Agape

as well as challenging the reader with the ambiguous ending. “Steinbeck wanted his readers “to participate in the actuality.” The final scene induces more than participation. The selfless act of the hitherto self-centered Rose of Sharon, a kind of agape at once disturbing and Transcendentally communal, can have the effect of silently accusing the novel’s readers—especially squeamish or repelled readers—of selfishness and complacency in the face of abject misery,” avers Patrick J. Keane. For one…

both start with does not which gives a negative connotation. Hate is known to be a word of judgment and to many Hebrews this word was used for relationships between humans (Stuhlmueller 412). It is important to know that hate is the opposite of agape, which is a Greek term for love. Although hate is a big term to use towards people it could be interpreted as to leave everything that is holding you back from Heaven and the Kingdom of God. This is because he asking people to hate those who…

Cal and Emily are the couple that begin and end the movie for us. Cal and Emily’s divorce kick starts Cal meeting Jacob and Jacob meeting Hanna. The relationship that Cal and Emily have in the beginning is unfulfilled. Emily asks for a divorce because she’s feeling very unsatisfied. Cal is very shocked because he thought everything was going well. They have a beautiful house, lovely kids; they’ve been together for 25 years--Cal was in the happiest relationship of his life, and he thought Emily…

Despite having lived in Georgia for the past couple of years and having dealt with the immense heat and humidity there, I was still unprepared for the heat of the Arizona summer. As an experienced hiker, I thought of myself as experienced enough to deal with the heat and smart enough to not have to worry about it. I would find out all too soon that I was neither experienced enough nor smart enough to deal with the Arizona heat. I left my house at four in the morning, reasoning that since…

A violent wave of water hit the demigods. Will sputtered, eyes still closed tightly. Bubbles erupted from his mouth and nose in an abrupt torrent as the wind was knocked out of his lungs. He washed onto the beach with a painful thud, and rolled over sorely to retch the water which had forced its way down his throat. He rubbed his eyes and sat up, stunned. He gazed gratefully at the lake, and the agitated water which had broken the fall of the three demigods. Where had that wave come from? He…

Love could very well be considered a universal human phenomenon; we all need to love and to be loved. The human need for love is placed in our knowledge of our individual loneliness within the natural and social world. This is one of the existential contrasts, in which characterize the human condition: “Man is alone and he is related at the same time” (Fromm) . Love in its various forms acts as a catalyst of interactive relationships and, due to its central importance, it is one of the most…

In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Montag, the book-saver, tried to escape the world of the overwhelming technology. Social activities were replaced by inane TV shows where clowns tear their limbs apart, families are replaced by the “family” on the television, and where thoughts are stopped by deafening TV commercials. Bradbury’s vision of today seems to be precise seeing that people started to care less about each other, people stop thinking due to the overload of technological…

Child labor and sexual exploitation of children could easily be considered some of the worst crimes against humanity. A movie directed by Bill Bilheimer, titled "Not My Life" argues "there are more than 190 countries in the world, and virtually all of them enslave children… within or across their borders" (Video). "Not my Life" is a movie depicting exploitation, abuse, and mistreatment of children around the world. Filmed in many different countries, "Not My Life" portrays various forms of…

Nietzsche characterized Europe in late nineteenth century as nihilistic, and even considered the late twentieth century to be even more so. He generalizes that we no longer need a God, that a God doesn 't give us meaning and purpose to our lives. Our lives are simply meaningless and lack the capacity to become anything new. Nietzsche stressed that without a sole purpose of living, we would create a new world built on weakness and comfort. He also foresaw that nihilism might lead to radical…

From Jesus to Pope Francis, cavemen to business men, and Washington to Obama, interpersonal relationships are pivotal. Whether the relationships are good or bad, all humans interact with each other in different ways. The different interactions amongst people have been captured by authors like August Wilson, James Wright, and Theodore Roethke. These writers used their literature to dive deeper into the vague topic of human relationships; they all produced works that focused on father-son…