Miracles

Saint Benedict, I found this account of Saint Benedicts life to be told in a biased and elevated way. The content is very questionable especially with a dragon reference. There were over 30 different occasions where Gregory claimed Saint Benedict preformed a miracle or prophesied. One correlation I observed with the miracle and prophesy accounts is that it is very similar to miracles performed by Jesus, there were also times I thought he was thought to have more abilities than Jesus himself had. Free will is also another concern that I have, it appears there are times that individuals do not have a choice on the actions they chose. At the beginning of the story, Benedicts first claim to preforming a miracle started at age 13 (33). One problem I had with the miracle claims is that they were sometimes performed for earthly gain like the miracle of moving a large rock (12). Miracles were used by Jesus and the apostles to prove that the message they were teaching was from God and that they had divine authority. Oftentimes the story of Benedicts miracles benefited people who already believed or he used prophesy to scold people for eating when he told them to fast (13). It appeared that the situations in which he performed a miracle…

Austin Briffa Professor Lund Honors Philosophy of Science 12-04-16 Miracles: A Scientific and Religious Analysis The concept of a miracle has been etched into our society for centuries. It’s a word that is used quite often in colloquial language, such as when one hears good news. To many, they are attributed to supernatural entities, saints, and prophets, such as those found in Judeo-Christian scripture. From parting the Red Sea to turning water into wine, these mystical events have captured…

Martin Schmalz-Dr. Anadale-Contemporary Philosophy-4/06/16 Helen Keller & Sokolowski’s Phenomenology Helen Keller’s amazing story of how she came to understand language is portrayed in The Miracle Worker. Her teacher Anne Sullivan helped deaf and blind Helen to enter into the world of “linguistic reasoning” and ultimately helped her on her path to becoming the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelor’s degree (79). The scene in The Miracle Worker in which Helen comes to understand the…

First of all, The Miracle Worker by William Gibson is about a girl named Helen Keller a deaf, blind, and mute girl. Her parents hire Annie Sullivan from the Perkins Institute to teach Helen how to speak proper words, how to spell, and be proper. It isn't easy to teach Helen these things and patience is definitely key in the play. Many of the characters in the novel experience struggles and are determined to overcome them. Every person has hardships in their life that knock them down multiple…

Ben Wittenstein 9/6/2016 Jessie McKay Communication The Miracle Worker In the film The Miracle Worker, Helen Keller had to face many challenges due to her lack of speech and sight. Her family had little faith that her condition would improve. Her parents were overwhelmed by and did not understand her condition. They considered sending her to an asylum, and did not provide any tools to help her. She was constantly mocked by her family, particularly her brother. She had to deal with being…

The Miracle Worker, written by William Gibson, is a nonfiction play written in 1957. The play is based off of the life of Helen Keller, who was diagnosed being blind and deaf at a young age, due to an illness. When Helen was about the age of six, the Kellers higher a teacher named Anne Sullivan, who was hired to teach Helen language by Captain Keller. Having been blind before, Anne had much experience and motivation to teach Helen. After many surgeries, Anne was in fact able to see, just not…

The Miracle on 34th street is a film remade in 1994 for the 4th time for entertainment of the entire family; it is a classic example of a Christmas movie in today’s society. The Miracle on 34th street was produced by William S. Beasley, John Hughes, and Bill Ryan. The Director for the film Miracle on 34th street is Les Mayfield. There were approximately 55 cast members for this film, the following are the actor/actresses that were given credit: Richard Attenborough as Kris Kringle,…

Tristin Ludwig Could you imagine a life without color, sound, nor communication? Well that is what life was like for Helen Keller, she was a blind, deaf, and mute child. This turbulent journey all started when Helen got sick with “brain fever”, she was about eighteen months old when this happened. This fascinating story was brought to life in a play called “The Miracle Worker”. It was written by William Gibson in 1956. Six years after the play came out, a movie was released based on the play.…

‘The Miracle Worker’ Essay. Every single person you know experiences some sort of challenge every single day of their life. It is completely inevitable and you can’t live a life with a free pass from personal struggles! Like many other I have many challenges of my own. The challenge I want to tell you about, and I think relates me to Helen Keller is that I can not express my feelings when I talk to people. The reason I say this relates me to her is because all my life people have been trying to…

The Miracle Worker is a play during the 1960’s written by Will Gibson and revolves around Annie Sullivan and the struggles she must go through while having to teach Helen Keller the art of language. As the story progresses, several different types of conflicts are introduced to us through Annie. Examples of this would include man vs. man and man vs. himself. Helen Keller, as a growing six year old girl without the ability to see, her or talk is also having a difficult time with adjusting to…