Open theism

Nature is indifferent as well as uncaring. In the short story “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane, we embark on the journey of four men, whose ship has crashed and are now adrift. They fight for survival throughout the whole story, trying to withstand nature. At the beginning of the story, they believe that nature will actually care for them, or at least an unnatural force will come and save them. They even begin to question the existence of God. In the end, they understand that nature does not…

Most people have heard of Pretty Little Liars before, and if not, a brief summary of the book is a girl disappears and then her friends start getting text messages from somebody named A, that threatens to tell all of their secrets basically. But a book that people probably don’t recognize as much is Ali’s Pretty Little Lies, is the prequel to Pretty Little Liars. It’s about what happened before Alison Dilaurentis(girl who disappears) was murdered in the first PLL book. Ali’s Pretty Little…

Looking up at the big house, Amarante herself and strode towards the side gate. It was the biggest house she’d ever been invited to, if the terse note she’d received could be considered an invitation, but she refused to be intimidated. ‘You all right, mama?’ Harry asked, reaching up to take her hand. Amarante let out a sigh, and tried to quiet her nerves. ‘Yes, baby.’ She gave him a reassuring smile, though she could tell he wasn’t convinced. In an attempt to distract him, she gestured to…

It immediately grabbed my attention when Ishiguro brought Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth to this boat not long before Ruth’s “completion”. This beached boat is symbolizing mortality and a journey threw life. Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth are realizing their time is becoming short and must go see this boat the other donors have been speaking of. Even with Ruth being very weak they search threw the woods to find it. “Then we gazed at the beached boat. I could now see how its paint was cracking, and how the…

The experience of reading Crane’s The Open Boat, isn’t distinctly adrenaline pumping nor is it overwhelmingly emotional. The reader, as well as the men in the boat, do end in a starkly different scenario than when they began their journey, but the movement is often hard to pin point. In fact, the narrative is contrasted so that there are gaps, physical and literary as well as tonally. Shawn Michelle Smith investigates a similar scenario in her analysis of Muybridge’s photo framing. In a series…

turning professional in 1998, he was continuously ranked in the top ten from October 2002 to November 2016. He re-entered the top ten following his victory at the 2017 Australian Open. Federer has won a record eight Wimbledon titles, a record six Australian Open titles, a record five consecutive US Open titles, and one French Open…

Who is Serena Altschul? Beautiful Serena Altschul is a news reporter and a correspondent. Furthermore, she is also an actress. She is active in this field since 1990’s. Presently, she is a prominent figure among the media as the correspondent for CBS. She is involved in the show, CBS Sunday Morning since 2013. Additionally, she is also popular for working with the MTV. She served as the anchor and reporter for MTV News. Serena Altschul: Birth Facts, Family, and Childhood Serena was born in New…

Imagine having to leave everything you’ve ever known behind. Having to walk away from the life you’ve worked so desperately hard to create for yourself. Well that is just what happened to the characters from Salt to the Sea. Thousands of innocent people forced to flee their homes to avoid death from war. These characters left everything behind and didn’t look back. And along their way they had a few bumps in the road, but they managed to do something inspiring. These people, who had nothing more…

A number of distance education providers have been established out of the Open University movement. Two examples of distance education institutions in the East Asian and Pacific region are Korea National Open University (KNOU) and the Open University of China (OUC). KNOU is in a developed country while OUC is in developing China. Although similar, they each have their own distinctive history, populations, technology, pedagogy, and quality assurance practices. History The Korean and Chinese…

Ballaro, Beverly, and Laura Finley. "Counterpoint: Gun Control Saves Lives." Points Of View: Gun Control (2015): 3. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 7 Oct. 2015. Ballaro, Beverly and Finley, Laura points out the main theme of this article as “Gun control regulation is the best tool we have in the fight to reduce gun violence in the United States.” Both agree that the United States has one of the highest rates of gun-related violence in the developed world. Gun control has remained the…