Teraphim Themes

Martha gets the honor of showing the world that women of her time did all they could to be as independent as possible. In The Midwife’s Tale, Laurel Ulrich explains, “She gardened, sewed, cared for her grandchildren, nursed the sick, laid out the dead, and delivered babies” (276). She was a woman of many talents. Martha lived by a value that she expects the same respect in return and undertakes full authority over the responsibilities she considers to be her own.

As the red tent followed the life journey of Dinah she encountered several different cultures. As she traveled, Dinah was introduced to new family dynamics unlike her own. Men and women from her mother’s culture did not eat with their husbands, or have any real relationship at all with them. Whereas in Egypt, men and women would sit down beside each other at meals. Husbands would kiss upon their wife’s hands and show them affection in public. At first this was unbelievable for Dinah, as these things would never occur in her own culture. Food and clothing also changed through her journey. Foods in Egypt were very sweet and she described them as setting her teeth on edge. Clothing went from a thick wool material in Haran to a very fine

With grades where an A is never found and an IQ comparable to a goldfish, you can guess that Donovan Curtis is far from a genius. But you don’t have to be brilliant to be the hero of the story. In the novel Ungifted by Gordon Korman, several themes are presented. One theme could be there is always a way to solve a problem. Another important theme might be it’s better to work together. Additionally, a theme to consider is friends and family will always be by your side. In Ungifted, the main character Donovan Curtis is a rebel who always finds himself in trouble. When he ends up breaking the school’s statue of Atlas, all he wants is to avoid getting in trouble. But, the superintendent Dr. Schultz is hunting down Donovan to make sure that he’ll

In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, Nora Helmer is a traditional “angel in the house” she is a human being, but first and foremost a wife and a mother who is devoted to the care of her children, and the happiness of her husband. The play is influenced by the Victorian time period when the division of men and women was evident, and each gender had their own role to conform to. Ibsen’s views on these entrenched values is what lead to the A Doll’s House becoming so controversial as the main overarching theme of A Doll’s House is the fight for independence in an otherwise patriarchal society. This theme draws attention to how women are capable in their own rights, yet do not govern their own lives due to the lack of legal entitlement and

Ungifted by Gordon Korman was a very interesting and an amusing book. This book was very entertaining for me because Donovan was on the edge of his life everyday because of the trouble he caused, and also because this book has a viewpoint of most of the characters in the book, which gave the book more depth and understanding. I was very curious about what is going to happen next and when I started reading, I couldn’t stop. Donovan Curtis is the main character of this book, and I think he is a good character because he keeps on trying hard, and he greatly cares about other people and things. For example, at the school dance party, Chloe was getting bullied and Donovan protected her and he got Chloe out of trouble. I can relate to Donovan because when he moved to the Academy, he first didn’t understand any of the things the

“If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen...” (pg. 54). Throughout the course of A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, we familiarize ourselves with the exceptional hardships that Ishmael has experienced as a child soldier, in Sierra Leone, and what actions he takes to overcome them. Despite the fact that Ishmael has been through these devastating hardships and that he became the fear that he himself feared, Ishmael is able to instill hope and keep the reader going through the themes of powerful memories, nature and redemption. He does this through the use of powerful memories that contrast the fear and danger of the war with the remembrance of the beauty of life. Furthermore, nature leaves the reader striving

Identify a theme in the story. How does the author use symbolism and imagery to establish his message?

She was born into this expectation, and she faithfully filled the honor as she looked up to her father. This fulfillment of her destiny of respecting and looking up to her father made the transition to the Congo, especially as he attempted to cultivate the Congo land with plants from Georgia. This pattern of trailing her father established happiness and stability for Leah as she made the transition to the foreign land that juxtaposed the safety of Bethlehem. She implored to be loved by her father, and this desire led her to conduct several actions, such as actively pursue Jesus in order to please her father. This changed when Leah discovered that although she adored her father and followed his every footstep in hopes of showing him how much she loved him, he showed her no affection in any regards. In fact, when Leah wanted to participate as a hunter in the town hunt, Nathan’s belief that women are inferiority to men was revealed. He stated that Leah shouldn’t participate due to the fact that she is a woman, and this was the watershed moment in which she no longer looked up to him as a figure worthy of worship. Likewise, as she renounced him, she denounced and abandoned anything he associated himself with, including religion, signifying that she abandoned worshipping her father and God at the same time as she was removed from her fantasy of a reality she believed herself to be in. The opportunity she had to support the family through her hunting was only present because the family lived in the Congo, but this opportunity would upend the destiny she was suppose to fulfill, and meanwhile nullify the father’s role of supplying for the family. This upset the balance of the family lifestyle they had grown accustomed to in Bethlehem, as Leah now had the ability to gather nurturance for the family while Nathan wasn’t even

The author uses imagery in the poem to make the experience of this one woman stand out vividly. The first lines of the poem say "she saw diapers steaming on the line / a doll slumped behind the door." The phrase "steaming on the line" is especially strong, making me

In Diamant’s powerful novel The Red Tent the ever-silent Dinah from the 34th chapter of Gensis is finally given her own voice, and the story she tells is a much different one than expected. With the guiding hands of her four “mothers”, Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah, all the wives of Jacob, we grow with Dinah from her childhood in Mesoptamia through puberty, where she is then entered into the “red tent”, and well off into her adulthood from Cannan to Egypt. Throughout her journey we learn how the red tent is constantly looked upon for encouragement, solace, and comfort. It is where women go once a month during menstration, where they have their babies, were they dwell in illness and most importantly, where

Sundiata has quite a few main themes throughout the book. During the core of the book the griot makes clear that man does not have power nor control over his own life. Sundiata's rise is predicted by soothsayers even before he is born, and a lot of his way towards the founding of the empire is basically a step towards grasping his destiny in life. The griot giggles at people who would challenge to disrupt or work against fate, for it happens to be something that is permanent. Among countless other things, the epic is indirectly an exploration of what assets explain Sundiata as an idol, and by allowance, what qualities are brave. when Sundiata is crippled when he was, little and could not walk, he had tough arms. But when he finally stands

violent things she had endured. She always talks to God asking him to give her

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a riveting screenplay that takes the reader through a world of unbelievable sights, sounds and love. As the writing begins an opening scene comes to life, creating curiosity and a mystical setting for the story to leap from. This particular story line is a prequel to the Harry Potter series by the outstanding J.K. Rowling. The fictional tale tells about the magical world of wizardry and witchcraft in The United States, as british citizen wanders around New York City. As the narrative continues the themes of love, compassion, understanding and bravery jump out.

3. Choose one or two themes from the following list and show how Spiegelman conveyed this in Maus: Loneliness; Discrimination; Abuse of Power; Loss of Innocence, Guilt, Survival.

In a world where life and hatred seem to be inexplicably intertwined, Timbuktu, gives us a different outlook on the pain that a city experiences. It shows us that the importance of beauty and hope is that it can be maintained even in a world where suffering is seemingly everywhere. Timbuktu, a movie about a town dealing with the crushing pain of living under the flag of the Jihadist, emphasizes that love can overcome all odds. The city of Timbuktu, historically, has experienced many times of oppression yet the people still practice tolerance and peace. Each character cultivates their love and happiness in their own way.