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    St. Gregory On The Son

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    On the Son‚ also known as the “The Third Theological Oration” and “Oration 29‚” was written by St. Gregory of Nazianus (c. 329 - 390). He was the Archbishop of Constantinople during the 4th century‚ and after his death he became knows at “the Theologian” by the Council of Chalcedon. He is considered to be one of the “Cappadocian Fathers” amongst other defenders of the faith‚ and theologians of that time such as Basil the Great‚ Gregory of Nyssa and others (Intro). In the introduction of On God and

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    Mother to Son is an empowering poem from a mother to her son. The first part of the poem alludes to the mother explaining to her son that life isn’t easy. The mother explains the struggles that she has went through in her life span. The mother illuminates to her son‚ through trials and tribulations she has accumulated wounds‚ cuts‚ and bruises that life has brought a upon her. But despite these hardships she has learned when things become hopeless don’t run away. She has learned to face the obstacles

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    Characters from the Story ‘The Parable of the Prodigal Son’ If someone attempted to evaluate your life‚ how do you think they would critique you? In the text “From the Parable of the Prodigal Son‚ from the King James Bible Luke 15: 11-32” many characters could be critiqued. Many different critiques could come from this story due to people having different opinions. In the story‚ the father gives the son an equal portion of his money. Even though the son is irresponsible with the money‚ his father forgivingly

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    My Son The Fanatic

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    Who is the Fanatic now? My Son the Fanatic is a short story written by Hanif Kureishi. The story is about a person called Parvez who have migrated to England with his son Ali. My son the Fanatic was published in 1997. In the story we are following Parvez where we are introduced to a worker class area with taxi drivers and a prostitute called Bettina. The story occupies with genres such as drama‚ religion‚ father and son relationship and adaption. The main character Parvez is a long time working

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    Interpreting The “Prodigal Son” This story was a reminder for me‚ because it still happens today. When the young son wanted and demanded his money‚ he decided to move far away from his family. He thought that he didn’t need any one and just be on his own‚ having fun and spending all his money. Today that still happens‚ when we are young; we tend to want to move out as soon as possible from our parents home. And eventually we realized like the young son that life is not as easy as we thought. So

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    My Son the Fanatic

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    My son the fanatic Growing up with teenage attitudes and not having a role model around can make it difficult to be loved. The short story “My son the fanatic”‚ by Hanif Kureishi is set in 1997 in England. Ali has no one to look up to – He starts as an attentive scholar who got straight A’s‚ but turns into a dedicated Muslim‚ which gives Ali the opportunity to find it in his religion. We get to know Parvez‚ who is a Pakistani immigrant in England. He had an indignant experience with

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    My Son the Fanatic

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    My son the fanatic The generation gap is a dilemma which frequently occurs among immigrants‚ and in his short story My son the fanatic‚ Hanif Kureishi brings up the issue concerned. Kureishi introduces us to a father‚ who’s alarmed and puzzled by his sons’ strange behavior‚ which proves out to be against his own values. During this‚ Kureishi touches on the topics fanaticism and religion‚ and how these can change ones behavior towards ones family. Kureishi also focuses on how people relate to their

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    Mother To Son Poem

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    MOTHER TO SON: VIDEO PRESENTATION ‘Mother to Son’ is an ecstatic poem composed by Langston Hughes. The poem is structured in a form of a conversation between a mother and her son. Hughes assures her son that her life wasn’t crystal stair‚ she also had to face several struggles in her life. Hence‚ she commands her son not to look back and keep climbing higher in life even if he thinks climbing is hard. He should try not to fall and climb the stairway of success without any fear because his mother

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    "Mother to Son" Analysis

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    “Mother to Son” The speaker of the poem “Mother to Son‚” by Langston Hughes is a mother who is giving advice to her son. Her life has been difficult and hard at times. As readers‚ we know this because the speaker talks about how life is a staircase and her staircase has had “tacks and splinters in it” (line 3-4). This means that her life has not been perfect and she had many challenges to deal with. Perhaps she was born into poverty‚ because the images in her poem reveal a ragged‚ old staircase

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    Instructional Setting

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    Instructional Setting and Content Area The main campus of Olivet Nazarene University is in Bourbonnais‚ IL‚ approximately 55 miles South of Chicago. The school of graduate and continuing studies consists of faculty‚ who live in the Bourbonnais area‚ and adjunct instructors who can live anywhere in the United States. All of the faculty subscribe to a statement of faith which binds them together as they strive to provide education with a Christian purpose. There are many faculty development initiatives

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