Yoseph's Belief

One of the foremost themes of the novel is the concept of belonging to a place, in particular the connection to a homeland. A disturbance in the main environment signifies as the stimulating factor for the disruption of the man’s sense of belonging. There exists an fragmented sense of existence in the old land, something that is established primarily by the ominous, malicious serpent like figures that

Theme in “Defender of the Faith” can be interpreted in many varying ways, some of which are life-long lessons and others to the relation between faith and the individual.

“There’s a great holy war going on in my father’s mind, in which we’re meant to duck and run and obey orders and fight for all the right things, but I can’t always make out the orders or even tell which side I’m on exactly” (244).

Jacob’s preferential treatment towards Joseph was destructive, and created dissension among Joseph’s brothers (fueled sibling rivalry –

Starting off in Sighet - a quiet and simple town located in Transylvania - Eliezer and his family live untouched and anxiety free. No suspicion of their world crumbling down is present; even with warnings from Moishe the Beadle pleading “Jews, listen to me! That’s all I ask of you. No money. No pity. Just listen to me!” (Page 7), the Jews of Sighet are left carefree. Anxiety does not come until many decrees are passed and a very, very real threat is brought upon the

The beginning of the Holocaust seems hopeful for Elie and his family, even though the Hurgarian police take away the foreign Jews that live in Sighet, Elie’s hometown, in cattle cars. Although nobody knows exactly what happens to them, the Jews in Sighet hear that they are in Galicia, working, and “content with their fate” (Wiesel 6). But that is not so, for Moishe, a

Joseph eventually gained promotions to great prosperity. He was still very young and longed to be reunited with his family. Joseph forgave his brothers for the sins they committed against him. Joseph assured that his family was provided for after their reconciliation. Still, his brothers did not trust him and feared that he would retaliate against them. Joseph always stayed faithful to God, no matter what the situation. He knew that God was faithful and would take care of him if he

To begin, in the first part of the story, a city called Omelas and its inhabitants are described as one happy community, but a negative connotation on the city and its people is implied as the story progresses.”They

Heller balances the levity and tragedy of the incidences that plague Yossarian remarkably well, it serves to emphasize the experience’s Yossarian was living through and helps the reader to sympathize with Yossarian and feel exactly what he’s feeling.

of his capabilities. Similarly, Joseph is able to establish himself as a superior to his

In the absence of specific consideration the dialogue steers towards normativity of the deleterious effects of a son’s action on his father regardless of the normativity of the father’s action. Euthyphro intends vindicating piety, or holiness, such that at a wider scale where gods assume omniscience, omnipotence and omnipresence, there will be acceptance of his stance.

Also, the intent of this hymn is to glorify its speaker, Sinuhe, but the under Sinuhe’s respect for the gods he tends to fail to not only take notice of the possibility that it might have been he himself who had led him away from his homeland. The portion of the hymn leading into Sinuhe’s crisis of identity and motivation also points towards Sinuhe’s worldview. In lines 237-256 the epic tells the tale of Sinuhe’s triumph over the “hero of Retjenu”

This is the eleventh time to write the thoughts of the Aesop's Fables. It is nearly drawing to a close of this book and it also become more difficult than before. This week's thirty stories are short but difficult to understand.

He freely relinquished his identity as known by his secular achievements. It is true we are often tempted by success, achievement and wealth. Sometimes it is hard fulfilling the role as leader in a church, and one can experience loneliness abstaining from temptations. However, one’s effective leadership is possible

The English tried to gain power in Palestine much to the disheartenment of the Palestinians. A group of terrorist that call themselves the movement are trying to regain the power enlisting young people to join their quest. The name of the recruiter is Gad and he has approached Elisha to join them. He tells him that although he knows everything about him, he is not there to talk about his past but of his future. This intrigues Elisha to see what type of future this stranger has in mind. Gad offers him an opportunity to give voice to his outcry of despair, that in the end it will result in hope and triumph. According to Elisha “Sometimes I thought of myself a living graveyard. That was the reason I followed Gad to become a terrorist” (168,169).