Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

C.S. Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland, on November 29, 1898. He was a Christian author and most of his writing consisted of apologetics and philosophy. He is best known for his famous book series, The Chronicles of Narnia. He also wrote another classic novel entitled, The Screwtape Letters, which covers the many ways that a high ranking demon, who is called Screwtape, temps an ordinary man referred to as the Patient. Although it proved to be very difficult, the Patient perseveres in…

Life and Works Of C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis was a man widely known for many different aspects of his life. For most of his life he was a devout christian and religious figurehead for many people. He took his religion as well as creativity into his works as an author, writing many popular books throughout his lifetime. Not only was he an author and religious figure, he was also a philanthropist as well, giving back as much to the community as he could. C.S. Lewis was born to a small family in…

The book I chose for my book talk is “The Amulet of Samarkand”. This story takes place in a modern-day magician's society in London, England. Nathaniel, an incredibly talented magician's apprentice lives with his master, Arthur Underwood, and spends his days locked inside, studying and immersing himself in the arts of magic. However, unbeknownst to his master, Nathaniel has already summoned a significantly powerful 5000-year-old demon by the name of Bartimaeus. For the sole purpose of revenge…

The purpose of this study is to see which factors, in particular, influence how a person feels towards interracial relationships and whether or not certain factors influence a person’s decision to enter an interracial relationship. Specifically, I felt that there were certain factors that would be important in a person’s willingness to engage in an interracial relationship. These factors consisted of parent/family input, age, race, gender, religion, political affiliation, personal background…

Have you ever been out minding your own business and saw an interracial couple? Did you catch yourself gawking or staring at them? If so, did you stop to think how that made them feel? Two normal people being judged for loving someone who is different than them. Does this mean we should all be judged? I mean no two people are the same, right? Yes, that is true but you shouldn’t be judged for the difference such as your race; you should be judged by what is on the inside, by your character. In…

Society today still have racist ethnic groups that have an unaccepting attitude towards interracial marriages!“Actually I am a Christian and indeed a Roman Catholic so I do not expect history to be anything but a long defeat but though it contain and in a legend it may contain more clearly and movingly some samples or glimpse of final victory” - J.R.R. Tolkien If we have not learned anything from history, then why are we still in existence? History have shown and proven nothing last forever…

APOCALYPTIC SYMBOL PROFILE Symbol: The Lion of Judah First occurrence in Scripture: Genesis 49:9 In Genesis 49, we have Jacob’s final words to his sons. In verse 9, as he turns his attention to Judah, we see Jacob refer to him as a young lion. In this passage we derive the term Lion of Judah, used to symbolize someone that will eventually grow to rule over the rest of the Family. There seems to be a drawing from some military imagery in the fact of stating Judah had conquered his prey and no…

you know what to expect. People don’t normally find themselves being happy when they are getting kidnapped. Fear allows people to imagine an unnatural scenario, which can blind them to act irrationally and unreasonably. In the book, The Martian Chronicles, written by Ray Bradbury, a chapter was introduced to us in a new perspective. The chapter was called “The Martian” and in it tells, Tom is Lafarge’s son, but the twist is that he has been dead for a long time. Lafarge and his wife found “Tom”…

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien are considered to be two of the greatest authors of the last century. Ralph C. Wood in his article “Conflict and Convergence on Fundamental Matters in C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien” analyzes the stylistic and philosophical differences between these two authors. His article focuses on the correlation between an author’s philosophy and writings. Although Wood makes valid arguments he is clearly biased towards Tolkien, therefore affecting his credibility. Wood…

“The Veldt” is a short story written by Ray Bradbury on September 23, 1950. Bradbury, known for his science fiction genre, wrote many novels including: Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, Dandelion Wine and more. The common theme of his novels is that humans can be manipulated by technology. “The Veldt” is about a family that has a very technologically advanced home that performs every task for them. The children eventually get revenge on their parents with their own technology – the nursery…