The book, Studies in Galatians, by Tom Wacaster was an excellent study and very well put together. I felt he did a great job gathering others together to elaborate on some of the main points from this book. From the beginning, the author let you know, in the introduction a specific direction he was aiming toward even though the introduction seem to be a bit long. However, after I looked at it upon completion of reading, I appreciated it more than when I read it the first time. When you take second look, it made me understand the reading better. Moreover, the flow of the book was well organized, with the outline of the whole book coming after the introduction, and the remainder of the book broken down verse-by-verse, which brings the …show more content…
Nevertheless, the first chapter ends with a surprise to me when Wacaster places endnotes very precisely seemingly as a way to not forget anyone along the way.
Next, as we graduate to Chapter Two, I’m guilty of looking for those quotes by men. The book has almost become predictable, yet bearable. I don’t know if it was by design, but those quotes or writings Wacaster would interject in this book were a breath of fresh air. They seem to go outside the box unlike the writer. I have to give him a lot of credit for assembling a great team and making this book very interesting.
In addition, I noticed Wacaster would take a time out and take notice of some very important facts about what was just written, which was also very helpful in making this book better to understand. This was done in outline form to make more sense of what was just read and lets me know as a reader of his material that he sincerely wants readers to understand what they are reading. Perhaps, it could be to that he was honing a very elite skilled that he picked up from the Brown Trail School of Preaching known as sermon outlines. However, something else that stuck out with me from Chapter Two is “The Riddle of Having Been Crucified With Christ.” This riddle uncharacteristically has four points similarly to a sermon outline, which I can truly say was very well thought out and put together. I intend on including the four-point riddle in my future
In his book, Studies in Galatians, Tom Wacaster addresses a very vital need: to provide common-level, sound commentaries of the Bible. Books such as this are very beneficial, as they assist an “average” member of the church to expand their understanding of God’s word. This, as Wacaster stated himself, was his goal in writing this very commentary. “If [Studies in Galatians] serves to give just one precious soul a better understanding of this wonderful letter…then it will have been worth the time spent in preparing and publishing” (3, 4). Wacaster has surely accomplished this worthy objective and more with this valuable book.
Throughout the novel, the author, Barbara Kingsolver, uses various stylistic devices to create complex, symbolic, and significant literature that is also rich in meaning. In the assigned passage, Kingsolver incorporates several literary devices to capture the audience’s attention and leave them with something to think about post reading.
He was moved and sent to a group with much older kids. Once again the author chose to use uniqueness along with perseverance and smarts to allow the reader to return the basic elements displayed in the book. The sentence should cause the reader to relapse into the ideas of ‘how does this relate to the previous scenes and what could cause a change?’. Given the fact that Ender is a young child, the use of the previously listed elements are amplified as the main character is forced to experience trials different than
As I was reading this book I notice he really goes into detail about the people in his life by using Quotes that they say that describe who they are.
One thing that really stuck out to me in this book is where he says “racists are not the pipe smoking type.” The reason this quote really stood out to me is that it’s such a blatant stereotype on the author’s behalf. His whole idea is to see the other side of racism. An issue with racism is the belief of stereotypes. His own use of stereotypes makes him seem less credible.
“I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
Flat characters, such as Daisy, shape the audience’s perspective on her and how she feels repressed; moreover this shows how Daisy is beginning to retaliate and express her true emotions which symbolizes the beginning of modern day feminism. Daisy’s strong emotions culling Gatsby shows that she wants to live with Gatsby for the sake of her own happiness. Warranted by the time when Daisy was at Gatsby’s house surrounded by his shirts, Daisy starts to cry and says, “They’re such beautiful shirts”, (pg 98 para. 2). Demonstrative of Daisy regretting something from her past, her reaction to the shirts shows that she may think that it is late for her and Gatsby to have a relationship. Furthermore, Daisy’s indecisiveness shows that many women had
The art of quoting and summarizing an argument is one of the main skills to acquire when it comes to writing a successful piece of work. In the book, They Say I Say the art of inserting quotations is mentioned to be one of the highest mistakes made by writers. Many insert a quote that has no frame of introduction or background information which is considered a “hit and run quote.” Readers need to be able to comprehend not only the writings, but the background information and quotes from another author writing in order to have the whole work cohesive. Dire necessity for the writer is to go back to the initial text and truly understand the background from which they are quoting to make sure their audience understands the quote and why
This book was filled with passages and quotes that made a lasting impression on me not only for the content they contained but also the way that they were written. One passage that really stuck with me was the bottom passage on pages 202-203. This passage left an impression on me for many reasons but mainly because it described such violent events that happened in Chicago that I never knew about which was quite a wake up call. I did not even know that race riots ever happened in Chicago and to find out that they were as violent and deadly as they were shocked me quite a bit. Now a days, I never hear anyone talking about the race riots that happened in Chicago which is surprising because by looking back at those times in our history it shows how much our society has grown and improved. These race riots changed the course of Chicago's history which is why it is surprising to me that I have never even heard of them before.
Barry, John D. James: Simply the Gospel. Not Your Average Bible Study. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2014.
Furthermore, Hughes uses the rhetorical device of allusion when he writes about his aunt’s bringing him to the church for a special meeting. When he writes, “Then just before the revival ended, they held a special meeting for children, ‘to bring the young lambs to the fold’’’ (1), he attempts to correlate his invitation to salvation to a Biblical parable. Along with his reference to the Bible, he conveys the church member’s excitement with vivid imagery. He illustrates the church’s setting as being infuse with “all moans and shouts and lonely cries and dire pictures of hell”, and he also describes the preacher’s sermon as a “wonderful rhythmical sermon” (3). Conjointly, Hughes presents imagery of the churchgoers and alludes to a Biblical story in order to demonstrate the magnitude of the religious enthusiasm of the members of the church.
While reading this book I found myself making notes on how I disagree with certain topics but I didn’t realize until I was about half way through that there were many good points made. Some of the good points I did notice can be found in every chapter
The writer composes the story from the perspective of an analyst. She alludes to occasions later on, facts, and information that no character could have known in the setting of the story. Incorporated into the content are genuine quotes said or composed by the general population she expounds on, including the primary character. She utilizes an extremely objective voice, giving successive analysis of distinctive individuals' outlook and continually alluding to insights to demonstrate her point. Since the book does not focus on the point of view of any single character, it peruses more like a news article than a story, which frequently exhausting its groups of readers. Accordingly, Hillenbrand's written work style once in a while obstructs the correspondence of her thoughts because she regularly includes actualities, quotes and investigation in the book; it usually bores audience on the grounds that it peruses more like a news article instead of a
One of the things that really stood out to me was near the end of the book, where Dr. Wilson spoke about struggles and distress. He mentioned that God will comfort us amidst our distress. What makes this so great is
The Great Gatsby presents different social groups to embody and transmit the idea that each class has it’s own problems to prevail over and unhappiness transcends over all the social classes. The problems in each group, despite the social stratification, reveal the instability of the world they live in. The three classes are old money, new money, and no money in which all three believe their own rules of survival in society and enforce boundaries between social classes. Fitzgerald uses the similarities between the poor and the rich to reinforce his opinion and his characterization of the upper class.