The Star of Bethlehem Essay

The Hindu’s believed that a coyote, a Navajo god, was created by the mischievous behavior of the gods. When the world was created the Holy People gathered around and began placing stars in the sky, angered by the slow process of the star placings, the coyote placed a red star

Some of these may be very scary and some may only be mildly scary. It

“Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires” (Act 1 Sc

Tycho began to gain fame as an astronomer after reporting on a “new star” in 1572. Tycho saw a very bright star in Cassiopeia on November 11th, 1572. He fixed its position with regards to the other stars in the constellation, and continued to observe it. It began to fade in brightness early the next year, and was only as bright as Polaris within six months. He also reported on the color changes, from brilliant white to yellow to red and back to red within that same six months (Hall 274). These careful observations helped springboard his career as an astronomer, and he published his findings on “De Nova Stella” or “the New Star” in 1574.

It first stuck out to me as a glimmer a hope appearing, meaning they had almost made it through the night. That gave them the motivation to keep going. The morning star could also symbolize God as during the night, light was nowhere to be seen and hope was a thing of the past. The only thing they could see was their lives flashing before their eyes, but when the light appeared, they knew that they had done it. This made me realize how important of a role religion played back then and how people’s faith had to be stronger than ever before during that

a small old man. It is partly the form of a child to emphesise Scrooge

2) Why are there different brightness of stars and how do we describe their brightness as compared to one another?

The stars are bright and radiant-- their numbers are vast beyond all imagination. They shine in the dark sky, like billions of little lights hanging from nonexistent threads. It is a reality that not many people stop to admire. In the city people sink down into their couches at night and drift away, eventually, to the slumber that most people crave. But the stars, shining endlessly, are there night after night, in the rain and even in the snow. If you just stop for a moment, on a night with no clouds, and look up, you will see this magnificent

Not many people can find solace and comfort in everyday life, and somehow Carson discovered the stars. Stars are not generally thought of as anything important, but for Carson he somehow felt like his wife and friends from the war were watching over him from above. Too often in life, individuals wonder if someone is actually looking out for them and trying to help them get through life; Carson never had to wonder because he knew the people he deeply loved and cared about would never let him be alone. When Carson was travelling to help Darnell he noticed the majestic stars above, “This far from town, the stars were brighter, the sky wider, deeper. As on such other nights, Carson paused to take it in. A small consolation” (Rash 16). Rash’s story does not go into much detail on where Carson lives, but he does say that Carson lived in town where he was unable to see the true beauty of the stars. Whenever Carson came to help Darnell such as delivering a baby calf, as in this instance, he always looked forward to seeing the stars in a different way. He had seen the change in stars being across the world, yet he also saw the difference at Darnell’s. The theme behind the stars was not just that they changed constantly but that new angels were looking down upon him everyday to protect him and allow him to feel that he was not alone in his

old sinner! Hard as a steel and sharp as a flint, from which no steel

Constantine invoked the iconography of Sol Invictus by presenting the sun of god behind him claiming the undefeatable sun as a companion to the Emperor.

God yet that star was nowhere to be found. He noticed that when his uncle had been cursed by

The third sign involves Jesus healing a lame man on the Sabbath day (5:1–18). This sign was the beginning of the Pharisee’s desire to kill Jesus because he both “ignored” the Sabbath as well as he claimed to be God. In this passage, Jesus sees a man who has been lame for many years. Jesus goes over, and He asks the man if the man wants to be healed. The man accepts the offers and is healed. The

“ Spirit, hear me. I am not he man I was. I will not be the man I have been for so many years. Why show me all of this if I am past all hope? Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me. Let the boy live! I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.” (Scrooge, p.140). A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is an important story as it has a meaningful theme of change, as the quotes states above. But that isn’t the only theme that this beautiful story shows us. Many different spirits encounter him to help him realize why Christmas is important (I’m pretty sure that is the meaning of the spirits). When the first spirit of the past encounters him, he realizes what he has done, and regrets some of the things he did. The second spirit helped Ebenezer Scrooge recognize how what he has been doing has had an impact in other peoples life. When the frightening third spirit came and showed him his future and others futures, he discovers about himself and how people didn’t care that he died. When we read A Christmas Carol, we learn that it can have many different themes that can be a very important component to the story and even our lives.

     The historical significance of The Starry Night mirrors the events taking place during this era of modernity. During this time, scientists, writers and artists were seeking nontraditional ways of thinking. While scientists were learning about humans and physics in ways that had not been used before, and philosophers were finding new theories of life, writers and artists were disregarding old ways of writing and painting, and