`` The Da Vinci Code `` By Tom Hanks

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Connections can be made to the the modern world and the importance of knowledge all throughout the book. An obvious connection to make is the modern world is forgetting it’s past, much like the people did in Fahrenheit 451. We are slowly forgetting the oppression and brutality we faced years ago. We are repeating our history by repeating these behaviors. It is important we remember the bad times as well as the good, to make us think about the consequences of our actions. During World War II there was oppression by the Naizs and white supremacists.

The main character, Antonio or Tony, greatly struggles with religion, he grows frustrated with the Catholic church for not explaining the reasoning for human existence. Throughout the novel, he encounters characters who express different thoughts over religion. One of his friends named Florence is atheist and is confused as to why God would

Ponyboy tells us that,“when you’re a gang you stick up for members. If you don’t stick up stick together, make like brothers, it isn’t a gang anymore,”(Hinton 26). This is what the greasers do for each other: they stick up for one another and build a supportive community. In the story, The Outsiders, by SE Hinton, the book is about Ponyboy and his gang taking care of each other because there gang is that they fight against the Socs. The characters and actions of this story create a supportive community Kindness and Loyalty.

This book tells the story of a man named Matthias who rose to fame through exploiting people through religion. During the rise of market society the mixing of religions brought about new struggles in society like never before. Mattias starts out in a rural town being raised,eventually though he moves out headed towards New York. Where market society is starting to thrive. He meets a girl and gets married. Has kids at builds a fortune as a skilled carpenter. After some failed business ventures he starts to turn to different religions. One after another they start to morph him. He stops working, his family life crumbles, and ends up desperate and confused in the end. Then he claims god comes to him in a vision and names him the incarnate messiah as Mettias the prophet. After this he is able to convince a small amount of people that this is true. Most importantly among them Elijah Pierson, who is a wealthy businessman. Through his funds he is able to make the kingdom of Matthias. Where many eccentric things occur and he ends up accused of murder, even though not convicted. It shows just how far religion can go. Especially with the rise of the market society where all of this began. None of this never would have happened without it. Mattias would have never ventured into the booming city because it never would have existed. He would have have stayed in his home village and lived out his days there. Through this book and the times we live in now, market society is essential to

In 1815 France, convict Jean Valjean is released on parole by prison guard Javert after serving a 19-year sentence for stealing a loaf of bread. After several months of roaming around France, Valjean is given food and sheltered by the Bishop of Digne, but steals his silver while he sleeps. He is caught by the authorities, but the Bishop saves Valjean by lying and saying the silver was a gift. Moved by the Bishop's generosity and good nature, Valjean violates his parole, and vows to begin a new, honest life under a new identity. Javert vows bring the escaped convict to justice.

is that it shows the importance of understanding others. The novel urges us to understand others and to show compassion towards the people around us.

This book is all about Aaron Ralston overcoming his hardships throughout the book. In the beginning of the book Aaron Goes through his supplies making sure he has everything before his long hike planned for the day ahead. As Aaron is hiking he slips and gets his arm stuck in between a boulder. He never thought anyone would find him and he didn't know what to do. In order to overcome this hardship he is going through Aaron plans a schedule of rationing his food and water supply to survive. Aaron tries the wrap a rope around the boulder to try to relieve pressure so he can try to get his arm free but fails. As the idea fails Aaron runs out of ideas and stay in between the rock hoping for someone to find him. Aaron soon enough is running out

The secret is scandalous for its day, and its consequences run deep into the fabric of society. No one told Armand of this secret. He discovers it by chance at the end of the story, when he finds the remnants of an old letter written by his mother to his father, the significance of which, and its revelations, makes us focus on the many tragic and ironic decisions made by him during this story. In the old

Lee Daniels’ ‘The Butler’ is a biographical drama depicting the story of Cecil Gaines, a man who escaped a life of slavery and oppression to serve for eight presidents as a butler in the White House.

Lis Wiehl, the author of The Newsmakers has written this eminent thriller together with Sebastian Stuart. Some people do not like this book, they say it is not a Christian book, or they find it offending. But it would be boring if we all read the same books and if all authors wrote in the same way. We believe in a varity of books and do not feel it is up to us to judge if a book is Christian enough. Go ahead read the book and do your own thinking. Find out more by clicking the following link:

‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ (Wes Anderson, 2014) combines a perfect mix of nostalgia and history. The film explores the themes of war as it recreates history through mise-en-scene. Anderson also incorporates other themes such as racism and elitism during pre-war Europe. The film widely explores Europe from many viewpoints, one of which is of Mr Moustafa. His nostalgia is seen through flashbacks of when he was a lobby boy that went by the name of Zero. As an audience the depth of his nostalgia is seen through mise-en-scene. With the help of cinematography and props we see can see the time and place that Moustafa acknowledges. Anderson shows how history is reimagined through ones nostalgia. Mr Moustafa recalls events, which he was not present in yet he explains them as if he were there. This also shows how one reimagines history from another due to emotions and personal attachment. Despite the outcome being the same there are many viewpoints it can be seen from.

we asked ourselves for what valid reason Da Vinci picked those specific sustenance’s, on the grounds that they don 't relate to what the Evangelists depicted," says Bauer. "Why bread, fish, salt, citrus and wine? Why is the saltshaker tipped over before Judas? Why is the bread raised?

Throughout the novel, secrets are revealed that pose great threats to the credibility of Catholicism and the modern day church. In his article, “Breaking the Code”, Maurice Timothy Reidy states, “Completely turned my opinion

The love story between two different teenagers that come from completely different worlds is the most remarkable. The Notebook is about two young teenagers who fell head over heels with each other. They got separated by Allie’s upper-class parents who insist that Noah isn’t right for her. But that obstacle didn’t stop these two young lovers from being together even if it took years. This beautiful tale has a special meaning to an older gentleman who regularly reads the timeless love story to his aging wife to help her remember what they went through and that the story that he’s reading to her was their love story. The story he reads follows two young