Essay : Chapter 1

Seconds later, Booker’s tranquil face came into view and he managed a tense smile. “Sorry,” he mumbled, his cheeks flaming with embarrassment. He felt like a fool because he knew both Booker and Levine were trying to help him, but he was struggling to control the fear that was steadily rising, making it difficult for him to breathe.

Why do we speak of ‘basic” rather than “primitive” religions? We speak of basic religion because basic religion came from prehistory or are practiced in remote places. And elements of the basic religions are found to some degree in all religions. Basic religions represent the majority of the total religious experience of humankind. While primitive religion carries with it connotations of being backward, simple, even childlike. Christian or Muslim or Jew may tend to look down on these religions as being superstitious, uncivilized, or even savage. The term is misleading in suggesting that the religions of those peoples are somehow less complex than the religions of "advanced" societies.

The door glided open to reveal the rest of the room. A mother sat in bed, holding her newborn baby in her arms. She smiled as if everything were right in the world.

​“Mr. Exeter, I believe you did not know about Junior’s conditions for the past few months. Junior is diagnosed with…” Dr. McCoy remarked.

Long ago, at a small village next to Roc-A-Fella peaks, there lived three young boys. Jermaine, Nas, and Kendrick. Kendrick was a descendant of the lightning district of the village, Nas was born and raised in the fire district, and Jermaine was a simple village boy who grew crops and raised cattle. Ever since the village was established it was divided into four main groups. The fire district, the lightning district, the village folk, and the All Mighty’s. Mostly all lived in peace until one day.

EMILY is a small commercial vessel operated as a passenger launch and skippered charter vessel in and around Port Fraser Harbour.

Huntington had been on my wanna see list for awhile now and any excuse to make the drive to Pike County for a weekend is a plus for me. Watching these teams during warm ups, I could tell as could anyone who was watching could tell, that Huntington definitley passed the looks test. The were big, looked strong and was really fast.

Awakening is based on a true story of a neurologist named Oliver Sacks; he was portrayed by Dr. Malcom Sayer that was played by Robin Williams. He is a neurologist who moved to a new institution in 1969 and was able to make a miracle to some patients who were catatonic. A boy named Leonard showed at the first, it was confusing since nobody knew what was happening to him. His hand kept on twitching and being stiff, he couldn’t write properly because of that.

I was sore everywhere. I could barely move. The doctor runs inside moving his fingers in front of my face. I follow them then blink a couple of times.

“Oh sorry mother I’m just nervous. I really hope…” Terry began but then a nurse with ruby red hair and glistening blue eyes tapped him on the shoulder. She told them that Terry’s father was in critical but stable condition. They would also have to wait a couple of hours. Those hours were the most miserable hours of Terry’s life. Finally, the same nurse came back and invited Terry and his mom to see their father.

Droplets rippled the newly formed puddle, a flurry of mist skimmed down the canvas umbrella as the Bessons reached the steps… and still, he watched. Hands grappled at her arms pulling her urgently into Delivery Room A. Hours later the couple beam over their newborns. “What about names?”, inquired the nurse, “ Eugene after his grandfather, and Myra after my mother.” she replied as the Bessons became locked in each others gaze. The moment was perfect… and still, he watched. The young babies’ hospital stay was prolonged a short while by cause of a small sickness… and he planned. As their time tallied to nearly a week, he took action. Moving swiftly under the dimness of the hour the figure swept in and out of the hospital in a premeditated

The hospice nurse kept Phoebe comfortable and free of pain. On the days she felt energetic, she only wanted to visit with Amelia, our daughter. They played together for hours until one or both of them collapsed from exhaustion. Then they would sleep, Amelia curled up next to her mother. When Phoebe slept, Amelia would lie beside her holding her hand watching the rise and fall of her chest.

1. Do you agree that the Bible is a divine-human book? Why or why not?

“And, as for Abellona, since she was a child of the village, and since some of the people of the village felt that she was under Alcina’s control. She was given a chance to repent, or face her own form of corporal punishment.

“Righty then, let’s take a looksy,” the doctor said slowly, his tools making clinking noises in Gerald’s brain that resonated in his ears. When he heard the sound of moving flesh, he winced involuntarily.