Son

Jesus’ Son Book Review Jesus’ Son is a novel written by Denis Johnson. The genre is Fiction. It is 133 pages long and is about 14 dollars. This novel was published in 1992. This book is a novel full of different short stories that make up the chapters. The narrator is an unknown drug user that is just shifting us through different incidents that he has either witnessed or been a part of. There is no exact theme, in my opinion. Each chapter has a different story to tell with one thing in common;…

A Fathers’ and Sons Contrast. “Father I’m yours.”(line 720) Haemon says has he introduces himself to his father Creon. He then goes on to say “For me your judgments and the way you act on them are good, I shall follow them. I’ll not consider any marriage a greater benefit than your fine judgment.”(lines 720-724) But then goes on to actually contrast his father's motivations with his words, actions and ideas. The conflicting motivations Heamon has with his father brings out the bitterness,…

Alan Cumming shares an insight of the destructive hardship he faced as a child in his very descriptive narrative “Not My Father’s Son: A Memoir.” His dark and frightful tone as well as his deeply illustrated word choice is consistent throughout his writing as he shares the verbal and physical abuse he received from a very young age. Cumming takes his readers back to the time where he trembles in his boots from the sheer glare of his father, declaring dominance of the latter. He begins his…

In Luke 15: 11-32 scripture tells of a Parable of a Prodigal son which tells a story of how a father gave his youngest son his inheritance and left home and then came back. The story introduces the term Prodigal which means something very wasteful. In biblical days, telling a story often leads to the term parable which often came with a moral or spiritual lesson. In the Parable of a Prodigal Son, a man had two sons. The younger son obtains his inheritance early from his father and left to a…

The father and the son lived in dark and dreary world, filled with violent people. In the book The Road, the father looked at his son for hope and mercy. The son carries the fire within him throughout the book showing that he has the light and hope to stay positive and survive through the rough and ashed world. The motif of this novel is light versus dark because they live in a dark place that they are trying to escape by making fires and the son carrying the fire. The way they lived was hard…

In 1984 Rembrandt’s, Return of the Prodigal Son, caught the eye of author Henri Nouwen. Since discovering the painting in a friends room that fall, Nouwen has gone on this life long spiritual journey of discovering parts himself he had never paid close attention to before. During this process Nouwen was able to define the three stages in which he believes are all apart of the spiritual journey of one’s life. Although Nouwen makes it clear he hasn’t completely gone through the full process, he…

”Prodigal Son.” A father has two sons, the younger desperately impatient to receive his inheritance. So, the prodigal son demands of his father to receive his inheritance before he passes away. In other words, the son diminishes the tragedy of his father’s eventual death to a null by hastily requesting possessions he may need right now. Astonishingly enough, the father grants his son’s wish, reflecting God’s indulgence toward his people, even when they behave so selfishly. Next, the son…

In the book The Road, the son and father have a very complex and strained relationship due to the world that they live in. The reasons of this complex and strained relationship could be linked to the facts that the son is fairly doubtful of his father at times, the father places his son at a very high ranking; believing he is the only remaining sign of Gods existence, and that since they are the only two on this journey that lead from a tragic incident, the way they interact and speak to one…

Sons of Liberty: Fathers of American Activism The United States has a long history of political activism by and for the people, a legacy that continues today. The day after President Donald Trump was inaugurated, more people took to the streets in protest than ever before. That fiercely American action dates back to the Sons of Liberty, a political group that organized for the rights of colonial citizens in the 18th century, against oppressive taxation from Britain (135-136). Many…

silence, meaning that Reb does not speak to his own son unless they are studying the Talmud. Danny and Reb had not had an ordinary conversation with Danny since he was four years old because Reb Saunders wants to teach Danny “What it is to have a soul” (Potok, 265). Reb wanted his son to understand the meaning of pain so he shuts Danny out completely. David Malter and Reuven are constantly exchanging their views on life and have a very powerful father-son relationship based on their…