Contradictory to beauty of the world, the Bible also acknowledges the beauty of faith. However, I am going continue the two verses I used in the paragraph before: 1 Samuel 16:7b, 1 Peter 3:4. Earlier, I mentioned the context of 1 Samuel 16, along with God’s indicating to Samuel that, when looking for a king, the outward appearance and stature were not important. Extending off the first part of 1 Samuel 16:7, God tells Samuel the difference between what a man looks at and what God, himself, sees, “for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7b). Although God may be talking about what he wants in the new king in context, this verse is further more talking about the beauty of faith.…
Today marks the one year date of Kaelyn's death. Kaelyn was my daughter, she was four at the time of the car accident. You're probably wondering who I am. I'm Bryar, Bryar Wilkins. I was the one driving during the time of the car crash.…
Melba is my name. I was one of the first black students in the United States to attend an all-white high school. My friends and I had to fight racism in its many forms throughout our lives. I had to transition from a being a normal teenage girl to one of the tough warriors. When i started school at Central High School, I had no idea of the strong discomfort I would had needed to face.…
Elisha, first off, I am so sorry for being who I am. I know you're probably going to think every word I'm about to say is bullshit, and I don't blame you. I also know I've left this way too late but I didn't want to say anything unless it was going to make any sense at all instead of just random shit.…
As a student born and raised in the south, segregation and the civil rights movement were subjects often studied. However, this tends to be rather impersonal. When Mrs. Esther Vaughn came to speak at Rome High School, in Rome, Georgia, the civil rights movement became tangible. Her personal story transformed a period of time that seemed light years away into something that could be viewed through her eyes. Two points in her speech about her youth stuck out to me: her lack of interaction with white people and the lack of significant violence in Rome yet the underlaid cruelty.…
“I tried my best not do anything bad, Aunt Clara,” Lennie answered with grief. “Mhm, you say that, but ya still do it anyway. Do you really think George’ll still be with your knuckle head? All he did was be nice to ya and now you’re still causin’ trouble over n’ over again. He could’ve been doing so many things if it weren’t for you.…
When I switched riding farms I was told I was to ride a pony named Annabelle. When I got on her since I didn't have my outside rein I couldn't keep her in the ring. The next pony I rode was either Pink or M&M. Pink was kind of uncontrollable because of the people who trained her. M&M was good except when I tried to go over a brush box jump when I did he ran out and I almost fell off.…
Saving Society Tumultuously, Diana Moon Glampers burst into the auditorium. As she irately evaluated the room, her eyes met Harrison’s. The look of pure defiance that was revealed through Harrison’s eyes enraged her. “Stop the music,” she demanded fiercely. Their music remained audible.…
Roller Coaster with Auggie’s emotions? Great friends? Sure, you could argue that. But you could also argue that along the way, people have said things about him and to him that is so cruel, it will stick with him forever. He will not forget the looks people gave him, and the terror of even touching him.…
Wow! I can’t believe Hana and I had finally graduated and in a few months we’ll all be cured! On The Fourth of July I go over to Hana’s house to celebrate our tradition of watching the fireworks together. As i enter her house, I hear loud and forbidden music blasting out of Hana’s room. Once I entered her room, Hana confessed to me that, she is listening to illegal music and attending a party past her curfew with boys.…
Melinda begins high school as an outcast. She has no one to sit beside, no one to match class schedules with, and no one to eat with. The kids at school are angry at Melinda because she called the cops. Melinda won’t talk about what happened that night with anyone that she was raped. “she won’t say anything!…
In the Greek book, Esther is a symbolic object. She aids in the freedom of the Hebrews, but the author chose to follow Mordecai’s story as a prophet and standing against Haman. Instead of standing in behind the scenes in the Hebrew version, Mordecai uses Esther’s positions as the king’s favorite to persuade the king to accept any of her requests. Esther still asks the same desires as in the Hebrew book, but the author of the Greek book puts much more detail into it, changing the scenario and the perspective on Esther because of the addition of the Lord. In the Greek version for example, when Esther approaches the king and is prepared to propose her request, the author describes how terrifying he is and Esther faints from fear.…
Esther’s psychological crisis in The Bell Jar is likely a matter of stressful events triggering an episode of a disorder she’d always had. It seems likely that Esther suffered from schizotypal personality disorder (STPD), based on the symptoms she displayed. STPD is a mental illness that involves symptoms of anxiety, depression, and warped perception of reality. Esther was unable to read or write because letters “associated themselves in fantastic, untranslatable shapes, like Arabic or Chinese” (65).…
“So you do associate with the riff-raff now and again?” Weevil spoke close to her ear over the music, from behind; she surprised him by being here, he figured he could at least return in kind. A shady dive in the ‘02, it’s exactly the kind of place she shouldn’t be but somehow always ended up. Spotting the blonde, wavy bob from across the bar, Weevil just couldn’t go back to his drink the same way. It was her, alright, but it was a version of her Weevil didn’t find wholly familiar.…
Peoples live were shaped by one’s own success and failure in life with relation to other people. Feeling of societal impotence have the ability to impact lives of every individual in a negative way, thus affecting one’s own relationship with the people around you. Impotence is described as a lack of feeling powerful along with having feelings of being incapable to succeed. Thus, most of the scene, we saw Esther as a person who cannot do anything about the situation that she experiences. In the novel, Esther experienced a great deal of anxiety from social pressure especially from the people around her who expect her to achieve for the greatest since Esther is always one of the top in class.…