The Beloved

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 through gratitude and forgiveness people can gain strength and be healed of afflictions and have peace. Forgiveness frees people from emotional pain which allows to them…

Beloved, by Toni Morrison, is a story which focuses on the importance of memory and history. The main female character, Sethe, struggles with the haunting legacy of slavery in the form of her memories and through her daughter’s aggressive ghost. Her daughter’s ghost, Beloved, returns in human form to reunite herself with Sethe. Chapter 19 of Beloved shows how a realization Beloved’s identity is beginning to surface. Morrison uses symbolism, characterization of Sethe, and stream of…

In the novel ‘Beloved’, Morrison successfully mananges to create a credible ghost character. Despite the fact that the novel is based upon a very real history, the fictitious parts of the novel almost seem as shockingly real as the factual parts. In CHAPTER, Morrison shows that we learn more about Beloved through the eyes of Paul D. We as readers already trust Paul D so as Morrison voices her opions of Beloved through Paul D it helps us to acknowledge that Beloved is more than just a ghost. Paul…

people say about us, what we have, and what we do (Nouwen, Being the Beloved sermon 1 of 8). When our identity is not based on “BEing” the beloved, we will go through our entire life searching for who we are in things that hold no value. Henri Nouwen says that this leads to depression and “our life ends up nothing” (Nouwen, Being the Beloved sermon 1 of 8). Admittedly, I still struggle with this even though I believe that “I am the beloved of God” (Ephesians 5:1, NIV Thinline Bible). I recognize…

I have a request. You might find it silly, or worse, insulting. It will take about half an hour to complete. First, grab a laptop or a tablet, find a quiet place, google “Implicit Association Test” and click on “Take a Test - Harvard University.” The test is constructed to look for hidden assumptions and prejudices. While taking the test, try to avoid the common temptation that accompanies self assessment tests where the test taker intuitively gravitates toward desirable responses rather…

Once again, Salinger wasn’t oblivious to the meanings behind each character’s name. In fact, symbolism plays a part in the character Sybil Carpenter. “Sybil, bright with innocence but already tarnishing, symbolizes for Seymour the human condition: like the sibyls of old, she is the unconscious oracle through whom the prophecy is revealed, the instrument of truth” (Lane). A sibyl is defined as “a woman in ancient times supposed to utter the oracles and prophecies of a god” (“sibyl”). It is…

The poems Africa and Flying Man by Rabindranath Tagore show the negative effects of man-made destruction. The destruction is the way they have mistreated the people of Africa, as well as changing the way nature used to be, from the peaceful harmonious nature to inventing more modernised technologies, making man seem more arrogant. The focus of the two poems is how man has destroyed the earth with their actions, and the poet does this by using imagery and figurative language. In Africa, Tagore…

It was a week since I have last spoken to Cosmo and I started to suspect that he got himself killed by going in the eerie human’s house, but he has ventured into that abyss many times. I told him that we needed to get ready for the harsh winter by expanding our web so our children would have a well built web to rest on while they grew. I captured two moderate size flies that night. They looked very scrumptious, but I was reliant on my dear Cosmo to crawl his way back home so we could have shared…

No one could stay awake once the alarm went off. That’s the way McCarthy liked it. Despite the darkness he narrowed in on the faint arms of the clock 4:30. He knew that it would take him 15 minutes to get the club and he always did everything with a sense of urgency. He knew what was to come. The run to the club was always cold. Most don’t dare come out this early even the milk men wait until the sun rises but not McCarthy. Within the first three steps of entering the club it is apparent no one…

Christ Chosen & Beloved: To be steadfast in our faith in Christ, is to remain focus in our commitments towards Salvation. {1 Corin. 15:-58} 1 Corin. 15:-58 "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." But we must be careful not to be an enemy to the Cross of Christ: by the reason of being too attached to our denominational rules like the Pharisees. Which is by all means detrimental…