Old World

The Christian Old Testament and The Hebrew Bible are one and the same, this is what has been taught by some Christian sects for as long I have been a Christian , however this is not true as I have come to learn, the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament Bible are not identical. These texts the Christian Old Testament and The Hebrew Bible are texts that are strongly related to Christian and Jewish identity and ideology. One distinction that makes them different is that ,…

their old age. This issue has become even more important with the emergence of the “third age,” which Laslett calls the period between modern adulthood and old age. In previous generations people belonging to this age would normally be lumped with advanced adults in retirement, but this group is different. In the third age, adults are…

movies, and images. For instance, take a closer look at Isaiah Mustafa, the character who is in all Old Spice commercials. He is very popular and known as a masculine man because of well build and robust figure. It is important to note the cultural literacy used in Old Spice advertisements because it will give the individual a better insight of the content being displayed. The “Question” advertisement by Old Spice includes cultural literacy such as arrangement, tone, point of view, color,…

The word old is a relative term. We commonly use old to refer to the leftover pizza from last week in the fridge, our eight-year-old car outside, and our ninety- four-year-old great grandmother who lives in a nursing home. From those examples, we defined old to be ranging anywhere from a few days to nearly one hundred years. Our definition of old varies from generation to generation, ethnicity to ethnicity, city to city, and even person to person. When it comes to defining old age and what…

with the beginning of the previous century. But has it been ‘all profit’ and ‘no loss’? Has the growth of mankind been holistic? Should we celebrate or introspect? USA is full of hustle and bustle. It is the home of almost all the ethnicities of the world. Work seems to be the most followed religion here. Everyone is busy. The competition is severe. Taking a day off is a big deal as it may oust you off the race track. Most of the weekends are spent planning the next week, roaming…

In What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver we are shown a range of different themes, one being young love vs. old love. In these short stories, Carver illustrates his inner beliefs and possibly his own experiences of young and old love. Young love is immature, selfish and unable to communicate in a way that results in the couple separating while old love is unselfish, supportive and committed to someone who they see as the center of their universe and nothing less. In…

Religion forms an essential role in the lives of many people establishing their perspective of the world. In the dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood devastation occurs once the military alliance shoots the president as well as congress members, leading to the enforcement of Christian Ideology leaving the citizens in a totalitarian state. New regulations were formed once the United States was renamed the Republic of Gilead, resulting with new laws derived from the bible which…

A story of heroes and monsters. Beowulf, written sometime between the 8th and 10th century AD, is the oldest surviving piece of literature written in Old English and one of the very few works written by a person of the Anglo-Saxon culture. The epic poem has stayed an important piece of work through generations and generations. The epic poem Beowulf has managed to stay an important manuscript due to its message that has remained constant in society and because of its significant representation of…

Did God accept polygamy? Why then would He choose to bless the Old Testament leaders who seemed to have performed polygamy? It is easy to misinterpret that in God blessing them, it portrays that He promotes such a practice. But that argument is farthest from the truth. The leaders in question, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, were blessed because our God is a gracious God. It is not what they had done that warranted God’s blessings. The majority of society today condemns the practice of polygamy.…

The function of imagery in Ted Kooser’s “Tattoo” Ted Kooser’s poem “Tattoo” can be interpreted in a multitude of ways. One way to interpret this poem is that the tattoo is used as imagery to explain how old men are constantly trying to re live his youth; the way he did when he was young. It is apparent in this poem, but this is not the main issue the speaker is addressing. The issue the speaker describes is how time changes a person. Another way this poem can be read is that tattoos can…