walked down the left aisle to the back room. As soon as I woke up from this dream‚ I called my pastor Silvia Clase Diaz and shared with her such revelation. After few days had gone by‚ my Pastor received an invitation to a vigil at the Congregation Lion of Juda‚ one of the largest Spanish churches in the Boston Area. My pastor was asked to preach and I was asked to sing a total of three worship songs. I was terrified‚ yet joyful. I went to God’s presence and thanked Him every night for the opportunity
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C.S Lewis wrote the novel The Lion‚ the Witch and the Wardrobe initially for his Goddaughter in order to keep her in touch with Christianity. What Lewis did not realize is that many adults would also enjoy the fantasy children’s novel as well. The narrative is filled with mythical creatures‚ humorous moments‚ and suspenseful situations. Although many events and characters seem improbable‚ the four children in the book—Peter‚ Susan‚ Edmund‚ and Lucy—are realistically portrayed as well-rounded characters
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“Lions led by Donkeys.” How accurate an assessment is this of the British Army on the Western Front in the First World War? Written by Alan Clark a politician in the 1960s this quotation describes the leadership of the British Military and their strategies used in the Great War. It suggests that soldiers fighting in the World War were brave and courageous as he refers to them as lions. In comparison their leaders‚ the generals were mindless and stupid like donkeys. By holding these characteristics
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“The Real Thing” and “The Beast in the Jungle” are similar in that both stories discuss the concept of someone trying to acquire something only to realize that he doesn’t actually want it. In “The Real Thing”‚ the artist is looking for the perfect upper class couple‚ while in “The Beast in the Jungle”‚ Marcher is looking to share the feelings of May. Sam Whitsitt writes in The Henry James Review‚ “Sketching out in his Notebooks what was later to become‚ ’The Real Thing‚’ James wrote that the story
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Christian Symbolism in The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis was a brilliant author known for his fictional novels as well as his Christian apologetics works. Religion was a large part of his life‚ and he utilized such themes throughout his fiction books. The first book in The Chronicles of Narnia series‚ The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe‚ exemplifies such overlap. Lewis inserted fundamental Christian themes into this novel‚ allowing his religion to influence his work. C. S
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The Jungle is written by the author Upton Sinclair in the era of Industrial Revolution‚ where many immigrants are moving to the United States with the expectation of living “American Dream”. The novel is situated in Chicago in the area of largest slaughtering and meat packaging industries. Even though this book touched hearts of many people‚ it was not meant to be just a story for one to read and feel compassion‚ but Sinclair wanted to open eyes of many people to show the greed of capitalism and
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Greg Huston Amer. Hist. II 3/22/11 Book Review 1: The Jungle America has always been the country of opportunity and new beginnings. It is a place to start a fresh and better life for immigrants (at least that’s what they think). In Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis wants to better his and several members of his family’s lives. He does this by packing up and traveling to America‚ but he is unaware of the downfalls in his future. The family members who came along
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“Welcome to the Jungle; we take it day by day.” These are song lyrics from the song Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N’ Roses. It explains the McGhee family very well. Most of the time‚ my dad will say‚ “I can’t make any plans yet‚ we have to take it day by day.” Obviously‚ this quote is suitable for my family. My dad isn’t the only person who says it though. I consider my family to be a jungle because there are very many people involved in my family‚ whether it’s step relatives or very far distant
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Upton Sinclair wrote this book for a couple of reasons. First and foremost‚ he tries to awaken the reader to the terrible living conditions of immigrants in the cities around the turn of the century. Chicago has the most potent examples of these conditions. Secondly‚ he attempts to show the advantages of socialism in helping to remedy the problems of a society such as the one that exists in Chicago at this time. Sinclair accomplishes his objectives with an extremely powerful story. Jurgis
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In The Jungle by Upton Sinclair‚ the main character‚ Jurgis is the hero. He moves from Lithuania to America to give his new wife‚ Ona‚ so that she can live the American dream. Soon after their immigration‚ Ona and Jurgis realized that the USA wasn’t all it was said to be‚ Jurgis still fought and worked hard to give Ona the best life. Some of these things include‚ getting a bad job‚ putting a roof over Ona’s head‚ and always staying strong when bad things happened. Jurgis keeps fighting through his
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