Forsaken

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is one of the first feminists in literature. She has committed adultery and is sentenced to wearing a scarlet ‘A,’ signifying her sin, as her punishment. This ‘A’ brings her shame and judgment from the community, allowing everyone to know of her illegitimate relations. However, as a feminist figure, she accepts this punishment as one from herself. She understands what she has done, and by accepting it, she becomes a strong willed, free…

With the constant use of wireless cellular devices, called cell phones, the social aspects of society all over the world have been changed throughout the years whether it is good or bad. This change has not only impacted one generation either. It has touched those of all ages: teenagers, adults, as well as senior citizens. Cell phones, a privilege to have, have altered multiple areas in the social aspects of life by becoming an addiction, a hazard, a lifestyle changer, a distraction and a…

gave them their reward”(102-114). This is way more descriptive of a passage rather than a bland statement such as, “Grendel was cursed from his wrong-doings, he is doomed.” Which one seems more intriguing to a reader? The descriptive, in-depth, God forsaken introduction to Grendel’s cursed soul is a way more effective way to capture the reader into wanting to continue digging into this story, rather than if the Christian story of Cain and Abel was not involved. The narrator uses the curse that…

In the 1922 novel, Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse he writes of a boy (whom the novel is named after) who tires of the teachings of his home village and goes out into the world to experience it for himself. What is read in books can be used in theory but without realistic knowledge from experience cannot be applied. In able to gain wisdom, everyone has to face the trials and tribulations of life, through this novel, readers can see this process through the life of Siddhartha. Throughout the novel,…

three times a day during her time in prison. Winslow was acquired a pencil and scraps of paper in prison, where she was able to write her description of the brutality she had to endure. “I head myself making the most hideous sounds…. One feels so forsaken when one lies prone and people shove a pipe down one’s stomach….” She wrote multiple notes throughout her time in prison. Each was about force-feeding or how she was feeling awful at the time because of the conditions occurring throughout the…

death, with the face of horror, and the physique of a beast, surely the victim of his creator Victor Frankenstein. Treading through life with no true identity, dealing with societies constant rejection and being deprived of a single friend, this forsaken creature proves to be living as a pathetic victim of Victors stale judgement. Dealing with the complications of life without a single companion makes living almost unbearable. The fault…

not deceived, Wormwood, our cause is never more in jeopardy than when a human, no longer desiring but still intending to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe in which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.” (page 207) Screwtape tells how a demon could…

Love is an eternal fire it burns brighter than a thousand suns! It is quiet understanding, that two people share and once one is in love hiding that feeling is a battle in which you will fail miserably. We all want to love and be loved in return; however, to love someone has different meanings to all. Such as you can love your mother or teacher even to love a particular movie or book love can be used to describe the feelings you have for many things. That said the flaw is when love is…

There are many faces of heroes, but the story of Jesus Christ is known as “the greatest story ever told”. The whole life of Jesus was his adventure; his life was for the life of others. Through his existence as a man the hero 's journey of Jesus Christ depicts the most self-sacrificing adventure know to literature by his humbleness, love, and resurrection. In the first stage of the hero 's journey is the departure stage showing the humbleness of Jesus. Jesus humbly leaves his throne and becomes…

Published in 1958, Elie Wiesel’s piece of literature, Night, describes his experiences surviving torturous concentration camps which eventually altered his life. Wiesel felt bound by his surroundings, but overcame his trials to create a hopeful, promising future. In the same way, today’s society becomes overwhelmed by devastating events that transform into something advantageous for their being. While these occurrences are ultimately beneficial, enduring major knee surgery and imprisonment…