The Brief And Frightening Reign Of Phil Summary

I found that religious differences distracted me from focusing clearly on central theme of the book, that of tensions. When one begins intermingling these terms, nuanced or not; I tend to view it as a religious war between the so-called “righteous” and everyone else. Clearly there were divisions between a variety of

Although some introductions were found to be lengthy and too detailed, the book is set up for the reader to understand the historical background and setting for each chapter. Sider uses language that relates to the young adult audience such as the word “effing” and the phrase, “fucking over the bosses,” which was used to describe a solution for the poor to claim their own lives and futures. In addition, he connects his concepts to broader issues in the outside world. For example, in order to describe the phrase, “dog eats dog and vice versa,” Sider uses an example of how fishing industries in Newfoundland, Canada destroyed the breeding grounds for the fish and thus, their industry. In addition, he describes how murderous fundamentalists in the Middle East are an example of how people are currently destroying their own kind. The details and diction used in this book allow readers to easily understand the concepts being conveyed by

translates in English as being a story that traces the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character from childhood to maturity. This is a prototype of John Updike's short story, "A & P," the protagonist, Sammy, is faced with a difficult dilemma, and comes to realize a universal truth about human behavior. Sammy comes to understand that the world is an unusual place and that irrational choices based on impulse are not the best way to solve personal issues.

Damon Knight’s “The Country of the Kind” follows a narrator who the audience at first knows little about, who lives in a society that is different from the norm, but is also initially left ambiguous. This sense of the unknown exists up until the narrator stumbles upon a pamphlet which opens up new viewpoints to the reader. The pamphlet serves to create three new perspectives in particular, all of which significantly shift the reader’s understanding of the story. First, it gives the reader a chance to understand the narrator and sympathize with him. Second, it offers a new perspective on society and their overall conception of what defines a utopia. The third and final perspective is that of the people who live within this society, and their interactions with the main characters. These three new perspectives prove to be formative in understanding the main character, his interactions with other characters in the story, and the role of society.

The Dark Night of the Soul, an essay, written by Richard E. Miller eerily expresses the importance of literature in a society refraining from writing. In the twenty-first century, the emphasis on reading and writing has declined, whereas, the focus on technology has increased. Miller argues that the world has fallen into darkness without literature because the art of writing yields so much power for healing and mediating. Miller also acknowledges the dangers of literature including: reading can not save humanity from school ground shooters, and writing can lead one to an early demise as illustrated through the story of Chris McCandless. Miller constructs an enduring argument, of the importance of the literature arts, by providing a multitude of examples to defend his and claims throughout the essay.

also inner demons. Equality is fighting to try and hold in his want to be in the House of Scholars.

Two external conflicts that readers see are American soldiers fighting against Vietnam soldiers and American soldiers battling nature. Readers see how this story take place during a war against American vs. Vietnamese and how a group of American soldiers fight through the weather and Vietnamese soldiers to stay alive. An internal conflict that readers could see in Cross is guilt. He blames himself for the death of Lavender because he was concentrated on Martha.

Joe Sacco’s graphic novel, Palestine, deals with the repercussions of the first intifada in Israel/Palestine/the Holy Land. The story follows the author through the many refugee camps and towns around Palestine as he tries to gather information, stories, and pictures to construct his graphic novel. While the book is enjoyable at a face level, there are many underlying themes conveyed throughout its illustrated pages and written text.

The story focuses largely on the tactics of the Party?s manipulation. The major aspects of the aforementioned control stratagem are the alterations of history as the wishes, the invention of Newspeak to eliminate any chance of rebellion, psychological and physical intimidation, and the use of technology to monitor citizens.

In the story “Four Stations in His Circle”, Austin Clarke reveals the negative influences that immigration can have on people through characterization of the main character, symbols such as the house that Jefferson dreams to buy and the time and place where the story takes place. The author demonstrates how immigration can transform someone to the point that they abandon their old culture, family and friends and remain only with their loneliness and selfishness.

The graphic novel Palestine, published by Maltan journalist Joe Sacco in the early ‘90s, is a journalistic piece that represents his recollections of two months spent talking to and living with Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. The casual narrative style, which some might say is too shallow for such heavy subject matter, in fact allows Sacco to avoid many of the pit falls that have made Western reporting on non-Western conflicts unhelpful at the very least and more often incredibly damaging.

Watching Forrest Gump for the first time I feel that the movie has a little of everything in it, from action and war to love and romance. For one man to overcome so many hardships and live a life full of love and happiness it is inspiring. Each character had something that reached viewers. From Jenny to Lieutenant Dan they all had something that made them easy to connect with. Even the people that sat on the bench next to Forrest created interest; they listened and were in the story for us, but were not truly part of it.

Religion is a vital part of daily life in every Middle Eastern country, informing the ways in which most ordinary citizens understand politics as well as their own place in the world. Today, the political left in Israel views the Israel state more as a protector of the Jewish community than as a strictly religious state. On the right, Zionism is broadly viewed as an effort to realize God’s intention that the Jewish people establish a Kingdom of God in that specific land. Today, Judaism

With many of the texts that were assigned to us, each one dealt with the relationship between insiders and outsiders differently. The insider and outsider relationship varies between both the idea of inner conflict and outside conflict. I will be explaining these relationships from the texts of Gooboora, The Silent Pool, The Tell-Tale Heart, and Things Fall Apart. Gooboora, The Silent Pool deals with the relationship of the Aboriginal people of Australia and colonialization, while The Tell-Tale Heart deals with an outsider’s effect on the main character’s subconscious. Things Fall Apart, however, is a mixture of both conflicts that were mentioned. Each of the three texts show how the outside negatively effects the inside.

Its hero, played by Tom Hanks, is a thoroughly decent man with an IQ of 75, who manages between the 1950s and the 1980s to become involved in every major event in American history. And he survives them all with only honesty and kindness as his shields.