Santa and Christianity Response Essay Santa and Christianity Response Essay Christians treat Christmas as a Christian holiday‚ and it certainly started out that way‚ but we can tell a lot about the real nature of holidays by how they are represented in pop culture. The most common‚ popular‚ and recognized symbol for Christmas today isn’t an infant Jesus or even a manger scene ‚ but Santa Claus. It’s Santa who graces all the ads and decorations‚ not Jesus. Santa Claus is not‚ however‚ a religious
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Didion Text Analysis Essay In the essay‚ “Los Angeles Notebook”‚ Joan Didion outlines the uncontrollable effects of the Santa Ana winds. She conveys her views of the Santa Ana winds as a fierce force of nature by describing its effects on the residents and environment. The tone is very precise and vivid. The overall basis of the passage is how the Santa Ana Winds affects the natives. And it’s through her use of imagery‚ diction‚ syntax‚ and selection of detail that she expresses her view of the
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Hello‚ I’m Joan Baez. I was born on January 9‚ 1941‚ and I am currently 72 years old. I originate as a notable folk songrwriter/artist from the “Counter Culture” Era of the 1960’s. Initially‚ “folk music” drew form some of the black musical traditons of the South‚ from the white country music of Appalachia. The folk-music tradition expanded to include the song styles - particularly the blues - of Southern blacks‚ and to the extents of Native American pow-pow‚ Mexican-American tejano‚ and Cajun
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Summary & Comprehension 陈璐怡1262023 Unit Five: Penny In The Dust This short story is a recall which is about a penny given by the leading character’s father. The story begins with a funeral. After the father’s funeral‚ the leading character was talking with his sister and couldn’t help recalling the afternoon when everyone thought he was lost. The father was a reticent man who never said “love” and was severe and humorless. So the son didn’t know whether his father liked him and he even didn’t
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Joan of Arc was a French heroine who saved France from a very dark period of time. Joan was born on January 6 in 1412 in Domrémy‚ France. When Joan was born France was involved in a lengthy war with England called the Hundred Years War. During her childhood‚ she learned domestic skills from her mother and learned how to take care of animals. Joan was illiterate‚ but she developed a deep love for the Catholic Church. At the young age of thirteen Joan started to get mystical visions which she believed
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to find a stack of presents under the tree‚ having no doubt that Santa is real. But‚ once their parents confess the truth about Santa Claus‚ they are devastated. It looks like parents want their children to be wounded for all the rest of their Christmas’. Instead of destroying one of the significances of Christmas‚ being truthful and kind to each one and all‚ parents should rethink before talking their children into believing the Santa myth. Maybe this reconsideration could change all the lives of
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Joan Didion utilizes stylistic elements such as imagery‚ diction‚ and detail throughout each of the three parts of the passage in order to convey her fear and awe of the horrendous and aberrant Santa Ana winds‚ simultaneously revealing the primal and often times violent ways man reacts to external stimuli and correcting the mistaken belief that he is not subject to the whims of nature. Didion paints through her writing the true nature of the winds. These phenomena are first introduced through words
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numerous battles against the English‚ she was hailed as a Heroine. She was remembered because she led the French army‚ who were quickly becoming demoralized and weak‚ to defeat the English troops who occupied half of all France by 1429. During her life‚ Joan of Arc was instrumental in reviving the dead and near extinct code of chivalry by first trying to persuade the English to leave France peacefully; after ignoring her words‚ she quickly raised her troops and literally forced the English out of France
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Santa Monica is a typical beachfront landscape; it is enclosed by three sides of cities and one seaside in Los Angeles which can also describe as Pacific Palisades to the north and five cities to the northeast‚ east southeast and south. Therefore‚ the city suggests sustainable living. Gehry Residence stands in a dense residential area. This significant environment establishes a standard dwelling for Gehry’s family lived in Gehry Residence. Located in the northeast of Santa Monica‚ Gehry Residence
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than not‚ people impose their morality on others and expect them to act in the way they find fit. They believe that the idea of right and wrong is universal. In her essay “On Morality”‚ Didion contradicts this theory and believes that everyone can have different ideas of morality based on their own perception. To make her point‚ Didion uses the examples of Klaus Fuchs and Alfred Rosenberg. Fuchs was a British traitor who leaked nuclear secrets to the Soviets‚ and Rosenberg was the Nazi administrator
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