All Quiet on the Western Front‚ written in 1929 by Erich Maria Remarque‚ is superficially the story of one soldiers’ journey in World War 1 and his eventual death. Beneath this‚ however‚ Remarque has composed a literary treasure which‚ above all‚ seeks to illustrate war as that which is engrained in the nucleus of humanity and through the hugely negative effects of war depicted‚ seeks to question humanities apparent advancement through its need to engage in such a futile exercise as war. Remarque’s
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Adam Eve and the Serpent Review In Adam‚ Eve and the Serpent‚ Professor Elaine Pagels looks at traditional roles of gender and Sexual relationships as influenced by the Genesis creation story of Adam and Eve during the first four centuries. In Adam‚ Eve‚ and the Serpent the issues on religion within the book all boils down to a goal of eventual subscription to Christianity. Predictably‚ the matter of original sin is at the top of the list‚ being the turning point of the gist in the first book
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GOD AND HUMAN LIFE Who is GOD Who is GOD • What we think about God affects our attitude toward everything else. • Our understanding of God makes all the difference in our answers to many vital questions of life. • It impacts/determines our understanding of ourselves. • John Calvin: “Human beings never achieve a clear knowledge of themselves unless they first look on God’s face”. Who is GOD Monism: • all reality is one‚ and the nature of this reality is divine. • everything is a part of God
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The problem of evil is a lasting philosophical problem that goes back as far as Epicurus. Aquinas proposes that the problem of evil is not a proper question to be asking because those asking it are not taking into account God’s nature. In this paper‚ I will contend that Aquinas incorrect in his assertion that it is not a legitimate question and I will argue that the problem of evil is a question that requires an answer. To do so I will juxtapose Aquinas against other thinkers on the problem of evil
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weakest character in the Divine Action of the poem. Reaction to God’s characterization in the poem has ranged from total acceptability to downright rejection and unacceptability. Believers‚ down the ages‚ have implicitly believed in the Omnipotence‚ Omniscience and omnipresence of God who created and now rules the universe. He is unapproachable‚ veiled in
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Monday‚ December 27‚ 2010 Reasons for the Rise of the Novel in the Eighteenth Century Introduction: The most important gifts of the eighteenth century to English literature are the periodical essay and the novel‚ neither of which had any classical precedent. Both of them were prose forms and eminently suited to the genius of eighteenth-century English men and women. The periodical essayist and the novelist were both exponents of the same sensibility and culture‚ and worked on the same intellectual
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family‚ Christiane Kerner and her two children Alex and Ariane. Awaking from a coma‚ Alex fears his mother’s condition may worsen if she learns of re-unification‚ going to increasingly elaborate lengths in maintaining the illusion of the GDR’s omniscience. Becker’s stance as to reunification is ambivalent throughout‚ the film’s concerns not didactic but subtly relayed. How the personal and political interweave is skillfully constructed by Becker‚ assessing the extent to which the society we live
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Religions: A Case Study of Hinduism‚ Buddhism and Yorubaland Traditional Belief God‚ gods and goddesses represent different qualities in the human psyche‚ God which we all see as the creator of the universe often called the omnipotent (Everywhere)‚ omniscience and omnipresence while gods are usually the strongest and most influential determinants of a man’s personality‚ as the goddesses are for women. Different kind of gods; longevity‚ child protection‚ health and success‚ god of death‚ misfortune‚ god
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John Proctor of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ is a highly respected man in Salem. "In Proctor’s presence a fool felt his foolisheness instantly....Proctor respected and even feared in Salem"‚ the narrator adds (Miller 20). He was a powerful man who disliked hipocrites and the presence of sin. Before the play begins‚John Proctor has an affair with Abigail Williams‚ a previous house servant of his‚ these actions contradicted his very own beliefs. The narrator comments‚ "He is a sinner..against his
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THE STRANGER AND METAMORPHOSIS: A COMPARISON By WEI YUDAN School of Government‚ 1000016939 [Abstract] Kafka’s novel The Metamorphosis and Camus’ The Stranger both lie an essential absurdity‚ and they both feature situations out of which come to light existentialist values. While The Metamorphosis highlights that one must interact with society in order to have a meaning in life. As for the differences‚ each novel has its individual narrative point of view and typical writing style. [Key Words] The
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