Orthodoxy

1 : Introduction 1.1 General Background Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 (1953) is a dystopian novel, set in a world where the ownership of books is illegal, and firemen burn books instead of putting fires out. The protagonist, Guy Montag, is a fireman. He decides to investigate the loyalty some in their society have for books by reading some he kept in secret. He is then discovered by his captain who reports him, and is chased by the government until he escapes in a river. In the end, he washes up…

This article relates to the section titles “Becoming World Class” found in Chapter 18 of the Management text book written by Bateman and Snell. According to Bateman and Snell (2015), “World-class companies create high-value products and earn superior profits over the long run” (p. 602). Furthermore, to become world class, Bateman and Snell (2015) states that companies “demolish the obsolete methods, systems, and cultures of the past that impede their progress and apply more effective…

If you are a mystery fan, you might wish to tackle Chesterton’s Father Brown series. This is a series of a priest who is able to solve crimes because he takes original sin seriously and knows the heart of a sinner. They are not overtly religious but they are very mixed in quality. These short stories were collected in five books of which the first, The Innocence of Father Brown, is the best. Try these and if you like them, you can move on the others. And if you are going to read…

Violence in the Works of Flannery O’Connor “First responses to O’Connor are invariably extreme. Forgetting about the stoning of St. Stephen or Herod’s slaughter of the innocents or even the cross itself, many first-time readers of O’Connor, knowing that she is a Christian writer, re puzzled by her grotesqueries and the violence of her vision. The problem is, of course, that most readers possess flimsy ideas about what is “Christian” literature and what is not” (Baumgaertner 19). Flannery…

Hirsch also wrote, “Torah, the fulfillment of the Divine Will, constitutes the foundation, basis and goal of this people… it is as eternal and everlasting as spirit and soul and the Word of the Eternal” (Letter Eight). The 19th century Modern Orthodox movement believed that Torah is the foundation of Judaism and we must fulfill the mitzvah of studying Torah. Today, Modern Orthodox Jews find a little more freedom within studying Torah. In contrast to Orthodox right, Modern Orthodox Jews do not…

In the writings of both 1984 and The Prince, there are so many similarities, using fare to control populace and ideas surrounding it are presented as major themes. In Machiavelli’s thoughts in The Prince, he makes an astonishing speech about that the fare can and should be used to control masses. In 1984, the party has the supreme power of the whole nation, and the Big Brother means the entire party. So they have to avoid the revolutions, and get the support from people to increase the Party’s…

Chesterton points out that if Nietzsche honestly believed life was a struggle for power, he wouldn’t be showing the world. He wouldn’t be alerting the enemy to the battle. To tell others that life’s greatest virtue is selfishness is to be unselfish (Orthodoxy 67). Why would you give advice to someone on how to be egotistic? The act of giving the advice would be…

“Religion and faith are separate entities” is indeed a true statement. The dictionary defines religion as an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods. And it defines faith as a strong belief or trust in someone or something. The book gives us some insights on what religion is; among them is that religion establishes the use of symbolism and rituals, the structuring of time, or the acceptance of moral rules. Religion is the product of a…

The Garden of Truth is written by Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr who is one of the worlds leading experts on Islamic though and in his book he signifies the maturity and importance of Islam and Sufism in the western world. Professor Nasr talks about why the study of Islam is no longer a distant subject to many since its appreciation has gained life outside universities and lecture halls to become a living reality in western culture. This is certainly true of both Islam and Sufism, which today are…

Tyler Martyn AP Language and Composition Summer Reading Assignment Mrs. Hoelzer Part 2: Post-Reading Questions “Politics and the English Language” – George Orwell 1. In writing his essay “Politics and the English Language”, George Orwell simply comes out and states his thesis. He declares, “Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble” (Orwell 707). This statement is the…