Hagar

ancient times? The best place to look is the Bible. Believe it or not, the Bible is filled with a lot of individuals whose lives yield a story that includes loneliness. Just to name a few, lonely people in the bible range from lowly maid servants like Hagar, to men such as Job. Yes each of these accounts have varying degrees of the outer loneliness, but maybe they are not all that different when it comes down to…

It is often acknowledged that if you know of the creation of the world – as outlined in Genesis – you must also know of the first created man and woman, Adam and Eve. The first father and mother on earth gave way to many nations through the fruits of Eve’s womb, and the accounts within Genesis tell of the heritage they left behind on earth. It all begins with Abram, a man like no other – blessed by God, and prepared for great things within his lifetime. In chapter 12 of Genesis, Abram is…

retaining her natural free spirit and sense of adventure. Pilate is characterized as having obtained the secret to equilibrium between family and responsibility in her settling down in the north in order to provide a secure and healthy environment for Hagar to grow up in. Such equilibrium is first introduced to Milkman when he noticed that she had "one foot pointed east and one pointed west,"(36) expressing how she has managed to hold onto the roots and value of family found in the south while…

In Song of Solomon, names have significance. Some of the characters have their names assigned to them at birth while some do not receive them until several years later, either their actual name or just a nickname. Additionally, a last name of a given character can hold significance, and the Dead family is no exception. For every character with the last name Dead, it bears significance as they eventually die or are already dead, literally or figuratively. The first person in the Dead family is…

prevents the characters from flying by "weigh[ing] [them] down" the way a peacock with "all th[e] jewelry" on its tail "weighs it down" (Morrison 179). The only way for the peacock to "soar" is to relieve itself of its "jewelry" much like Milkman, Hagar, and Pilate are only able to find purpose in their lives after shedding materialism (283,179). Milkman is in a constant battle with himself and what he wants to do with his life. He is not able to understand why the people around him are “all…

When slavery was in the United States, slaves were limited with choices. In other words, the slaves really had no choices. Majority of his or her life he or she thought about freedom and trying not to get punished. In Kindred and Family, each main character has a mind of their own which is dangerous to have around slavery time. Butler portrays her main character, Dana, as a strong minded women which is mostly why she was able to survive the slavery era when she went. Cooper, on the other hand,…

Here Williams’ uses the biblical narrative of the African slave woman’s experience of Hagar to introduce surrogacy; the act of being put in the place of another. Williams uses this narrative to compare the surrogacy of Hagar to the surrogacy of Jesus. Williams argues that Jesus “represents the ultimate surrogate figure; he stands in place of someone else; sinful humankind. ” Her theology illustrates that…

If you’ve ever been to Disneyland, then you are probably familiar with the coveted FASTPASS. The FASTPASS is a ticket that allows you to enter an attraction at a later time with a shorter wait. If I had it my way my FASTPASS would always read “zero minutes.” When I don’t have a FASTPASS for a ride, then the long lines seem to last a century. This is a humorous example of my impatient tendencies, but I will be honest, I really do struggle to be patient, especially when I am waiting on God’s…

care facilities have implemented mandatory influenza vaccination to help prevent acquiring and spreading the disease. In addition, the mandates of the influenza vaccination amongst health care worker have appeared to become an ethical issue (Rakita, Hagar, Crome, & Lammert, 2010,…

look appealing, but they are getting praised for these bodies. Bodies that the average African American woman does not have. In the business world if you have this then you must tone it down to fit in with the other women. Many black women, like Hagar look for approval in a man. In today’s generation we have people like Kim Kardashian, Blac Chyna, and Amber Rose in the media. Women will enhance the way they look just for the attention of a…