Moment Of Grace Analysis

George, the father, didn’t like everyone around him changing but dep down inside, he was changing as well. His wife left him because she started to feel things that he just couldn’t give her. Although, when George saw how beautiful his wife was in the court room he himself saw change. He saw change in how he feels towards his wife, she used to be the woman that cooked and cleaned. In that court room he began to feel love, once he began to feel that he had begun to realize how much better it was to be able to feel things like that. When he began to feel love for his wife, that is one instance where George was staying true to the feelings inside of him. Not caring what everyone around him thought, he did it for himself, because he wanted to feel

Martin, not necessarily by choice, lived a simple life for many years. As he was finally given the ability to make requests, his life became less simple; however, he remained extremely grateful for all that was given to him. In a relatively short time-span, Martin achieved more than many do in an entire lifetime, but remained humble about it all. He also gives away what he has to offer--his story. By sharing his story, he is bringing awareness to many problems in the healthcare system. He did not have to take the time to write a book and share his story, he did it because he is a good person who wants to help spread his story to stop something similar from happening to someone else.

Tracy Rimes, a young high school student, had been horribly injured in a car wreck. His mother, also an EMT, is there, along with several other volunteer fire fighters. His sister is there too. She is only a year younger than Tracy and attends school with her. Tracy’s father is there, who was once the chief of the department. The location of the accident is Jabowski’s corner, which is named after the family who owns the farm at that bend of the road. He goes into precise details of the scene, pulling you into the story and leaves the imprint of just how close this community is. “… she is delicate, and frightened, and conscious, and most of all, she is one of us.”(p. 12). Everyone is somehow, someway connected with one another in this small town. When tragedy strikes, these people can set aside their differences, team up and come together as a community, for their community. Michael is doing the same line of work as he did while he was gone, only now he does it with meaning and with passion. The constant is doing what he loves, the difference is doing it for “his people” and in the place he belongs.

In two sides of the same heart, there is a story about a mother who was talking to the person who killed her son at a party. Oshea who killed Mary's son, Laramiun, did not want to originally talk to her about killing her son when he was in prison. Mary said, "You took my son Laramiun's life, and I needed to know why." The way that she was so persistent in meeting Oshea and the way that she wanted to gain that closer of her sons passing was inspiring, because even when Oshea did not want to speak with her he eventually came around and talked to her about killing her son. When Mary talks about the moment that she realized she forgave Oshea for killing her son was amazing. The way that she described how it felt, it makes you want to forgive anybody

Often, we think of older people as being smarter, wiser, and generally more mature, but this is not always the case. Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger gives a number of examples that shatter this generalization, offering an alternative to age as the primary factor in one’s level of maturity. Ordinary Grace shows how maturity is a result of circumstance and does not necessarily correlate with age.

Countless more scenarios cross Julian’s mind, but none of them would deceive his mother more than the last one. “Instead, he approached the ultimate horror. He brought home a beautiful suspiciously Negroid woman” (O’Connor 634). By describing dating a black woman as an “ultimate horror,”, Julian reveals through his thoughts his inner snob, a trait he obviously acquired from being around his mother.

Sarah once asked her children on a Thanksgiving Day, “Has anyone of you thanked God? Really thanked Him?” (29). At first, Sarah fearfully respects God, because she already knows that her prosperity that she has today is going to be taken by God eventually. Sarah’s true temperament is not truly revealed after the death of her five children. “Has death no meaning? Pain no meaning?”, Sarah questioned J.B (109). Sarah is bitter and angry at God, because she does not expect God to take away her loved ones that fast. She even becomes more depressed and hopeless when J.B is still faithful to God at this point. At the end of Scene Eight when Mrs. Murphy said, “And he’s alone now”, implying the leaving of Sarah for her own good. Sarah is an example of fake piety that is fallen after an astonishing punishment.

A Grace Disguised written by Jerry Sittser, is one of the most heart felt and transparent books I have ever read. The idea that our purpose and who we are is shaped through our suffering and loss, puts one in perspective to understand that our pain lies a blessing, even at times we don't understand. Jerry Sittser, a husband, son, and father of four is a true witness to what its like to experience loss and even feel hopelessness in times of despair. In the fall of 1991, him and his families lives were changed forever. Driving back home from a Native American reservation in rural Idaho, an incoming car driving extremely reckless and fast, jumped its lane and smashed head-on into their families mini-van. Rescuing his daughter Catherine and two sons David and John, Jerry Sittser had to endure seeing the lives of his wife Lynda, mother Grace, and four year old daughter Diane flash before his eyes (Sittser, 1998 pg. 26). Three generations instantly gone without any signs or warnings. Letters of comfort that was sent by mail frequently asked Jerry the question, “Why did this have to happen to your family? Y'all were the ideal family to model. If bad things can happen to good people like the Sittser’s then we’re all in trouble (Sittser, 1998 pg. 30).” In this book Jerry Sittser highlights many different aspects of how to differentiate our view of loss from both a carnal and spiritual perspective. Yes, its no debate that loss is a terrifying and dreadful event to experience, but

