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    pride within ones heart and elated perception of self that grips them deceived. Its apparent in both stories the essence of deceit and how it handicaps the mind. The author’s choice of words and style of writing illuminates the overall presence of sin and darkness‚ and juxtaposing it’s obvious the travesty in lives today. In Lawrence’s work‚ the story of a hopeless family’s haunted home with roots in deception leaves the reader optimistic of a brighter end. The author uses the symbolic relationship

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    any other.” (Orwell 21) Also a lot of the rules the Animals made has to do with staying or looking as far off from humans as possible. Humans in Animal Farm play the role of sin‚ as the ten Catholic commandments creates a base for us to use to help with not committing sin. So if in Animal Farm humans play the role of sin the two sets of commandments relate to each other by achieving the common goal of not sinning or as in animal farm not participating in humanistic activities. These two sets

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    The world of glitz and glamour mesmerizes all‚ but wait‚ should we stop by and think once more? ---------gudmornin-------- One always gets to hear a lot of motivational stories about eminent personalities who have made it from rags to riches. However‚ the saga of many glamourous celebs is hard to believe. Viveka Babajee’s or the media-hyped Jiah Khan’s suicide is just the latest reminder of the seamier side of the fashion industry. The shimmer appears to be only on the surface while the underbelly

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    women to machine‚ “It is time to give the Machine-Man your face!” that the modernists fears of the dehumanising effect of the machine age is clear. The conflict between the Head and the Hands is exacerbated from her creation onwards as she incites sin‚ envy and lust. In a biblical allusion Robot Maria is likened to the Whore of “Babylon‚ the Mother of Abominations of the Earth” where John the Prophet speaks

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    who strayed away from strict religion to come back and have a second chance at a pure life. Edwards uses frightening imagery to make the puritans scared of what is to come if they continue being unfaithful to God. Striking the cord of a personal sin‚ “justice bends the arrow at your heart‚ and strains the bow” giving God the power to take away ones life in a second. Edwards’s scares the puritans by using imagery that relates to them‚ knowing that they have watched people of their kind be shot by

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    It’s interesting to note that all of Job’s family was destroyed except his wife. It could be possible that it caused Job even more suffering by her constant rebuking and blaming (2:9). In verse 11 Job’s three friends come on the scene remaining with him for seven days in complete silences. According to Jewish tradition‚ people who come to comfort someone in mourning should not speak until the mourner speaks. This is often a good response for us when we visit one who is suffering. Sometimes just

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    The films Romero‚ El Norte‚ and Sin Nombre show the audience in justice within a gang and countries such as‚ El Salvador‚ Mexico and Guatemala. The films also shows how the lower class or the indigenous organize and fight for fairness and dual rights. In the film ’Sin Nombre’ gangs are seen as the power and guiding source in people lives and try to control members. We also see in the films how the ruling class seek to take control of the lower class and violence is often times the end solution to

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    his sins. Although Hooper was doing the right thing in God’s eyes the community thought of Hooper’s sacrifices as evil. In “The Minister’s Black Veil”‚ Hawthorne portrays God as Hoopers greatest value as he examines the dignity‚ happiness‚ and relationships Hooper sacrificed for his relationship with God. By wearing the veil Reverend Hooper lost all of his self-respect and dignity. Instead of questioning the reverend and the townspeople strayed from him assuming the veil was a symbol of sin and evil

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    He also suggested that this also does mean that individual within the family cannot sin. As he clarifies in his definition that‚ “A truly Christian home is a place where sinners live; it is also a place where members of the home admit the fact and understand the problem‚ know what to do about it‚ and as a result grow by grace. Beside this‚ Christians admit their sins: in this he explains that in Christian home‚ there should not be an attitude like excuses‚ or blame shifting

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    while Edwards used the element of fear to convey and persuade those from the repentance of sin. In Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity” he describes the ideal Christian society where Christian followers would carrier out the duties and morals standards of God. While on the other hand Edward’s “Personal Narrative” shows his path towards a closer relationship to God and his self-reproach of repentance to sins. In Edwards‚ persuasive speech he uses the element of fear as a way to persuade his audience

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