Lazarus

The Dichotomy of Alienation and Resurrection Throughout many of his novels, Dostoevsky explores themes of isolation and alienation from society and how love both from God and from humanity is vital to a meaningful existence. This idea is evident throughout his novel House of the Dead, and most poignant in the character of Raskolnikov from Crime and Punishment. Ultimately, alienation and isolation from society lead to unhappiness and dissatisfaction, whereas being accepted, loved, and recognized…

In Greek, this is an onomatopoetic word. This means it’s a word that imitates the sounds associated with the objects or actions it refers to (like the word buzz in English sounds like the sound a bee makes when he is flying around). The word zeloo imitates the sound of boiling water, and it literally means to bubble over because it’s so hot! In a positive sense, zeloo is to be zealous in the pursuit of good, to desire earnestly, to strive after, to pursue, to be eager to possess. In the…

“‘Why should Caesar get to stomp around like a giant while the rest of us try not to get smushed under his big feet? What’s so great about Caesar? Hmm?’” (Mean Girls). This quote by Gretchen Weiners from the hit movie Mean Girls accurately sums up the plot to assassinate the dictator Julius Caesar. The assassination of Julius Caesar by Marcus Brutus, one of his closest friends and advisors, rocked the Roman world and set the stage for the development of the Roman Empire. In a similar manner,…

In the second semester of the class English 1201 Representative Literary Works, I read a short story called “The Loons” by Margaret Laurence. Published in a collection of stories, entitled A Bird in The House, published in 1970, “The Loons” is one of Laurence’s most controversial and talked about stories she has written. While Laurence claimed that her writing was influenced by her anger at the treatment of the Métis people by Canadian society, many still call the short story, and specifically…

Most have heard of Yeshua as man who became a Rabbi, came into conflict with the religious leaders of his day, and died on a cross as an atonement for the sins of the world. However, there is one side of Yeshua that is rarely talked about: his teachings beings considered as revolutionary. Many of the words that he said and the acts that he committed were considered to be unprecedented in his day. From only looking at the Synoptic Gospels, readers will not be able to fully comprehend or grasp how…

Even though the Passion Narratives of the four Gospels are very alike in numerous of ways, there are also many important differences among them.The three Synoptic Gospels correlate with one another (because Matthew and Luke go off of Mark), while John’s writings are much different, especially when it comes to chronology. Also, while Matthew and Mark are very similar to each other and almost the same, Luke is different from them and is more similar to John. In addition, an unspecified amount of…

I was engaged once in my life. My girlfriend desire to get married was so extent that she bought the engagement ring. I was very immature handling relationships, and that usually left me with a heap of misfortunes. I did not care for her, and I took the relationship as a sport. I was unfaithful to her many times over. When I finally had enough courage to leave her for another girl, I did. At first she did not know the full extend to why I had left her. She continually made attempts to win me…

Unprecedented Election The election everyone has been wanting to end has and America has spoken. This election has been one of the most controversial elections of all time and has taken an emotional toll on a lot of Americans, regardless of age, gender, race, or political party. Anti-Trump supporters feel like they have lost the country they knew – and, sadly, took for granted. While Trump supporters feel they have the freedom to spread fear, hate, and hopelessness. The feeling of being…

With 24 years under my belt, I have had some good and not so good experiences in life. I could say the prime time years of my life was from the age of 19 to now at 24, yet it goes back to birth for myself. Big enough to fit in the palm of your hands I started out in the world as 1lb 15oz premature baby born on December 3, 1991, at the University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile, Alabama. The only child to both my mother and father their "miracle baby" is what they call me. Born three…

INTRODUCTION The following analysis pertains to the Campbell Soup Company (Campbell), based in Camden, NJ utilizing the strategic management model. The purpose of the analysis is to examine the most recent activities of this publicly-traded company (NYSE: CPB), spanning the last 3 to 5-year period to determine the key strategic management issues facing the company, identify the company’s primary management level challenges and/or opportunities and to offer recommendations to address those…