Time allowed for various stories to be told. ... All cultures have a creation story and some are fairly complex to tell. ... For example, Egyptians use the story of Osiris and eternal life to explain how they are able to use mummification. ... (One on each side) It also uses three registrations, or strips of work, to tell the story of each scene. ... If that's true, which side was facing front? ...
Once the war ended, he left the army, returned to Russia and declared himself an anarchist. ... These years were considered as golden era for him in which he wrote some of his best known novels such as War and Peace. ... Makar asks Ivan for the for why he is sentenced, but Ivan does not utter a word, then the prisoner tells Makar all the story. Makar slaps his knee and happily tells Ivan that is wonderful he meets him there but tells Ivan that he has grown old. ... But Makar replies that the killer must be the one whose knife was in his bag, then Makkar tells Ivan how is possible that someon...
Secondly, the matter of how to live concerns all people. ... Now that we know the nature of religion, perhaps we should examine the Bible to discover its nature and how it is useful to us. ... Can it then be true that our religious beliefs are but a mere attempt to subconsciously justify ourselves? Is it also true that God is nothing save a "projection of self-seeking emotions . . . the self in disguise?" ... How is it then, that we begin to establish this relationship with our Creator? ...
In many epic stories and poems, authors have been successful in conveying basic human concepts through intricately crafted supernatural characters. ... It is true that many ancient cultures were largely polytheistic and believed in many gods and goddesses. ... In Homer's The Odyssey, the protagonist of the story, Odysseus, was a valiant warrior, who along with his men fought in the famed Trojan War and came out as the victors. ... " Look how the gods have changed their minds about- while I was off with my Ethiopians. ... His pleas, however, did not fall on deaf ears completely, for h...
This shows responsibility because if the man did not tell the truth, he was responsible for not entering the afterlife. ... In Egypt, it was important that a man be truthful when brought before Osiris, because if they didn't tell the truth, they would be banished from the afterlife. ... In the Christian religion it was pride that caused the downfall of man, Eve thought that God had no right to tell them what they could and could not eat. ... In the early Islamic community, this meant the use of force in the form of jihad, or holy war. ... The Koran, using sources in the older Scriptur...
Gabriel talks to Ultima about his longing to move to California, a wish he thinks will never come true because his older sons are fighting in World War II and he cannot move his family alone. ... Ultima does not tell him what to think; rather, she tells him how people like his father and Narciso make moral decisions. ... His mother associates growing up with learning how to sin, while Gabriel and Ultima view growing up as an inevitable process that is not good or bad in itself. ... The story involves sin, punishment, and forgiveness. ... She continually contrives to show Antonio how hi...
In a society where the conception of social life is individualistic, drama has to deal with how the character copes with such a society and how the family deals with the problems which beset it with such tedious familiarity: "most characters do not cope at all but only react passively. ... As far as themes are concerned, "the dramatists dared to explore such untraditional subjects as (1) the complexities of human experience, (2) the moral and social values of American life, and (3) the economic and political problems created by technological changes and a great World War....
