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Imagine that you are back in elementary school. Every morning, you wake up, put on clean clothes, and eat a nutritious breakfast. You probably ride in some sort of a vehicle or take a short walk to get to school. After you arrive, your teacher goes through all sorts of interesting lessons using books, videos, games, or art. When you get home from school, you change into more comfortable attire, eat a snack, do your homework, and relax until dinner. Finally, you end the day with a bath or shower…

Angels, satan, demons. All creatures questioned through scripture and throughout all of time. Questions of their true essence and origin grip the minds of those around us, seeing answer to the unknown. As one follows them through scripture, outside cultures influenced the writings of the Old Testament, and the knowledge that Christ had of these beings, were present within the New Testament. Along with the understanding of angels, satan, and demons through scripture, came the process of…

Lena is not a complete diametrical mirror of her mother. Both have numerous similarities but also where the environment around them has been changing. Although this may be true, it is their differences of perspective, their views from different shores, that make it difficult to understand each other. However, we can see how Ying-Ying St.Clair and Lena help each other to solve their own psychological problems. To begin with, both Lena and Ying-Ying St.Clair share the same need to appear…

Joan and Lena: Similarities Across Ethnic Backgrounds The way an individual identifies themselves is very important for their overall well-being and self-esteem. Life experiences have a major impact on an individual’s sense of identity. These life experiences can either hurt or help their identity, and as a result, shape the person they become. Even though these characters are from different ethnic backgrounds, Lena St. Clair and Joan Foster share similar life experiences: both women use…

In order to prove that Jesus displays God’s characteristics of eternality, proof must be given that He was given God’s power. In order to prove God is real and amongst men, Jesus must use characteristics of God as his evidence; coincidentally, the Bible gives explicit words to do this. The Bible shows that God will not “yield [His] glory to another or [His] praise to idols” (Isaiah 42:8, New International Version). Yet, throughout the New Testament, there are constant callings to praise Jesus.…

One might wake up one morning experiencing morning sickness. She believes it is a common problem while being pregnant. She goes to get the medication Thalidomide from the medicine cabinet, not thinking anything about it. But what the drug company did not tell you was if you are a pregnant woman and you take the medication Thalidomide, your baby may experience some severe problems. The drug Thalidomide was produced during the 1950s through the 1960s. It was used for women who was experiencing…

Introduction Gerard Guthrie states, “definition is a common problem in research.” Additionally, he simply states, “Ethics are standards of professional behavior.” Meanwhile, Merriam-Webster defines ethics as: “a set of moral principles, a theory or system of moral values, the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group, a guiding philosophy, or a consciousness of moral importance.” With such a contrast in definitions, from the simple to the complex, it is easy to see why this is…

The Red Death Redemption Over the centuries, several fatal diseases have come and gone and left several countries in ruins. Diseases such as leprosy, measles, Ebola, and tuberculosis have wiped out towns in the matters of months. Though, the darkest and most murderous illness came in the 1300s and wiped out twenty-five percent of Europe’s population. That odious sickness was the bubonic plague, also known as the “Red Death”. In the short story, “The Masque of the Red Death”, Edgar Allan Poe…

interstitial keratitis in order to achieve an effective treatment. There are many causes of interstitial keratitis belonging to four main categories: bacterial, viral, parasitic, and immune-related. Some etiologies of IK include syphilis, tuberculosis, leprosy, Lyme disease, herpes (both simplex and zoster), Epstein-Barr, Leishmaniasis, Onchocerciasis, Trypanosomiasis, Cogan’s Syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis (William B. Trattler 49). Depending on the disease that it is associated with,…

helping the lame to walk. He performed such miracles as feeding five thousand people by multiplying 5 loaves of bread and two fish into enough food to feed everybody, helped Peter, one of his disciples, to walk on water, and even healed Nameth of leprosy. He performed all of these miracles and did all of these things for one reason and one…