Repentance

It so happens that in the Bible, God asked his son Jesus to die in order to put an end to people’s suffering. Jesus embraced this request with forgiveness, for the ones who sinned against him, and gratitude, to God for his blessings and the ending suffering. Forgiveness and gratitude can strengthen and heal people from many afflictions or trials presented to them. Similarly, in his 20th century novel, Cry, The Beloved Country, Alan Paton employs the use of anaphora in order to emphasize how…

Throughout the short story “Killings” by Andre Dubus one of the characters Richard Strout who murderer of Frank, who walks around town a free man. Someone may become easier to forgive for their actions if they commit a crime and feel bad and have remorse for their actions. On the other hand, they become unforgivable when they show no signs of remorse or do not feel bad. Richard killed Frank out of jealousy and has no remorse for his actions, and does not deserve forgiveness. “He was making it…

The Sunflower is a book about the parameters required to forgive someone. In the book, the main character, Simon, is asked to forgive Karl an SS soldier who was part of a massacre of Jews. In the book, Simon is confronted with many different questions about forgiveness such as is it his place to forgive Karl? does Karl deserve forgiveness? is it enough that he feels remorse or does share the burden and legacy of all Nazis. I would forgive Karl because the benefits of forgiving Karl outweigh the…

In “The Tempest” Prospero learns to forgive all those who had done wrong to him, even though his plan had been to make them suffer. Forgiveness is more important than justice; in order to let go everyone needs to learn to forgive. The the process of letting go means they are no longer getting weighed down by the anger towards that person. The act of vengeance is seen in the first scene when Prospero is sinking the ship in which everyone who betrayed him was sailing. The island is the perfect…

Dark Journey Deep Grace I chose to read Dark Journey Deep Grace by Roy Ratcliff and Lindy Adams because it is a book that stood out to me. This book chronicles the life, crimes and challenges of Jeffrey Dahmer. The name Jeffrey Dahmer carries a certain negative connotation with it to most people. Very few people remember or are even aware of his conversion and the ending to this somewhat bazaar story. The authors begin the book by comparing the story of Paul the apostle (who we…

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, “The Minister’s Black Veil,” there is an apparent message sent throughout the text: Secret sin of any one person has the ability to eat away at him or her, causing an overwhelming sense of guilt that can control and overtake his or her life; but can also become a necessary evil and a positive good at the same time. The image of secret sin that captivates Parson Hooper isolates his relationships from his congregation, Elizabeth, and God. In “The Minster’s Black Veil,”…

Louis Zamperini had the incredible drive and resilience to never give up no matter what he faced. He endured through giving up his Olympic dreams to be a part of the military where his life would never be the same again. He experienced and suffered through a plane crash, lack of food and water, predator attacks, and most of all, Japanese imprisonment (Hillenbrand 125, 162, 197). At these camps, he was tortured, beaten, verbally afflicted, and starved worse than anything a person could ever dream…

It is definitely different than how it is now, especially in the media. "Absolutely. I 'm still shocked! I 'm still shocked when I see things on T.V. You know, I think, how embarrassing. If my daughter is sitting by me and we 're watching a movie and there 's something going on sexually, I 'm embarrassed, you know, I 'm watching this with my daughter. It 's just so personal. Sex is so personal. And the language. I cannot believe the language and the commercials, you know? It 's just amazing."…

When I was working in the oil and gas industry in Aberdeen I remember hearing about a husband who was caught cheating on his wife and 8 months old with a co-worker. According to the news they had a one-night stand in a hotel, which the man filmed on his cell phone. His wife later found the videos and posted them on the internet and sent them to all her husband 's contacts, friends, and co-workers. The affair, however brief, resulted in them losing their jobs. The clips went viral online and the…

When Chris Carrier was ten years old, he was taken into a swamp near his home in Florida and was stabbed repeatedly with an ice pick, and then shot through his temple with a handgun. Miraculously, hours later he woke up with a terrible headache, unable to see out of one of his eyes. He was then picked up and taken to the hospital. Years later, Chris’ abuser laid on his deathbed and Chris,surprisingly, went to comfort and forgive him. Everett L. Worthington, Jr. wrote in article on Chris Carrier,…