Hooper's Secret Sin

The other Wes Moore faced a completely different life experience. Other Wes also struggled through school and never had a strong sense of ambition or aspiration to succeed in life. He later gave into drug dealing pressures at a young age and seemed to have lost all control of his life and his actions. Though his brother Tony had a drastic influence on his decisions, he blamed others for his faults and never took responsibility for his accountabilities. He denied any control over his fate and considered himself a victim due to his occurrences. He lacked any true power and outlook over who he will become and what his future will hold. When it comes to the concept of a vice, Wes Moore made two major mistakes that will follow him for the rest

iv.He discover another way of viewing his problems, to him humans are saved not through their good works but though faith in the promise of God, made possible by the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.

The Fall from Innocence is the loss of one’s innocence, or purity as the result of maturity or newfound knowledge. Mason Cooley, an American aphorist, once said, “Innocence is thought charming because it offers many possibilities for exploitation.” It is very needless to say that innocence is a valuable shield to a person that keeps that person free from sinful acts and evil demeanors. John Knowles exploits the archetype of the Fall from Innocence to show Finny’s reaction

The book of Proverbs 28:13 says ,“Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.” This quote explains that anyone who keeps in their sin will continue to guilt and torture themselves by doing so. Hawthorne uses many different forms of imagery and allusions to show the significance of hidden sin. The reader can see how Hawthorne uses sin to change his character's physical and mental state. There were three characters he changed throughout the book: Arthur Dimmesdale, Hester Prynne, and Roger Chillingworth.

unfounded joy and a faith in the absence of hope, he is intent on winning the spiritual battle, even if

His aunt is really excited about him joining the church community: “my aunt spoke of it days ahead”. With his aunt at the church, young Hughes gets sat in the front of the church and with the entire congregation looking at him and the other kids that were getting ready to be saved. One by one they all experience God and His divine touch up to the point where only Hughes is left sitting on the bench. After some more time, he decides that he would rather loose his belief in God and lie about his presence than to keep everyone else waiting and looking at him. He lies and gets up and moves to the “saved” side. By lying and pleasing the society, we find out the effect that this has on the congregation: “the whole room broke in a sea of shouting, as they saw me rise”[pg. 181].

In today’s society, forgiveness is sometimes a touchy subject. Some believe forgiveness is not necessary, while others follow the belief in the Bible, “forgive and forget.” However one looks at this subject, forgiveness can be difficult in certain instances, especially between a coach and his players. When conflicts arise between these two subjects, there are instances when forgiveness can take years, sometimes many years. In the book, Bleachers, the author, John Grisham, shows the reader the inside of this quest. The main characters, Neely Crenshaw and Eddie Rake, battle inner conflict as they struggle through ambivalence toward one another. Neely, the All-American football player returns home after 15 years when he discovers his coach is

In most people's lives, there comes a point in time where their perception changes abruptly; a single moment in their life when they come to a sudden realization. In Langston Hughes' 'Salvation', contrary to all expectations, a young Hughes is not saved by Jesus, but is saved from his own innocence.

In the novel, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, he shows many different characters each dealing with their own separate sins. These sins cause them to have feelings of guiltiness for much of their lives. Each of these characters attempt to deal with their sins in varying degrees of success. Eventually these characters do end up atoning for their sins but not after going through several walls to get there. What he tries to show with these characters is that their situations are similar, if not the exact same as people living in Afghanistan today.

In most people's lives, there comes a point in time where their perception changes abruptly; a single moment in their life when they come to a sudden realization. In Langston Hughes' "Salvation", contrary to all expectations, a young Hughes is not saved by Jesus, but is saved from his own innocence.

All of these things show his self-improvement, his strength for working on his problems alone and trying to get salvation in ways he can be proud of after, being able to say he made himself a better person.

Finally, in his later years, he comes to understand that Heaven brings the process to an

That declaration expresses just enough regret that he seems more moral than his wife, the murderer – but the tone is not the true horror one would expect upon hearing of the premediated assassination of an innocent girl, but resignation. He indirectly passes

A hero, in its simplest form, is an individual who displays valor in the face of adversity, and sacrifices his or her own personal interests to promote the greater good of others. Although Monkey exhibits the former very often throughout “The Monkey’s Story”, he is severely lacking in the latter. He constantly emphasizes his self-importance and his undeniable superiority over both his lowly monkey subjects and the divine beings of Heaven, including the Jade Emperor. If the first definition provided for “hero” is the only one to be considered, Monkey most definitely does embody the archetype of the hero, but with the second included, he no longer does so. Another important idea to establish is that Monkey,

“I’m done listening. I open my eyes. I’m not going to forgive. Someone has murdered my parents and left them underneath the cold sky and thought they got away with it. They were wrong” (Henry 42).