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    Journey Is the Reward

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    “The journey is the reward”- how is this evident in your texts There is an Ancient Chinese Proverb that states‚ “The Journey is the reward”‚ meaning that no matter how long it takes you to reach your destination‚ it is not where you end up‚ but the journey that will have shaped you. As we journey in life‚ we are challenged by obstacles that we must overcome to be rewarded. In the play Away by Michael Gow‚ our preconceptions of characters are challenged and our opinions on journeys and how they

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    War in Deuteronomy

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    influence. In Deuteronomy chapter seven‚ God commands the Israelites to practice complete separation from the idolatrous nations of the Hittites‚ Girgashites‚ Amorites‚ Canaanites‚ Perizzites‚ Hivites‚ and Jebusites—all of which reside in the Promised Land they are preparing to enter. Although these nations are stronger than Israel‚ God insists that he will deliver these nations to the Israelites and they will destroy them completely‚ make no treaty with them‚ and destroy them. Following in verse

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    people (Exodus 3:7) and chose one man‚ Moses‚ to lead them to freedom (Exodus 3:10). After receiving God’s instructions‚ Moses asked Pharaoh to let the Israelites go‚ but Pharaoh denied the request (Exodus 5:1‚ 2). God then sent ten plagues into the land of Egypt to force Pharaoh to let the Israelites go‚ but after each plague‚ Pharaoh remained stubborn. The final plague killed all firstborn children‚ except those of the Israelites‚ who were instructed to put the blood of a lamb on their doors (Exodus

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    poetic techniques used is the biblical allusion in the title "Crossing the Red Sea" This suggests the children of Israel are led out of bondage in Egypt by Moses‚ through the red sea‚ to the Promised Land. For the Skrzyneckis and their fellow passengers‚ leaving war-ravaged Europe‚ Australia was that Promised Land. All physical journeys stir up mixed feelings of anticipation and insecurity; a longing for something new and exciting mixed with a reluctance to leave behind familiar things. This can be

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    and actions. With the money driven‚ biased‚ and selfishly influenced scientist of today I believe there is soon to be a “scientific revolution” in which almost all of science will be replaced by machines in a factory. As shown in the film the Promised Land‚ the new science industry cares very little for the environment and a lot more for their money. During the movie characters Matt Damon and Francis McDormand are sent to Pennsylvania‚ which at the time was struggling economically. Their employer

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    The Abrahamic Covenant

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    rebellion at Babel was to choose a man called Abraham. Abraham was a man that loved and worshipped the one true God. So God told Abraham to get away from the idolatrous people around him‚ to get away from his family and his father’s house and go to a land that God would show him. God made this covenant with Abraham‚ a personal blessing to Abraham‚ and that he would become a father of a great nation of people. God tested His own Kingdom promises by asking Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Abraham

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    A boy and his dog

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    wasteland. The people who live in the underground society are known as “downunders”. While neither Vic nor Blood want to find this society‚ Blood wants to find the “promised land”‚ where many above-ground utopias exist‚ whereas Vic wants to stay and continue to use Blood to sniff out women for him. On their quest to find the Promised Land‚ they encounter many obstacles such as murders and thieves. Along the way‚ Vic meets a girl‚ Quilla‚ who tries to convince Vic to leave the dystopia and come down

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    Book of Joshua

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    one picking him. (Deuteronomy 34:10-12 -> 10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses‚ whom the Lord knew face to face 11 In all the signs and the wonders‚ which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh‚ and to all his servants‚ and to all his land‚ 12 And in all that mighty hand‚ and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.) There would never be another Moses‚ the lawgiver‚ this is why he would be the one who shows up on the Mount

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    the red sea". His recounts shows us how even though we may focus on the destination‚ it is not until later in life‚ we may reflect back on how important the actual journey was. The title alludes biblically to Moses leading the Jews to the new Promised Land‚ just as the migrants were on a voyage to the hope of a bright new future. However the journey was an uncertain one that they had been forced into because of the destruction of WWII. Through the first stanza‚ the reader can gather that a return

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    and honor him with all their hearts‚ soul and strength. Four Major Features Characterize Deuteronomy: It provided the new generation of Israelites (who were soon to enter Canaan) the necessary foundation and motivation for inheritance the Promised Land by focusing on the nature of God and His covenant with Israel. It is “The Book of the Second Law” in that Moses. Israel’s 120-year-old leader‚ restated and summarized (in almost sermonic form) the Word of the Lord embodied in the four preceding

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