For His Son

Roosevelt wrote a letter to his son regarding a question that he asked about sports. In his response he keeps a formal tone, even though it is just to his son. As the president he has a very busy schedule, however, he still takes time out of his day to respond to the letter. In him considering his audience, which is his son, he stays formal, yet still simplifies the response. When responding to his letter he keeps in mind that he is his son and tells him some fatherly advice. Roosevelt thinks…

THE STORY OF CREON AND HIS SON “Father the people in the streets are saying she should not die” is something that haemon say stop his father . Haemon tries to convince his father to not to kill Antigone so it wont angry the gods. He is angry with his father for putting his soon to be wife to death as well not caring for his feelings. He wants his father to chose the side of the gods. He tries convince his father not to kill Antigone so it wont angry the gods. He says the gods are all…

Goya is well known for his thought provoking and perhaps disturbing paintings, especially “Los Caprichios”. While the primary purpose of these 80 something etchings was to depict the abuses of the Catholic Church, societal ills, and superstition, however they also demonstrate a very interesting perspective on the psychology of sleep and dreams, particularly in relation to monsters. This collection presented the condemnation of follies and foolishness is a rather informal, almost free form way, a…

It Is Time to Break the Silence Sometimes, a piece of nice artwork does not need to be creative, and does not even need to be pretty to touch a heart. All it needs to do is tell the truth about little details. Just like “Drinking with his Son”, a poem that does not have beautiful parallelism or fancy words. Like a simple pen drawing, surprisingly a poem that is so easy and straightforward contains the meaning that is so deep which touches the heart. Besides, sometimes, a piece of nice artwork…

Charleston fell into British rule. Gabriel is fighting in the war. Gabriel comes home injured.Thomas dies trying to save Gabriel. Benjamin and 2 of his sons go to shoot the British soldiers from afar. Benjamin was a really good solider , they save Gabriel from a bundle of soldiers.They go to their aunt’s plantation because their house is no more. Gabriel and his father both return to war. Gabriel and Benjamin split up to cover more…

passions leading to a downward spiral of righteousness in society. Despite this, God had a plan to save us through sacrificing His Son, Jesus Christ. Natural World The natural world was a physical place created by God for the purpose of revealing Himself to man, but sin forever changed it. To begin with, the Lord desired for man to get a grander picture of Himself through His creation. In Romans, Paul reiterated how the world around us was filled with evidence of God’s existence…

Solution (Tension Between Father and Son) Have you ever gotten into a fight with your parents? Did it ever seem like your parent was favoring your sibling or leaving you out? In the story “The Prodigal Son,” by King James the eldest brother felt like his father was treating him unfairly. In the story a father of two sons, gives his youngest son ten million dollars for him to go blow in Vegas, while the eldest son stayed home and worked in the fields. When the youngest son comes home broke and…

Prodigal son which tells a story of how a father gave his youngest son his inheritance and left home and then came back. The story introduces the term Prodigal which means something very wasteful. In biblical days, telling a story often leads to the term parable which often came with a moral or spiritual lesson. In the Parable of a Prodigal Son, a man had two sons. The younger son obtains his inheritance early from his father and left to a far country. Soon after he had left, he had spent all…

Exploring Father/Son Relationships Imagine yourself standing next to your son, the only other inhabitant of the land with a pulse for miles around. The dismal earth is covered with gray ash, the air thick with the particles. Envision yourself scouring for food to diminish the boy’s hunger in every corner of every ashy room, coming across nothing but bones and more ash. Now, picture yourself and your son in the small, religious community of Gilead, Iowa. The townspeople are caring and…

guardians. In his letter of advice written to his faraway son, Lord Chesterfield reveals his own personal values that he attempts to pass on through the use of figurative language, irony, and parallel structure. Through these means he tries to restrain his son from his son from his pursuit of pleasure in favor of the pursuit of knowledge and scholastic success. Finally, Lord Chesterfield frequently employs parallel structure in his letter to emphasize certain points he wishes his son to…