Angel Clare

The problem is that this angel is not all goodness and light. He is in fact quite the opposite, he smells, he can’t fly, he can’t communicate with anyone or speak god’s language, he is bald and almost toothless, and his wings are dirty (Shmoop Editorial Team). So some people, like the priest, are very skeptical of the old man. He begins to test him by speaking to him in Latin. When the old man doesn’t respond, he finds it very hard to believe that an angel of god wouldn’t understand god’s…

Betrayal is a common theme across fiction literature and media. Showing moments of a person turning his back on his boss, leader, and superior power to become independent. Or gather their own people and fight back, become rival of their former boss. Betrayal would be like, putting your loyalty in someone, and them turning their back on yours. It is something that can happen to anybody in the real life and Paradise Lost by John Milton, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, and the hit TV series…

important figures in Christian history: Saint Francis and Clare of Assisi. Francis began living his life in a way no other Christians imagined living. He willingly sacrificed all his belongings to live in poverty, not because he believed belongings were the root of all evil but because he knew he could still find happiness in poverty. Clare of Assisi found Francis' way of life moving and decided to also dedicate her life to poverty. "Clare and her community preached the gospel by their living…

“The City of Bones” by Cassandra Clare is the first instalment in the Mortal Instruments series. The book follows Clary Fray, a 15 year old artist who soon discovers that she is much more than that. Clary is at an underage nightclub, Pandemonium, when she witnesses what appears to her as a brutal murder in a storage closet. She runs for help, looking for someone to either arrest or fend off the criminals, when she discovers that she is the only person who can see them. These strangers are not…

All Angels had wings, but none were as dark as Raven’s. She had shimmering, dark blue wings that ombred into black tips. Most of the other Angels had cream colored wings with a pink or teal tint to them, but none of them were dark. Because of the peculiar color of her wings, most angels regarded her with some apprehension. There was no fear, but they were unsure of what to think of her. However, there were two angels that did not let their differences stop them from being friends with her.…

re-read or researched further. Before things get too out of hand, I believe that we should go into the history of the Nephilim and their relatable mythology with other cultures. One of the most common angels mentioned in Clare’s novels in Nephilim’s history and mythology is one of the angels, Raziel. The angel Raziel is known in the Jewish Kabbalistic tradition for when he gave Adam a book of wisdom. In the Mortal Instruments series, the Gray Book would be the Book of Wisdom in the Jewish…

most beautiful angel at God’s side. He shined brighter than all the other angels and had the most power next to God, but that was not enough. Cast into hell because of his pride and beginning to want nothing more than the power that was God’s and God’s alone, the fallen angel, Satan, is now commonly known as the ruler of all things evil, destructive, and bad. When thought of today, Satan brings to people’s minds things such as torture and sin, nothing at all like the light bringing angel he was…

Crowdfunding Another way to fund a startup not only in Russia but in many other countries is through crowd-financing. In Russia, the first platforms developed in 2011 and since then many websites have emerged that concentrate on different types of it. According to J’son and Partners Consulting the market for online crowdfunding in 2014 was around 640-700 million Rubles ($9,743,769- $10,657,248 USD). There are three types of crowd financing: crowdinvesting, “crowdlending” and crowdfunding.…

Published in 1974, the novel My Brother Sam is Dead conveys a valuable message that pertains to families and children living in a country midst of war. The authors of this novel allude to events that occurred and people who were present during the American revolutionary war against the British. The events shown in this novel are seen through the eyes of Tim Meeker, the protagonist of the story. By introducing Tim as a dynamic character, and using literary elements like setting, mood, and…

Biker Boyz Critique DeWaun Bowman Methodist University The movie Biker Boyz is very powerful and it carries a strong message throughout the entire movie. It’s about the underground world of motorcycle clubs and not so legal street racing. A young man who is 18 years old named Kid (Derek Luke). Started his own motorcycle club named “Biker Boyz” after witnessing the death of his dad “Slick Will” at one of these races. He wants to be the one in charge the one everyone idealized…