Mark Pellington

Malcolm X once said, “the thing to me that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal” (Little and Haley 352). In this profound statement, the charismatic civil rights activist echoed literary titans and innovators throughout the ages in their understanding that betrayal, the brutal desecration of a sacred trust, often has greater effects even than death itself. Such talented literary figures, such as William Shakespeare, recognized that a

The Battle of Philippi was the last fought battle of the wars of the second Triumvirate. These wars were a fight between the forces of Marc Antony and Octavian of the Second Triumvirate, and the forces of Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. Brutus and Cassius were the assassinators of Julius Caesar, Marc Antony and Octavian were very close allies with Julius Caesar and Octavian would become the heir to his throne after the assassination. Because of this, Marc Antony and Octavian would

Ryan Scott Travis, Chelsea Wales, Paige Woods, Daniel Zydel Dr. Ann Coble REL 3015 3 February 2015 The Infancy Gospel of James: Extracanonical Exposé Controversial and “embellished”, the Infancy Gospels of James, otherwise known as the Protoevangelium of James, has an extensive history in the archaeological sources of early canonical Christian writings; yet, the precise date when it was first transcribed is unknown. However, scholars know of two other ancient manuscripts that seem to refer to the

The historical fiction novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is one of the most remarkable written pieces of literature in the United States due to its outstanding use of dialect. Twain was born and raised in Florida, Missouri- an extremely racist state-where the manner of how people speak impacts society, so he decides to write a novel, which he hopes will represent the different terminologies and their importance. Growing up, Twain’s father owned a slave and had an uncle who

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a one of a kind novel. The novel has been debated as controversial since it has been published in 1986. It has been considered racist, due to the “n” word. In its earlier days, racist people felt this book was a disgrace, because of the mingling of the two main characters. Among all of the negative comments, this book is truly a masterpiece. It is an unforgettable and enjoyable book for everyone to learn and scrutinize; it contains a multitude of

Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, is, at its core, an adventurous story of a young boy who ventures down the Mississippi River with an escaped slave named Jim. On more complex levels, the novel has many varied themes, one of which is about the fundamental rules of conventional society and the hypocrisy of that society. At this level, the novel is satirical in nature because Twain is mocking traditional society. Throughout the novel, Twain compares how people are willing to unquestioningly follow the

Almost every pharaoh-queen was named Cleopatra, yet only one is ever thought of, Cleopatra Thea Philopator VII, “The Goddess and Beloved of her Father”. Every moment of her life from 69 BCE until August 12, 30 BCE was a story larger than life, epic in scale, and over the top in its grandeur. As the last reigning pharaoh of the Ptolemaic Dynasty in Ancient Egypt, she is remembered for her ability to rule as a political genius and a strong female leader living in a male-dominated world despite all

This makes even more sense, in the light of the fact that Jesus was constantly referred as, among others, of having coming from the same bloodline as the King David, the most righteous among the kings (leaving aside some of his mishaps), as referred in the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew. Among passages in the Old Testament, however, no other passage is as explicit as in describing Jesus as it is in the Book of Isiah, the passage involving the famed “Suffering Servant.” The servant in this passage

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Introduction Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835- April 21, 1910), commonly known as Mark Twain was an American writer whose works act as social commentary on issues including racism, poverty and class distinctions. His most distinguished novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) convey the vanquished way of life in the pre-Civil War Mississippi Valley and life on the river. His unpretentious, colloquial

Introduction Many people, especially Christians know of the book of John for its famous verse found in chapter 3 verse 16, “For God so loved the world that he gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life” (NIB, Pg.1912). But there is far more to the fourth Gospel that gives us an in depth culture of people known as the Johannine Community. Thesis In order to better understand the Fourth Gospel in the Holy Scriptures, I am going to first give