1. A book by Robert Akins called Greeks and Romans. It was published by Random House in Philadelphia in 1987.…
Diego Rivera’s artwork Puesta de sol 15 (Sunset 15) created in 1959 is a two dimensional painting created by using oil and tempera on cardboard, and is a prime piece that exemplifies my theme of nature through the seasons. This entire art project itself works together as a whole to create my theme, and Sunset 15 works to exemplify nature during the summer season. Sunsets are something typical of the summer season, and while Rivera’s take on a sunset is interesting, and uniquely different, we still get the point of how nature is envisioned during the summer months with the hot summer sun and its intense rays of light. The water is also an aspect of nature of and of summer time that exemplify the theme trying to be conveyed with this artwork.…
Siddharth Srinivasan Dr. Judith Jones Textual Analysis and Argumentation 29 September, 2017 Differences in Writing Styles in the Early Literature of American Exploration Perception is the unique filter that every person develops through their personality and their actions. Perception can alter how people view different objects, works, ideas, and even other people. In describing the customs of the indigenous people met in their relative areas, Sahagun and Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca differ on the purpose and the standpoint from which they describe them. We can view these differences in purpose and writing style by means of the concept of perception. Sahagun writes about his findings with help and direct insight by the people themselves,…
Sometimes we think that our plans must lead down a better road, or that God must not love us enough to protect us from this pain we feel, but God actually uses the painful experiences to further develop our character. Vivian Thomas could have given up when it became too discouraging, but instead he persevered and became an inspiration to many people. During times that are hard, God teaches us more about life, ourselves, and most importantly, about Him. Sometimes it is even necessary to go through a difficult time before we are able to realize the ways in which we need to grow and…
The spark of evil started deep in the heart, around an early time, but what matters is the explosion that followed had allowed for total possession of power. William Golding’s Nobel Prize winning novel, Lord of the Flies is about a group of young British schoolboys who crashed into an uninhabited island and their attempts at creating a suitable governing system for themselves. Obstacles, such as the “beastie” and the boys selfishness sparked disaster, just how Hitler and his actions lead up to World War 2. In the novel, the character, Jack, and his actions among the boys is quite similar to Hitler and his actions towards the German. people.Leaders use manipulative tactics as an attempt to catch the audience's attention resulting a positive and strong image for oneself.…
In the book, El Otro Lado by Julia Alvarez, describes the author’s experience of leaving the dominican republic and moving to the united states. This is more than just her moving though, it’s about her transition through things like her culture, her behavior, her personality and her childhood into a world of emotions filled with insecurity, love, hurt. Alvarez’s use of Spanish that is mixed into the English she writes her poems also describe stories of her life along with the struggle of emigrating to a new country and what it’s like living in a country that isn’t 1st world or most advanced, revealing feelings from situations that most immigrants face coming to the United States. Alvarez also reveals her own personal…
Most of the beginning of American history seems like a race of conquest between the Spaniards and Europeans with Native Americans caught in the crossfire. A seemingly peaceful group of people, the Native Americans were under constant attack from the moment settlers arrived into their territory. Historians can pull from first-hand accounts and primary sources to piece together the history of this nation. One Spainard exploratory mission wrecked off the coast of Florida with about 400 men (OTP S1-6, OTP 22). After long battles and shipwrecks, the expedition was cut short and only four men survived, one an African slave and Spanish explorer named Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca. De Vaca wrote a narrative explaining his encounters with Native Americans who had never seen white or black people before. De Vaca described the Indians as “war like people…and protect themselves from their enemies as they would have if they had been raised in Italy and in continuous war” (OTP S1-6). He explains in his narrative…
Suffering is a term that is closely related to the concepts of evil and pain. The verb, suffer, means to undergo or endure. Suffering is linked with the experience of anguish or misery in which humans are aware of the hardships of their intent or function. Suffering, with its biological and psychological matters, may be the result of moral evil where human sin leads to affliction (injustice, greed, war, rape, exploitation) or of natural evil (droughts, floods, earthquakes, accident, illness). Suffering, as a state of mind, may also relate to circumstances of places, possessions and people rather than evil (Atkinson…
Kidder argues that the universality principle of suffering is wrong because as Farmer puts it “all suffering isn’t equal” (216). Catholicism, Judaism, and Islam all say that suffering on earth leads to reward in…
