The book Ishmael is a critically claimed involving a gorilla named Ishmael, and a curious reader, who believed he could save the world about 10 years before he saw the ad of Ishmael and met Ishmael. Once the narrator meets Ishmael, he realizes that many of Ishmael’s opinions, he agrees with. As time passes on, Ishmael tells him stories such as the jellyfish story, while Ishmael tells the narrator about an anthropologist who realizes a blob, and after time, the blob turns into a jellyfish, and the anthropologist becomes famous for researching this “blob” and naming it a jellyfish. The agenda of this book is to guide you through the author’s beliefs and to tell you thorough stories to help better understand the author’s beliefs.…
In the article “Revenge: Will You Feel Better” by Karyn Hall Ph.D. covers the topic of revenge and gives awareness to readers, since most do not express their feelings to others. However, these thoughts are very common due to our instincts. Yet, most importantly the article tries to explain how revenge works and how those sentiments can be avoided. The author points out that “After considering the studies that found revenge wasn’t so sweet for the avenger” (Psychology Today) since they do not gain satisfaction. However, Ms. Hall encourages to “Accept your urges and thoughts of revenge as a basic human response related to trust” (Psychology Today).…
In an episode of Grey’s Anatomy called “Sanctuary” (Rhimes, 20 May. 2010) the Seattle Grace Hospital is seen going through a lock down due to a shooter scheming revenge for his wife’s death. At the beginning of the episode a character from a previous episode, Mr. Clark is coursing through the hospital asking where he could locate the hospital’s chief doctor Derek Shepherd to make him pay for his wife’s death. Mr. Clark was seeking revenge because he felt that his wife’s passing away while being a patient at the Seattle Grace Hospital was not due to her illness but misjudgment of the chief who decided to withdraw medical attention after evaluating her as brain dead. As Mr. Clark courses his way around the hospital he began to shoot surgeons,…
His mental health seems questionable. The author is developing a theme that revolves around hopelessness and desperation, and I have a distinct and utter feeling things are only going to get worse as Ishmael continues his journey. I wonder if Ishmael will soon run into some people who will help him or recruit him onto their side of the fighting in this war. “So I couldn’t bring myself to be completely happy. It was much easier to be sad than to go back and forth between emotions, and this gave me the determination I needed to keep moving.…
Revenge: we all have sought it one way or another, but few of us have wanted revenge to the point where we change as a person all together. “ The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Allan Poe is a story of a man named Montresor who was insulted so much that it pushed him to get revenge on Fortunato in the form of murder. Ironman 3 by Shane Black is a action packed story about the billionaire playboy named Tony Stark who watches his friends, family, his home, and innocent people be killed or destroyed by the terrorist group, the Mandarin, who he then vows revenge upon. The idea that revenge can push a person to lengths they never dreamed of is demonstrated in the stories “ The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and Ironman 3 by Shane Black through…
This book starts off by discussing captivity, Ishmaels captivity, the takers captivity in their own culture, and way of thinking. Ishmael teaches the author about captivity through his own experience in the zoo and circus. Ishmael never says that he feels resentful about his captors, and he furthers the discussion about captivity by discussing mother culture, and how this culture holds people captive (36). Ishmael teaches the narrator that taker culture holds everyone captive, and the only way to break through this captivity is to form another different culture, that does not have the same “teachings” as the taker culture (44). Identity is another idea that is discussed throughout the book, Ishmael tells the narrator how he found his identity, and then tells the narrator that no one has to just accept the identity that is given to them.…
Vengeance Won't Help Today many people would love to get revenge for the smallest harm done to them, it may be fun or feels good but it will escalate the problem by the victim wanting to get back to you in an unbalanced way. There for,Vengeance is not a solution that will help a person; instead, it will cause more suffering. The Avenger is characterized as forgiving, which demonstrates that he knows that it’s wrong to hurt others and get revenge. When the Avenger walked into Dun, “it was like a city of the dead ,and the bodies of those who had been killed in the last defense, lay where they had fallen” (Van Dyke).This illustrates how The Avenger felt horrified for the condition of the people.…
When people get revenge on others it can satisfy their mind and their soul. Revenge is something that is in human nature and it can be seen throughout history ever since the beginning of time. As human beings, we often let our thoughts turn into actions and those actions can lead us down a path of destruction. People don't think before they act, especially whenever they are angry or stressed. Many people seek revenge on others for harm caused mentally or physically.…
Sweet Poison Revenge is like sweet poison. It possesses people and draws them in like bees to honey yet, it is a deadly device to be played with as it can mess with one's head completely in not a very good way. The need for revenge is like an infection in one's mind that if not put in check quickly spreads out and harms vital organs of the body which might ultimately lead to death. When someone has offended us we seek to harm them most times intentionally and get even the score for what they did to us in Vega’s "Spanish Roulette", Sixto who has always been a peaceful man is having an inward battle with himself as he contemplates about killing a gang member who raped his sister. His friend who was with him tried to convince him that he was…
Understanding how our emotions can influence our behavior is important when managing our actions. We become completely obsessed with vengeance that we can become complacent, eventually regretting the damage we caused. Revenge can keep you from caring about the repercussions of your current actions,…
We talk about people being manipulative and are often irritated at them for these behaviors or we have a vague sense that others have manipulated us, but what is the real definition of manipulation? Encarta's Dictionary definition of manipulation is as follows: Using clever and devious ways to control or influence somebody or something, to change by artful or unfair means, and serving one's own purpose. All that to say in a rather polite way that due to your self-serving or self-centered motives, you try to get someone else to do something for you that you probably can do for yourself; you just do not want to do it. For other people, there can be a smug satisfaction in getting over on people and having others do things for them that they are more than capable of doing.…
Throughout the novel I had made sure that I left my mind opened to the unique teachings of Ishmael and while I was reading it I found out a few things…
1. The Greek word apolutrósis being understand as redemption it means a release affected by payment of ransom. Redemption is used twenty times through out the Bible. The general English translation of the word redemption is the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. In the book, Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, the word redemption states a legal prove in which offers biblical writers with a central image of God’s salvation towards mankind (pg. 21).…
Those who get hurt by others, tend to hurt the people that they are hurt by. In short, hurt people hurt people. The motivation is revenge, and this is not because humans are evil, but because vengeance is part of the innate survival instincts of an elaborate social species. The desire behind getting revenge is seen as, to the person who is getting revenge, an act of justice. But for some, the act of revenge is way more diabolical than what is seemingly necessary.…
Redemption There are many ways the book of Genesis has signified the theme of redemption. Redemption is the act of a person or god in which he/she is taking a wrong doing and turning it into something right. In the earliest part of the book of Genesis, Eve took the apple from the serpent and Adam and Eve consumed it. They both have sinned and established a wrong doing in front of God. God then asks them in verse eleven “Have you eaten from the tree of witch I commanded you not to eat?”…