The Exaltation of Inanna reads as an ode filled with several flatteries given to Inanna in the same way a child flatters a mother before asking for a piece of candy. Enheduanna immediately addresses Inanna after describing Inanna’s beauty and how great her powers are. Enheduanna finally claims ownership after telling Inanna that she's aware of all the powers Inanna possesses and as the High Priestess she prayed to her. Enheduanna explains how Lugalanne was once an ally of hers until he kicked her out of the priesthood and now the people that are controlled by him are sinners and hate her Nanna. Enheduanna wants Inanna to haunt Lugalanne into giving Enheduanna back her position as High Priestess. Enheduanna also describes how she has come to
To conclude, Ultima is accused by some of being a witch because her use of chants and having her spirit in
Insurgent begins roughly 30 minutes after Divergent ends. Tris (main character) and her friends are fugitives, Tris’ first faction compound (Amity) is where they find safety. As Tris attempts to track down Tobias’ (Tris’ boyfriend) father, Peter (Tris’ main enemy) sneaks into Tris’ room and tries to steal her hard drive with the simulation data on it. When she catches him stealing her hard drive she beats him up, but Amity has rules against violence so they inject her with peace serum until they can evaluate the situation.
‘“I can accept the shooting was a mistake,” Jones said about his daughter’s death as a bleary-eyed Stanley sat motionless next to him. “But I can’t accept it because they lied about it. I can’t heal properly because of it. It was all for the cameras. I don’t want no apology from the police. It’s too late”’ (LeDuff, 122).
Antonio strived from the teachings of Ultima, she was able to influence and guide him at a young age, on page 1 of the novel Antonio begins his narration with, “When she came the beauty of the llano unfolded before my eyes…” (paragraph 1) The llano was the place of his father’s people, his mother was able to see the beauty in the Luna culture but not in the llano. Antonio, unlike his parents, was able to see the beauty in the harvest of the luna and the freedom of the llano. He sought joy in gathering plants of the llano for the people, to heal the people, also Antonio’s shift in perspective enabled him to see beyond, he was able to catch symbolic meaning such as with Ultima’s owl. While his older sisters are frightened by the owl, Antonio comes to the conclusion that, “ It’s song seemed to say that it had come to watch over us.”
Although it is centered around the 1978 Iranian revolution, Roy Mottahedeh’s book, The Mantle of the prophet, looks at the various social, religious, and political factors within Iranian history. The main character of the book is a young mullah named Ali Hashemi, a fictional character, who’s story and persona is based on an anonymous person’s life. The chapters of the book are broken up into two distinct voices the first being Ali, who narrates his own story, and the other being the author, who implements aspects of Iranian history which help the reader generate a greater understanding of the stories principle characters. Mottahedehs goal of the book is to articulate what it exactly meant to be Iranian in the 20th century. Mottahedeh’s, Mantle of the Prophet, succeeds in its ability to provide the reader with an understanding of how traditional Shiism, the madreseh education, and Islamic mysticism intertwined to shape Iranian society into its modern state.
Arn wants death more while in the United States because he expects his new American life to be almost perfect, but it is not. Because of how America is glorified as the land of freedom, Coca-Cola, and television, Arn expects to arrive in a paradise that will be ideal for his recovery from his recent trauma. Unfortunately, this is not the case. When he encounters unfamiliar American problems, it is almost impossible for him not to give up because the place that had once been the solution is now a new nightmare. To him, if America is not the answer, there must be no answer. He sees the ugliness of American life, and despite trying to "think about all the good [things] here in this good place . . . [he realizes that] now being [rescued] is something [he has] to survive" (McCormick 195).