One thing that doesn’t come up when you think of the meaning of suffering is that it can be good thing. A lot of people think that people suffer for their sins but in Robert Schroeder’s book he writes about John Paul’s response to the book of Job.“John Paul responds that job teaches us an essential lesson about the relationship between God, humanity, and suffering- namely, that not all suffering is a punishment for sin.” (Schroeder, 92) Pope John Paul II wanted to get the point across that sometimes people can suffer innocently. To prove his point he goes into the book of Job and job’s story of suffering. I think that people can turn away from their faith because they suffer. The Catechism states “Our experiences of evil and suffering, injustice,…
Anemia is a disorder of the blood. It occurs when your body does not produce enough erythrocytes or red blood cells (RBCs). Without the erythrocytes oxygen can not be adequately delivered to the tissues and organs throughout the body. This will cause you to become weak and tired. A person may also experience headaches, skin pallor, and faintness. Your body may attempt to compensate for these symptoms by speeding up the heart rate and respiratory rate. This is the body’s attempt to return oxygen levels to normal(Thibodeau and Patton, 2005).…
Personally, I have been through a lot of ‘tests” and I pray about bad situations and I pray when I receive blessings. Up until now God has always directed me in his path that he feels I should be in. I used to complain about bad things happening when I was younger but as I got older I started to realize that everything happens to a reason. And it is very true that God will never give you more than you can handle and good thing and bad things help mold you into the person God intends for you to be. It helps you be prepared for certain things that he knows will come your way.…
Many people may confuse this question too. If God really exists and God creates the world, God should let good people be triumph and punish bad people. At least, most religions believed that evils would be vanquished. Kushner is a Rabbi who believes the true existence of God in the world. Therefore, we should use his eyes to see the world with a truly God. God is omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience. In Jewish Holy Books, Kushner create a new God who is less than perfect. The God builds the universe and laws of nature. Furthermore, God has it mind to meet every single needs instead of bending to rules. According to Kushner, God does not intended to punish good people by let them suffer and go through disasters and tragedies. “Suffering is being worshiped” many religions and cultures believed this. This means that God want to test you and excavate the deep potential of you. In Chinese, there is an old saying from Mengzi. The approximate meaning is when God wants to hand over an important responsibility to a person. This person must go through heart-broken, mind-torment, toilsome work and go through hungry, poor and tortuous development. Then the person become mettle and has a steel-willed. In this book, Kushner has the similar mind. Once a person can suffer insufferable, he or she already at the top of all human beings. Hence, God does not punish good people; rather suffering likes a course to teach how to become perfect. At this time, God’s duty is to provide us encourage, comfort and positive faith.…
In this parasha we read one of the most ominous sections of the entire Torah – the blessings which come along with our observance of the mitzvot and the curses which come about as a result of our rebelliousness. While the blessings are sublime and lofty, the curses boggle the mind. How could so many bad things happen just because one doesn’t observe the mitzvot? Many who read this parasha understand the section of the blessings and the curses with a childlike simplicity. Their attitude is one that says “if I am good, then “daddy” HaShem will give me good things and if I am bad then “daddy” HaShem will “spank” me.” While childlike understandings are quite innocent, they are also quite immature. When we view HaShem’s blessings and curses as simply being Divine impositions on us and our world, we loose sight of the essential matter - how much of what happens is our own responsibility? One of the finest lines that a religious person must walk is the razor’s edge between faith in HaShem and individual responsibility. As Benjamin Franklin put it, “G-d helps those who help themselves.” When it comes to examining the blessings and the curses in light of 2,500 years of Jewish persecution, some disturbing questions arise. How much effort are we supposed to put into molding our own destiny? In other words, are we able to affect and/or neutralize HaShem’s curses, based on the actions that we take? When should we simply stand back in faith and allow HaShem, through nature, to take its course? When is too little mitzvah observance not enough? When is enough enough? I believe that if we had the answers to these questions and lived by them Mashiah would have been here a long time ago and our…
One may argue: Why did God grant his creations free will if it leads them towards evil? Evil can be chosen without realization, and there is no reason for said evil to cause suffering. If we had the choice to do something bad versus doing something good, there would be no obligatory suffering if you made the bad choice. God would simply rectify you for any bad moral choices you may have made in your life and forgive…