The Book ' The Devils Playground '

Pages 61-120 are basically explaining Tris’ new life and what her daily routine is. This section of the book starts out with Four, the new instructor of the transfers, showing his new students around the Dauntless compound. The first place Four takes the students is The Pit. The Pit is a big chasm that is so big that Tris couldn’t see the other side from where she stood. Then Four turned the group over to Eric one of the five leaders of dauntless. Eric showed the new initiates to their dormitories and gave them their schedules. Their first task was to learn how to shoot a gun. Tris was terrible at first because of her insecurities about holding a gun. In her old faction having a weapon was self-serving which went against their thrive for selflessness.

As I read my novel “Devil on my Heels,” by Joyce Hinton, there was a theme the appeared over and over again in the book. The theme that appealed to me was you’re unique in your own ways, don’t let people judge you by the outside/ appearance. It is the point of view where you realize no one in life is perfect, you’re unique in your own fashion. As where many people in life can or could feel this way.

With the modern world symbolizing damnation, the Amish religion counters by symbolizing salvation. These statements alone, with such confidence in the religion, help explain why there is an impressive and astonishingly high, (80-90%) return rate among the tested Amish.

The novel, The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, foretells of a futuristic story which unfolds about injustice and oppression of the innocent. In a dystopian world a group of eight telepathic children struggle to grow up undiscovered and when the time comes, to escape. A religious creed is set up “The Definition of Man” as a ‘purity standard’. As a result, people lived with much fear and self-hatred. The standard set one neighbour against the other in fear of another ‘tribulation’. A world scale disaster had occurred many generations ago and out of the chaos the ancestors and consequent generations held to what they thought was the ‘true image’. Anything else was the ‘devils’ work. So people lived under surveillance and suspicion, bigotry, and oppression. The people of Waknuk felt superior to those not ‘the norm’ and thus believed they had the right to dominate and maintain their power. Therefore “The Definition of Man” is manipulative, unjust, and inhumane to those living in Waknuk and the Fringes.

5. General Zaroff presents himself to Rainsford as a gentlemen with a civilized lifestyle. But his real personality and morals contrast to his appearance that Rainsford first perceives. The way Rainsford respond to this difference shows that he values human life, honesty, and fairness. Rainsford’s morals of human life vary from Zaroff’s morals of preserving the thrill of the hunt, clash together. Rainsford’s morals of human life go against what Zaroff was doing with his “quarry.” This contrast in appearance, reality. and morals is what creates the conflict of “The Most Dangerous Game.”

In the book, Among the Enemy, Matthais, Percy, and Alia are going through some trouble. They are kids with fake IDs. Where they live, the third child is illegal and shall be put to death. There is a shortage of food and families are being banished. Since the country has a shortage of food, they need to utilize it carefully. It's the middle of the night and the Population Police have arrived at Neidler School. They come in their big trucks and sirens. Matthias and Percy both wake up to the audible sound. Next thing you know, a Population Police officer barges into their dorm and says, "UP! UP! UP!" Matthias and Percy's initial reaction was to grab extra clothes and pocket knife. They are now walking in the halls. Matthias and percy worry about Alia. They eventually meet up with Alia. The Population Police gather all

Shirley Jackson’s “The Possibility of Evil” is a short story that starts out with an innocent old lady, Miss Strangeworth. Then, when the story progresses, Jackson tells us that she is not the nicest old lady. She also tells us that she does not want to mind her own business. She starts writing mean and evil letters to the townspeople. The letters consist of rumors that she has imagined and she is very mean about telling the people what she has made up. She ends up paying for the evil she has done at the end by losing her roses, which were very important to her. The irony is Miss Strangeworth wants to write evil letters to the townspeople, but instead causes the evil. The theme of “The Possibility of Evil” is evil can arise in any person

The Amish culture in general try to withhold the same traditions, values, and language as the original Amish. This individual Amish subculture in Indiana displayed in the Devil's Playground goes to show just how culturally diverse society can be. Though the ultimate desire of the Amish is to be a good example of Christ, the community encourages a positive deviance of their teenagers called Runspringa. Starting at age sixteen Amish teens are allowed the opportunity to explore the English world to better educate their decision to commit their life to the church and the simple way of living or leave the community turning to a life of relative deviance. This value contradiction often results in role conflict within the young people.

