God of Carnage

The word “enemy” often is used to describe the devil or Satan; and the phrase “our father” is referred to as God. “All extremes, except extreme devotion to the Enemy, are to be encouraged”(32). However, in this quote from the book The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, God is the enemy and the devil is referred to as our father below. Although it is a fiction story, the book still gives the readers a way to think about the world’s destruction and recovery through a devil’s aspect (New York, NY:…

42: The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything: Existentialism in the Hitchhikers Guide In a world without meaning, what are we to do? Aliens, humans, existential robots, and pan-galactic beings, all ask some version of the above question in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and none of them is ever provided an answer except for “42”. Although there is no ultimate answer to the purpose of life, these creatures all react differently in the face of nothingness. While some choose to bemoan…

saying that the people of Waknuk aren’t right about deviations and don’t really know if the old people were perfect. Waknuk’s major sin is that they are narrow minded. The author is satirizing that the people don’t really know what the true image of God is. 2. Marther discoved that there are living things growing in the Badlands. When he tried to publish this all the religious people got mad and he was forced to go to court. Later there was a ban put on exploration. 3. Two interpretations that…

There are stories that have meanings but are not that amusing like the story of Young Goodman Brown. From a couple who are pure to the devil himself and his serpent like staff, these are a few of things to expect from the story. Like in the real world, people have religious beliefs but they also commit sins.People commit sins without trying too. They commit them with people or with themselves and sometimes with things. These sins may also make you think about your innocence. “Young Goodman…

and nurture, which claimed humans’ actions are dictated by their experiences. I also knew that it was a very controversial topic, and that my religion claimed we were all naturally sinful based on the story of original sin, where the first humans God created, Adam and Eve, are tempted by Satan to eat forbidden fruit, which condemns the rest of humanity to unavoidable sin. Although this was instilled in me from a young age, I believed differently. I thought that everyone is born with both good…

proof to doubt something. In his Meditation I, he doubts whether he is awake, given the fact that in his dreams he is as insane as a lunatic, but during the dream he is certain that is real life. Furthermore, Descartes questions whether there is a God and if he could be a great deceiver. But, Descartes’ greatest source of doubt centers around the fact that in the pas his senses have deceived him. For example, sometimes at a distance a building may seem infinitesimal, but up close the…

““Was he different from others?” “Only on the inside. When you looked down his throat you could see the whole universe.”” This was said by Colin and Mary in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This quote relates to all of the characters because there is more to them than what you see. They all had their own struggles and ways of happiness that they had to find. They found that by unlocking their hearts and a huge piece of that is the garden. It is what pulled them all together. In The…

The story, “A Devil and Tom Walker” has many important themes. These themes are important, because they make the story play out in a certain way. Some of these important themes include, greed, values, religion, manipulation, bargains, moral decay, temptation, morality and corruption, misery and evil vs. good. This story has the theme of greed, because it shows that Tom is greedy and that is why he ends up the way he ends up.…

Both Dojoji and Hamlet showcase some of the major differences between Asian and Western thought and customs. The first text, of Japanese origin, places a meaningful emphasis on religious imagery. The play uses the images of dragons, rosaries, a bell, and cherry-blossom trees several times during its relatively short duration. On the other hand, Hamlet shows diverse Christian themes, present in Ophelia’s burial, the words uttered by Hamlet’s father’s ghost, and in some of Hamlet’s thoughts.…

provides a share in eternity; romance is shared over the span of one’s life for allegiance to one and another, whilst religion stays with you both on Earth and the afterlife. In Christianity, there is only one true God which consists the trinity of father, son and the holy spirit. God shares the glory with none which is very similar in monogamous relationships where an individual admits to only one partner. The author of the book “The Forgotten Art of Love” who is a professor at John Hopkins…