Like Father‚ Like Son In the preface of his book‚ Like Father‚ Like Son‚ Tom Smail gives us the reason for his writing: "This book is an attempt to discover what it might mean for our humanity that God is Trinity."(p. xi) He goes on to give his readers a general outline of what he’ll be covering‚ beginning with how the view of Trinitarian doctrine has changed in recent times‚ and ending with a discussion on what we say about the triune God has deep implications with how we handle our relationship
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Biblically speaking‚ is “Father-Son” language strictly metaphorical‚ as Carr suggests? Or do these terms convey something essential about God? If the latter‚ can one speak equally of God as “Friend”? For me personally I do not feel that it is metaphorical. There are other words that God could have chosen that would allow for the same message to be conveyed in scriptures without the gender assignments. Nowhere in the entire Bible does it refer to God by anything other than a male. I take the use
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In the novel‚ The Chosen‚ written by Chaim Potok‚ the reader learns about some important events in Danny Saunders and Reuven Malter’s friendship. One of the most important situations is where Reuven gets hit in his eye with a baseball which Danny has thrown. Another important aspect of their friendship is where Reb Saunders accepts his son’s friendship with Reuven. Another significant event is Reb Saunders explaining why he raises Danny in silence. Finally‚ the last event is when the Saunder’s family
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alive‚ he refuses the services of the church and‚ therefore‚ remains true to his principles in this matters‚ but he eases his father by stating‚ “I don’t refuse‚ if it can give you comfort’‚” (Turgenev 191). This statements reveals that he is fixing the gap between nihilistic beliefs and traditional faith. Ultimately‚ Fathers and Sons‚ portrays the more positive relationships between the two generation and Bazarov’s trying to embrace his
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The award winning novel of the Pulitzer Price‚ “The Road” is a dark-post apocalyptic tale that tells of the journey south taken by a young boy and his father after an unknown catastrophe has struck the Earth. The man and the boy who remain unnamed throughout the entire novel are among the survivors left in the world who have not been driven to murder‚ rape and cannibalism. Despite their hardships‚ the man and the boy choose to remain optimistic by “carrying the fire”. McCarthy successfully conveys
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Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev During the discussion‚ several articles were presented to the class. The subjects brought to light were the Russian economy during the 1850s‚ serfdom‚ and the question of whether Turgenev was obsolete or not. The articles on the Russian economy explained the state of transition the Russian economy was in during the mid-1850s. Prior to this period‚ there were members of the society called serfs. These were essentially slaves who worked on the fields of rich peasants
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Survival Impacts a Father-Son Relationship In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel‚ the struggle for survival influences the relationship between Elie and his father because it dramatically changes Elie’s thoughts on his father. Firstly‚ when Elie and his father arrive at the camp‚ they are very close and Elie’s father protects him. Elie thinks‚ “Still I was happy‚ I was near my father” (32). This quote demonstrates how Elie feels content by being next to his father. His father provides the comfort
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the ’fragile relationships between fathers and sons’ is a significant idea. Throughout the text the author relies on a few key incidents to reveal the theme to the reader. An important incident at the start of the novel reveals Amirs selfishness as he expresses his want to have his father all to himself. "…I lied and said Hassan was sick. I wanted Baba (father) all to myself". Amir does not want his socially inferior servant (Hassan) to interfere as he desperately wants his father to love and accept
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Silence in "The Chosen" In the book "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok‚ there are many situations where silence between characters is present. Some characters‚ such as Reuven and David Malter‚ believe that this deprivation is a cruel and inexplicable way of raising a child. On the other hand‚ Reb Saunders‚ a Jewish Hasidic leader‚ raises his oldest son in silence to prepare him for his future as a Rabbi. Silence is a driving force to understand and learn about other characters and the world around
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“Father and Son Relationships” in Elie Wiesel’s “Night.” In the short story “The Night‚” Elie Wiesel explores that how father and son ruin their relationship in the period of the anti-Semitism. They lose their appearance‚ lovely life and wealth for being Jews. Elie and his family‚ as well as numerous other families‚ were kidnapped from their homes by the German Nazis and were forced to work in concentration camps because of their Jewish heritage. The Jews were required to
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