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- 581: The Bluest Eye
- ... anyone, even to their family. These girls hate niggers because according to them, "colored people were neat and quiet; niggers were dirty and loud"(87). Black children, or they as Geraldine called them, were like flies: "They slept six to a bed, all their pee mixing together in the night as they wet their beds. . . they clowned on the playgrounds, broke things in dime stores, ran in front of you on the street. . . grass wouldn't grow where they lived. Flowers died. Like flies they hovered; like flies they settled"(92). Although the Mobile girls are black themselves, they ". . .got rid of the funkiness. The dreadful funkiness of passion, the funkiness of nature, the funkiness of the wide range of human emotions,"( ...
- 582: Narrative Of The Captivity Of
- ... many times where Rowlandson felt like she could just “lay down and die” right there, but as the journey goes on she says “I shall not die but live, and declare the works of the Lord” (308). Her desire to live was encouraged through her dependence on God, which in turn helped repress her true feelings of depression because of the sufferings she was enduring. As Rowlandson’s travels goes on ... they could get their hands on to survive. Rowlandson knew that she had changed after learning this fact about food. Her views of life were different after her experience with the Indians. Rowlandson says, “the Lord has showed me the vanity of these outward things”(329). Therefore, the metaphor of food could be related to how Mary Rowlandson’s identity has changed from what it was before the captivity. Although she ... dead baby. Again, events like this could lead to much depression and anger. But, she removed herself from those feelings through the words of God. She states in the fourth remove that “Thus saith the Lord, refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, for thy work shall be rewarded, and they shall come again from the land of the enemy”(305). Another way to describe the figurative ...
- 583: Beowulf
- ... During the Anglo-Saxon times, fate, free-will, Christianity, and paganism all existed together. This is proved in the epic, Beowulf. Throughout the epic, there is mention of God, the Almighty Father, and the Holy Lord. This is proof that Christianity existed in the medieval times. Back then, it was a very strong belief, and the author of Beowulf showed that through his epic. He used different ways to express something ... this, "We cannot doubt that mighty God has always ruled mankind.", "he soon forgets his destiny, and disregards the honours given him of God, the Ruler of Glory", "..and then may wise God, the Holy Lord, give glory in battle to whichever of us He should think fitting", and also, "…the Lord wove the webs of destiny." These certain passages show that the people of those times had a lot of belief in God, not only as the creator of everything, but also as the person ...
- 584: The Last Day Of The Year
- ... There are a number of divine references in this poem as well. Each time she refers to something divine, she also refers to something coming to an end. She is equating the coming of the Lord with freedom. All that was in my head and heart now stands like sullen rot at Heaven s Door (Droste-Hulshoff 15-17). She is stating her belief, in different words, that every person is ... she believes that God is burning through the clouds to bring to an end the regards to one s gender. Lastly, she begs for god s mercy in the last stanza of the poem. O Lord, on my knees I spread my arms, and from my drouth beg mercy. (Droste-Hulshoff 52-54). She is at this point begging for the mercy of the Lord in helping create equality on earth as it is in heaven. This poem was written as a plea to both society and divinity to bring the oppression of women to an end. Droste-Hulshoff ...
- 585: The Hobbit By J.r.r. Tolken
- ... a conversation with the wily Smaug (not an easy thing to do).Furious that someone has dared steal a piece of his treasure, Smaug attacks the mountainside where the dwarves have their camp. Then he flies toward Lake-town, to punish the inhabitants for helping the dwarves. The people of Lake-town run at the sight of Smaug, but one man, Bard, holds his ground. He kills the dragon with his ... the such as when Bilbo stole the possessions of Smaug. The Hobbit was a epic novel written by the greatest author of his time. The Hobbit falls in the series of books that include The Lord of the Rings and have a full book conclusion to the trilogy called The Simacurilium. The way that Tolken writes his book is a way that brings forth the fealing that it is being read ...
- 586: Allegory
- ... in other ways. Many novels include allegorical suggestions of an additional level of meaning. Examples include Moby-Dick (1851), a whaling adventure that raises issues of human struggle and fate in a mysterious universe, and Lord of the Flies (1954), a story about shipwrecked boys that examines the persistence of evil. Contributor: Paul Strohm Related Articles in Information Finder include: Aesop's Fables Golding, Sir Morality Play Bunyan, John William Parable Divine Comedy Melville ...
- 587: William Bradford
- ... covenants in the sight of God as a basis for government without the consent of a higher authority. According to Bradford s exposé, the Pilgrims: shook off this yoke of antichristian bondage, and as the Lord's free people joined themselves (by a covenant of the Lord) into a church estate, in the fellowship of the gospel, to walk in all His ways made known, or to be made known unto them, according to their best endeavors, whatsoever it should cost them, the Lord assisting them. And that it cost them something this ensuing history will declare. But after these things they could not long continue in any peaceable condition, but were hunted and persecuted on every side, ...
- 588: The Theme of Evil in Literature
- ... had Banquo murdered, and his son's "absence is no less material" (Shakespeare III.1) to Macbeth. Of course Macbeth wasn't the only one who began his reign of evil with selfishness. Jack, in Lord of the Flies also begins tearing the island apart when he becomes extremely selfish. "I'm not going to play any longer...not with you" (Golding 127) is what he said to the group, right before he broke ...
- 589: Allegory
- ... in other ways. Many novels include allegorical suggestions of an additional level of meaning. Examples include Moby-Dick (1851), a whaling adventure that raises issues of human struggle and fate in a mysterious universe, and Lord of the Flies (1954), a story about shipwrecked boys that examines the persistence of evil. Contributor: Paul Strohm Related Articles in Information Finder include: Aesop's Fables Golding, Sir Morality Play Bunyan, John William Parable Divine Comedy Melville ...
- 590: Route 66
- ... fast approaching helicopter. He tries to hide behind a semi but the bright spotlight of the helicopter still manages to find him. He speeds up passes the semi and enters a narrow tunnel. The helicopter flies to the other end of the tunnel hoping to catch John as he exits the tunnel. Only the semi exits the tunnel. Still in distant pursuit of John the officer squints as he thinks he ... t and his right front tire gets ripped to shreds as it hits the nail strip. Now out of control the car digs into the pavement, but with its momentum it begins to roll. John flies through the windshield. The windows break and the gas tank ruptures as it lands on the barricade made of patrol cars. Suddenly a sparks from the NSX ignites the leaking gas and the car explodes ... Shards of glass and chunks of flying debris go everywhere. Officers scatter trying to avoid death or dismemberment. Few make it out unharmed! As screams ring out from the now bloody, burning roadblock the helicopter flies over assessing the damage. Laying in a field about 25 feet away from the highway John struggles to get up and looks at the carnage he is responsible for. He collapses as the only ...
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