1. Hope: The Human Pandemic
In "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez the angel, old man, is treated maliciously by the society in which he "falls" in. Pelayo and Elisenda, Pelayo's wife, treat the old man as they would treat a poor wonderer at first and then a slave after they begin to exploit the old ...
Faith In Salvation: The Irony Of It All Young Langston Hughes and "Young Goodman Brown" share a many distinct similarities when dealing with spiritual and religious beliefs. In fact the short poem "Salvation" shares many of the characteristics of the short story "Young Goodman Brown". Each de...
June 6 Father's Day is coming soon. Jesus is the perfect role model of a father. He could give us, His children, everything our hearts desire. But He doesn't. He knows the weakness of our hearts. Instead he gives us everything His heart desires for us. He teaches us how to be patient, how to be ...
The murders that were committed close to home were obviously hard-hitting, but the ones to strangers must have given Victor a horrible, "negative" anxiety that somebody would find out that he was indeed the mastermind behind this heinous murderer. ...
In the movie and the short story, "The Devil and Daniel Webster", there is a battle between the forces of good and evil. Although the story allows the reader to mentally picture the scenes and the movie does the depicting for the viewer, there are several similarities in each script. Some of these s...
According to Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (1985), alienation is "of or belonging to another person or place, foreign in nature or character, the action of a stranger, or a state of estrangement, or a withdrawing or separation of a person or his affections from and object or position of former attachment". ...
ISU Novel Comparison: Zorba the Greek and The Pearl The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast two novels, Kazantakis, Zorba the Greek and Steinbeck's, The Pearl. The author uses the protagonist in each novel to discuss the role of power in peoples lives. The two characters are each very...
What is a virtuous woman, "Proverbs 31"? What a virtuous woman means to me? Characteristics of a virtuous woman Trustworthy, having all sufficiency Not lazy, dutiful, compassionate Versatile, a good businesswoman. A provider for her family. Good mother, not idle, not a busy body, pr...
Since the beginning of history, plunder and conflicts over land and resources have led to countless wars along with its atrocity and tragedy. And when the Europeans' dream land of abundance, riches and ease finally found its vessel: the American continent, the collision between the western society a...
To approach any text we must first have some understanding of what it is we hope to take away from it. In approaching a religious text this understanding becomes even more muddled due to the vast complexities and differences that exist between religion and contemporary thought. To accurately approach biblical thoughts we, as moderns, must learn to "unthink many thoughts" resulting from our present alienation of religion and spirituality. God in Search of Man, a text written almost half a century ago by Abraham Joshua Heschel, is the subject of our present inquiry. This text will, no doubt,...
"There remained only a shape that looked at me. A dark flame had entered my soul and devoured it". To what extent would you argue that Elie is destroyed by the experiences he recounts in Night? Before the Germans arrive at Sighet, night time is for Elie a time of spiritual and physical renewal. It is a time of studying religious texts, of prayer, and of restful sleep. ...
Hidden Knowledge As readers of a story, we are granted a kind of insight and a perspective over many issues that the characters within the text lack. With the knowledge that is withheld from the characters, we readers are therefore able to evaluate and formulate conclusions about c...