An Analysis Of 'The Invalid Of Bethesda'

He goes into depth about hoping for something to happen, anything. He expresses himself of what was going through him excitedly for example the author says, “So I sat there calmly in the hot, crowded church, waiting for Jesus to come to me.” (182) He describes his situation attempting to make some sort of relationship with God. He creates an anxious tone in order to demonstrate just how important having a connection was valuable to him. Why having a connection to God was important at that time is because before the big revival was over they called the kids to convert them. When it was time to bring his spiritual needs, he was told by his aunt “when you were saved you saw a light, and something happened to you inside! And Jesus came into your life! …I believed her.” (182) The author may employ pathos through his emotional language. This rhetorical appeal is often used to emphasize his emotional response towards how he feels about being “saved.” The outpouring of his emotions towards getting “saved” was a big concern that he was trying to achieve. He implicated how not only was he expected to be touched by the presence of God, but every other kid his age. This is how the writer was discussing about him being open about the idea of being “saved.”

People in society have been through some kind of distress and suffering once in their lives and it allows for the creation of the drive to help others in their time of difficulty. Hardships are experienced by many in society and cause people to relate to others who encountered similar misfortunes. These understandings bring forth a sense of unity that allows people to produce a sense of compassion to assist others in desperate

An individual can learn a lot from people that are very different from them. I feel that this story was written to illustrate that point. The story tells us about a man named Charlie Lavery who was twenty six years old and believed that he was capable of taking care of himself no matter what the situation.

He goes into depth about hoping for something to happen, anything. He expresses himself of what was going through him excitedly for example the author says, “So I sat there calmly in the hot, crowded church, waiting for Jesus to come to me.” (182) He describes his situation attempting to make some sort of relationship with God. He creates an anxious tone in order to demonstrate just how important having a connection was valuable to him. Why having a connection to God was important at that time is because before the big revival was over they called the kids to convert them. When it was time to bring his spiritual needs, he was told by his aunt “when you were saved you saw a light, and something happened to you inside! And Jesus came into your life! …I believed her.” (182) Hughes punctuation creates an ethos tone of voice by being persuaded by his aunt. The author may employ pathos through his emotional language. This rhetorical appeal is often used to emphasize his emotional response towards how he feels about being “saved.” The outpouring of his emotions towards getting “saved” was a big concern that he was trying to achieve. He implicated how not only was he expected to be touched by the presence of God, but every other kid his age. This is how the writer was discussing about him being open about the idea of being “saved.”

There are three stories from Jesus' Galilean ministry that stick out to me. The stories that stick out to me are, The Sermon on the Mount, the story of the Pharisees trying to trick Christ, and the third is the story of when Jesus fed 5,000 people! All these stories show the power of God and the transparent teachings of Christ.

One of the similarities between Christ and McMurphy is that he takes the patients on a fishing trip. McMurphy takes twelve patients just like the twelve Apostles. This is the first time that all the patients get to go out into the real world together and feel normal. Also at this point this is the place that a lot of the patients start to believe in how much change McMurphy can bring to the ward and the patients start to get closer to him. This is similar to the story of Christ because when Jesus takes all his Apostles out on the fishing boat they get closer to him and listen to what he has to

McMurphy does the same. One of the patients on the ward, known as Chief hid from everyone the fact that he could hear and speak. McMurphy was the one that encouraged Chief to speak for the first time after so many years of silence, when he said, “Thank-you” (Kesey, 1962, p.217). This ultimately healed Chief of his illness. McMurphy’s actions parallel the miracles performed by Jesus.

This short story, teach us that revenge and hateful feelings will never be good for anyone, because the only thing they provoke, are wars, racism and hate for each other, so all we need to do when we suffered about something, is to forgive and move on with our lives because there are a lot of things in the world much more worth it than hate and

What we come to realize is that Jesus happily healed him of his sickness, but physical healing would do the man no good in the long run. Jesus wanted to give this man eternal healing. We can ask Jesus to give us all we want, but he knows that our physical needs won’t last forever. That is why He is more interested in giving us something that will last forever, a heart transformation.

If I were to relate myself to someone from the story, I believe I would have to relate myself to the character Laurel. When I was much younger, I was void of all knowledge regarding any type of prejudice or meanness the world harnessed. I was very naïve, and never understood why most people just didn’t get along, or just talked their problems out. Just like Laurel, I found out how unfairly people are treated through the teachings of my father. Even in today’s society where racism is not nearly as accepted as it was in the past, there are still several cases of prejudice feelings being pushed onto people. I truly hope that one day these hardships people face can be overcome, and the people of Earth realize that if we are to advance into the future we need to put any harsh feelings our ancestors had behind, and realize that on the inside we are all the same.

“McMurphy takes the "twelve of us towards the ocean," (page 239) just like Jesus' 12 disciples. Both McMurphy’s and Jesus’ trips were done to test and strengthen their trust in their leader; which turned out to work. When the trip is over, Chief describes how most of the patients changed for the better. Even the nurse is a little shocked at the way they are acting. “We waited this long to say anything, hoping that you men would take it upon yourselves to apologize for the rebellious way you acted. But not one of you has shown the slightest sign of remorse” (199). At this moment the nurse is maybe starting to question her power. The fishing trip is a prime example of how McMurphy led the patients; just like Jesus lead his

The coming of the Messiah will be noticed and that he will do countless good deeds and miracles, more than any man has ever done. Jesus’ power to influence others is unmistakable and if used properly can be very effective. However, if this power is misinterpreted it can cause a misunderstanding with varying consequences.

The first thing that one needs to understand is the true meaning of the miracles Jesus performed, even though the Devil does not want us to understand the meaning. He loves when we speculate and question. In the Bible, miracles are often referred to as “signs.” Miracles are acts that only God can be responsible for, usually above and beyond natural laws. Baker’s Dictionary of the Bible defines a miracle as “Synthesizing the root connotations of these terms, we may define a miracle biblically as an observable phenomenon effected by the direct operation of God’s power, an arresting deviation from the ordinary sequences of nature, a deviation calculated to elicit faith-begetting awe, a divine inbreaking which authenticates a revelational

The illness that afflicted the nobleman’s son shows us how weak, frail and mortal we are. Jesus’ healing of the man’s son shows us that we can be healed of our sins but only through Him are we saved. He shows that we can have eternal life through Him.

The moral aspect of this story is that of the shepherd woman who selflessly took up the fate of another individual as her personal responsibility. She realized that she had to help this stranger because she had the ability to do so. The woman refused to leave a stranger (Jai) until his journey was secured and then she refused Jai’s offer of payment for her kindness and generosity. This deed was done based on her obvious personal ethical values which proved to be moral.