Left To Tell And Monster Literary Analysis

In both Left to Tell and Monster, the Christian theology of forgiveness is the prime theme. Forgiveness, a term with profound meaning. It can be shown in a variation of ways and has the power to transform lives. It is a key factor in altering evil in the world to good. In Left to Tell and Monster, forgiveness teaches Steve Harmon and Immaculee Ilibagiza how to move onward from being targeted and prejudiced, and focuses on the their personal stories as victims. Human dignity, faith, and love/agape model an outline to leading a life where only love and goodness will prevail, evil will be defeated, and all because forgiveness will teach each individual to see that there people are not evil, but solely their actions are evil and those who sin must be shown their wrongdoing and must be forgiven in order to move on and prosper/be free.
Human dignity is a philosophy in which every individual human is creation created in the image and likeness of God. In Left to Tell, Immaculee was shown from a …show more content…
In retrospect, these three gifts from God enabled healing to commence and lives and hearts to be revolutionized. This healing process falls under the extensive theme of forgiveness and is made evident through a myriad of example throughout both stories. All three reiterate how crucial it is to become more open-hearted and allow forgiveness to consume us and lead us into a life where dealing with pain isn’t as brutal nor heavy weighted. Forgiveness in both books demonstrate that labeling (race, gender, height etc.) and standardizing inhumane acts and names is not acceptable and can be gradually stopped if everyone’s offers forgiveness to all even to the greatest sinners. Then, as a large community, everyone will heal, and pain will become an increasingly smaller burden as more people understand this deep-rooted