Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

You said that Orchard is the most beautiful in December when the dozens of fairy lights line the streets, illuminating our way. We could see gigantic Christmas trees and play in the fake snow at Tanglin Mall. If we would just pause and take a look, it would seem as if the lights are guiding the many lost souls home; that is the magic of Christmas. I went on a hot Friday afternoon in August. The heat was unbearable. My hair stuck to my face and neck, and I could feel the sweat trickling down my…

C Is For Christmas C is for Christmas. I love Christmas because I get to see all my family, I love spending time with my family because there so awesome. Every year they get something different from me and I get something different from them. I can't lie I love the surprise of opening the gifts. I also like what's inside the gifts. Every year we get a real tree, we like the full taller ones. I don't know why just one year we saw one and just have got one ever since. The tree has the best…

Curiosity is something that exists in every single human being, it has existed in us ever since the creation of the human. Curiosity is what brought humans to this very point in society, the technology we have, the techniques we use for survival, the ideas we have discovered all came from humans being curious. However curiosity does not always have a quality outcome, in humanity our curiosity also led to some devastations that humanity did not choose to see. Although curiosity brought humans to…

8. Foster furthers this analysis of the so-called monster representing an unholy pact by comparing its creation to a Faustian bargain. Unlike the typical meeting of entity and man at a crossroads and the demonic pact, Frankenstein approaches the trope in a different light as it is not the source, but rather the creation, that goes against god. Through use of this trope, Shelley emphasizes upon monster’s deformity — the result of a man believing himself to be a god. No matter how much we suppress…

How does Genesis 1-11 inform our Christian worldview? The first eleven chapters of Genesis begin with the Creation account, from then we go to the Garden of Eden and the first sin, which leads to the fall of man. From there we go from Adam to Noah, the wrath of God over the wickedness of man, the flood, which leads to the covenant of the rainbow, the Tower of Babel and the genealogy of Abram’s family. These first chapters are the basis of the rest of the Christian worldview, in…

In the bible, the devil is portrayed as a fallen angel who had wronged the Heavenly father but “ disguises himself as an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14). In Paradise Lost by John Milton, Milton decides to introduce the idea of Satan as a hero who cares for us in his heart and acts as a slick politician whom we firmly believe in. In doing so, Milton opened up his writing to be intensely criticized and speculated. In Paradise Lost and the politics of the corporation, Liam D. Haydon discusses…

It might be Tuesday, but it’s Halloween! Expect those pesky, candy loving kids to be at your front door, pushing the doorbell and demanding sweet treats during prime time. Thankfully, with all of our technology in today’s world, we can put the TV on pause and give candy to the young guests. Then just as fast as we paused the show, we can put it on once again. Perhaps the only exception to this idea is the World Series game. Back in Los Angeles, MLB fans around the country will be watching if the…

The Description and Location of the Garden of Eden The Holman Bible Atlas describes the Garden of Eden as a well-watered place. A place of life giving water and fertile land where God made provisions for Adam and Eve. The Garden was full of many fruit bearing trees, one of which Adam was told not to eat of. Holman refers to the Genesis chapter 2 account when describing the river Euphrates that went out of Eden and was parted into four heads (rivers).The text offers three proposed locations for…

The 4 Works of Frankenstein Throughout the book we discover that the monster that Frankenstein created is actually an intelligent creature capable of reading complex works of literature and understanding them to an extent that they impact his character. These 4 books that the monster has either read or had read aloud in the presence of him include: The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe, Paradise Lost by Milton, Plutarch’s lives by Plutarch, and Ruins of Empire by Volney. To perhaps change his…

to be said about that. One thing that this story includes that the Epic of Gilgamesh does not, is the inclusion of animals. Noah brings along one type of each animal that are different sexes. Before the flood even happens two humans named Adam and Eve ruin the trust of God by eating from the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden. Another unique detail about the story is the fact that Noah brings his wife, his three sons, and their wives. God tells Noah to build this boat because he is a righteous…