Aslan

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave brings to fore the ramifications of experiencing life through a restricted lens. The story paints a decidedly bleak portrait of human beings trapped within the confines of a cave since birth, where the shadows of outsiders casted upon the walls craft their perception of reality. One of the men eventually manages to break free, and ventures out from his two-dimensional prison and into the real world; as he adjusts to this new environment, he realizes that the truth…

Imagery is used as a key device to show how birth order influences the personality traits of siblings. In the case of The Hunger Games and The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe imagery is used to reinforce Katniss’s role as Prim’s guardian figure. This is evident when Katniss wakes up one day to find out Prim is gone, “When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim’s warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad…

Introduction: How’d He Do That? Memory, symbols, and patterns are important tools to have and use when reading literature. Memory allows the reader to connect what they are reading to something they have read, seen or heard before, and helps them to see similarities between them and draw their own conclusions. Symbols allow readers to find the deeper meaning in what they are reading and help them avoid merely reading what is on the page. Finally, patterns teach the reader what to look…

Newberry Award Winners: DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie. Candlewick Press, 2000. Summary: Because of Winn-Dixie is a story of a young girl, Opal, who moved from one small town in Florida to another with her father who was a preacher. Her mother left them when Opal was very young and she struggles with this throughout the book. While in the supermarket, Winn-Dixie, Opal found a dog that was tearing apart the store. She claimed the dog as hers and she and her father took the dog home. She…

characteristics, the tone of their speech is not hostile, nor does it influence the manner in which the Pevensie children view other animals within the world. This notion is furthered by the fact that Aslan scolds the Beaver for his harsh tone against the white witch (142), and the manner in which Aslan himself speaks towards all animals in the land- showing the children the value of respect- and thus discouraging hostility towards any of the creatures in…

characteristic of interest in this study. Trait Anger is a stable disposition towards experiencing anger or irritation, distinguishable from State Anger, a person’s subjective feelings of annoyance or irritation resulting from situations (Forgays et al, 1997; Aslan, 2016). This study uses the Spielberger State Trait Anger Scale (STAXI) and draws on the Choe et al. (2011) study which found those with a higher TA score would make utilitarian judgments more often. They reasoned that higher TA…

Following a biopsychosocial perspective this intervention report will focus on an integrative life-course approach to reducing the impact of childhood traumatic stress, paying particular attention to the correlation between psychological trauma and later physiological health. Emphasis will be placed upon the continued development and research into alternative and holistic therapies that may help address the pervasive and complex long-term effects that childhood trauma has upon an individual’s…

Many people think that life must be dancing in field of sunflowers happy for it to be worthwhile. That, however, is not the case. Dr. Kilpatrick explained that actually we only truly live when we accept that life is not always dancing in a field of sunflowers but can involve real adventure. Real adventure consists of real peril, real prohibition, have real decisions, and must bear the consequences of these decisions. Although these four things may not seem like the characteristics of a truly…

Majority of the time when Islam is seen on the news, it is never for a good reason. Headlines read Islamic extremist this or Islamic radical that. A number of Americans view the religion as dangerous and different. Muslims who have no terrorist connections are being surveillanced and prosecuted just because of their religion. Islam is a peaceful religion; it’s just misunderstood due to lack of knowledge within the American population. Muslims are often linked to the terrorists that caused…

Modern audiences can easily see The Passion as a martyr’s story which is frequently showcased in high grossing Hollywood films. Whether it’s Katniss from “The Hunger Games”, King Aslan in “Narnia”, or the infamous Harry Potter, martyrdom seems to grab the attention and pocket books of today’s average movie goer. Given the subject material, it’s easy to assume that The Passion is about xenophobia and theophobia, and that’s not far…