Lightning strike

According to Geertz, how people deal with suffering in religion isn’t necessarily how to avoid it. Except, it’s how to make suffering sufferable through the use of religious symbols. In the case of Nuer religion, Nuer interpret all misfortunes as from their god, Kwoth. The symbol of cattle, and cattle sacrifice is a way in which they control their suffering. Evidently, in response to new situations and forms of suffering, the interpretation of misfortune and how it is managed evolve. One way…

eyes (252).” Jane accept the proposal but her passion exceeds her reason and her good judgement is clouded by her love for Rochester. She does not see his barbaric behavior only the joy that he offers her. Nature itself rebukes the marriage as lightning strikes, pouring rain, and strong winds replace the previously golden, fertile scene. The edenic setting represent the beauty of their love but it cannot continue unless the storms of their passionate nature are…

taken a buck every year at that spot. Soon after Ben talked to Coleman on the phone big fences and locked gates went up around the property. Signs were put up with bold red letters that spelled out WARNING KEEP OUT Absolutely No Trespassing for Any Reason. Violaters Will Be Prosecuted and Jailed. KEEP OUT. His new neighbor wasn’t going to be very neighborly Ben thought. He must have had a lot of work done because trucks were going in and out all the time, some even late at night. It was a…

America has become increasingly dependent on electricity. The fragility of electronics and increasing threats worldwide has led to the subject of this paper. How vulnerable is America to Electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack? What would most likely happen in such an event? What steps can be taken to prepare for an EMP attack? Research shows that Electromagnetic propagation is the silent threat that is not be focused on. The current power grid of the United States is unequipped to handle a large…

At what point will someone draw a line regarding fantasy and scientific reality? Historical records that span hundreds to even thousands of years have explanations or accounts of supposed supernatural phenomena. Some people believe certain occurrences are of a supernatural nature or have supernatural prefaces, and throughout history knowledge and ideas have been adapted and modernized to fit the periods’ factual or religious beliefs. In recent years, science has been held accountable for…

What are some of the most known scientific misconceptions? There are misconceptions about everything. A misconception is a view/opinion that is incorrect based on faulty thinking. There is a misconception about everything. There are misconceptions about diseases, bacteria, and weather, anything scientific. This is because everyone has different thinking and some will gather knowledge a different way. One of the most known “facts” is that a dog’s mouth is cleaner. This is a myth.…

Accidents and natural disasters are inevitable. This is a terrifying reality. However, proper planning can better prepare one for these situations. Crisis intervention plans were made for that purpose. There are different crisis intervention plans that cater to all ranges of crises from car accidents to earthquakes. The focus of this paper will be crisis intervention plans regarding school shootings. When parents take their kids to school they are less likely thinking about the possibility of…

Philosopher Daniel Dennett coined the term Intuition Pump in referring to a thinking tool that challenges our intuitive ideas or inspires new ones. In his book by the same name he offers up many such thinking tools, claiming that “these handy prosthetic imagination-extenders and focus-holders permit us to think reliably and even gracefully about really hard questions.” Among the thinking tools that Dennett points out are analogies and thought experiments, both of which are the topics here.13…

Cormac McCarthy is known for his dense literary style and heavy use of metaphor, both of which tend to make his writing difficult to interpret. The passage I have chosen for explication comes at the beginning of Chapter 14 of Blood Meridian just after the disbanding of the Sociedad at Chiuaua because of the massacre of the unnamed city and soldiers. The men have just started westward and there is a price of eight thousand pesos on Glanton’s head. A majority of the passage is taken up by…

daughter named Flemming, and she becomes a widow due to her husband’s tragic accident leading him to death. Years later, Adaline crashes her car when she swerves into a ravine during a freak snowstorm and died in the freezing lake nearby, but a lightning strike suddenly revives her. From that moment, she is unable to age and has remained twenty-nine for many decades. She escapes captivity and realizes that she will have to spend the rest of her life on the run. On New Year's Eve in the present…