Sermon on the Plain

This semester, we have learned a great deal about great literature, history, and literary movements. From Hellfire and brimstone to Vietnam War stories, literature follows the patterns of history and culture. From inspiring our search for ultimate truth and meaning to drawing us into a community, great literature is important and beneficial for every member of the human race to read and study. Great literature is important and necessary, and literature reflects the patterns of history. Firstly…

band since roughly 2009, But their popularity increased in 2012 with their song, “Radioactive” and continuing to grow with other hits such as “Demons” and “On top of the World”(2). The band’s current members are Singer: Dan Reynolds, Guitarist: Wayne Sermon, Drummer: Daniel Platzman, and Bassist: Ben Mckee (3). Though they play many genres their newer music seems to be more focused on an EDM-pop theme(2). Imagine Dragons are heavily influenced by the Beatles, The origins are even similar. As…

association with the birth account of Moses, it is perceptible that the author of this text wants the audience to understand Jesus’ importance in their lives. The portrait of Jesus as the new Moses is further strengthened through the delivery of his sermon on the mountain. Jesus taught the gathered crowd about law, adultery, anger, divorce, oaths, retaliation, and loving enemies (Matt 5:1-2). In a similar manner, Moses is also observed to be delivering the Ten Commandments to the Israelites…

alienation, which would be no maturity shown though the realization of his sin. In Hawthorne’s work the minister goes on as being isolated from everyone else not maturing from his realization of his sin therefore leading to his realization of evil as just plain selfish egotistical…

the reader to connect with him on a more personal level to what we experience in our own daily lives. Each one of these chapters delves even deeper into how we can enrich our own lives, even those around us. He also manages to include insight, in “plain English,” into the “Four Noble Truths,” and even touches on the “Five…

designed for their benefit, resulting in the consequently absurd. “The Golden Rule”, for example, commonly phrased “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” is a world-wide recognized commandment credited to Jesus of Nazareth during The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 7. However, slavery was a common legal exception to the Rule’s endorsement, passed down for generations prior to the American Civil War. In Mark Twain’s novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, protagonist Huck Finn…

Puritan and colonial The colonial times were very different from what they are today, they were ripe with superstition and religion where people were expected to be active in the church and Complex writing was avoided and often simulated the bible. Most literature of the time was influenced by religious writings. The Puritan/ Colonial time period took place from 1492 to 1800, this time period has four distinct characteristics: Narrative Traditions, Opportunity for Freedom, Government and…

immigrants it became his blank slate, his chance to start over. It is this same spirit pain sees in America, restless, searching ambitious the raw makings of a new world without the burden of kings. It is a vision Paine turns into 46 simple pages, plain enough for every farmer, fishmonger, or founding father to understand he calls it “Common Sense.” “Common Sense sold 120,000 copies in its first three months in print” (Berkin, 119). Colonist now contemplate the once unthinkable breaking with the…

The Amish have a distinctly plain dress style that separates them from the modern world. There have been few changes to Amish dress in the 20th century, but the style has remained fairly unchanged (Riddle 66). The women wear very basic dresses, varying in length depending on age, as…

Dimmesdale holds the secret close to his heart for his faith and his faithful followers. He leaves them living in their delusions in order to maintain the integrity of his religion. However, he is weighed down by the hypocrisy of his actions against his sermons and consequently starts deteriorating. “With every successive Sabbath, his cheek was paler and thinner, and his voice more tremulous than before-when it had now become a constant habit, rather than a casual gesture, to press his hand over…