world religions are characterized as different faiths. However‚ being the Christian that I am I will attempt to discuss faith development from a Christian’s perspective. Estep utilizes the faith development theory of a theologian named James Fowler. James Fowler characterizes faith development through six stages: Intuitive-predictive‚ Mythical-literal ‚ Synthetic-conventional‚ Individuative-reflective‚ Conjunctive‚ and Universalizing. All of those stages culminate his theory of faith development in
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of an incident that happened to him when he was on a swim team. The title of the book “Swim The Fly” relates to the story because the main character Matt‚ volunteers to swim the 100 yard butterfly race to impress a girl he likes. The book takes place in the community of Lower Rockville‚ a fictional place. There are three main characters. Cooper‚ Matt and Sean‚ who are all 15 years of age; they have been best friends since kindergarten. Every summer they make a goal‚ one past goal was to go to a golf
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Mouth & Ugly Girl” takes place inside Rocky River High School. 2. At a pivotal point in the story‚ Matt considers suicide‚ and the story takes us to the Nature Preserve which Matt usually finds to be a peaceful and enjoyable place to be with his dog. But‚ in the climax of the story‚ the setting changes to the wintry and icy nature preserve. The preserve proves to be a place where Matt is at his lowest point. It is also the place where Ursula saves him from a horrible decision‚ and where
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temptations with the help of some friends especially his girlfriend. Likewise‚ Matt‚ the main character in The House of the Scorpion‚ has his friends Maria‚ Chacho‚ and Fidelito to help throughout his story. In both cases‚ the authors show that friends can help you through many temptations even when you have to oppose people who want you to die. One similarity between the adventures the characters is that through Matt and the patient’s struggles they had people who helped them. Wormwood’s patient
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immediately drawn into the story. People can relate to the life of Matt and Jamie. Their life of being married after high school and having a house of their own is a plan many people work to strive towards when in love after high school. Their life seems almost perfect or typical throughout the story. A wonderful and happy marriage with the wholesome relations with the other family members‚ and some tenseness between an in-law shows how Matt and Jamie’s lives are what seems to be‚ normal. When Charlton
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character the young boy Matt. Matt is a boy who goes to school and live with his mother. We never here about his father so I assume that he lives alone with his mother. Matt do not like his classmates‚ he think they are whining about immaterial things like when the light has to be is switched off. It seems like he dose not go to school every day because his teacher says “Good to see you decided to honour us with your presence today Matt” the teacher would not have said that if Matt showed up every day
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cared for Matt and Matt’s mother. “…but Ursula went instinctively and put her arms around the smaller woman” (Oates 227). As shown by the adverb‚ instinctively‚ Ursula has grown to be more caring towards other people without hesitation. “My voice got brighter and brighter... I was almost pleading now. This went on for five minutes‚ maybe… I was so scared‚ Ugly Girl seemed to have departed. It was just me‚ Ursula (Oates 151). This was when Matt tried to jump off the cliff and Ursula begging Matt to not
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himself‚ however he remains close with his family. Katie herself shuts others out in an attempt to cope‚ and this leaves her with a successful career however lacking in close relationships. And finally Matt directs all of his attention towards his education leaving him in need of a relationship. In the end Matt has to give up the future he worked for in order to maintain the relationship. The author explores the separate methods of coping with trauma and how each method of coping has a different impact
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The fate of the world depends on one boy‚ Matt. Raven’s Gate by Antony Horowitz is an adventurous book that will take you on a fascinating journey through the life of a young man named Mathew Freeman. Antony Horowitz tells about an ordinary boy who all of a sudden finds himself in a strange town called Lesser Malling. With a single wrong move‚ Matt could destroy the destiny of humanity. This story opens with Matt getting punished for a crime he was supposedly accused of committing‚ but did not.
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poppy fields between the U.S and Mexico Matt is a misunderstood boy who is treated like trash just because he is unique After an encounter with some kids‚Matt finally learned the truth about who he was or what he was. He was a clone but know just any clone ‚ the clone of a rich power hungry man called El patron. Matt is sent to a house where a woman treats him terribly and even threatens to kill him. When he finally meets El patron‚ the woman is taken and Matt is taken into the Alacran house where
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