The smell from the fish and chip shop overwhelms the air. ... Now the spire of the parish church is in view. ... We cross over the river by a small bridge and walk part way up the old Roman path. ... The branches bow down to the ground, swaying from side to side in the gentle breeze. ... The smells from the bakery and fish and chip shop linger on. ...
(Pg. 16) This quote shows that Henry doesn't really believe he is a part of this war and the anguish that comes from it. ... This was a game, like bridge, in which you said things instead of playing cards. Like bridge you had to pretend you were playing for money or playing for some stakes. ... Of course, during the course of the novel, Frederick does fall in love with Catherine which in turns gets him to view the war from a perspective like ordinary people would see it... The passage explains how soldiers would have had to crawl through narrow places to get from place to place. ...
When a man raises his head and stares at the moon, all he will see is the light coming straight from it. Little does he know that the bright eye catching moonshine that he, is staring at is only a reflection from the sun. ... But in reality, vision is the only thing that is preventing one from seeing everything one needs to see. ... Behind the prisoner is fire, and between the fire and the prisoners is a raised stone bridge. However, there are puppets in the form of humans, animals walking across the bridge. ...
Theosophy serves to bridge the gap between religion and science. ... These meanings don't come from sacred scriptures or visions from God himself. ... You must take the good from all different areas and combine the as one. You must live a life of abstinence from everything, live a life of self-denial, and live a life of strict morality. ... People look for answers and sometime religion or even science can provide them with answers so they turn to religions that blend the two and offer a different view from the norm of society. ...
His philosophy is called Cartesianism (from Cartesius, Latin form of his name). Often called the father of modern philosophy, he is regarded as the bridge between scholasticism and all philosophy that followed him. ... He also learnt mathematics from the books of Clavius- (O'Connor & Robertson, 1997). ... Then in 1641 he published a work called Meditationes, in which he described his views on philosophy. ... D.E.: What is your strategy of withholding belief from anything that is not entirely certain and indubitable? ...
