Elijah Pierson Sparknotes

“Harrison Bergeron, “a short story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., takes place in a totalitarian society where everyone is equal through handicaps forced on them by the government. Harrison, the main character, attempts to save the broken society, but ultimately fails to change anything. Vonnegut uses Harrison as a Christ figure in his novel ironically, to make a statement about our own society today and how we are blind to many political things happening around us. These ideas can be explored through analyzing Thomas Foster’s novel How to Read Literature like a Professor.

Fledgling is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl, whose alarming unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion. She is in fact a genetically modified, 53 year old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, at the same time learn who wanted and still wants to destroy her and those she cares for. This is a very interesting parable that tests the limits of otherness and questions what it means to be truly human.

Picture a society, far in the future, where everyone, by government control, must be on the same level. Would this be Hell or a utopia? This is the subject of Kurt Vonnegut’s short story, “Harrison Bergeron”. In this society, the gifted, strong, and beautiful are required to wear multiple handicaps of earphones, heavy weights, and hideous masks. In turn, these constraints leave the world equal, or arguably devoid of, from brains to brawn to beauty. With the constant push for equality among all people, Vonnegut reveals a world that society is diligently working toward. “Harrison Bergeron” is written as a form of satire with heavy irony, to demonstrate the clear difference between equity and equality in society. “Harrison Bergeron” is

The Troubled Man Louie Zamperini a name that should go down in history. Louie could run a mile in 4:07.9 (indoors). He survived 47 days lost at sea, on a raft with 2 other people. He also survived 4 POW camps. In the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Louie Zamperini appears to be very determined and resourceful.

SHOCKING!! Never before read when you read about how a boy’s creation coming to life. David Almond’s book Clay, tells an unusual story about a quiet, young boy named Davie, who was forced to reach beyond his comfort zone. The characters within and throughout the book Clay was. Davie (Main Character), Davie’s best friend Geordie Craggs , Stephen Rose, Father O’Mahoney, Clay, Crazy Mary, Miss Doonan, Annie, Davie’s Father, Lass, France Malone, Biddy Hell, Maria, Geordie’s sister Noreen, Connemara, Mebbe, Billy, Vera, Martian Mould, Miss O’Malley, Brent, and Noah. The book takes place in the English North Countryside. Which explains the way people in the story talk.

The book also focuses on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Jesus discusses those that are blessed and why they are blessed and also the kingdom of heaven. Jesus discusses faith-community and what is required of disciples including reconciliation with others. The book discusses Jesus and his righteousness. Jesus gives instructions in dealing with those who cause harm to is folowers and believers. The book addresses the question as to whether to literally or figuratively take the commands of Jesus.

People began to reject an entirely patriarchal society, and adopted new ideas in regards to domesticity. However, Matthews wanted to ensure that women remained inferior to men in his kingdom. American life during the early nineteenth century in Matthew’s New York area was soon controlled by Matthias’ attitude towards gender. He openly displayed the fury he felt as a result of this feminist movement, and as a result of women being granted too much power in the 1830s. Matthias handled his anger in brutal ways. Johnson and Wilentz explain, “[a]gainst the Finneyites' feminized spirituality of restraint Smith and Matthias (each in his own way) resurrected an ethos of fixed social relations and paternal power. Yet as they saw things, they were defenders of ancient truth against the perverse claims of arrogant, affluent, and self-satisfied enemies of God. And a majority of those Americans who were exposed to Finneyite evangelicalism apparently shared their anti-Finneyite views, if not their spiritual inventions and revelations” (Johnson and Wilentz, 80). Defending the “ancient truth”, or in other words, conservative Old-Testament views was of the utmost importance to Matthews and

Once they joined Matthias moved his kingdom from the city to the Folgers estate in Sing Sing to run his kingdom from there and named it Mount Zion. Once at Mount Zion Matthias once again making new rules for his follower is started to create problems within his kingdom. He arranged all the women to do house work while he assigned all the males to do garden work for the kingdom and to self-sustain themselves. The most shocking of those new rules was the matching of spirits where Matthias himself said his spirit matched Ann Folgers and they needed to be together through marriage. Reluctantly Ann’s husband Benjamin agreed and Matthias and Ann married. Elijah Pierson at an advance stage of life ended up dying in Mount Zion, to which later newspapers considered it as a story that they could easily sell by projecting Matthias as a fraud to the public. Americans reacted to such crimes “hoping to support their conflicting views respecting humankind, God, and the United States of America” (Johnson & Wilentz pg. 150). Many newspapers had evaluated why Matthias was guilty possibly of fraud or maybe innocent because he was mentally ill, they all tied it to what was going in the country through the Second Great

In James Baldwin’s 1952 novel “Go Tell It On The Mountain” the characters in the novel each embark on a spiritual journey. Baldwin has dedicated a chapter to each member of the Grimes family, detailing their trails and tribulations, hopes and aspirations, as each one’s quest to get closer to God becomes a battle. I have chosen the character John because I admire the fierce struggle he endured to find his spirituality. I will examine how he’s embarked on his quest and prove that he has done it with integrity and dignity.

important and who are wondering how Jesus fits into history of the Jewish people. This problems means that Matthew’s community was largely Jewish Christian and needed to be reassured that being a Christian did not separate then from the Jewish heritage.

Beare, Francis Wright. "Mission of the Disciples and the Mission Charge: Matthew 10 and Parallels." Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 89, no. 1, Mar. 1970, pp. 1-13.

Shortly after the end of WWII, British Intelligence officer Hugh Trevor-Roper was given the task to establish the facts of Hitler's end, and thereby to prevent the growth of a myth. His report, later published as “The Last Days of Hitler”, draws on Allied intelligence's interrogations of survivors who spent time in the bunker during the last ten days of Hitler's life. Trevor-Roper organizes his book chronologically, but it's more a series of character sketches than a strict time line of events. We see a raving, physically broken, nearly insane Hitler contemplating both his heroic death and the complete and

The plot summary is about a man named Saul who was courageous in battle. He was a generous king. Early in his reign he was admired and respected by the people. However, his life turned into a tragedy for one reason. Saul did not trust in God. Saul and his servant had just left the Land of Benjamin because they were in search for Saul’s father asses. Saul had figured that they could not find them and wanted to turn back to tell his father, but his servant suggested otherwise. The servant had suggested that they go see a well-known prophet in the city of Israel. So instead they venture off to the city of Israel and encountered the prophet.

The point of this assignment is to discuss the passage chosen, as well as information regarding the historical/cultural background of the passage and applying it to my life as a human being. It is also important that I apply this information on the passage to the Christian life or church ministry. The passage I have chosen for this assignment is from Matthew chapters 5-7 and is labeled “The Sermon on the Mount”. The Sermon on the Mount is the longest and most prominent of the five discourses of Jesus in Matthew. The whole point of the Sermon on the Mount was to show people who converted to Christianity how to live. It is to show how Christians should live in their actions, words, thoughts, and others ways of life. With that being said, this way of life was preached by Jesus Christ as he “went up on the mountain” to deliver his powerful message. The information for this passage is in, of course, the bible and our textbook “Encountering the New Testament”, as well as many other resources on the web that are related to the bible and passage.

The direct teachings of Jesus give instructions of how to live as Christians and the Parables were used in the Gospel to immediately confront us with a truth and evoke a change. (Fee & Stuart,2003, p. 152). The five major discourses of Matthew’s Gospel are centred around five lengthy Sermons using parables to make a point and call the people to make a change.