Atonement Theory In Elie Wiesel's Night

At the beginning of McKibben, he starts off with a personal anecdote with his vasectomy and justifies why he got the surgery. After he has justified himself, he counter argues himself as if he were having a debate with

In the classic novel, “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, by Ken Kesey, the character of Randle McMurphy is portrayed as a Christ figure. This is shown through multiple acts done by him and around him. One aspect of McMurphy that makes him a Christ-figure is his overall attitude and demeanor when he enters the ward for the first time. Another way McMurphy is shown as a Christ-figure is when he goes on the fishing trip with 12 of his now closest friends. A third way McMurphy is shown as a Christ-figure is when he has a last meal with all his friends before he dies. The final way McMurphy is shown as a Christ-figure is in his final sacrifice for the idea of rebellion.

3. Krakauer argues in Chapter 14 that McCandless’s death was unplanned and was a terrible accident (134). Does the book so far support that position? Do you agree with Krakauer? Why or why not?

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

Sacrifice comes in from many different ways, and for many different desires. In the book Night, by Elie Wiesel, the novel gives the readers the experience of the time during World War Two, when the Holocaust was occurring. Never seen his mother and sisters again, he goes on this strenuous and relentless journey in Auschwitz, along with his father, where they both endure through the true harsh trial of the Holocaust. During this grim time, people sacrifice themselves for those they love because sacrifice express love as its strongest, shows loyalty to others, and speaking out for others is shown as a sign of kindness.

One thing he said was “But I believe we were similarly affected by the skewed relationships we had with our fathers. And I suspect we had a similar intensity, a similar heedlessness, a similar agitation of the soul.” Him and Chris had similar experiences with their harsh fathers, they also shared the same hatred of conformity and society. Krakauer really does understand McCandless better than anyone else could because of all these things. You may not believe that Chris was courageous or intellectual, but it’s hard to deny the relationship between him and Krakauer.

I have begun reading Night by Elie Wiesel. This novel is about the events that Elie Wiesel endured as a teenager and harrowing truths about the holocaust. The first chapter was quickly paced and straightforward. A major part of Eli’s day was studying. A man Elie meets named Moishe the Beadle begins to cause him to question his faith and why he prays. The man is definitely different and this later causes the community to miss a warning sign of their impending doom. Moishe the Beadle is a foreign jew and is taken away months earlier than the other jews. He witnesses and miraculously survives a mass murder of foreign jews by faking dead. After returning to Sighet he attempt to warn the residents of what happened but no one believed him. This is important because at this time there were still visas available but since no one could fathom the idea of an attack on a whole population that included millions no one listened. Eli thinks, “Annihilate an entire people? Wipe out a population dispersed throughout so many nations? So many millions of people! By what means?” (8) I liked this explanation in the book because most holocaust books brush over the reason of not leaving when they sensed conflict besides fear and this seemed much more logical in the fact that it does appear to be unbelievable.

Though every period of time, people often find themselves looking for a savior. While most people turn for Jesus Christ or other religious figures, in the novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey, the patients of a strictly-run psychiatric ward turn to Randal Patrick McMurphy. Kesey uses McMurphy to create a Christ Figure, or a character that shows allusions to Christ, in his work. Despite being a patient, McMurphy finds a way to stand out as a Christ Figure through having his individual thoughts and actions, rather than shrinking himself to what the ward wants him to be.

From early on in his career, Ian McEwan has proved himself to be a novelist very much interested in the morals of individuals, often positioning himself to explore diverse moral questions and dilemmas that human beings are challenged with, as conveyed clearly in his metafiction novel, Atonement.

Thomas J. Jambeck describes Everyman as a Bernadine humanism work, a work in which a man acts as “an active agent in the work of his own redemption” (109). William Munson echoes this idea, writing that Bernadine humanism gives emphasis to a person's motive, which is the reason why a person acts the way he does (252). Both authors agree that if knowledge is what a person uses to influence his or her actions, then good works in Everyman become the play’s central theme. Knowing what to do and doing it are necessary to accomplish good works (Munson 257-58). Everyman shows the importance of Knowledge and Good Deeds acting together when he plurally addresses them when he says, "now friends, let us not part in twain" (Line 651). Good works become the result of the two working together. Since man has fallen after Adam and Eve's original sin, Murdow William McRae argues that a true Christian must "cooperate with grace; that is, he must live well in the life of grace in order to achieve heaven" (723). This statement implies that good works save people from hell and allow them to dwell eternally with God.

This paper will address God, Humanity, Jesus, Restoration, Analysis and Reflection. The debate, research, questions, and conclusions of the existence of God has been happening for thousands of years. Great minds have pondered Him and His Word, the Bible. There have been different opinions and worldviews about God, His Son Jesus Christ and Heaven. Not everyone agrees on any particular view. Humanity has never been the same since the Fall in the Garden of Eden. Some love, some hate. Others are kind, others kill. Jesus was sent to restore mankind’s relationship with God. To be the perfect sacrificial lamb in order for humankind to be saved and spend eternity in Heaven with God. The only way to achieve peace in the

The three parts of the book complement each other and strengthen the knowledge of the book. In the book, Butler communicates his great biblical knowledge of Hell, judgment, and holy war. Because Butler possesses so much knowledge, he effectively disproves that Hell, judgment, and holy war are “skeletons in God’s closet.” He, instead, proves that Hell, judgment, and holy war are three of the many reasons why God is good. I would encourage anyone who is not a Christian to read this book because many people are not Christians because they cannot grasp the issues of Hell, judgment, and holy war. The questions at the end of the book are especially helpful because many people look to the “smallest cracks” of Christianity as an excuse for not being a Christian. This book would also be very useful to pass out to prisoners. As I have seen on “60 Days In,” prisoners like to read a lot. In chapter 10, Butler recounts when Jesus says that when we treat the lowest people like we treat Him, a sinful action towards someone is a sinful action towards Jesus. This revelation could cause many unsaved prisoners to see the errors of their ways, repent, and convert to Christianity. While some may consider the phrase “raping Jesus” to be harsh, it is an eye-opening statement and

McCullough’s first point is about one’s character and how his or her character affects his destiny. He explains that “We are not just know by our failings...We are known by being

The Holocaust changed the lives of many. Those that survived have many terrifying stories to tell. Many survivors are too horrified to tell their story because their experiences are too shocking to express in words. Eli Wiesel overcomes this fear by publicly relaying his survival of the Holocaust. "Night", his powerful and moving story, touches the hearts of many and teaches his readers a great lesson. He teaches that in a short span of time, the ways of the world can change for the worst. He wants to make sure that if the world didn't learn anything from hearing about the atrocities of the Holocaust, maybe they'll be able to learn something from Elie's own personal experience. Usually, a person can internalize a situation better

Ian McEwan's novel Atonement is a story about two lovers separated by the second World War, although published 60 years after the fact in the year 2001. The story is a postmodern novel that features an unreliable narrator, the protagonist Briony, and therefore the entirety of the novel is questionable. Uses of other texts within Atonement aid in the foreshadowing of the story as well as developing an understanding of the plot as well as considering parallels to other literature.