Fahrenheit 451 Week 3 Reading Journal

He appreciated everything Jack’s family had done for him, especially Jack himself. Despite struggles throughout his journey, for example, “That’s why it felt like a nightmare when Joseph, maybe three steps away from the bank, fell through the ice of the Alliance River.” (GS38) As Joseph did go through these problems every once in a while, Jack had some what changed Joseph. During a fight broke out in the gym locker room, Joseph was being ganged up on.

Proceeded to beat David. This shows that Joseph will even harm his own family out of hatred for anything and everything that is deviational, and this is where Joseph’s evil is most apparent in the book.

Those made him think of justice after all years: He wanted to kill Moses and all of teachers who abused him and Mexican kids. However, when he saw his father forgiving a doctor who was the main reason of Joseph’s death, he quit his revenge and excused those teachers.

Joseph’s brothers traveled to Egypt to buy food, and there he revealed himself to his brothers and they apologized to him for what they did to him. Josephs forgave them and sent for his father Jacob and the rest of his

Joseph – one of the greatest heroes of the Bible – a Biblical hero – defined by professor/notes from lecture

There are thousands of stories in the Bible, but one stands out in particular; the story of Joseph. The Hebrew meaning of the name Joseph is “may Jehovah add, give increase.”1 Through the life of Joseph we see God add meaning and purpose to his life, just as God adds meaning and purpose to all our lives. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”2 Joseph obediently followed God’s plans through trials and tribulations whereas many other figures in the Old Testament faltered in their faith. Joseph, son of Jacob, is the single most important human being in the Old Testament because of his impeccable faith to the one true God and his story of forgiveness that set the stage for God’s chosen people.

Asadi also stated The Koran eliminated all claims of Joseph being a Hebrew which appeals on a universal level which was intended to bring all humans to the straight path with God. By not naming any of Joseph's brothers, The Koran focused solely on Joseph, and his faith. The Koran established Joseph as a prophet who exemplified the test of one's true faith. Yet, in "Genesis" Joseph played a crucial role in the heroic magnitude of Christianity, and structure of The Bible. Still Joseph's story in The Bible is nothing more than a tale of forgiveness, or reconciliation.

His job is to give messages, advice, and death. He is a religious person who is narrow minded. However, I believe that Joseph is not a religious person, but uses religion to maintain and gain more power. Countless of times, Joseph is always mentioning the importance of “deviation from the true image is blasphemy.” (Joseph) to let the public hear what they want to hear. It is an effective strategy because humans listen to people that matches their values. An example of this, would be in any election, adults would vote for the candidate who best provide for their needs and wants. Joseph killing babies, abusing his son, and constantly wanting more laws, is so that he will gain more popularity and trust from the community, perfect for gaining more power with wealth. When Joseph finds out about the new deviations in town. He let his fear develop into him and made an irrational decision to learn about telepathy and to kill those who wields it. Joseph is proven to be narrow minded when he made the decision to invade Waknuk without considering the consequences that it may bring. Filled with rage and ignorance, Waknuk begins invading the Fringes, because of fear, they make haste decisions which result in mistakes. This eventually leads to Joseph’s death and the extinction of Waknuk. Joseph Strorm could've prevented practically everything from happening, if he did not let his fears and emotions control him. Fear can either help you or kill

     Living in Waknuk makes it extremely easy to be controlled by your religion. Joseph was a very religious man towards his family

Joseph represents faith as many of the characters do in the Bible. God blessed Joseph with the capacity to excel in every situation. God gave Joseph intelligence and an ability to interpret dreams. All of these blessings were given to Joseph in order for him to save his family from the seven years of famine. The story of Joseph shows how the will of God is done through people and events. The reason the story of Joseph is so significant is because these events lead up to the Hebrew people settling in Goshen. Goshen is where the Israelites reside centuries later where they are oppressed and become slaves of the state. Joseph sets the stage for Moses. Moses rescues the firstborn of God, the Israelites. Moses also provides mankind with the commandments giving people their first laws literally set in

plotting revenge over the years since he last saw his brothers, Joseph is able to develop a

The story of Joseph in the Bible begins with explanations of Joseph’s youth and innocence and how his brothers were jealous of him because he was the “blessed son”. It involves a lot of specifics, like it mentions that Joseph was seventeen years

Joseph had the Spirit of God, he was wise and discerning. He knew what needed to be done in any situation and he did it, he was loyal and God blessed him in all he did.

The Joseph narrative can be found in the book of Genesis chapters 37-50. It is slightly interrupted “by the story of Judah and Tamar (Gen. 38) and by the so-called Blessing of Jacob (Gen. 49:1-28)” (Skinner, 438). The story of Joseph is seen as unique because it has different characteristics than its counterparts in Genesis. Other writings in Genesis seem to be short, brief incidents, about family and tribal affairs. The Joseph narrative, on the other hand, is lengthy in nature “comprising some 300 verses” (Barton & Muddiman, 60). In fact, Joseph is “second only to Moses in the attention given to him in the Torah” (Spring & Shapiro, 260). Some scholars consider the Joseph

One of the inherent conflicts in the story of Joseph is the tension between Joseph and his brothers. The tension between them is caused by both Jacob and Joseph. First, Jacob shows favoritism toward Joseph, because he is the son of his favorite wife Rachel. Second, Joseph brings back bad reports when he is out pasturing with his brothers. However, what truly increased the hatred and jealousy was the Joseph’s dreams. The author notes that when Joseph recounts the dreams, “they hated him even more (Gen. 37:8).” Their jealousy for Joseph is strong enough that they are willing to murder him. However, they decide to instead sell him into slavery, and convince Jacob that he was killed.