Peter Keenan

Easily one of the most notable theme in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the role of nature or nurture in developing children recurs throughout the novel with the two main characters, Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, believing in opposite sides of the theme. Favoring nature, Dr. Frankenstein maintains that the creature was always evil from the moment of creation and regardless of the creature’s experiences. However, Shelley herself seems to agree with the creature’s contrasting argument. In his…

Introduction Methodology The research methodology used for this biography on Peter is a scholarly evaluation. While there were many popular sources (pastors or specialist) available on this topic, they often adapted their findings to appeal to a general audience. Additionally, these popular sources mainly offer a quick and sometimes bias overview of the life of Peter rather than an objective and comprehensive academic account. Therefore, popular sources were not used for research in writing…

1. Explain how pseudepigraphy worked in the first century, and give three examples. Pseudepigraphy is essentially levels of authorship. Pseudeprigraphy asks the question – “Did the stated author of the letter actually write it.” Three examples of Pseudepigraphy include the following: Literal Authorship – is where the writing comes directly from the authors brain Dictation – is a word for word translation which then is written down on paper Delegated Authorship – is where the amanuensis was…

Apostle Paul commits us to a thorough consideration of the Christian faith and practice. Reconciliation is the substance, from the beginning to the very end, of the completeness in meaning in the life of a Christian. In relation to reconciliation, Paul teaches us that the ministry of reconciliation is not chiefly something that we do. Instead, he emphasizes that for Christians, the principle of reconciliation is something that has been done for us: Jesus Christ has reconciled us to God. In the…

Are We Less Trusting Than Ever Before? We have two stories of girls just doing their best to fit in, Susie from the movie, “The Lovely Bones” directed by Peter Jackson written by Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens (All three screenplay), and Alice Sebold(Novel) and Connie from Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where are you going, where have you been?”. These girls are lured to the clutches of dangerous men that seemed harmless enough. They trusted them because they were “a man from our neighborhood”…

yourselves.” (Philippians 2:3, NIV). Jesus had compassion on those suffering. Compassion is the deep mercy of God. God is the best at empathy. How comforting to know that He records all our tears and struggles. Peter said to, “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” (I Peter 5:7, NIV). With the ultimate example of empathy, how can people not have compassion on others? This writer feels by actively listening to others with encouraging words, comfort, empathy, and genuine love is…

You could say parsimony refers to the concept of KISS (Keep it simple stupid). It is the idea that we should keep theories as simple and pragmatic as possible and it is an important cornerstone of the discipline of psychology and science in general. Parsimony means that if we have two competing theories we will use the simplest one. The canon of parsimony says that we should be frugal in developing theories by avoiding unnecessary concepts, again going back to the pragmatic. The idea…

John Stuart Mill's teleological perspective of Utilitarianism, guarantees that “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain and the privation of pleasure.” (Mill, p.54) This ethical theory emphasizes that as reasonable beings that naturally interact and are compelled to settle on choices every day, how those choices are established—our…

The texts “I Escaped A Violent Gang” and “Making Sarah Cry” have similar themes of courage. Each text shows the theme differently throughout the text. In “I escaped A Violent Gang” the author had to go through different events needing courage. In “Making Sarah Cry” Sarah shows courage while standing up to her bullies. While both of these texts share a common theme, the mood of the texts is completely different. The memoir “I Escaped A Violent Gang” has a mood of sadness and is a bit scary…

UTILITARIANISM: According to John Stuart Mill, the doctrine of Utilitarianism is that happiness is desirable, and the only thing desirable, as an end; all other things being desirable as means to that end. In applying Utilitarianism to ethical dilemmas, it is important to assess the issue by discerning it as right or wrong based on the virtue of the dilemma’s consequences. With the consequences assessed, the amount of happiness and unhappiness is the only thing relevant to the consequences. It…