Genealogy

My dad’s family experienced the sting of the strict apartheid rule early on in life when my grandfather’s brother Faan Broodpote fell in love with a Native Girl that worked on the same farm as he did. After the War things were tough, people were poor and if you had a job then you were considered to be fortunate. Faan took a job on Ver-Ouma Blouvoete dad’s farm. Joel Kaaskop offered Faan Broodpote a job as a general ranch Hand. (Afterall this was his new son inlaws brother.) Joel Kaaskop…

Anne Rice’s Christ the Lord Out of Egypt: A Novel chronicles the life of seven year old Jesus. Set within the context of ancient Near Eastern culture, Rice begins her novel by depicting a scene between him and another young boy, Eleazer. After accidently claiming the boy’s life, Jesus uses his “power” to bring Eleazer back from the dead. After the turmoil settles, Joseph, Jesus’ father, leads his family out of Alexandria to embark on a journey to Jerusalem. Upon arrival in the Holy City,…

John 6:1-14 serves as a “reminiscent of the miraculous feeding through Moses” during the wandering in the wilderness “following their exodus from Egypt and preceding their entrance into the promised land” (Exodus 16:4-36), events commemorated by the Passover feast (Heil, 53). In John 6:1-14, Jesus feeds a crowd of about five thousand (6:10) with the overabundance of bread and fish (6:5-13) when the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near (6:4). All the events of John 6 are placed in a Passover…

My academic journey has not been smooth or easy, but it has helped to create the person I am today: an inquisitive, intelligent, driven, resourceful woman with the courage to challenge myself with demanding goals and the confidence to know that I am capable of achieving them. I was a model student throughout my early years of school, achieving good grades and demonstrating a tremendous interest in learning; however, when I became the victim of bullying incidents in high school, my academic…

Jesus. In this passage, John is preaching and proclaiming a baptism of repentance and forgiveness of sins in the wilderness. He also baptizes Jesus in the Jordan river. “Rather than emphasizing the events leading up to Jesus’ ministry in terms of genealogy and family roots, or theological foundation mark focuses on the actual beginning” (ESV Notes). For Mark the gospel is the beginning. “The gospel is the good news of the fulfillment of God’s promises. In the Old Testament good news is connected…

In preparation for this assignment I talked with several people, asking them the interview questions, I will address the answers of four of the people I talked with. Each question is listed below with a summary of the answers following. How long are the days in Genesis 1? Why? Three of the four persons basically said the exact time is unknown. The fourth said a day was from sun up to sun down no hours were specified. How old is the Earth and life? Why? One person said about 6,000 years, two…

The first essay that I wrote for EN100 was the Literacy Narrative Essay. Although this assignment seemed dreadful, this essay made me realize how much was expected of me, and how far my writing was from those expectations. Throughout the course of the semester, my writing vastly improved, getting closer and closer to meeting expectations. The Discourse Community Essay was so close to those expectations, and the Informative Essay was right where I wanted it to be. In writing my…

Before reading the book I knew nothing about the author. I thought the book was going to be so boring, but it turned out to be interesting. I didn’t agree with everything he mentions in the book, but overall it was a good book. He is very intelligent by the ways he uses words to express himself and how he feels. He name the title of this book Between the World in me after a poem by Richard Wright. This book really inspired me because Mr. Coates had a hard life growing up from Baltimore. He grew…

In effectively managing an empire and ensuring power stability, the clever manipulation and control of public imagery in order to effectively disseminate and support desired messages is necessary to secure a stabilised dynastic power scheme. Emperor Septimius Severus, patriarch of the Severan dynasty, understood the versatility and power of subversive propaganda and skilful public representation. The public image of the Severan family was constructed throughout Septimius’ reign in three primary…

Shakespeare said in Romeo and Juliet that, "What 's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” but if that is so why should we even use names, if not to imply something about the object referred to. The Great Gatsby was written in the era of the modernist movement, which specifically focused on the ideas of subconscious thought. Authors in this era strove to write in a format to emphasize the subconscious mind and its understanding of meanings both literal and…