Promised Land

For this assignment, I watched “The Promised Land”. This movie is about a sales man, Steve, who goes to a small town in the country side that has been hit with economic hard times. Steve’s job is to go to big farm properties, and buy drilling rights of natural gas for his company, Global. He is originally from a farm town, so in order to be able to buy these rights, he “blends in” as a country men. While gathering the town people, a science teacher warns about the dangers of drilling and how…

The boundaries of the Promised Land in Joshua showed that a decisive military campaign was envisaged, but the settlement was partial (Wenham 1971:144). The next part of the narrative explained how the conquered land was allocated amongst the twelve tribes of Israel. This was followed by the creation of cities of refuge and the allocation of Levitical cities. Finally, the Book concluded with Joshua’s farewell exhortation to Israel at Shechem. 1. Allocation of the Land (Joshua 13-19) With the…

In Mona in the Promised Land, by Gish Jen, Mona Chang’s parents immigrate from China. In doing so, Mona, a teenager, is forced to assimilate to American culture. Mona’s friends, Barbara Gugelstein, helps her navigate through American culture; however, Mona’s parents help her hold on to her own culture. On the other hand, Ramón de las Casas, or Papi, in Negocios, by Junot Díaz, comes to America by himself, struggling to look for a stable home and job, having no one to look up to. Ramón and Mona…

The article I choose titled "The Promised Land" by Mary Antin she writes of her own experiences as a Jewish child in Russia. She explains how awfully their treatment was from the Russians. She learned from a young age when a young Russian boy threw mud at her and the only thing her mother could do is say "Vanka is a gentile. The Gentiles do as they like with us Jews"(Antin,5). Education in Russia for the Jewish children was also a fight only 10 Jewish kids to every 100 non Jewish were allowed…

In the book My Promised Land by Ari Shavit starts off with the chapter at first sight where we meet Shavit’s great grandfather Herbert Bentwich. Bentwich is a very passionate Zionist. Bentwich decides that Jews must settle in their homeland Judea, and so Bentwich led twenty-one Zionist pilgrims to the land of Israel in 1897. This is because anti Semitism was on the rise which was effecting the Jewish people in very negative ways. Jewish people all over were treated as second-class citizens,…

Staring leading actor Matt Damon, the 2012 film Promised Land follows two corporate sales partners Steve Butler and Sue Thomason of a natural gas company who experience life-changing events after arriving in a small town where his cooperation wants to drill underground through a process called fracking into the available resources. This drama film portrays everyday economic issues of how big cooperation’s and townspeople deal with conflicts within their community. Throughout this film, it…

Specifically, there are fascinating connections between prominent publications based in black empowerment and an emerging jazz music genre. To examine the connections and their context, it is suitable to consider four renowned works: Manchild in the Promised Land, by Claude Brown; The Autobiography of Malcolm X, by Malcolm X and Alex Haley; Notes of a Native Son, by James Baldwin; and The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates.…

Introduction According to David Howard, “Joshua was written to provide an interpretive history of one slice of Israel’s life as a people.” This “slice of life” Old Testament narrative begins in Joshua 1:1-9 with an authoritative call to be strong, courageous and obedient. This passage serves to outline and prepare the reader for the body of work to follow. At the core, Joshua is a story of radical obedience to God and His law. Within the opening verses there is also a great promise for those…

compromise for peace sake! Not good! What started out as a Promised Land trip did not end that way for all. God had to raise up another. In this journey we have to remember that God 's love is unconditional but we can forfeit the benefits of his love with murmuring and complaining.…

old, Joshua’s replaced Moses as leader of the Israelites. Joshua came after the older faithless generation who God had commanded to conquer the promise land (Cannon) failed to obey as God had commanded. Upon the death of the last of the unbelieving generation Joshua was allowed to lead the younger generation across the Jorden into the Promised Land. Joshua’s success in his conquests came as product of his obedience and submission to God as well as submission to his instructor. When God spoke,…