Jim Elliot

missionaries was Jim Elliot. He is remembered as the missionary martyr to Ecuador, but he did even more for Christ before that. Jim Elliot’s background prepared him for his future, allowed him to minister in United States, and allowed him to minister in South America. First, Jim Elliot’s background prepared him for his future. In her book Shadow of the Almighty, Elizabeth Elliot (1958, pages 25-26), Jim Elliot’s wife, recounts that he grew up in Oregon as an evangelist kid. He was saved when he was six, and began “preaching” to his friends in his front lawn. In 1945, Jim Elliot…

Is there a cause that is so dear to your heart that you would be willing to die for it? Jim Elliot was more than willing to give up his life to save souls in the jungles of Ecuador. In 1952, Jim moved to Ecuador to minister among the Indians of the jungle with one of his friends, Pete Fleming. While there, he was distressed over the tribe of Auca Indians—a distrusting, isolated people—who were known for killing others in cold blood. Jim wanted to reach these people with the Gospel, assisting in…

Festinger developed a cognitive dissonance theory that exclaimed people feel uncomfortable with inconsistency in their actions and morals and will work to either alter their actions or their opinions to reconcile this dissatisfaction. Avoiding scenarios that exacerbate these feelings is a tactic used to reduce dissonance. Many factors influence how much power this dissonance has over someone. I will be addressing cognitive dissonance and critical thinking issues related to racism and police…

A good film will show a concept rather than tell it, however, this simple, universal concept is a lot more intricate than it seems. In order to successfully convey a theme through the use of audiovisual techniques outside of dialogue a filmmaker must consider things such as sound, production design, acting, editing, and cinematography. Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry, is a great example of a film that expertly employs such audiovisual techniques. At face value, one can instantly get the…

skills); he received immediate feedback (he knew if he was mastering it based on if he fell or not and by his dance instructor’s responses); he experienced a loss of consciousness (felt good about the activity and his involvement in it and didn’t worry about anything else); he experienced a sense of distorted time (he didn’t seem to know when he had been dancing for hours); he had an autotelic experience (intrinsic motivation- danced because he loved to- said he didn’t know why he started, so no…

In the book, Mistakes Were Made (but not by me), Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson are able to showcase true life accounts of people that have made wrong decisions that were either unacceptable or completely terrible, who justified their actions as if they did nothing wrong. People do this because as humans, it is too complicated for us to admit that we have done something wrong, so instead we like to cover ourselves up with justifications. This then causes for the person to make the assumption…

Nobody Left to Hate and Freedom Writers Cognitive psychology focuses on studying how the environment a person lives in affects his or her behavior. In the mid 1950s, researchers started looking into external factors rather than internal processes to explain why people act a certain way. Cognitive research revolutionized and become the dominant approach in psychology by the late 1970-1980s. Then, many people started creating strategies to influence people’s behavior to change. In 1990, Erin…

confronting and transformative for the individual or groups involved. This idea is undoubtedly explored within Steven Daldry’s film, Billy Elliot with a central theme of maturity and Robert Gray’s poem, Late Ferry, as it expresses ideas about the transformative concept of transitions. Additionally, Meiert Avis’ music video for Paramore’s Brick by Boring Brick explores a confronting change to the protagonist as the music video demonstrates challenges of growing up. These texts go in depth into…

some of the audience can relate. Wolf does this to build up the suspense on certain characters ' personalities. Law and Order SVU is an American police procedural drama that was created in New York City that has been going since September 20, 1999. With different cast such as Adam Beach, Danny Pino, Kelli Giddish, Raul Esparza Ice-T and others. The purpose of this show is to show fictional crime events that can occur in everyday life. One of purpose of Law and Order is showing what some cop, and…

Discovery is intensely meaningful as it can transform an individual’s understanding in an emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual manner. The far-reaching ramifications of discovery may differ for people and their contexts. This concept of discovery is conveyed in Stephen Daldry’s film “Billy Elliot” (2000) and Sarah Rabia’s extract “Dinner”. In the film “Billy Elliot”, it becomes clear that discoveries which evoke one’s innermost thoughts and feeling can lead to significant…