West.. A simple word with a remarkable connotation of greatness and wonder, of technological marvels and paradise, of change and opportunity. Throughout the centuries it appears West has always been moving a bit further West, and the intellectuals who culture and expand society following it. From the literal path of invention and awe, the Middle East to Western Europe to Eastern America to Western America, to the symbolism of falling Sun, the light that guides humanity, always setting in the West, has been reason enough for those seeking a new life to discard the old ways and embrace the latest the world and human civilization has to offer. To start anew, where your name carries no meaning and your reputation matches the determination of your mind, and you will be whoever you want to be if you make it happen, and your place in society is what you make of it. The spirit of the West is a promising and fulfilling allure to all who seek it, a blessing forged by the collective human race throughout millennia of work and advancement. It is a wonder unto itself, that such advancements and glory are founded in the West, a phenomenon granting strength and pilgrimage to those seeking spiritual answer from the culmination of humanity itself. However, no matter where the greatest minds of the world land, with time a new frontier will have arisen. Another West, another adventure, for us all to praise and experience before our deaths as time moves on without regard to any individual, for the West moves on as does the setting Sun: it waits for no man.
The West will always be the epitome of human achievement, a place glorifying the aeons of our existsnce. It will always be the place of knowledge, of answers. A place teeming with sights to see, amazement, and ideas coming to action. When we encounter a question for which we know not the answer, it is our instinct to look around ourselves in search of such an answer, our mind seeking connections from wonders in our surroundings. The West will always be filled with wonders, where the answer to all questions lie, where one in search of their life's big question - for every soul has a single question they spend their lives finding answer to - can enlighten their spirit, and one learns the ultimate truth of knowledge: there is always more to learn.
As with all seeking answer, Jack heads West. He seeks answers to the questions unanswerable by you or I or your priest or even God, if such a being exists. For there is but one that holds the answers to life, existance, and humanity: the West.
As the saying goes.. If you keep heading North you will head South. However, you can never stop heading West.
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