Elijah Wood

I chose to dissect “Apples and Water”, because as we discovered in last week’s discussion, it can have many different meanings. Consequently, after reading it at a slightly more surface level, I arrived at a more war-driven and less interpersonal interpretation. No matter the meaning a person arrives at, one of the key elements of this work is the hardships of the war. This poem also speaks of the juxtaposition of a youth’s innocence and hopefulness surrounding war and that of more experienced adult, who understand not only can you not save everyone from the horrors of life, but war cannot be fought with fruit and water. “Apples and Water” is considered a ballad (narrative) poem, separated into quatrains, with an ABAB rhyme scheme. In the first stanza, the poem delivers us at a cottage door beside a mother and her young daughter. We are an observer of the two, looking down the hill as sickly parched lipped soldiers pass by. The world is covered in a film of dust. The second stanza gives us insight into the daughter’s naive view of the soldiers. She sees each one as a man who will be made healthy by a bit of water and a few apples. She foolishly thinks that once the apples have passed their throats and the water has moistened their lips, all of their tribulations will be behind them. In the third and fourth stanza we see the “yin and yang” aspect of the poem. While the daughter wants to go to the soldiers, the mother holds her back, the daughter shows sympathy over their…

someone I no longer know: Elijah’s Fall Into Savagery In Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road the reader is introduced to the main characters Elijah Wesageechak and Xavier Bird. Both boys grow up transitioning from residential school, to the wilderness, and finally to the inhumanity of war. In the end, Xavier does not even recognize his childhood best friend. As the story progresses, the two go through many changes resulting in Elijah’s detrimental transformation. Elijah’s downfall into savagery…

Old Testament, we see great prophets emerge during times of great injustice. Among these great prophets is Elijah, an Israelite and worshiper of God under during the reign of Ahab and his murderous, idolatrous wife Jezebel. Ahab himself let his uncertainty and fear drive his passivity, which, even more so, gave way to Jezebel’s evil desires. As Ahab & Jezebel ruled, a severe famine and drought spread across Samaria. According to scholars, this devastation in Samaria lasted anywhere from two…

In understanding Baal-zebub in 2 Kgs 1:2, we begin with Ahaziah falling through a lattice and inquiring of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron. It should be no surprise as a worshipper of Baal, determined to walk in the evil ways of his father and of his mother (1 Kings 22:52), Ahaziah would obviously make inquiries of all forms of the Baal divinity. Why he would chose "Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is said that possibly that Baal the oldest ancient sites of the Baal-worshiping temple. Baal-zebub is "the…

The third item to notice about Micaiah is his response (22:15-28). After Micaiah swears to only speak what the Lord speaks, Ahab asks him whether or not the Lord supports his plan against Ramoth Gilead. Micaiah initially replies in the same way as the other prophets, but Ahab is skeptical (22:15). As we mentioned earlier, Ahab’s skepticism stemmed from Micaiah’s reputation. Because of this, he sarcastically asks Micaiah how many times he must make Micaiah swear to tell nothing but the truth…

different churches. Each church has its own set of practices. One church upholds the practices of the early Apostolic Church. The other church upholds the practices of a preservation society. On one hand, the Apostolic Church never changes its position on right practice (though some of its practices continually change). Preservation societies, on the other hand, continually shift their Orthopraxis to accommodate the congregational sensitivity. Jeremiah 's cracked cistern symbolizes the…

Jason Murray Ms. Manning Scripture January 17th, 2017 Elisha Successor of Elijah Similar miracles as Elijah Elisha is the son of Shaphat, Elijah's successor, and he's is first seen in Kings 19. Elijah first finds Elisha plowing a field, and throws his cloak onto Elisha. Elisha recognizes this as a call to follow Elijah and serve the Lord. Elisha says goodbye to his family and then he becomes Elijah's servant. Elisha stays with Elijah until Elijah is brought up into Heaven by a flaming…

Ahab disregarded this and went to war disguised as a commoner. An arrow was shot between his armour, he died later that evening and his body was returned to Samaria where he was buried. His blood stained chariot was washed by the pool in Samaria and dogs licked his blood as prophesied by the prophet Elijah. “38 They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; the dogs licked up his blood, and the prostitutes washed themselves in it, according to the word of the Lord that he had spoken.” i…

In 1 Kings 17:1-16, the reader is encountering the prophet Elijah, the Tishbite of Tishbe in Gilead, for the very first time. Ahab’s reign to King took place in 1 Kings 16, in which he is judged for provoking the anger of God more so than all of his predecessors had done. During 1 Kings 17, we see Elijah announcing to Ahab the coming of a drought that will end on his say-so only. The drama ultimately unfolds itself and runs through the end of chapter 18, which concerns itself with the…

Number Three, A Commentary The other night I had this dream: I was walking slowly through a forest, and I was completely alone. This forest was covered in a thick, deep, emerald blanket of moss which, naturally, felt like velvet on the bottoms of my bare feet. I took in my surroundings and noticed that I was in the company of the most gargantuan, towering trees ones imagination could ever fathom. Their bark paraded around each trunk as if its only job was to absorb every foreign sound and…