The Discovery of Heaven

Did you know that Spain is the third largest country in Europe? When viewed on a map of Europe, you can see Spain prominently sticking out on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe Spain is a beautiful country with a diverse and unique culture, recognized widely throughout the world. I chose this country because of the deep appreciation I hold for the culture and values upheld by the Spanish people, some of which everybody could stand to incorporate into their daily lives. So here is what you need to…

One of the most famous is Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Darcy’s and Elizabeth’s relationship is by far the best one in her story. Seeing the two characters grow from the mutual dislike they had for one another to the point where they fall in love and get married is an incomparable and wonderful thing. Darcy’s and Elizabeth’s relationship is so relatable because of the struggles they face, which is part of what makes the story so great. The couple had to go through a lot of issues like…

Traveling can bring surpassing excitement as it creates an abundance of lasting memories. Elizabeth Gilbert in her essay, "The Best Pizza in the World" explains the memories she created while traveling in Naples. While staying in Italy, Gilbert felt like she was trapped and not actually traveling. Therefore, Gilbert called her friend and set up the Naples trip in hopes of creating something memorable. On the trip Gilbert witnessed the shocking, but yet amazing culture and ate the best pizza in…

Social responsibility is a challenge all people handle, and is the question of whether or not to look out for other people, even strangers. The novel The Five People You Meet in Heaven, by Mitch Albom, tells the story of Eddie and his journey into the afterlife. Before his death, Eddie worked as a maintenance manager at Ruby Pier, the same place his father had worked all his life. Unfortunately he didn’t have a son or daughter to pass his job to, because his wife, Marguerite, and him couldn’t…

Back in the colonial times was very different from now, it was pretty harsh times considering how strongly everyone at that time believed in evil and religion. There were many writers who wrote about this time in history and expressed how it was back then. Many felt at that time that God and evil was everywhere, which frightened them. This fear and the thought that people were consorting with the devil or possessed caused a lot of suffering. The Salem Witch Trials was one of the many tragedies…

The captain-major greeted him by placing his hands together and raising them towards the heaven because that’s how Christians address God. This shows that Vasco was under the influence that the king was a Christian. When they sat at the table, the king told captain- major Vasco to give the message to his courtier and then he would repeat it…

She states, “Often when I have been writing one of my so called novels I have been baffled by this same problem; that is, how to describe what I call in my private shorthand—‘non-being’” (Woolf, “To The Lighthouse”; Autobiographical writings, 1939(page 70)). These moments of non-being, according to examples offered by Woolf herself, seem to refer to the events that occur but are not readily recalled. Woolf describes moments of being by explaining a day when she vividly remembered certain details…

This dream is for romantics and lovers. Certainly the dream isn’t the sum of the colorful patterns of Hawaiian shirts, coconut bras and grass skirts alone. It’s not in the Pina Colada, or the Surfer on Acid. The boutiques of Waikiki teeming with Japanese tourists, those we can ignore all together, laugh at their circumstance. The accoutrements of hustle and bustle such as these have all been and will continue to be part of the Great Marketing image of a Paradise, and everyday life grows like…

harmful occurrences but I don't believe God purposely hurts us in any way. Comparably to Deism, I think of him as a clockmaker. Accordingly so, God gives us the opportunities to do either good or bad which will determine our fate, like whether we go to heaven or hell. But in some cases it isn't as harsh. For example, he gives us the opportunity to wash our hands but if we choose not to, then we may get sick. It doesn't mean he has put it upon us because we did wrong by not washing our hands. All…

case for Hamlet. Instead, Hamlet guided his unstable friend from suicide and even prepared an heir for his fallen kingdom. There is no doubt that Hamlet truly discovered who he is as a person. Hamlet’s character made such drastic changes for this discovery but in doing this…