The Temptations

Craig Thompson’s autobiographical novel, Blankets, portrays his childhood, first love, and adulthood in a Christian family. The book is composed of visual images that draw attention to the messages of the author. The interpretations of those images convey conflicts between religion and his surroundings throughout his growth and development. In Thompson’s life, he gets bullied and creates his own world within the imagination and art as his way of a getaway escape from the real world. During…

In the book "Between the Savior and the Sea", Peter, or Simon, faces many struggles. But dealing with these difficulties, he is able to strengthen his faith and become a better leader. Faced with abandoning his job, denying Jesus, and temptation from the devil, he passed all of them. Although he was just an ordinary fisherman in the beginning of the story, he grows into a strong, devoted, and faithful apostle of Jesus. The book starts off with Simon trying to catch fish in the middle of the…

"Control, control, you must learn control!" The words of Master Yoda might be more than just advice but could have some backing in psychology. In the video, Roy Baumeister talks about research he has conducted on self-control or willpower. One of his experiments present the subject with a plate of cookies and beats. With a goal of testing not only the self-control of a person but also their ability to perform additional tasks as well as blood glucose tests. Personally I think this research…

failure and hardship? Where is the love in unleashing the evil and temptation which were introduced in the creation stories of Genesis, which would entrap and impair the Israelites during the cycle of apostasy and continue to challenge modern day humanity? The nature of the God in the garden who not only created the trees, stated the conditions, and actively pointed out or brought attention to the trees as if to taunt or dare Adam and Eve. Furthermore, a God that would be manipulative and…

quite apprehensive, but I knew I had to uphold my end of the bargain. When the time came, I set out on my journey to find the green chapel where the mysterious knight said he would be waiting. Throughout my journey, I encountered many trials and temptations that tested my loyalty, honor, courage, and strength to…

that Eve, the first woman, made the first sin by giving into temptation and offering it to men. The Puritan men have always believed that men should be held accountable for the actions of women and have power over the women. So when Adam didn’t stop Eve from taking the apple, the Puritans saw him as weak and frail for not having control over her actions. Adam was mesmerized by Eve and had trust in her, so when Eve gave into temptation by biting into the apple, Adam followed because he loved her…

The book This Naked Mind is based on the true story of Annie Grace, who recalls her life of addiction to alcohol. She recounts her steps to sobriety all within her own power, by changing her unconscious and conscious thoughts. “Anything unconscious dissolves when you shine the light of consciousness on it” – Echart Tolle (p. 26, para 2). Before Annie 's sobriety, she believed as many people do, that in order to become sober it would mean a life of misery and constant struggles. "If my…

Name Professor Course Date Analyze and Interpretation: The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis In The Screwtape Letter, Lewis writes a satirical and epistolary text that explores the Christian theological concepts of temptation and the capability of human nature to resist satisfying greed and personal benefit. Lewis uses fictional characters such as Screwtape, a senior demon who writes a series of letters to Wormwood, his nephew and a junior tempter. These letters are instructions which pertain to…

Most people, at some point in their life, grapple with the idea of following what is morally and socially accepted and following what their heart desires. In Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre, The main character Jane eyre struggles with this issue as well. Jane Eyre, a passionate, poor orphan girl who, after being sent away by her aunt to a boarding school, becomes a governess to a wealthy bachelor’s 8-year-old ward in Thornfield. Jane finds herself falling in love with Mr. Rochester and he…

ammunition brass. I would have sold it to them, however I have strong sense of integrity so I never did. It is considered stealing from the military if I was to sell the brass to the dealer. I would like to develop more integrity when it comes to temptation. Sometimes…