Discussion 2: “Jihad and Peace.” The words Islam and Muslim are from the same Aramaic/Semetic root‚ and the words Salām‚ Shalom‚ and Salem are all translated as “peace‚” “peace that comes from submission to God‚” “whole‚” “complete‚” “intact.” Explain why “submission” is the major theme of Islam‚ keeping in mind this history of the words’ meanings. The religion is called Islam because it offers peace and requires complete submission to the will of God. According to the Qur’an‚ there is only
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that think they are always better than each other. In a Separate Peace‚ John Knowles demonstrates how the boys achieve a Separate Peace through the winter carnival yet their prizes and setting are tinged with warlike images. John Knowles uses setting to prove that there is the war -like images in the winter carnival. Gene said that “The Saturday was battleship gray.” The term battleship is
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to find at first‚ but once you find the kairos then you will understand the book and its meaning more easily. Examples of kairos can be found in these three books: A Separate Peace‚ The Chosen‚ and American Cicero. Each of these books have kairos hidden in them‚ but it might not be easy to find. The book A Separate Peace by John Knowles focuses on two best friends Gene‚ and Phineas‚ attending a military academy. Gene is an extremely intelligent student who strives to become the Valedictorian
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Innocence versus Maturity A Separate Peace by John Knowles concerns itself about a young adult named Gene who decides to visit his old school Devon years after the war and recollects his memories of his friend‚ Phineas. Most of the story is a flashback about the hardships Gene and Phineas had to face growing up in high school during a war. During this flashback‚ Gene grows through the phase where he must let go of his childhood and mature to adulthood. Throughout the book‚ Phineas symbolizes childhood
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Mahatma Gandhi used the term “Satyagraha” to refer to a kind of active but absolutely non-violent resistance to oppression. In his words: “Truth (satya) implies love‚ and firmness (agraha) engenders and therefore serves as a synonym for force. I thus began to call the Indian movement Satyagraha‚ that is to say‚ the Force which is born of Truth and Love or non-violence‚ and gave up the use of the phrase “passive resistance”‚ in connection with it‚ so much so that even in English writing we often
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Religion‚ Peace and Justice What attitudes are there to war? Key idea: Most Christians believe that war should be avoided. But many also believe that there are times when a Christian may have to go to war. This is because they believe that the result of not going to war will be much worse. Holy War Key idea: Christians would fight in the name of God by going on Crusades (Holy War) Christians did not retaliate when persecuted‚ they did not join the army. Not all Christians followed the teachings
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Romanticism is a faith in imagination or fantasy rather than faith in reason. In John Knowles’s novel A Separate Peace‚ romanticism is portrayed through the recurring idea of fantasy and unreality. The theme is displayed through the emphasis on melancholy and sadness when Gene’s happiness is vanishing‚ Gene’s intuition and reliance on natural feelings when he bounces the branch and causes Finny’s accident‚ and through Finny’s reliance on his imagination and emotion rather than formal rules. First
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Glenn Miller Dr. Warren English 101 October‚ 10‚ 2012 In Leif Enger’s Peace Like a River the reader is introduced to many characters who portray numerous similarities which contribute to the noticeable differences between Jape Waltzer and Jeremiah Land. The foil between the two major characters is uncanny and gives a clear representation of Good and Evil. Jape Waltzer‚ a strange man whom lives separated from society in the mountains poses a very imminent threat to those around him
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Civil Peace DBQ In Germany‚ in 1914‚ a civil peace was declared at the time of the proclamation of war. This meant that all previous inner and exterior conflicts would be put to the side until after the war. At the same time that this was declared‚ the troops were being mobilized to fight. German citizens’ opinions changed from being excited during the proclamation of war to ignoring the main effects and law of civil peace during the war‚ and then to being upset and frustrated after the war. I
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"The past was erased‚ the erasure was forgotten‚ the lie became truth." In the novel "1984" by George Orwell‚ Winston undergoes a metamorphosis of character‚ which changes his life forever. At first Winston is just like everyone else‚ a dull drone of the party. Then he changes his ideals and becomes true to himself with obvious rebellion towards party principles and standards. Finally‚ Winston is brainwashed and is turned against himself and his feelings and is made to love the party. This
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