The Enlightenment of Christianity and the Salvation of Buddhism “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters‚ yes‚ even his own life‚ he cannot be my disciple.” An excerpt from Jesus’ Teachings found in Matthew 5 and Luke 14‚ it is not unlike the First Noble Truth of Buddhism‚ the Truth of Suffering‚ which discloses that‚ laconically‚ all life is suffering. The principles of Buddhism are set on this truth and aim to oppose such
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Water for Elephants The novel Water for Elephants is written by the best-selling author Sarah Gruen. The book was published on May 26‚ 2006‚ under Algonquin Books‚ in the United States of America. It has 335 pages‚ and is classified as historical romance and fiction. The book does include many historical events‚ such as the Great Depression‚ but the rest of the content is entirely fictional. The book is centered on Jacob Jankowski‚ who‚ after receiving the news of his parents’ death‚ jumps a
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Novel Study Annotated Bibliography Gruen‚ Sara. Water for Elephants. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill‚ North Carolina‚ 2006. The story follows Jacob Jankowski who was an old man living in a nursing home‚ as he looks back about a time that defined his life. In the 1930’s‚ 23-year-old Jacob’s life changed drastically. One minute he was finishing his Veterinarian degree at Cornell and planning to follow his father in the family business. The next his parents passed away in a car
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Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell Reflection by ______________ In Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell describes how when he was younger he worked as a police officer in lower Burma in a place called Moulmein. At this time Burma is controlled by the declining British Empire. He writes about how he was hated by the Burmese people and that whenever they could they would trip him or says insult behind his back. At some point during his stay there an elephant got loose from its chains and was
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“Flavio’s Home‚” George Orwell “Shooting an Elephant‚” Virginia Woolf “The Death of The Moth‚” Langston Hughes “Salvation‚” and many more short stories. First of all‚ good writing effectively conveys emotion to the reader‚ who is then able to comprehend the emotive state in which the character is in or is experiencing.
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The Choice to Live Life the Way it Should Be | | | October 26‚ 2012 | 4th | How do you feel about Jacob’s decision at the end of the novel? Give reasons/support for your answer from the text. | Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen is about an old man recounting his experiences in the circus. As an old man‚ Jacob Jankowski makes a decision to leave his nursing home and join the circus that has come to his town. After Jacob’s parents’ death during Jacob’s college exams‚ Jacob decides to
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Shooting Dogs Reflection The first Character that I will be discussing is Joe‚ who throughout the movie was “living out” the philosophies of Immanuel Kant. In one scene of the movie Joe demonstrates the Categorical Imperative. He acted as he would want others to act if they were in his situation. In this scene many people came to Joe asking for something to build a fire‚ in order for them to eat. Joe had‚ then went up to the room he was staying in‚ grabbed the bed frame‚ dresser
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stigmatization. Moreover‚ he defined several groups that can be affected by the process of stigmatization. One of the groups included people with various deformities and anomalies that were often called abominations of the body. The play “The Elephant Man” by Bernard Pomerance is a bright example of the impact of the society on the personality. We see the main character Joseph Merrick who suffers a lot from the harsh attitude of the society. The main reason of such attitude was his ugly appearance
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Required Question for all Students I chose the book Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I chose this book because I had watched the movie a long time ago and everyone says the book is always better than the movie. I knew I was going to like it because I love animals and I have always wanted to be a veterinarian just like Jacob in this book. I thought it was very inspiring how even after Jacob learns that his parents have been killed in the car crash and their home has been mortgaged to pay for his
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Today I’m here to tell you a story of a brave elephant. So here it goes the story of a kind soul in not such a kind world. There was a girl named Eli. She was 13 years old‚ she lived in kind kingdom. She lived with Mamma and Pappa elephant and she was taught to be nice to people all the time‚ even if people weren’t nice back. Eli was very sad‚ she just wanted a friend. Anyone would do Eli just so badly wanted to be liked by people. Even though Eli was super nice to people she hated going to school
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