Thursday, February 27, 2020

Short-Answer Responses: Destination Truth



Citing from Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter exclusively, answer five of the following in short-answer responses. Additionally, one of your responses must be to #6.
  1. What did you find to be Gates’ funniest travel anecdote?
  2. How does Gates make the distinction between being a tourist and being a traveler?
  3. Were the monsters (e.g. Yeti, the Mongolian Death Worm) illustrated in the book integral or incidental to the reader’s understanding?
  4. What was Gates most harrowing travel experience?
  5. What are two of Gates’ best practical tips for traveling?
  6. How does Gates affirm Mark Twain’s classic assertion that “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness”?
  7. How does the sign on the door of the Massachusetts travel agency that reads: “Please go away. Often.” sum up the book’s view on travel? 

Required:
  • MLA Style
  • Approximately 750 words
  • Works cited

Due: Thu 3.5

No comments:

Post a Comment