The Irresistible Revolution

T went on to mention that removing this child from her classroom helped shed light on the child’s preparedness for school and on what the specific issue the child had was that needed to be addressed before starting school.) James Claiborne, author of the novel, “The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical” and a devout Catholic, agrees with Ms. T on her ‘turn the other cheek’ philosophy. Jesus taught that to live as a follower of Christ one must tackle every difficult, trying, and violent situation in life peacefully and non-violently. Like Jesus, Ms. T is in turn teaching her “disciples” or her scholars this important Christian ethic of responding to violence and wrongdoing through pacifism and peaceful resistance. In Chapter 10 of “The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical,” Claiborne writes, “When hit on the cheek, turn and look the person in the eye. Do not cower and do not punch them back. Make sure they look into your eyes and see your sacred humanity, and it will become increasingly harder for them to hurt you” (Claiborne 279). Claiborne believes that to live as a follower of Jesus today we must oppress evil and violence not with the same evil and violence we are being oppressed with, but with kindness, love, and nonviolence…

In the book, “The Irresistible Revolution,” the main idea of the book was how to live a “true Christian lifestyle” which is based off of loving all of God’s humans, Christian or not, as well as God’s environment. In our class discussion of chapters one and two, a recurring idea is how some people who consider themselves Christians in church can act like good and righteous people helping others on Sundays, then turning around on Mondays and blowing off everyone else, just as long as they get the…

Marinetti along with his futurist friends believed that their country Italy, has been living in the past for too long. Their solution was to free Italy from the “boring” past. Marinetti’s Futurism manifesto revolted against the old, considered museums as cemeteries, and pushed freedom upon themselves from professors, archaeologists, and antiquarians. It also condemned old moralities in favor of logic as well as feminism. The futurism revolution was composed of the positive appraisal of youth,…

To be successful in reaching goals a good strategy must be applied. Every person must have a goal in life to achieve. Once that goal is reached another is started. The only way to succeed is to keep making goals, and achieving them. The important strategy in planning how to successfully accomplish goals plays a huge role. As famous baseball and football play Bo Jackson would say “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there” (Jackson). Certainly, famous Bo Jackson set his goals high…

There are many things that have influenced my life over the past eighteen years such as family, friends, television shows, and video games. Yet the one thing that has influenced my life the most has been the sport of soccer. Soccer has had a great influence on the entire world each and every day. For many people around the world soccer is there whole life. Many people would say that soccer is the way to escape the hardships of the world. The sport also endures hardships on many people in the…

on people that appear to shape and frame the writings of Oates. Pamela Miller asserts in her article “Joyce Carol Oates” that Oates often uses violence in her fiction to depict the chaotic, unsettled aspects of twentieth century American life. She further claims that the violent situations in Oates’s fiction often include incidents of rape, incest, murder, or suicide and these violent conflicts drive many of her characters to the edge of madness. Hence, Miller maintains that Oates portrays the…

Life can become extremely busy and making time for family can become tough. Family time is not only extremely important, but it is vital for young ones to learn good character and morals. The Rumbold family doesn’t spend enough quality time together. They are a family of nine people, six biological children with an adopted brother from China who is deaf. It becomes very difficult for this family to spend time together because their ages range from the oldest being nineteen years old, all the way…

Social injustice arises when equality treated unequally. Each time when someone cheats of what one deserve, there is injustice. Galsworthy has dealt with the theme of social injustice by portraying society as a sharply divided entity consisting of totally opposed classes. His The Skin Game deals with the theme of social injustice. A class struggle is in progress. But it is not between the rich and poor. The struggle is not based on economic inequality but on social inequality. The Skin Game…

oppression and prejudice to absolute freedom. The movement began with a traumatized jar of honey mustard who refused to go back to being deceived, it followed Frank as he traveled clear across the store to gain the knowledge he needed to save the others, along the way racial tensions caused by prejudice, that was creatively represented through the clever use of stereotypes and play on words, are explained away by the loss of stratification and replaced with the desire to achieve a common goal,…

1. Who is the protagonist of the movie? Who (or what) is/are the antagonist? In my opinion, the entire Sullivan family was the protagonist and their antagonist was society. This is because they faced many challenges that were given to them by society. 2. What kind of character is the protagonist? (Chose from the 4 choices) Explain your answer with evidence from the movie. Do we know this through direct or indirect characterization? The Sullivan family is very dynamic. Throughout the film they…