Dan Brown’s The DaVinci Code is a world renowned novel known for its controversial depiction of the Catholic church and the use of secret societies to tell his fictitious tale of finding one of the world’s most famous artifacts. A devout Monk, Silas, of Opus Dei (a secret Catholic Society) is sent by an unknown Teacher to find the hidden location of the famous Holy Grail in Paris. After confirming the location with 3 members of the Priory of Sion (keepers of the Holy Grail), Silas shoots Jacques Sauniere, the master of the secret society. Unbeknownst to him, all the members, including Sauniere, had given him a false location.…
1. Is Janie or Tea Cake a Christ figure? Choose one and argue for or against this, providing details from the novel to support your answer. Overall in my opinion I think Tea Cake was the Christ figure. He portrayed these characteristic by a lot of things.…
A Christ Figure is a character in literature whose actions and intentions resemble those of Jesus Christ. In the three works of literature that we have discussed, each character exemplifies key aspects that relate closely with those of Jesus Christ. Though the three separate works each shows evidence of characters being a Christ Figure, they do so in their own unique way. A Separate Peace is a story that tells of Gene’s recollection of his closest friend Phineas life, death and the many events that occur at boarding school. Finny is a strong character with a boisterous personality and is the image of a perfect person to his best friend, Gene.…
Chapter 22: He’s Blind for a Reason, You Know Main Idea: Foster claims in this chapter that blindness is never just a fact—it always has symbolic significance in a story. He furthers his claim by saying that most texts feature metaphorical representations of blindness and sight, even if the story doesn’t contain literal blindness. Two important things are that blindness can mean much more than just the physical act of seeing, and that usually a characteristic such as blindness, is important when introduced early in a story. Literary Example: Slaughterhouse Five Analysis: True sight is an important concept that is difficult to define for Slaughterhouse-Five. As an optometrist in Ilium, Billy has the professional duty of correcting the vision of his patients.…
Jesus is a trickster figure. The “trickster figure” literary archetype is a very controversial one. The thing that most people don’t understand is that it is not always a negative thing to be labeled as a trickster figure. What is a trickster figure, and how is Jesus considered one? A trickster figure is someone who violates the principles of social norms and natural order (Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art).…
Thomas C. Foster’s How To Read Literature Like A Professor is, as it says in the title, a guide on how to read literary works more professionally in order to better understand the concepts, themes, symbolism, and other aspects, like intertextuality better. Mr. Foster includes examples from many well known and praised works in order to give the reader a sense of what they should be looking for in order to contextualize a literary work. For example, Foster uses each chapter as sort of a guide. Each chapter explains a literary element via an example of said element along with how Foster believes it ties into literature and how it is used or should be used.…
A Christ figure, or a Christ-Image is an archetype that authors can use to make connections with the character(s) in the story along with the biblical Jesus. In other words a Christ Figure is a holy character who can be compared to Jesus, or other holy figures. In the beginning of A Worn Path the author already makes comparisons to why Phoenix is a Christ figure. From her name, Phoenix Jackson, there are already clues that represent a Christ figure, for example with her name being Phoenix that alone represents resurrection. In the Bible it speaks about how Jesus resurrected from the dead, which is the exact same thing that a Phoenix does.…
Just as how Foster proved his claim that every literary piece is a spinoff of Shakespeare’s works in Chapter 6, Foster shows how every literary work has biblical allusions by showing how biblical allusions are utilized for different purposes. He continues this claim by connecting poetry, modern texts, postmodern texts, plays, nonreligious texts and many more to the Bible. He proves this by providing examples such as a scene in Toni Morrison’s Beloved (1987) where the characters view four white men riding on horses on the road. However, Foster claims this scene as an allusion to Judgement Day which is what the author intended. Foster proves this allusion by the diction of the text.…
One of the firSimon does that depicts a Christ-like figure, is found in chapter 3 when he helps the littluns reach for their fruit, “ Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands. When he had satisfied them he paused and looked round. The littluns watched him inscrutable over double handfuls of ripe fruit. ”(Golding 56). “A nice image of selfless caring, but also an observance of Christs injunction to his apostle Simon Peter.…
The Hamsa is used in Middle Eastern Religions to symbolize the Hand of God. In Jewish and Islam cultures the Hamsa is seen as a protective sign, its made to ward evil off and protect its followers. It is representative of the five books of the Torah, with five fingers and the hand either facing up or down. In more recent times the Hamsa is used to symbolize peace in war-torn Middle East. Many Jews and Arabs had begun to wear the Hamsa to show the common grounds from which their religion began The Hamsa, also known as Fatima’s Hand has also been a symbol for good luck and one of the most popular representations of protection for people of the Islam culture.…
By examining a piece of literature, a reader can discover multiple patterns that enhance the story, their understanding of the piece and the experience it brings in general. The novel, How to Read Literature like A Professor, by Thomas C. Foster, describes and discusses many, varying patterns. One pattern he calls, “acts of communion”, explains how food and meals in a literary work can have a more significant purpose than just eating normally suggests. In addition, this novel discussed the uses of Christ figures in literature and the different characteristics that suggest the author’s intentions on comparing a character in their work with Jesus Christ. Both of these patterns are shown in the novel, A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest J. Gaines.…
Throughout the Chronicles of Narnia, Aslan was the most influential and notable character. He shares many of the same characteristics and actions of Jesus Christ. For example, he was hailed as king of narnians and Jesus was the king of Jews. In the Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Aslan turns a well of water to wine just like Jesus turned water to wine for his disciples. Aslan also helps the children (Peter, Edmund, Susan, and Lucy) feel welcomed into their new world that they had discovered.…
Christianity and Buddhism are two religions that are very similar, yet very unique in their own ways. These religions are two of the most popular and most practiced in the world. This is because they are not super challenging to follow and anyone can be a believer. Christianity and Buddhism are similar in that they are both orally originated, and have a moral code. These religions differ by the origin, the deity they worship, and the religion’s antagonist.…
He goes on to prove this throughout his essay as he establishes credibility for himself, a logical standpoint and an emotionally ground crucial point of the essay. He does so effectively as his entire essay is able to connect to the audience rather early in the essay and is able to drive home his point as it continues. His use of ethos, pathos and logos allowed for him to draw the reader in and quickly control the pace of the argument to convince everyone that he was…
Christ the Redeemer of the World Redeemer, defined by Merriam-Webster, means “a person who brings goodness, honor to something again”. In Catholicism this refers to the person who will carry out the last step of God’s ultimate plan: creation, sin, and salvation. We can see God’s creation through scripture in the Book of Genesis. God spent six days creating the universe, earth, animals, land, and humans. Humans were a different creation than the other things God had created.…