An Analysis of I Heard a Fly Buzz- When I Died and Jilting of Granny Weatherall

Christians believe that salvation is a gift from God that is offered through the death and resurrection of Jesus. This gift is accessed through faith in Jesus. The Christian understanding of salvation draws heavily from the Jewish tradition of Moses and the Exodus, where the Hebrew

“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” is a short story written by Katherine Anne Portier about an elderly woman on her deathbed. Granny Weatherall is a very interesting character and the story describes her last thoughts and memories as she lies there taking her last breaths. Granny Weatherall is perceived as an independent and strong-willed character that has lived a full life. As she lies on her deathbed, she drifts in and out of consciousness and seems to not have a full grasp on reality. As she nears the end of her life, the reader is able to understand her thoughts and feelings, and feels how the elderly woman is struggling with coming to terms with dying. The themes in this

This paper on Salvation is defining both objectively and subjectively from the two required reading text. The first text is written by Alistair McGrath’s “Theology: The Basics and the second is written by Dr. Yung Chul Han’s “Transforming Power: Dimension of the Gospel. I will describe how the both texts are in association as well as seeking observations, and other conclusions to gain a better understanding of salvation from both perspectives. According to (Mc.Grath, p.78), the word salvation is referred to as something that has already happened in the past, to something that will happen in the future. Spiritual transformation requires of us what is called dependent responsibility. All the moral commands and exhortations of scripture assume our responsibility. Salvation is deliverance from danger or suffering. The word salvation carries the idea of victory, health, or preservation (www.biblia.com). Salvation can be viewed as a spiritual transformation which the dependency of the Holy Spirit assist in the change of a believers past, self to a vessel of God in the present lives which exemplifies life, deliverance, peace, and a victory won through personal conviction. The victory is one that only Jesus Christ has authority save us which gives believers complete approval to have possession to enter the kingdom of heaven.

The New Testament provides overwhelming support for the notion that heaven is not our final destination, but rather that through resurrection we will transition to our second lives. This idea is contrary to the widely held belief that upon death, the righteous will ascend to heaven

This cycle of death and rebirth s continual throughout the “life” of the Buddhist believer, until their enlightenment is attained, and nirvana occurs. Since Buddha was unable to provide a finality to what occurs to the Buddhist believer, once one has been enlightened, reached nirvana and dies for the last time, salvation is not a necessary occurrence, since a final place of rest is not established. Through the Christian religion, the only way to salvation is to believe that Jesus was born of a virgin, crucified on the cross for our sins and raised by God from the dead (The English Standard Version, Romans 10:9). Through this belief and confession, salvation occurs to the believer in Christianity. This salvation is important to the Christian believer, since there is finality in either Heaven or

Salvation, what is these: in the last couple years of my life I have asked myself what is this “salvation”. I recently converted into protestant christianity more specifically Pentecostalism. I have always wanted to know what is truly salvation; is it just you accepting god, or is it just going to church every sunday. Salvation is actually deeper than that it's a lifestyle, You are probably asking “how is salvation a lifestyle”? First let me tell you the definition first, in the dictionary they define salvation as “Salvation is being saved or protected from harm or being saved or delivered from a dire situation”. The biblical definition is “to save, help in distress, rescue, deliver, set free” a verse that goes with this definition is Titus

In several sectarian bodies today, one will find several different views on how to obtain salvation in Christ. Some of these bodies assert that salvation occurs when one accepts Jesus into his heart and prays to Him for salvation (“How to Become a Christian”). This prevalent

“In the Bible the term 'Salvation' refers to what God has done and is still doing to free humans from sin, sorrow, sickness, death, and the powers of evil. God wants human beings to live as God created them to live in the beginning (Genesis 1,2, Holy Bible). When sin entered the world (Genesis 3, Holy Bible), people needed to 'be saved' from the power that death now had over them.”(Class Notes) In the Christian church we believe that to get Salvation you MUST believe in God and accept him as your LORD and Saviour and be baptized in the Christian church.

The short essay “The Fly”, written by Katherine Mansfield in 1922 paints the picture of an old man who is referred to as the boss, who is still grieving from some sort of tragic event that happened to him. Continuing to read through the story, the narrator goes on to inform the reader that the boss’ son was killed in World War I, and that the boss is still reeling from the death of his son. From a little hinted symbolism we can connect that the fly itself represents the grief that the boss is going through, while the inkwell and life are two of the same, and that the ink blots are the boss’ attempts at trying to fight the grief that has overcome his life for the past six years.

The nature of salvation is seen in a study of the atonement accomplished by God through His Son, Jesus Christ. Throughout the copious sources I read about the doctrine of salvation, soteriology, and the likes, the common theme I found was that salvation is fulfilled through Jesus Christ. There is evidence of this fulfillment in scriptures as well as in different publications on Salvation. Simon Chan states that “ultimate fulfillment of

Soteriology or the Doctrine of Salvation is perhaps the grandest and greatest them in Scripture. If we look at our world it’s easy to see man’s condition in sin. Mankind is completely helpless when the message of salvation is ignored. Our world remains shattered and town by the condition of sin, but God’s gracious rescue plan through salvation and Jesus Christ will redeem us all and provide a solution to man’s problems. () This union with Christ is called the “magical exchange” in which Christ assumes our debts and we inherit his wealth so that nothing (Horton pg.271) “will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Ro 8:39) (Horton pg. 323-324) Let’s visit the different layers of salvation.

Salvation has been the most common term used in our churches today. But, what is salvation? Since I was a child, my parents always taught me that without salvation I was going to hell. Being so young and innocent, I would look at my parents and ask them, what I need to do to be saved. Their answer was simple. Fear God and stay away from sin; I guess that was my parent’s definition of salvation. Just like my parents, everyone has their own definition of salvation, depending on the religion you were brought up with and your faith. As I grew older, I came to realize that salvation not only involved fearing the maker but also salvation refers to being granted eternal life when the Day of Judgment

Bird announced, that in lieu of Adam’s fall, as humanity’s representative, placed man in an escalating cycle of rebellion and [further promoted] a mindset “to do almost anything to avoid worshipping the Creator” (2013, p. 491). This mounting insurrection against God, created a chasm between God and mankind. However, God being just moved to restore and redeem mankind not choosing to leave him estranged and thus offered his son as satisfaction and thus created a restorative bridge (p. 492). Correspondingly, Youngblood clarifies salvation as “deliverance from the power of sin” (2014, p. 1010). Likewise, Berkhof sees salvation as “…restoration, redemption, and renewal …” to return humanity, “created in the image of God [to]…proper relationship” (1958, p. 1).

The hunger for power continues to dominate. The short story “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield demonstrates how power can be abused by symbolizing World War One. The various symbols in this story demonstrate the perspective Mansfield has on the war as well as showing the various point of views. It is important to acknowledge what abusing power can lead to and this story shows it effectively.

Salvation is also a "person or thing that saves." (ibid). Christians believe that Christ is the Salvation or Saviour of the world.