Ministry of Love

Marching up the sidewalk, Luke tore through the door and into the Pizza Hut lobby taking his seat at a long white table. With his three best friends by his side several bowls of ice cream were placed in front of him. Mentally preparing himself for what was about to go down he waited patiently for the other contestants to take their seats. Almost a half an hour later he gallivanted out of Pizza Hut, resembling a small boy receiving a new toy car. He bounced up and down sporadically high fiving…

important it is to love others and ourselves, as God taught us to. Throughout Units 1 and 2 in our Love, Choices, and Vocations class, we learned how to strengthen and better our relationships with God, others, and ourselves through love. In every human being, there is an inner voice or center of peace that inspires us and calls us to a particular way of life. For many people. this inner voice, or ‘vocation’, is God speaking to them and telling them what He…

In Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident, Christopher is struck with the discovery of his “dead” mother who was located in London most of his life. The betrayal of his relationship with his father results in his love being transmuted into fear, which is successfully conveyed when Christopher states, “dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies” indicating that dogs are a symbol of honesty. He later runs away from his father uttering with terror the repetition,…

filled with intricate and complicated tale of love, lust and longings. The part that may be the most intriguing is about the characters being realize by Junot Diaz’s from the viewpoint of an immigrant, charming the readers with their side of the story living in the same community as us. A tale that tells us about their life including their struggles and yearning for their home country when life is harsh towards them, as well as the story about their love and lost. A compilation of stories about…

In a state of indecision the speaker begins the poem, “In this strange labyrinth how shall I turn, / Ways are on all sides while the way I miss: / If to the right hand, there, in love I burn” (Wroth, lines 1-3). Here, she uses “strange labyrinth” as a metaphor for her life to represent the doubt she feels, for in a maze, one can never know which direction is the right way to go. Yet, she mentions “the right hand” first, as if it…

"I, ___, take you, ___, for my lawful wife/husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, until death do us part." These words used to hold a binding agreement between partners to solidify the sacredness of marriage. In today’s generation, almost half of those who utter these words will break this promise. To end this epidemic, we must ensure happier relationships from the start. Relationship values are learned from a…

Julia. But could it be possible that this is a one sided relationship? Throughout the novel Julia re-states that she loves Winston, but she actually loved one thing and one thing only about Winston. She is attracted to Winston because he is against the party. The simple truth is that Julia never loved Winston, she loved the notion of rebelling. It is evident that Julia did not love Winston because, the very base of their relationship is based off the concept of being against Big Brother, they…

After reading the past novels in English class and doing multiple theories of analysis, I have decided the theory that I best relate with is reader response. The reason behind me choosing reader response is that throughout reading all the novels assigned I always tended to make a comparison to my modern day teenage life. As multiple of my previous analysis and explication videos have shown I tend to relate to the character struggling or the character that is in the pressure situation. Reader…

Nobody. Everybody accepts there is one individual who is out there to love us. Gay individuals feel the same way. Parenthood is an advantage of marriage and gay couples can 't have youngsters independent from anyone else, without some sort of help, so they look to selection offices. Now and again gay couples are put on longer…

shown by her unconditional care for her children and her husband; although, this layer of affection is truly understood by Ian later on. Ian recognizes the significance of affection towards one another and shapes his view towards how/what it means to love someone. Ian’s affection towards Laura starts from their church meetings, eventually leading him to take up a job at the Dunn’s farm just to be closer to her. Ian thinks, “If he had thought about it properly, Ian would have realized that…