Redemption

Two sinners, both alike in their faults, stand on the scaffold together, one confessing his hidden darkness, and the other reliving her worst nightmare. Hester Prynne, shunned by the community, and Arthur Dimmesdale, an admired minister, both experience a journey of guilt and shame as a result of committing adultery. With the Puritan community’s close-mindedness, this is an unthinkable act. As a result, Hester is publicly humiliated and branded by her actions with a scarlet “A.” Unlike…

God’s true people, were called to accomplish God’s will in the redemption of the nations (Acts 5:30-31, 24:14-16). 1.2. My Identity As a baptized believer in truth of God’s Word and the death and resurrection of Jesus, I am a member of God’s diverse church. As a witness and servant of the Lord, I am partaking in God’s story, along with a community of believers who come from every tribe, tongue, and nation, to accomplish the redemption…

envy towards Hassan despite his lower social station. Hassan later becomes Amir’s scapegoat which only further drives the line between their perceived levels of value as individuals. The scapegoating, however allows for Hosseini to work in Amir’s redemption as a person, once again juxtaposing him with Hassan. When we are first introduced to Amir and Hassan, they almost seem equal, but as time progresses it becomes clear that Amir is physically, mentally, and morally inferior to Hassan, but is…

Raskolnikov only finds redemption when time slows down and gives him opportunities to reflect on his guilt. When Raskolnikov travels to Sonya’s house to hear her reading of Lazarus from the Bible, “the candle-end had long been burning out… casting a dim light in this destitute room upon the murderer and the harlot strangely come together over the reading of the eternal book” (Dostoevsky 328). Dostoevsky employs the candlestick to freeze the passage of time because of the ambiguous state of the…

Sonny’s Cup of Trembling “Sonny’s Blues” begins with the narrator reading about his brother being arrested for selling and using heroine. ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬He describes the struggles and hardships that his family, especially Sonny, goes through. Even though the two brothers lived together for so long, they did not have a very close relationship, but towards the end of the story, the two begin to understand each other more. At the end of the story, Sonny invites the narrator to accompany him to a local…

comprise punishment, repentance, and redemption. We see this cycle in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, as the mariner is punished by nature for killing the albatross. Readers can connect with the mariner as he deals with the consequences of his sin; he undergoes a spiritual journey as he is punished physically by the spiritual world, by means of the natural world, and as he emotionally realizes that nature is beautiful. The cycle of punishment, repentance, and redemption starts with the…

went "from rags to riches". Sydney lived life without meaning and drank liquor frequently. Mark Wahlberg grew up in a broken family where he quickly became absorbed in drugs and violence. Transitioning from their fallen actions and ways of life to redemption, Mark Wahlberg and Sydney Carton sought a change through separate means. Mark Wahlberg and Sydney Carton were fallen because they weren't living well and making morally good decisions. Sydney Carton was a drunk who didn't see much purpose…

For centuries, stories have been passed down from generation to generation to be shared around the world. The novel The Kite Runner shows a story of a character, Amir, that through his guilt decides to change his lifestyle so that he can compromise for his mistakes. Khaled Hosseini uses character analysis, symbolism, and theme to create a powerful novel with a strong message, The Kite Runner. In the novel, Hosseini’s main character, Amir, starts off with a distant relationship with his father,…

Literacy criticism of the novel is how it interpret to the characters like Amir and Hassan, the Afghanistan society, and the whole literature that leads to reformation on politics, social, cultural, and more. Literacy criticism is very important relationship between Amir and Hassan from living without the truth as related brothers. Since the author have wrote other novels that relates to the Kite Runner and Afghanistan society, A Thousand Splendid of Sun for example is the reflection of action…

life but an illusion” wouldn’t that actually allow someone to dodge responsibility for their actions? Because it was gods will. Three main covenants were central to Puritan theology, the Covenant of Works, The Covenant of Grace and the Covenant of Redemption. • The Covenant of Works referred to God’s promise to provide Adam and his progeny eternal life in exchange for obedience. • The Covenant of Grace is an agreement based on faith and requires man to be held responsible for his…