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. ... Not knowing Zeus" true intentions, Agamemnon starts a sequence of events that led to the most dramatic events of the war. ... With his new ability, Diomedes gains the hidden knowledge about the true identity of the gods and with this ability, he shifts the tides of war to the Achaians favor. ... Readers see the true personality and integrity of the characters. ... By recognizing how Eve, who represents the human race i...

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It illustrates how "God works in mysterious ways," and how he can use anyone he desires regardless of social class. ... This story, found in 2nd Kings 5:1-19, depicts how a person, regardless of age, gender and social status, can positively impact society in a way that only those with a willing and faithful heart can. ... Naaman was a hero of war and had been triumphant over the enemies of the nation. ... She tells her mistress, who is Naaman's wife, "If only my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! ... How much more then, when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean'...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin is not a "story" in the conventional way we are used to a story with a main character, a plot and so forth. ... He stated that "being in the pulpit was like being in the theatre; I was behind the scenes and knew how the illusion was worked" (Baldwin 37). ... Wars have been fought for generations and centuries over the right to praise God in any way you want. Wars not just in the dictionary definition, but wars even in the home, families are separated over religious beliefs. Within the walls of worship, a temple, church, Mecca, what have you, there are wars f...

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• Grade Level: High School

Augustine himself identifies with this in his famous story of the theft of the pears. ... How could anyone enjoy such sin if it wasn't already in him or her? ... But if that were true, then we still wouldn't sin. ... When the war in heaven broke out it was divided into two sides, God's and Lucifer's. ... So if God tells us "thou shall not kill" then he shall not either because he knows it is evil and he can not do any evil. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

If one were to repent of their immoral ways and believe in the one true God, their eyes would be opened to the world of possibility that God has for them. ... Because of the father figure that Morpheus establishes over Neo, he can also be considered a representation of God himself, or more simply the voice of God who tells Neo that he is the one sent to free man. ... Several minor examples further develop the story's connection to Biblical events. ... After he died, the Oracle prophesied his return and that his coming would hail the destruction of the Matrix, end the war, and bring free...

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• Grade Level: High School