1. Meditation 17
In John Donne's meditation seventeen, man aspects of death and life itself was shown in his work. His ideals and feelings on death itself as amplified in this passage. .
In his selection his states, " God employs several translations; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice- which to me stands for the fact that we all leave this world in many shapes, ways, and forms. Also it means that God is there guiding us not just though life but death also. I agree with ideas and thought on this matter. Most people believe that God is for our lives and then once we die and our places and determined he is still there for us. No matter who we were, how we died, or where we reside for all eternity. He is still there, now if our lives lead us to hell's gates he does not forget about us. He still feels and cares for us; just he knows that we must pay for the wasted lives we led. Which if it was me I would not be able to stand to see some of my children, someone that is part of me suffer so much. Which just go to show how great he is.
Also in the meditation Donne states "No man is an Island, entire of itself- which tells us that no matter how great we think we are, we are part of something greater then ourselves, a community of people, a community of God, or a community of every living thing, however you wish it interrupt it. I believe as it as a community in God, which brings both of the other two in to also. Cause we are all God's children. It is shows that we need to not worry about or personal standings in the race for fame and money. But we should be more concerned with the betterment of mankind, and what is the overall good of the people. Not just certain or a few people, but everyone that walks, breaths and lives, both in life and in death.
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