Corrie ten Boom

This essay will be an analysis piece on Animal Farm (1945) written by George Orwell (1903 - 1950) through the application of Michael Foucault’s (1926 - 1984) theory of politics of truth (1997) and the idea of Panopticon (1975). By viewing through Foucault’s theories, it will help decipher the intertextuality and the multiple layers of meaning within Orwell’s piece. Animal Farm tells a story of a group of farm animals rebelling against the human beings under the leadership of two pigs, Napoleon…

Quote: “For Augustine, women were created equated with the body and men with the mind. This made women sexually dangerous to men. According to Augustine, women were more carnal than men and therefore more subject to temptation and sin” (Anderson, 182). Question: According to the video of Women in Catholicism, all of the 12 apostles were male and there for made it unjust for women to be ordained. Why must you be male, which all the apostles were, in order to be ordained? Is there support for…

The Bible is arguably the most important, physical component of Christianity. It is used as a guideline to show us the way to salvation, as well as a means by which we are able to know Him and His will better. Many, however, would question the validity of the Bible. Christians claim that the Bible is infallible, and “useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness ...,”(2 Timothy 3:16, ESV) but even Christians disagree as to what are legitimate books of the Bible. Given…

In Joyce Carrol Oates short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? A fifteen year old girl named Connie unknowingly faces evil and loses the battle. In this story evil which is defined by Merriam Webster’s dictionary as “Something that causes discomfort, repulsion, or harm.” comes in the form of a man named Arnold Friend (Webster’s). In the story Connie is a naïve girl whose fate would have turned out differently if she had been a more devout Christian. There are several ways in the…

by her compassion, selflessness, and piety. A character that is “sacrificing [them]self in some way for others”(Foster) characterizes a Christ figure, and Elizabeth embodies the role perfectly. She remains true to her religious ideals, following the Ten Commandments religiously and caring about Proctor’s well-being more than her…

TIP 98 ♫ Gotta Serve Somebody “Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. I’ve written pages and pages here about having an active faith, a walking faith. Nothing shows your faith to the world more than service to your fellow man. One of the sayings of Jesus that’s stuck out to me over the…

The Sabbath is a day of rest and worship for the Lord that falls on the seventh day of a seven day cycle. As the details within the commandment explain, the rest day started from the very beginning when God finished His creation in six days and rested on the seventh day (King James Version, Gen. 2.1-3). Rest is a recognition of God: ceasing usual labour to recognize Him as sovereign (Massee 58). For Israel, the Sabbath had special significance; as it was a law, both civil and religious (Massee…

Missouri Department of Health, established a patient's right to be taken off life support" (Van Biema 1-2). The Cruzan v Missouri DHS case revolved around the removal of life support system from a young woman who was virtually dead although she did have active brain waves. Her body was unable to breathe, establish a heartbeat or maintain waste removal on its own. Miss Cruzan was being sustained in life only by the means of a machine. The Cruzan family won the right to remove Nancy from life…

Looking at the job situation with Ramona and her relationship to Next Step, she should not sign the contract. Primarily, it is because the company does not hold its values and behaviors accountable. The corporate culture and the organization environment are a bit shady. Most of the advertisements are make-believe. Next Step uses its financial status and ranks to buy people into the company. The CEO is selfish and only cares about the growth of the company. His character demonstrated that he is…

Number one on every persons lists when considering the regulation of birth control should be the health benefits and potential risks. The risks that a woman goes through every time they fall pregnant are astounding, women are at risk for any number of complications that can result in the death of the mother (give pupils contraceptives). Why should anyone who doesn 't want to be in charge of a new life put herself at such risks? It is a cruel punishment to deny a TEENS SHOULD NEED PARENTAL…