Son

Was it? He was born by God’s power, lived like a monk, preached great sermons and all the people followed him. He was very popular and kings were scared of him. He baptized the Son of God! He could be forgiven if he thought it was his story. Perhaps the greatness of John was not what he is, or what he did, but because he played his part in the story in the best way possible. He recognized that it is not his story. Read John 3…

Native Son was written in 1940 by African American author Richard Wright. The novel tells the story of twenty year old Bigger Thomas, an African American male living in Chicago’s South Side poverty stricken community during the 1930’s. Native Son focuses on the racial oppression forced on blacks by whites and the effects it has on society and the theories of people, especially Bigger Thomas. The theme has caused the book to be labeled as a “protest novel” by other authors because of its aim at…

Both Charles Brockden Brown’s Arthur Mervyn and William Apess’ A Son of the Forest have one large piece of the early republican identity depicted clearly within their texts. This piece of the early republican identity is the evil, almost unspeakable portion of the identity that I will refer to simply as the inhumanity. This portion of the early republican identity was produced through the evils of slavery. Now, this may not be obvious at first, since both novels do not deal directly African…

In the book Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, Henry's relationship with his parents affects his other relationships in the 1940s and 1980s negatively by not being able to show his feelings and not having a good father-son bond. Consequently, because he doesn't have a good relationship with his parents, it affects his relationships with Keiko and Marty. Also, Henry doesn’t have any siblings, so he doesn’t have experience talking to people. Henry’s relationship with his father…

James Baldwin mentions two race riots in “Notes of a Native Son “one in Detroit and the other one in Harlem. Both of these race riots took place during July - and august around 1943. The Detroit race riot was one of the bloodiest riots out there. The Detroit riot began in belle Isle Park among the youth. There was conflict between the whites and African Americans and also there was tension that had a nexus with the military buildup of World War 2. It was said that armed white people started this…

The American Revolution was a war in between America and Great Britain in which America demanded independence from the British. The official start date of the Revolution is April 19th, 1775 which was the first battle of the war. However, the official date that America began rebelling against the British was far before the first battle. Americans were already attempting to get the attention of the British and forcing them so listen to their concerns. Although the first battle marks the official…

In the FX series Sons of Anarchy, we are shown the day to day lives of a motorcycle club in the fictional town of Charming, California. This group of men spend their days participating in various means of illegal and illicit activities, as well as running an automotive repair shop out of the same property as their clubhouse. During the seven season run of the show I was able to draw upon some social-psychological principles believed to be relevant to this TV show and see how they manifest…

N.T. Wright’s book, The Challenge of Jesus, drew my attention to three very interesting and important concepts. The first, discussing the importance of relating to Jesus in Jesus’s time. Especially when it comes to the use of figurative language, expression, cultural and societal norms of the time, as well as getting to know how exactly it was that people understood God and the arrival of the Messiah, for first century Jews. The second thing that really got me thinking, when reading the book,…

After king Duncan names Malcolm, his eldest son, as his successor, Macbeth becomes upset, as, in order for his predictions to come true, he would have to murder Duncan and his progeny. Macbeth demands the “stars, (to) hide (their) fires” (I, iv, 52) in order for him to disguise his “black and deep…

of scribes, personifying wisdom and education. He was so well accomplished he was given the nickname Son of Ptah who was the chief god of Memphis. This was to award his wisdom during his role as a chancellor. He served by own priesthood; known as the mediator between gods and humans. This made him important because this automatically made him as important as a pharaoh since pharaohs are seen as sons of gods. His name has been made even more famous in the modern day due to popular mummy movies…