Unlike in the letter to the church at Ephesus, in this letter Christ gives no praise to the church. To understand why one must understand the history of Laodicea. The Seleucid King Antiochus 2 found Laodicea, during the third century BC. The city was the richest in the region and connected Ephesus to the western region of the Asia Minor. The city was well known for its industry, banking and textile, which contributed to its wealth. Unlike in Ephesus there was a large community of Jews, which lived in the city and seemed to have been inflicted with some of the ill behavior that their Christian counterparts possessed. Worth stated “Just as John speaks censorious word of the Christian population, rabbis spoke similarly stern rebukes of the wealth and luxuriousness of the Jewish community” (Worth 213). It would seem…
A letter was written by a man named Medgar Evans. He was an African American man from Mississippi who entered the WW2 at age 19. Medgar was completely out of his comfort zone when he entered the army especially since his whole patrol unit was led by a white lieutenant. The lieutenant favored Medgar and became a mentor teaching him that intelligence would take him far in life and to always strive for something better. Joining the army opened a whole new world for Medgar who had never stepped foot outside of Mississippi. After living in place where racial discrimination was a part of Evans was surprised that some places racism didn’t even exist. When they landed in France a white family opened there home to Medgar where he even had a…
Compare and contrast the cultural values of the Enlightenment with those of the sixteenth-century Northern Renaissance.…
Martin Luther King Jr., born on January 15, 1929, fought for the injustices of his brothers and sisters throughout his life. While being an active activist, Martin Luther King was imprisoned to Birmingham jail due to his participation in a nonviolent demonstration against segregation and discrimination in Alabama. During his sentence, he wrote a letter, “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” to counter the criticisms of his actions from the clergymen by claiming that “An unjust law is no law at all”(par. 12), “Injustice everywhere is a threat to justice…
The student’s mentor’s name is Deidra Clark. Her mentor stated she is a D/S/C type personality. Deidra recognized the report stated the she was a dominant “D” type, which she though was described as a doer and logical. Deidra however agreed with the assessment that she was…
This letter is to inform and detail events that have occurred throughout the last six years of Rudy and me life together. I married my best friend Rudy Moreno on January 3rd 2010 just one month shy of the birth of our son. When first dating Rudy was the most genuine and compassionate gentleman I had met in quite some time. Fortunately, at no point early in our relationship was he hostile or used inappropriate language in my presence or the children. Unfortunately, things changed drastically shortly after moving in with him, I noticed right away insignificant situations would affect him to the point that he would take off running when infuriated unable to deal or cope with the given situation. He has a challenging time dealing with emotion and will get irate if he has hurt me and I am crying due to the circumstance. I will never forget one night being woken up with his hands around my throat and him shaking me profusely, fortunately he quickly realized that it was me and everything was…
Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda, known as Jose Rizal, the greatest hero of the Philippines was indeed the pride of Malayan race. He is also known as a many-splendored genius. He was richly dowered by God with superb intellectual, moral, and physical qualities. He was an anthropologist, botanist, businessman, cartographer, dramatist, economist, educator, engineer, essayist, entomologist, ethnologist, farmer, folklorist, geographer, grammarian, historian, horticulturist, humorist, lexicographer, linguist, musician, novelist, painter, physician, poet, philologist, philosopher, polemist, psychologist, satirist, sculptor, sportsman, sociologist, surveyor, traveler, and zoologist.…
RIZAL TOPICS Rizal Become a Mason Financial Worries Rizal’s Salute to Luna & Hidalgo Studies Completed in Spain RIZAL BECOME A MASON MASONRY isang pandaigdig na kapatiran ng mga taong may malayang kaisipan. Sa buong kasaysayan, malalim ang hidwaan ng simbahan at mga Mason sa buong mundo.…
His goals for a better Philippines incurred the ire from the people who enjoys the status quo especially from the friars who got threatened by Rizal’s writings like the exploitation of native Filipino women for personal benefit of some friars in their respective parishes. His writings was the cause of his unjustified death in the hands of the friars on 30 December 1896.…
