The two conflicting forces described in the movie are William's idea of discovering the knowledge and church's thinking of preserving the knowledge. ... He is intelligent, passionate for knowledge and a logical thinker. He thinks that more knowledge can lead to more discoveries and more progress and can be helpful to mankind. ... He is very much against the use of knowledge. ... It has a well centered theme about knowledge. ...

• Word Count: 760
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Upon discovery of the largest and most beautiful pearl the small village had ever seen, the life of Kino and his family is changed forever. ... For example, when Kino finds the pearl, he assumes that this is a gidt from God and thanks God for his discovery. ... The discovery of the pearl gives Kino and his family all sorts of power and economic advantages. ... Kazantzakis uses the form of power through knowledge. ...

• Word Count: 1428
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

This discovery deludes the Goodman greatly. ... Perhaps the good man was awakening to the knowledge of his own moral imperfection. ... This passage reveals that Brown had an unwitting knowledge of his own failure of perception. ... When Adam and Eve stole from the Tree of Knowledge, they were banished from Eden. ... "In place of the needed capacity for both love and hate or, in the terms of the story, both evil and good, he develops only a great fear of moral maturity and of the knowledge and responsibility that maturity brings" (Adams 165)....

• Word Count: 1393
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The Quaran states that Mohammad invites anyone who wants to join the faith of Allah. Today, people wonder much about the religion of Islam. It it because it is found mostly in parts of the world which are so far away and distinct to ours? Or is it because they have encountered enemies because the po...

• Word Count: 773
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Quaran states that Mohammad invites anyone who wants to join the faith of Allah. Today, people wonder much about the religion of Islam. It it because it is found mostly in parts of the world which are so far away and distinct to ours? Or is it because they have encountered enemies because the po...

• Word Count: 775
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the colonies, at the time of Columbus's discovery they believed in the symbols of dreams and they used animals as a way of guiding their every action. ... They could have made their way, into parts of Europe or even the Caribbean and had gained some sort of knowledge about the christian religion(insert) thornton makes reference to the priests who came over on the slave ships (insertpg264) nad stayed at the coast until the slaves were actually on the ships. ... Thornton express knowledge of the afro - american culture using the Santeria of Cuba, Cuba is a spanish c...

• Word Count: 1957
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

He is transformed from being a mortal to becoming immortal by attaining the knowledge of a former state of being. ... After discovery, one can only realize that there must be more in man's mind as a common bond to formulate myths and religious stories which link the human race in what Jung called the collective unconscious. ...

• Word Count: 1131
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

For Adah, adaptation comes in the form of unforgiving self-discovery, the realization that ''even the crooked girl believed her own life was precious.'' ... This was an idea Nathan Price could not comprehend, for the Baptist faith was the only faith he had ever been presented with, or given the knowledge of. ...

• Word Count: 1936
• Approx Pages: 8