The title of this narrative is “Grace is a Gift.” Author Laura Durham wrote this after learning an important lesson about grace.…
In Grace Poured Out, author Valerie M. Herndon gives an honest, emotional, and redemptive account of very personal grief and a trial of faith. Herndon can scarcely imagine what’s ahead when she finds out her youngest child, fourteen-year-old Katie, is sick. However, it eventually comes to light that this isn’t only a matter of passing sickness but of life and death. Herndon then has to face what it means to trust and have faith in God when her prayers may not lead to the outcome she’s hoped they would.…
I think the Japanese proverb, “Fall seven times, stand up eight” explains that no matter how many times you fall, you will get up. In Touching Spirit Bear, the main character, Cole, struggles with how to live his life. He believes no one loves him, or appreciates him. Especially his parents, who could care less whether Cole was alive or dead. So, given the circumstances, Cole is a bad kid. He is 15, and has been in trouble with the law half his life. So, the proverb is saying, no matter how many tough times, relating to Cole, are in your life, push through, and stand up. Everyone gets to have a happy ending, you just have to know how to rise up to the challenge.…
Amazing Grace, by Jonathan Kozol, is about the author’s interviews with, and thoughts about, some of the poorest people who live in the poorest sections of New York. The facts stated in Amazing Grace startled me with the prevalence and desperation of the poverty situation in areas like the South Bronx and Mott Haven. These are areas where there are hundreds of thousands of people living in broken, crowded, and rundown apartment buildings, “That,” says Kozol, “most people would not even kennel their dogs in.” (pg. 51) I have been to areas near my home that I thought were poverty stricken, but they pale in comparison to some of the situations that I read about in Amazing Grace. On the very first page I was surprised by the fact that, “In 1991, the median household income of the area, according to the New…
A Lesson Before Dying tells a story of how important it is to find hope and pride in…
The first major theme is that people should never stop moving forward. In other words, this means that no matter what life throws at someone, people need to find the strength to pick them selves up. “These thoughts were going through my mind as I continued to run, not feeling my numb foot, not even realizing that I was still running, that I still owned a body that galloped down the road among thousands of others.”…
I completely agree with this because life is definitely not always going to be how you want it to be. For instance, when you are going through life and it consists of turns and loops but it will always lead back into a positive point through time. When you’re on this so-called “rollercoaster” it is yourself that decides how thrilling or frightening your life is going to be. An example would be Michael Jordan in high school. During Michael Jordan’s sophomore year in high school he got kicked out the basketball team. This would unfortunately be a “down” for him on his “life rollercoaster”. But little did that coach know he became the best basketball player and athlete on the planet. So while Michael was going “up” on his rollercoaster, I know for sure that the coach definitely regretted his decision from cutting him from the team. This type of motivation should inspire the world to do great things and be the best that they can even though someone is telling you that you can’t do it. In other words never give up on what you love doing. Overall everybody has there ups and downs throughout life and when you are in the down part of life just know that there will be loop that will put you back up top of the…
In the book Into the killing seas there were two boys that were on the USS Indianapolis as it was sinking was a very exciting book. The book made sense in the it was explained. All the info was true to a point. But over all it was a great book.…
The Amazing Grace movie shows the hardships slaves had to endure slavery and one man’s fight to stop it. The textbook The American Pageant gives one glimpse into the horrible conditions that slaves had to endure. Both the textbook and the movie show how slavery changed the colonies forever. They both show the fight for slavery was long and hard, but worth it in the end. The movie Amazing Grace was a historical movie to help people understand more about a part of history and how it was back in the older days.…
The life of Juan Sandoval, told to the author by my mom. I would have liked to have interviewed my great uncle Juan, but he passed away in August 2014 and my mom told his story. At Juan's funeral last month a number of the orphans who are now in their upper twenties or early thirties attended. They were so thankful to this day for what Juan had done for them and how their lives would have never been the same if it weren't for him. I got on the topic with one whose name was Mark about how you can't choose the life you were given and regardless of the circumstances God has a greater plan for the future. He told me about when he…
But all the time ,i'se been climbin' on....." which means that adversity isn't just in your life it's in your parents lives to which means at some point its in everybody's life. Even if there is splinters and tacks in life you should keep trying and face the problems head on.…
Every day when we wake up, we are confronted with challenges. Some of the challenges are ones that we face every day, whereas some days we face brand new ones. Whether the challenge is simply getting out of bed and getting ready or dealing with a family emergency, we all face challenges each and every day. It is how we respond to these challenges that make us who we are. We can shy away from challenges and pretend they do not exist, or we can attack them through faith knowing we are not fighting on our own.…
The poetry “Amazing Grace” by John Newton is one of the most famous poems ever written and composed. “Amazing Grace” has been particularly influential and has affected lives since it was written. The reasons why “Amazing Grace” is influential are for the same reasons why I found this poem very interesting and engaging. The literary elements that attributed to the poem’s quality and importance are its form, content, and tone. These elements are what make “Amazing Grace” such an important and significant piece of poetry in history.…
The play “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen deal with the sacrifice women had to make for their families in the 19th century, a child obligation to their parent and how appearances can disguise reality. By writing about these issues Ibsen is educating his audience about these issues and how they affect other people. One of the main purposes of literature is to educate and give insight so by using a big issue in the world a larger number of the audience will be able to relate making it successful.…
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