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    Audience To determine the audience of the Gospel of John, it is easier to determine what the purpose of John was first. The author of John is blunt about what the purpose of writing his gospel was, and John 20:31 most clearly states that “But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.” This verse can further be supported by John 8:24 and John 3:16, all of which collectively describe the…

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    disciples wrote books of the Bible in the New Testament. The twelve disciples were Peter, his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, Jude, also called Thaddeus, and Judas Iscariot. Andrew, Peter’s brother, was a fisherman from Bethsaida and Capernaum. Before he was called by Jesus he was a disciple of John the Baptist. He then brought his Peter to Jesus as said in John 1:40-42 when it states “One of the two who heard John…

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    Peter Senge (2010) validates this point by stating, “Every educational practice is a system” (p.124). Authors H. Shaked & C. Schechter (2013), share the similar belief that systems thinking (ST) is an approach advocating thinking about any given issue as…

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    The search for the real world is never fulfilled until it has been experienced by the individual. The modification in the surrounding and the environment one is born into is never easy to change because they are more comfortable in that situation. Similar scenarios have been depicted in Allegory of the cave and The Truman show. Allegory of the cave is a theory of Plato, who is a well-known philosopher in human perception. The theory talks about the disputable idea which many do not understand.…

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    Lovely Bones Analysis

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    1. Plot Summary The story of The Lovely Bones begins on December 6, 1973. Susie Salmon, the narrator, has been raped and murdered by her neighbor, George Harvey, and is telling the story from her Heaven. Harvey has lured Susie into a cornfield where he commits his crime, leaving behind only an elbow as evidence. He has a plan to dispose of her body, so he “[takes] the waxy orange sack of [her] remains to a sinkhole eight miles from [their] neighborhood,” where he knows they will disappear…

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    ‘Mad, bad and dangerous’, how accurate is this description of Gothic villains in the texts studied? The quote ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know’ was originally attributed to Lady Caroline Lamb in description of Lord Byron. The Romantic poet was infamous for his behaviour: excesses including huge debts, numerous affairs and aristocratic living. In the Gothic context, however, the concepts of ‘madness’, ‘evil’ and ‘danger’ take differing, more threatening forms. The role of the ‘villains’ in…

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    Symbolism of Savagery and Civilization in Lord of the Flies The use of symbols and imagery in literature allows the audience to engage themselves in the novel. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies portrays the diverse aspects of humanity through detailed symbols. The symbol which gives the novel its name, the severed pig’s head on a stick, and Simon’s encounter with it, visually displays the sadist side of humanity and the temptation of evil. From the beginning of the novel, the child-like fear…

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    The Jesus movement was spreading like wildfire throughout the Roman Empire in early years of the Common Era. Before the Jesus movement, women were being suppressed and had to submit to man 's authority. Women had no right to hold a higher position in life or in the church. Women had very little choices of what they really wanted to become in their later years. They were either to be a housewife or labeled as being whores. The Jesus movement was an important time for women to spring up and do…

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    Truman was the first child to be legally bought by a company, he grew up in a fake world of Sea Haven, never new anything different, un aware he was controlled by the director’s actions. Truman was not accustomed to this ‘fake world’ thinking everything was normal and he was in his own perfect world. until some surprising circumstances in certain episodes that distracted Truman from the fake world. Truman started to construct there were some curious events that made him believe there was…

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    Thesis: Through inculturation and different interpretations of Christianity, the church is catholic or universal. In order for the church to be catholic, it must be able to spread the Gospel with respect to cultural diversities. Culture is the beliefs, customs, and arts of a particular society. The Catholic faith is central to many of the world’s cultures. Yet, through inculturation, the Catholic faith is lived differently in each culture (classroom notes 10-13). In Shusaku Endo’s book,…

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