The Story Memnoch the Devil takes place in downtown New York, it is a very cold stormy winter, and very dark and weird things happen here. The story takes place in modern times around 1994. Lestat is the main character in this story and he is a very pale skinny vampire, in the begining of the ...
"A germ of religious exaltation, no bigger than a mustard seed, was sown in me and left to germinate. It has never stopped growing since that day" (47). Everything started when Pi was a little baby. His Auntie Rohini took him to a temple and somehow he recollected, unconsciously, his Hindu rite of p...
Dear God, There are two views on suffering and purpose. One which is common, and similar to Christianity where suffering is the result of sin. The other is to be believed as a test faith and correct unbelief. Generally, suffering tests belief; a true Muslim will stay faithful throughout life. But s...
There does exist one peace of literature written as a handbook for man to guide him throughout life's journey. This book is called the Holy Bible, and though there is but one author, many penned the words. Luke, who several think to be an apostle of Jesus, he was actually a gentile, an educated phys...
All societies throughout history have been based in one way or another on religious beliefs. They influenced types of governments, political parties, and laws set by those governments. Just like all other preceding it's time, the Angelo-Saxons had many forms of government which were based on relig...
Night, by Ellie Wiesel, is a dramatic book that tells the horror and evil of the concentration camps in which many were imprisoned during World War II. Throughout the book, author Ellie Wiesel, as well as many prisoners, lost their faith in God. There are many examples in the beginning o...
The Alienation of Victor Frankenstein and Dr. John Faustus Victor Frankenstein and John Faustus are two characters that are alienated because of their intellectual curiosity. Faustus's and Frankenstein's pursuits of knowledge begin with an inexorable journey to their downfalls as they become alienat...
The Irony and Symbolism of Young Goodman Brown In Young Goodman Brown, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there are many different symbols and ironic happenings throughout the story. The author's use of names and his idea of no one being perfect are portrayed extremely well. The main character, Young Goodm...
The contextual circumstances in which a literary work is composed have a profound effect on the ideas and opinions that composers express within them. This is most notable when examining Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal (1857) and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1817). Both texts allude to the th...
Sacred texts and scriptures have always played a leading role in Hinduism. Even today, Hinduism is known to be the world's only religion to have that many texts. The Bhagavad-Gita and the Puranas are some of the most revered texts among Hindus today. They play a significant role in everyday lives of...
