Some examples being, baptism- where humans are submerged in water for the removal of sin, the story of Noah’s ark, where almost the entire population of any species on Earth is wiped out, and the pilgrims, who sailed across the Atlantic, hoping for a new and better life. The immigration across the Atlantic began the American Dream. The fact that Gatsby’s house…
included musical boxes, toy soldiers, and educational board games. They also had optical toys, which were fun because they gave the illusion of moving pictures (Wilson 28). However, these toys were not allowed on Sundays, with an exception to the Noah’s Ark today, as it was in the Bible (Victorian Britain Index). Along with toys, another form of entertainment for wealthy Victorian children was learning poems and songs, and reading children’s books. For example, children had to learn a lot of…
According to the story of Noah’s Ark, when mice and rats bred and infested the whole boat, Noah consulted the lion. The lion sneezed, and out popped two domestic cats, ready to go! While this is most likely not how the domestic cat was created, it goes to show that cats have been around as useful and companion animals for a very long time. Despite my mother’s oh-so-strong argument of “because I said so”, every house should have a cat because they hunt vermin, are easy to care for, and are…