In Volume 2 of her 2-Volume novel Hope Leslie, Catherine Maria Sedgwick makes no attempts in hiding how much of a horrible person Sir Philip Gartner is. His infatuation and obsession with Hope Leslie and getting rid of Rosaline lead him to commit various actions such as springing up the trap that put both Magawisca and Faith in jail after Hope tells him she has no intentions of marrying him.…
The novel, My Antonia, begins with Jim Burden, who is a New York City Lawyer. He gives a friend his journal of his Nebraska childhood. It is in the form of memories from a friend, Ántonia Shimerda. Jim starts his story in Nebraska when he was 10 years old. He had arrived to live with his grandparents after his parents die in Virginia. Jim first sees the Shimerdas on his trip towards Nebraska. They are a Bohemian immigrant family who were on the same train. When he arrives, he discovers that the Shimerdas have taken up residence in farm adjoining his grandparents. Jim becomes quick friends Ántonia; the Shimerdas around his age who has a passion to learn English. Jim decides to tutor Ántonia in her English teachings. Most of their time together is spent in the hills enjoying each other’s company. However, the mood shifts with the suicide of Mr. Shimerda. The Burdens find it difficult to connect with the Shimerdas, but try to be helpful as they can. As a result of the suicide, Ántonia and Jim find that they cannot stand each other. Several years after the suicide, the Burdens move to town. By chance, Ántonia becomes a maid to the family next door to the Burden’s, the Harlings. Jim…
2. What does Patricia Deegan mean by the ‘Conspiracy of Hope’? What does she suggest is fundamental to the relationship between people who have been psychiatrically labeled and those who has not? Patricia Deegan defines The Conspiracy of Hope as an individual’s or a collective groups’ fight against the sense of despairs that is brought on by mental illness.…
Sometimes not all people have hope and are happy but other people that are spread that to them. Some of this happens in the historical fiction book Fever 1793 written by Laurie Halse Anderson. There could be many options about this like it couldn't affect another person. But I believe that my reason is the one that makes the most sense.…
Magdalene called Lena/Mary Magdalene- Jesus healed her of seven demons; these included physical, emotional, and moral problems. She was one of the group of women who gave money and provisions to Jesus and the disciple band, and she accompanied them on some of their preaching and healing tours. She witnessed the Crucifixion. Mary Magdalene was one of the first to meet Jesus after he rose from the dead. She was the first to know of the Resurrection. Matthew 27, 28 Mark 15,16 Luke 8,24 John 19,20…
‘It’s Tolstoy by the way; I say as I open, the open door. He turns around. What? Shut up, I tell myself. Shut up the writer of Anna Karenina. Not Trotsky. Trotsky was revolutionary who was stabbed with a pickaxe in Mexico 1939. But I understand how the T thing could confuse you. He looks at me, his eyes narrowing. William Troubal doesn’t like to be put in this place.…
Luke’s theme is about new conversion and the rapid spread of Christianity, however, with the addition of the story of Mary and Martha it becomes confusing as to how this story fits in with the overall theme of the Gospel of Luke. However, Luke continues his theme with this story because he wants everyone to know the truth about Jesus. Jesus wanted Martha to stop doing the busywork and focus on the truth of Him and who He is. Before this passage, we have the story about the Good Samaritan who was there to help even when it was frowned upon socially. After this passage, we have where Jesus teaches about prayer. The passage about Mary and Martha go with the Good Samaritan story because Martha was doing what was expected by her culture and society, while Mary was going beyond it and sitting at the feet of Jesus.…
As you grow older it is inevitable that you will change in many ways. As a…
Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope can be dangerous. In “Unbroken,” a novel by Laura Hillenbrand, hope is the only thing that doesn’t leave this novel for the main character, Louie Zamperini. Every ounce of human strength is tested and the audience sees what makes a human unbreakable.…
Anne Rice uses immortality to give a message to modern humans that endless time can be empty and meaningless and thus, wasting valuable time and fearing what time can do is not the wisest idea. The author describes Louis’s life as a life “looked upon by no one, looking out at no one, illuminated by a light which [is] not a light” to intensify his loneliness and emptiness by using negative words such as no one and not. (Rice 141). The quote also proves that his life is hopeless by using a metaphor that means that there is light, meaning hope, but there is actually no light, showing that vampires basically has no hope. Rice also characterizes the vampires’ lives as “a silver clock ticking in a void” which means that time is endlessly going, but…
national nonprofit dedicated to advocating for sexual health, education, and justice in faith communities and society. She is a huge proponent making the connection between sexuality and religion. The article she wrote in the Huffington Post is a very interesting read.…
The evangelical revivals of the antebellum era brought more women into reform movements because there was an emphasis on how woman were thought to be faithful and had a higher standard for morality. This outlook of woman during this time benefitted middle-class woman the most so it caused them to organize the ‘Cult of True Womanhood ‘. This organization of woman were thought that because of their depth of morality that they should spread their loving and nurturing instincts to society as a whole. The Cult of True Womanhood first to began to organize themselves by doing charity work such as feeding the hungry widows, protecting working woman from vice, and by trying to rehabilitate prostitutes and by helping to reform prisons and insane asylums. As stated in the essay The Case for the Reform Antecedents for Women’s Rights Movement by Allison M. Parker “All this work moved woman from the domestic into the public, political sphere.” The work that these women where doing brought them outside of their home into society takes steps to create reform. These woman were found in prisons, insane asylums and even prostitution houses. The woman in this organization felt that a major societal change would be possible without the right to…
When reading a novel, its important to take into consideration the time it was written. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, takes place during the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s. This novel clearly shows all the hardships the people faced during this period in history. It could be said that the novel shows the human condition in a negative way, and is too pessimistic. However, through all the hardships, hope still finds a way into the Joads lives. The three major signs of hope in Grapes of Wrath are overcoming challenges, finding jobs, and completing the journey. With this hope the Joads struggle against adversity is successful.…
Constance Rossiter of the YMCA said, “These partnerships with religious organizations and other non-profits are essential to combatting human trafficking.” “There are many levels, it’s like a puzzle,” she said, “fighting human trafficking takes a community of partners including non-profits, churches, synagogues and law enforcement.” Each entity has its role to play, whether it be prevention, lobbying for legislation, advocation, awareness or enforcement, said Rossiter.…
“Finding One’s Self in Times of Trouble”: An explication of the Helena Maria Viramontes’ novel…