Cain and Abel

Developing an Identity: Monsters and Heroes in Beowulf In the epic poem, Beowulf, Beowulf is clearly the hero, and Grendel is the monster. A good Anglo-Saxon plot often necessitates the dichotomy of good versus evil. Nothing connotes these opposing forces like a hero slaying a monster. Oftentimes a reader will blindly accept a character’s position or role simply because the author suggested so. How did these characters identities develop them into good or bad? As seen in Beowulf, identity as…

To be a part of a community is to have a feeling of fellowship with others as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, or goals. The definition of community can change based on the people involved, but it always has a common factor. In Norse culture, the concept of community is essential to their way of life. People were separated into clans, and everyone of each clan was treated as importantly as the king. Those adopted into the clan were treated as family members, and seen as a serious…

historian called Soria, he finds out that the person that was put in jail to cover the act of an ex- lieutenant and who was part of the FLN, killed many Harki families right after the independence. The victim, Soria was the only survivor of the family, guides Llob to find out who was surely responsible for this crime. The investigation of Dead Man’s Share shows that sometimes corruption can deceive a lot of people and provoke injustice for some people such as the case of Llob’s partner Lino.…

been heavily featured within literature since time immemorial, which only substantiates our perverse (albeit secret) attraction to it. Throughout time the representation of ‘The Beast Within’ has evolved in literature, from biblical myths such as ‘Cain & Abel’ and the ‘Epic Of Gilgamesh’, wherein a character has lapsed from good and succumbed to their evil impulses; to modern renditions, such as the TV show ‘Dexter’, wherein the character revels in his dark side. However, the core conventions of…

Codenamed Ultra by the British military intelligence because of its highest security classification. Many people that signed on to be apart of Ultra had to sign the Official Secret Acts and were told that they were going to be breaking German encrypted messages. The job of the people involved were to break high-level encrypted messages sent through the German military, using the Enigma as a form of communication during World War II. In order to accomplish the utmost important task of cracking…

The Song of History: “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” The song “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” is a political account and cultural manifesto of the final days of the Civil War in America. It is a story told from the view of a deprived white farmer in Tennessee. Although he has witnessed firsthand by soldiers from the Union and lost his sibling to the war, he soldiers on and lives through the “beautiful sadness” of the Southern states that inspired the creation of the song. The song…

are not of God who practice sinful lifestyles such as envy, deceit, gossip, and ruthlessness, “not only do unrighteous things, but give approval to those who practice them.” Throughout Scripture we see a plethora of broken relationships, from Cain and Abel, to Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, to Samuel and David, to name a few. Fortunately, the gospel brings restoration into relational corruption. We are encouraged in Romans 5:10 that we were “reconciled to God by the death of his Son…

David Walker’s Appeal serves as a call to action to all black people in America – free or not. In hopes to enlighten the enslaved people and abolitionists in America, he addresses the injustices he and his people face in their daily lives along with his radicalistic ideas on how to rebel against their natural enemies. At the time, Walker’s strategies for freedom were very controversial and dangerous as he shared his views regarding the immediate abolition of slavery as opposed to a more gradual…

Wisdom and knowledge, fraternal twins imbued in Man since Creation, Romulus and Remus, Cain and Abel, one idolized, coveted, benevolent, and permanent; the other mundane, transitory, and potentially dangerous. A crashing wave of brine sweeps the sandy shore along, ever tumultuous: this is knowledge. Droppingly slow, stalactites and stalagmites coalesce into stony relics: this is wisdom. For wisdom is infinitely more precious than knowledge: he who knows, comprehends; he who is wise, empathizes.…

understanding my story. The family dynamics, passionate but flawed characters deeply resonated with me. There is a section of the book in which Steinbeck discusses the word “timshel” which is the Hebrew word for “thou mayest”. It is found in the story of Cain and Abel and refers to the choice that mankind has to overcome sin. The whole plot of East of Eden centers around how the darkness and “sins” of the past, the “sins” that are inherited do not bind us to a certain fate. I learned that I had…