Once Upon a time there was a group of friends called, Sassy devils. They went to a abandoned haunted house, When they were soposed to be at falishas house.

Yet; now, some argue the institution, whether without walls, storefront, or mega church, has become ambiguous in its purpose. Various people question the relevancy of the church and its current contributions to a contemporary community where poverty remains high, homelessness continues to grow, ignorance persists, and educational pursuits are problematic. Some even suggest ill-moral behavior is rampant. While others, even suggest the church only serves as a tool to put money in a few manipulative peoples' pockets.

Smashed in the backseat of my uncle’s van which was already overcrowded with kids from throughout the community of Uniontown, the first thing I noticed was the girl’s ungroomed hair and the boy’s flip flops. Despite being the beginning of winter in this rural town of Kansas, the kids seemed unfazed by their lack of grooming or clothing; their faces said it all. Pure contentment and excitement, the kind of a child who has just been told he is going to Disneyland, spread across their faces as they scampered toward this 2008 Honda Odyssey. Tonight was Bible Impact Ministries (BIM) night, where about 50 kids go each week to receive one on one adult attention, enjoy much needed food, and learn the word of the Lord. BIM is only offered in this community

The Amish have been around since the early 1700s in the United States. They first migrated to Pennsylvania when they came from Switzerland and Germany. The Amish have spread to many other states, but today are primarily in the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania (Hostetler, 2009). The Amish have a unique way of life and have strong beliefs rooted in their faith. Today, the Amish are continuing to grow, because they are having such large families (Hostetler, 2009). The elderly population within the community plays an important aspect in the decision making and planning for the family. Through story-telling the elderly pass down to the next generations information about the culture itself. The Amish lifestyles and beliefs are what shape them as a community and what causes them to be at risk of illnesses and injuries more than other cultures around them.

Thousands of murdered children have helped us stand behind the death penalty. They have taught us to also stand behind the definition of Capital Punishment, as the Oxford English Dictionary reads “Capital Punishment is the infliction of death by an authorized public authority as a punishment of a crime.” (Augarde, A.J. The Oxford Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1981.print. pg. 343.) These murdered children have helped us also stand behind the Oxford English Dictionary word Execution: “ a action or an act of putting a person to death.” (Augarde, A.J. The Oxford Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford UP,1981.print. pg 890.) In the case of Jeffery Ferguson and Roberick Nunley, two different men, who kidnapped, raped, and murdered two innocent your children: Got what they deserved when they were executed by capital punishment. Jeffery and Roberick were given and extra 25 years to live their lives on death roll. Where is the justice for those murdered children? How come these convicted murderers get rewarded with life’s little extras after executing these young and innocent children?

Without suspense, the world is dull, boring, and uneventful; many people need suspense and drama to feel motivated and engaged in things; this is the same for books. In the book, “The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Connell, the author used various literature methods to create suspense; the techniques he includes are used differently depending on which part of the plot they are used in.

The first person I connected with through the novel was a man named Abner. When the authors illustrated the tight knit community the Amish had, they introduced Abner. During one of their times speaking with him, he brought them outside. He said “Let me show you where my family lives” (Nolt, David, Weaver-Zercher; 3). He could point to the houses of his sisters, and the roads his relatives lived on. This reminded me of my relatives who live in Northwest Ohio. My two aunts, my grandfather and my uncle live on the same road. The tight knit living space they have brings them closer together, similarly to the Amish. The second person I connected with was Sheila, who coincidentally created Sheilaism. Sheilaism was created by a woman named Sheila, and she states “I don’t remember the last time I went to church...my faith has carried me a long way. It’s Sheilaism” (Nolt, David, Weaver-Zercher; 32). In other words, the faith in herself has carried her through life; not the church or the lord. I can connect to her ideals because as I believe there is a spiritual being, but I can not assume that they will come to my rescue each time I am in need; I need to have faith in myself to carry me through