I know that you are confused right now. I am expecting that you have already received a letter from your friend, Loloy. And if you think that this letter will untangle your perplexity, then you are quite wrong. The purpose of this letter is to counter the previous letter you have received. And I hope that your conclusion will come to the right judgment. It may be hard but I want you to know that I trust and love you.…
Russian formalism was an influential school of literary criticism in Russia from the 1910s to the 1930s. It includes the work of a number of highly influential Russian and Soviet scholars such as Viktor Shklovsky,Yuri Tynianov, Vladimir Propp, Boris Eichenbaum, Roman Jakobson, Boris Tomashevsky, Grigory Gukovsky who revolutionized literary criticism between 1914 and the 1930s by establishing the specificity and autonomy of poetic language and literature. Russian formalism exerted a major influence on thinkers like Mikhail Bakhtin and Yuri Lotman, and on structuralism as a whole. The movement's members had a relevant influence on modern literary criticism, as it developed in the structuralist and post-structuralist periods. Under Stalin it became a pejorative term for elitist art.…
Freshwater is defined as having a low salt concentration — usually less than 1%. Plants and animals in freshwater regions are adjusted to the low salt content and would not be able to survive in areas of high salt concentration (i.e., ocean). There are different types of freshwater regions: * Ponds and lakes * Streams and rivers * WetlandsPonds and lakes…
While watching the movie, I have observed similarities and differences of some scenes from today’s youth. Let’s start discussing about the similarities. First thing I have observed is the harsh treatment given by the colonials to our fellowmen especially to women and children. They, if not physically, were verbally abused by the Spaniards. I compared it to what’s happening in our society today and quite noticed a similarity. It is similar in a way that women and children, even the men too, are still abused by foreign people and sometimes even our own people. They also treat them as slaves. Child labor – forcing minors to work – has been a big issue. Women slavery – treating women as slaves, sex slaves to be exact – has been an issue too. Nowadays, our people are still abused and these are oftentimes done by those who have the power like politicians and other well-illustrated persons. They think that with their wealth and position they have the right to hurt our fellowmen. Even a small mistake or a suspicion causes the people who have the power to physically abuse our fellowmen because for them that’s how they should be treated after what they have done. Next thing I have observed is the racial discrimination. As we have discussed in class, it is one of the evils during Rizal’s time. Filipinos who were flat-nosed and brown-skinned were labeled as “Indios” and the Spaniards being pale-complexioned were termed as “Bangus” or milkfish in English. The Filipinos who were called “Indios” had little privileges unlike the “Milkfish” people who had most of the privileges to themselves. The Spaniards look at them like they were as tiny as an ant and they were of no importance to them. Foreign people thought that they were superiors against the Filipinos. They criticize them based on how they look and they treat them rudely based on how rude their criticism on their looks is. There were different beliefs in anointing officials in where Spaniards have believed that Indios have…
When her mother, Teodora Alonzo or Also known as Lolay taught him and his brothers and sisters to read, write and also how to pray and help to their house hold choirs. Because of his mother he was able to write and read. Through reading and writing Rizal’s knowledge will grow. And that’s the start of Rizal’s Life. Although their family is not that rich, it is important to grab the opportunity in learning because you will use it someday. Also learning can change your life.…
As what I have seen in the film viewing last meeting, the Filipino’s life was full of misfortunes. The Filipinos were unfairly treated and even discriminated by the Spaniards. Filipino women were abused by the Spanish friars and other Spaniards. Others were judged without even having due process and even tortured to death for crimes they did not even commit, such that of the child in the film, who was Crispin in Rizal’s novel. Although the Spanish government conducts a court hearing to those who were accused of a crime (only in some cases), they only give Spanish lawyers to defend those accused and even manipulated the law in favor of themselves, leaving the Filipinos with no other choice but to accept and suffer from the crimes that they didn’t even committed.…