in England as there is no risk of wars or terrorist attacks.? Some people could feel going abroad daunting
because of the different laws and punishments for crimes.? Also some might argue that there is no point
in going abroad, as everywhere is becoming the same and homogenised.? An example of this is the fact that in many
countries there are ?McDonalds? restaurants situated everywhere.? Moreover many countries? cultures are modified
to suit English tastes.? So in fact you
are not really experiencing the true way of life in that country.? Also when you go travelling you often don?t
meet people of new nationalities. As Laurence Sterne expressed it ? As an
English man does not travel to see English men, I retired to my room?.? Guests staying in many resorts are urged to
remain in the safety of the complex of the hotel, and urged not to venture out,
because of disturbing sights of poverty or fear of the unaltered world outside
the hotel.? Many tourists are reluctant
to venture forth and so seldom see the real country, and its people, which they
are visiting.However I feel that it is much easier to broaden the mind
by travelling than watching travel programmes.?
It is also much more enjoyable.?
By experiencing first hand the sounds and smells textures and tastes,
satisfying all of your senses, and witness the country first hand.? If you wish to do this then you have to
tolerate any misfortunes encountered.??
Such as deadly cobras, cancelled flights or flash floods.? So if you dare to be more adventurous than
going to Butlins, then you will reap rewards from it. Claudia Wilde Analytical Essay Summer Term 2001 English Language Coursework