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    would never expect to see on this road, his wife included. He returns to his life in Salem a changed man. In "Young Goodman Brown" Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolism and characterization to imply that when individuals lose their faith in the goodness of mankind, they may begin to imagine that their peers have yielded to temptation.             Hawthorne

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    behavior or thoughts. According to the Christian worldview, mankind is sinful in nature and there is nothing that can be done to change that. The grace and base in this worldview comes from knowing that the God that created mankind has so much love for it that he sent his only son to die and bear the punishment in place of man so that man would be restored from sin and live an everlasting life with him. This paper

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    punish mankind for their actions. The two floods came from two different historic timing. The two floods have several similarities and differences. The Biblical and Gilgamesh flood have several things they have in common. The hero’s characters in each story were righteous men. Noah represents a church. Noah and his family had spiritual beliefs and practices. Noah and his family listen to God. In both floods, God is punishing rebellious mankind. In the book of Genesis, God flood the earth because

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    punish mankind for their actions. The two floods came from two different historic timing. The two floods have several similarities and differences. The Biblical and Gilgamesh flood have several things they have in common. The hero’s characters in each story were righteous men. Noah represents a church. Noah and his family had spiritual beliefs and practices. Noah and his family listen to God. In both floods, God is punishing rebellious mankind. In the book of Genesis, God flood the earth because

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    differences distinguish the biblical version from the ancient version. The characters in Gilgamesh resemble those of The Bible. This starts at the very beginning of the epic with Enkidu, who resembles Adam in many different ways. God’s reason for the flood is because mankind was corrupt and evil, saying in Genesis 6:7, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the Earth.” So God sends rain for forty days and forty nights and the flood lasted 370 days all together, but God was in control of

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    race is not whether to explore but what to possess in the Solar System first? Whether man should first colonize Mars, Venus, or Earth’s Moon is the real question for the human race because a successful first attempt would directly influence life on Earth economically and politically for generations. If a successful colonization mission can be achieved in the first attempt, it would directly result in increased funding for space programs across the globe. The debate is between these three surfaces for

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    respectively, and the creation of everything. Although they share many ideas they also differ greatly. The creation of Earth out of a void by a higher power is a common premise seen in both texts. Monotheism is greatly emphasized in Genesis God is seen as omniscient, and all-powerful being. Whereas in Theogony polytheism is prominent it almost feels as if one god can’t handle all of mankind needs. In the beginning of Genesis everything is explicitly explain. On the sixth day, God decided to make humankind

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    gallons of water sweeping the earth’s surface. The flood in both stories destroys most of mankind. The floods represent rebirth and a new beginning for mankind, as well as the gods and God’s wrath. In Gilgamesh the gods decide to destroy mankind by flooding the earth for six days and nights. Utnapishtim is chosen to build a boat in order to restart mankind after the flood. In the Bible God also decides to flood the earth due to the increase in wickedness. God chooses Noah to build an ark and store seven

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    God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” Gerald Manley Hopkins seems to echo this theme in his poem, “God’s Grandeur.” The interesting aspects of this poem are a result of Hopkins’ different perspectives on nature. In the beginning of the poem, Hopkins directs his focus on the glory of God through the lens of the world. There is then a turning point where he diverts his attention to the problems mankind inflicts upon creation. However, the closing of the poem involves him stepping back

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    Hiroshima Bombing

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    Mankind is one of the biggest races on the Earth and with that many people, there are bound to be many mistakes. By far one of the biggest mistakes of humanity has been nuclear war and nuclear weapons. Even after copious amounts of death and destruction, mankind continues to threaten each other with these weapons of horrid violence. Some of the most notable bombings in history are the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Now things like this may happen in the future.     On August 6, 1945 the

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