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crusades was for the Christians to conquer back the Holy lands. As it was no longer theirs. Secondly, the holy land was sacred for both Christians and Moslems, making it impossible for both religions to ‘own’ the land. And finally, Privileges were…

While starting to read the novel Spelled I enjoyed all the references to other fairy tales, like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Princess and the Frog. Betsy Schow, the author, added quotes and symbols that relate to the story that the book is based off of, The Wizard of Oz. After Dorthea, the princess of Emerald, and her servant Rexi escaped the “vacuum”, Dorthea said, “Dear Grimm, we’re not in Emerald anymore” which refers to, “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Schow also changed…

quotes “This crusade, this war on terrorism, is going to take a long time.” In the memory of the Muslims, the word crusade had meant the many times that the Christians had come to their land and slaughtered so many people. Many of the Christians many view the crusades and great and noble deed to get back the holy lands of Christ. Many Muslims still think about the crusades and the holy war that the Christian had started in the eleventh century and it continues today. The early Christians did not…

Textual illusions In something wicked this way comes the author Ray Bradbury uses textual illusions to reveal both Charles Halloway’s position in the book as well as future indicators. When in the book when the carnival is asking for a volunteer for the bullet act the crowd separates from Charles as “the sea before Moses(Bradbury 244)”. The author uses this biblical illusion to compare Charles to Moses from the Bible as a savior to this story. Charles is the only reason that the carnival is no…

The Simplified Wizard of Oz Hunter Hannula Dr. Jason Friedman Modern U.S. History 10/16/14 Written during the meteoric rise of the populist movement, L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was more than just an entertaining story for children. Full of multifaceted characters and symbolism, much of the book can be interpreted as an allegory for the political events at the time. About 40 years after the publication of the book, a movie…

educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action (Gordon-Bennett, 2018). Therefore, he was set apart from his people, even in his childhood, God was preparing Moses to lead His children, the Israelites, into the Promised Land. In about 1250 BCE, the leader Moses rallied the Hebrews and led them on the Exodus from Egypt, which was one of the most significant events of Jewish history. Moses molded his people under a set of ethical and societal laws, which they…

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original call to arms. However, there were other stipulations to his message. “He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. ‘Everyone that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.” (Robert the Monk, 2) Pope Urban made clear that this war was in a sense, and requirement for all able European men to peruse. Those who stayed behind in…

attempted to cross killed, they began to fight back. They fought to gain back their religious freedoms but in turn killed more people. So to try to get back for the death of their fellow people, they took more lives. The Crusade to gain back their sacred land caused more problems all based on a feeling that one must take actions to be a better Christian. Never in the Bible are Christians called to perform certain…

Night of the Living Dead” is film about a zombie outbreak in the 60s. First in the film we meet Barbara and her brother Johnny when they are arriving at their father’s grave to pay their respects in wish of their mother. Upon leaving the grave site it is very clear something devastating has happened. Throughout the film different concepts can be examined and related to our everyday lives. Hedonism is the belief that our actions are driven by the desire for pleasure. When analyzing the film we…