Even though his mother is horrifically racist, Julian’s thoughts reveal to the reader that he is no better than she is. He even fantasizes about how he could terrify his mother by marrying a black women. O 'Connor writes, “Instead, he approached the ultimate horror. He brought home a beautiful suspiciously Negroid woman. Prepare yourself, he said,” (10). The lengths Julian goes to degrade his mother say more about him than they do about her. His criticism of her racism identifies him as a complete hypocrite.

The topic for this ISP is the gender inequality within Atwood's "Alias Grace." This inequality was exemplified through Simon Jordan and Grace Marks' personal recounts of nineteenth century Ontario's patriarchal society. Subsequently, the book uses the disadvantageous aspects of being a women, as they were often became the victim of sexuality, social class, and reputation, to be the main force behind most significant events within the story.

The final comment of the story seams to be showing a change in misfits' life. Misfit seams to be thinking about goodness and probably thinking that evil is not the answer to the problems in his life. The story shows us that a lot of people are evil, but when they are in trouble they will think of god, as grandma did in the story. At the end of the story Misfit regrets killing grandma, and says that "she would have been a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life. (O' Connor 318)." The story is trying to tell us that do not flight all the time and be evil, because you never know what may happen to one. O' Connor is trying to tell us that every man has good and evil in him, but some time we only see one side of them and forget that they have another side as well. The final comment of the story implies that even though misfit seams evil, there still might be some goodness in him. Misfit has gone thorough so many challenges in his life that have made him this way, because he has no faith.

Julian’s character sees himself as better than his mom; he “in spite of all her foolish views” was “free of prejudice” (279). His perception of his mother is a foolish, prejudice, and prideful woman. While he, on the other hand, is so glad that he didn’t turn out like his judgmental mother. After his mother loses her life because of her pride, he loses his and enters “into the world of guilt and sorrow”

It is hypothesized that the the GRACE score is accurate in the acute phase and over the longer term assessment for prognostic risk stratification of post-AMI patients. In the research article which was conducted in 2010 (28), 154 patients were studied, 53% female, 46% defined in admission as infarction without ST elevation and the others as unstable angina. The time between the onset of symptoms and initial treatment had a median of 4.6 hours. The median GRACE score was 117 whereas the TIMI score presented a median of 3. 105 patients underwent coronary angiography during hospitalization and 97 of these did so as part of an invasive stratification strategy. The remaining 8 patients underwent coronary angiography after positive scintigraphy for ischemia as part of selective invasive strategy. The GRACE score has shown a greater prognostic value (26,27,28). This study had limitation such as,

Grace, an important theme to O'Connor, is specified to both The Grandmother and The Misfit, suggesting that even people like the grandmother and The Misfit have the likelihood to be saved by God. The grandmother, motivated by the Misfit’s wish to know for sure what Jesus did and did not do, experiences a instant of grace when her head momentarily clears and she calls out, “Why you’re one of my babies. You’re one of my own children!” (1,053). The Misfit is not factually the grandmother’s child; but this quote expresses her bewilderment she is experiencing. She sees her son Bailey as The Misfit because he is wearing Bailey’s shirt. Her comment about The Misfit seems unsuitable, but this is truly the grandmother’s most well-spoken moment in the story. She has clearness and, more importantly, sympathy. God has granted her grace just before she dies. The Misfit, too, is open to grace at this moment. He demanded earlier, “It’s no real

Julian shows anger and disproof of his mother throughout the whole story, eve though he may be just as judgmental as his mother, but because he thinks he accepts them he still feels better about himself. His mother talks about how she had gotten him through college, and straightened his teeth to make sacrifices for him; but Julian doesn't see that the same way. He's mother see's him as successful, and in all honesty he is not. He sells typewriters so he is just a common worker nothing high and powerful. He continuously imagines himself in his families old mansion, but still more accepting then his family. He mentions that he has a “first rate education at a third rate college” which shows how he clearly wasn't superior due to his schooling. He wasn't a professional at all.