Pastoral

The Ethiopians - unlike the Hyperboreans - are a real people but have been imagined by the ancient sources . Similarly, they are described as living in a golden age state in that they are purer, nobler, taller, just and more beautiful than the people at the centre . They also do not practice seafaring – despite their location beside the ocean - and have no want or use for gold . Homer’s Iliad gives the Ethiopians their first appearance in literature and in book I Thetis reports that the gods are…

Adele Berlin begins her article by seeking to define what exactly she means by parallelism. Berlin explores the idea that “parallelism is the most prominent rhetorical figure in ancient Near Eastern poetry” (1). She defines parallelism itself as “the repetition of the same or related semantic content and/or grammatical structure in consecutive lines or verses” (1). Parallelism manifest itself in many various ways throughout Scripture. The three main types and categories of parallelism that…

From various fashion magazines featuring trendy “perfect” female shapes, to television commercials implicitly messaging how people can only attain happiness by purchasing their make-up toolkits, the idealized physical body standards propagated by advertisements manifest a power relation that subjects women to be uncomfortable with their current appearances and conform to the dominant “white” aesthetic views that demand unrealistic characteristics and induce insecurity. The ideal is whitewashed…

In Houston, I surrounded myself with Christians seeking to be in the healthcare field. Eugene Peterson was perceived as strange because he seemed to be the only person in his pastoral group to read books (375). In the same way, I was the only person in my group of friends at home with a global vision. Upon arrival in Tanzania, outnumbered by Atheists and Muslims from around the world, it was evident that Christians and Americans are grossly underrepresented in the medical dynamic. As a physician…

entertained while learning valuable lessons. At the beginning of the story, Dimmesdale is seen as a prestigious church official honored by all. As the story progress, Dimmesdale becomes ill from what the people believe to be his going above and beyond his pastoral duties; however, his illness is truly caused by his hiding of his sin. He is tortured by his deceit until he finally chooses to confess. Dimmesdale’s life of hypocrisy caused him perpetual suffering which eventually led him to true…

beginning or end, just the years rolling by. They may have had that regular sunrise/sunset and summer/winter rhythm. But otherwise there appeared no particular pattern and certainly no straight lines that made sense from it all. The saga of the prime pastoral land known as ‘Bundarbo’ proved Chapin’s point. It was farmed by the Lloyd family in the late 19th century. Then due to early deaths and economic catastrophes they lost it. A century later it ended up in the hands of a man who helped one of…

“...veil of certainty and the illusion of permanence...” that one grows accustomed to suddenly vanish. (D’Alton) In this case, Kalanithi’s job and possible future was abruptly stripped away, leaving him feeling empty. He no longer was he the “...pastoral image aiding a life in transition...” but felt more related more to a “...sheep, lost and confused.” (Kalanithi 120) For anyone, being diagnosed with a terminal cancer is devastating enough, but to Kalanthini the pain is further compounded…

This week’s reading was a brief overview of the historical foundation for the views on wilderness of the early pioneers of North America and how these views on wilderness have shaped American opinion on wilderness. The early American settlers’ view had a strong historical precedent. Early Humans’ values were geared toward survival so things that were useful to them were deemed “Good” and things that were a challenge to their survival were “Bad”. As time went on humans were able to control…

Actor Chazz Palminteri once said, “The saddest thing in life is wasted talent” (Chazz Palminteri. (n.d.). BrainyQuote.com. Retrieved May 7, 2017, from BrainyQuote.com Web site: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/chazzpalmi445813.html). This quote is true for Arthur Dimmesdale, who plays a significant role in the romantic, historical-fiction novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter tells the story of the talented, young minister Reverend Dimmesdale, who…

also uses metaphors in the poem. For example, the “Strange Fruit hangin’ from the poplar tree” (4) are black casualties. The author compares strange fruit to a black man lynched. Finally, the author uses juxtaposition when he starts off by saying, “Pastoral scene of the gallant South” (5). This indicates that the South is very spiritual and romantic. Meeropol then goes on with saying “The bulgin’ eyes and the twisted mouth” which is almost the opposite of the first stanza in the second verse.…