The Journey

The idea of the jorney or pilgrimmage has been an ongoing theme in Western literature. It appears in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" depicting pilgrims travelling to visit the shrine of Thomas a Beckett. The journey appears again in Boccaccio's "Decameron", ten stories about pilgrims escaping plague ridden cities. It is linked with the idea of growth and progress. Dante's Divine Comedia is another example of such literature. For a modern film version of the journey see the incredibly brilliant 2008 movie "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" directed by Tommy Lee Jones.