Who Told You That You Were Naked Summary

Bloom, Harold. "The Story Behind the Story." Jan. 2004. EBSCO. Literary Reference Center. Paul VI

In the sixth chapter of Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Foster examines the Bible and its importance throughout stories, poetry and film. The Bible is one of the most commonly known pieces of literature and is even “nonsectarian” in Foster’s eyes (44). Because stories from the Bible are so well known, the Bible is a tremendously easy for authors to reference when constructing a new composition. Especially “prior to sometime in the middle of the twentieth century” writers were “solidly instructed in religion” and could count on the public being very well acquainted with Biblical stories (47). This widespread knowledge of the Bible lead to greater understandings throughout literature, and the recognized allusions helped

Authors, such as Upton Sinclair, incorporate allusions in their books to refer to other great works, people, and events. However, in the book The Jungle, biblical allusions are mixed in throughout the story. These allusions are used to fuse the story with references from the Bible; however, it’s extremely important to understand the literature of the fairy tails and short stories attached. With that in mind, we use these biblical excerpts and allusions in How to Read Like a Professor, such as the story of the Garden of Eden, and the story of Noah to enrich our perception on the sole idea of how biblical allusions can deepen our understanding of The Jungle.

Let’s talk about the world about 2,000 years ago. It was a world where the mass of people were illiterate, taxes were extremely high, and the leaders would cheat and kill to feed their ever growing need for power. We all can relate to having a good storyteller in our lives, most were read to at night by their parents or are parents themselves that read to their children. What is the purpose of storytelling? It’s simple, comfort. A good story can ease your psychological unrest as well as offer a moral purpose. Sometimes you can even relate a story to your own life and offer an explanation to something you may be experiencing. This is exactly what the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were. They told their stories of Jesus to offer comfort to their people in a time when people could not pick up a story and read it themselves. It is part of human nature to have the desire for a good story. This paper will describe several events that were written by great storytellers in the bible.

Relate your story in first person, describing action and quoting exact words you remember hearing or saying. In the teaching style of Jesus, this is your own parable, case study, and confession. You will remember almost nothing you have read unless you make this critical, personal connection. When reading the book, what video memory began to play in your mind? This is your chance to tell your story and generate new ideas

Picturing the Bible, by Spier J. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 2007. 288 pages. Reviewed by June Cuffner.

In the poem “Written in Pencil in a Sealed Freightcar” by Dan Pagis, there is much information that is left unsaid. Pagis writes that “I am Eve, With my son Abel.” I know that references the bible, since Pagis often refers to biblical or mythical stories. He also writes “If you see my older boy, Cain son of Adam, Tell him that I...” I believe that this also refers to the bible, but leaves readers wondering what happened, and why it ended. There are many things the author doesn’t tell us, but some things are easier to find than others.

In 350 schools across the nation, nearly 400,000 students know when to speak about bullies and shooters to authorities. That isn’t a very big number compared to our nation’s population. With that, there are also many students out there who don't speak up. All of the students who weren't taught how could save many lives. If they aren't told, those students and others could die. With an increase in bullies and shooters in the nation, people should need to know how to stop them. Even so, people are still afraid to tell on bullies and shooters. Those people could save their entire school. Although one side of readers of the article “To Tell or Not to Tell?” by Mary Kate Frank have argued that telling authorities about bullies could harm the students physically, closer examination shows that reporting bullies and shooters can save yourself and others.

In the short story “Who’s There?” the author of the story, Arthur C. Clarke, uses foreshadowing to indicate to the readers that it is important to use clues within the text to help them envision what the ending may be like. Foreshadowing can be defined as “the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand” (_____). In the story, a man goes into outer space to retrieve something for an experiment. While in space the man begins to hear strange noises coming from his suit. This causes him to panic and wonder if he had received a recycled suit that a colleague had died in. After reporting this to the station the man feels something scrape up against his neck causing him to hit his head and pass out. When the man wakes, he

Yet the woman kept on living with her Bible, neither disturbed nor angered by all the teasing. Finally, one day she knelt down in the midst of those who laughed at her. Holding the Bible high above her head, she said with a big smile: “Yes, of course, there are many books which I could read. But there is only one book which reads me!”

The key to a successful functioning family is communication. Communication in a family helps members express their needs, wants, and concerns to each other. Poor communication can lead to many family problems like a weak emotional bond, and different family conflicts. Also ignoring issues won’t work, it can cause more harm than good in some situations. In the novel “ Everything I never told you” the family display poor communication in so many ways. They hide their true feelings from each, afraid to let each other know exactly what’s on their mind. By the family not communicating with each other, it caused them to encounter various family conflicts, and weak emotional bonds between every one of them.

When studying any piece of literature there are many different methods and techniques that can be used. The Bible, in specific, is often referred to as a source of moral code, hope, and answers to social, ethical, and political questions. However, this incredibly influential book can also be read as if it were any other novel. The events, settings, and characters can all be evaluated for what they are, forgetting the notion that they are from a religious text. This approach is called narrative criticism. When regarding to the Bible in this way, we do not need to know any historical information or focus on seeking a deeper theological meaning. Instead, the stories are evaluated in terms of how

Elwell, Walter A., and Barry J. Beitzel. Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1988. Print.

The first 39 books of the larger work called the Bible, is called the Old Testament. The Bible itself is arguably the best selling and most read book of all time, yet it’s well known to be quite challenging to read through and understand. The Old Testament portion of the Bible, notably the most difficult portion of the Bible for most to study and follow, yields 39 books from multiple authors, and spans over 4000 years of crucial world and church history. If that were not enough to take on, the Old Testament comes our way through multiple styles of authorship and formats, including but not limited to, books of history, law, proverbs, ethics,

I had read the gospels of James, Thomas, and Matthew, of course, about the nativity, the birth of Jesus, the manger, the wise men, angel annuciations, the miraculous conception, visits from shepherds.