Enaiat had experinced many bad things throughout his journey, his even had to see people be killed right in font of is eyes. At the start of the book (while he was still attending schoo) the Taliban were trying to shut his shhol down. "Ba omidi didar, boys, he said. They shot him. In front of everyone. (p.24). This is a very importat scene that Enaiat learnt from. This taught Enaiat that som people will never agree with your religion (personal beliefs), no matter what you do. This lesson can help Enaiat throughout the rest of his life, and make him not feel as bad when people dont believe in what he believes in. This is also one of the vey first lessons that Enaiat has discovered which means he
Ultima is the towns “curandera” who is staying with the family and everyone in town thinks she is a bad witch. Antonio seems to adapt to Ultima quite quickly soon after she arrives and starts learning her way. He is seen looking up to her as if she were a mother figure and, at some point, as if she was the Virgin de Guadalupe. Antonio often finds comfort in Ultima and confides in her regarding his faith. Antonio then witnesses Ultima save his uncle when the evil twitches had done some bad witchcraft on him that nearly led him to death. Antonio then begins to see that the God he was raised to believe in is not the only one in power. Ultima comes in to place and teaches Antonio that he doesn’t have to pick one belief, rather he can identify with a little bit of both. Before Ultima’s death in the book, Antonio asks Ultima for her blessing and she is more than happy to do so because she did everything she could have to prepare him mentally to find the real
Like his feelings, he does not grasp what Mangan is completely. Joyce describes her in bursts, “her figure defined by the light of the half-opened door … [h]er dress swung as she moved her body, and the soft rope of her hair tossed from side to side” (1). The description is an idea of the girl but not the girl as a whole. She has no personality, no hopes and dreams, dictated to the reader. Mangan is simply the embodiment of temptation for the young narrator. The temptation, however, turned into pure lust at the thought of her since “[h]er image accompanied [him] even in places the most hostile to romance” (1). The daydreams are not as innocent as Joyce would like to believe. They are the sexual longings of an adolescent boy. It becomes so overwhelming that when he is alone he comes to his sexual peak in a very religious manner: “All my senses seem to desire to veil themselves and, feeling that I was about to slip from them, I press the palms of my hands together until they trembled, murmuring: ‘O love! O love!’ many times” (2). This chaste, yet sexual, action brings him into the honeymoon of adulthood. Mangan “[a]t last she spoke to [him]” (2), only due to him finally reaching adulthood status. She finishes her place as the serpent giving the narrator the fruit of knowledge by tempting him with the idea of the Araby. She speaks of it being a wonderful place, while spinning her silver bracelet around her wrist, like
Ibsen utilizes the boundaries of the “inexpensively furnished” (147) room to create Nora’s symbolic cage displaying how she is physically unable to leave the confines of the room and the role in which every 19th century wife must play. In Act I, Nora plays her façade of the frivolous “funny little spendthrift” (150) in an effort to seem as defenseless as the woodland creatures Torvald finds so endearing and subsequently patronizing. Nora’s quarantine is enhanced as she is called a “squirrel…skylark, and little bird” (150) by Torvald, infantilizing her character and consequently solidifying her inability to escape the confines of her assumed womanly role. Nora readily assumes the position of a subordinate and feeble woman to protect the illusion she perceives as a complete home in addition to avoid “[being] completely alone” (154). This absolute isolation in adherence to the role in which she has been nurtured to conform to is slowly deteriorating her character, which is displayed in the increased sporadic nature of “poor little Nora’s” (152) actions and her lack of ability to focus as the play progresses. Nora’s childlike behaviors steadily become more obvious as her fixated birdcage becomes increasingly suffocating, the discomfort with her current isolation grows and as her mask of perfection slowly disintegrates.
Note Cards- Joe Mitchell Source A-Bulleted Notes Card 1 Information on Iphigenia •Daughter of Agamemnon •Leader of Troy’s Greek forces •Sacrificed for the approval of Artemis Source A-Bulleted notes Card 2 Information on the Offending of Artemis •Agamemnon boasted about his hunting skills exceeded that of Artemis •Agamemnon killed one of Artemis’s sacred animals •The only way to satisfy Artemis was to sacrifice Iphigenia Source B-Bulleted Notes Card 1 Information on The Sacrifice of Iphigenia •Killed by her father, Agamemnon(some versions) •Sacrificed for the gods’ favorable winds •Place taken by a female deer (other versions) Source B-Bulleted Notes Card 2 • Iphigenia went to Tauris after
Throughout the context of “Bless Me Ultima,” it is evident that there are many motifs and examples of dichotomy. I believe that Anaya uses the previously mentioned elements of literature in order to provoke his readers’ thinking and help embody a struggle of understanding the world we live in. Motifs in this novel include: family, dreams, religion, education, and the list continues. For examples of dichotomy, the idea of good versus evil is the most vivid in this novel.
Ibn al-Athir described the crusaders as having the whole purpose of the crusades to gain riches and land. Ibn al-Athir describes Roger is a Christain leader. However, Ibn al-Athir does not mentioned how they acquired the land that the Christians were attempting to take back. Ibn al-Athir wants to make the Muslims look as innocent as possible to benefit the Muslims. He does not mention taking their lands previously or killing any Christians, but rather everything the Christians did to them. He does not mention these things because it would go against his religion to allow such things to happen. According to the Muslims, the Christians used the excuse that God was on their side and every positive thing that happened to them was because God was
The Muslim Empire grew to encompass a wide range of territory. Their empire included India, Greece, and Rome in addition to many other places. The Muslims were much more advanced than other nations because of their tolerance of other cultures. This enabled them to adopt many of the developments and innovations of the people whose land they conquered. They were able to attain intelligence at the highest level of the time from a specific area they conquered whose main focus of study was that field.
Imoinda is the only female character that receives some attention from the narrator. Imoinda is Oroonoko's lover and eventually his wife. She has very little power in the narrative since she is part of two repressed groups (slave and woman) (Ibbotson). She is praised by the narrator for her beauty and her loyalty. These are the traits that make her special but also responsible for the fact that she has little influence over what happens to her. Beauty makes her desirable for men regardless of whether she wants them to fall in love with her or not. This can be seen in the old king. Loyalty to her husband is what causes her demise – since his desires are her desires, her loyalty causes her to act as he wishes her to. This is also why she lets