The Way of a Pilgrim

protagonist, Billy Pilgrim, as a connection between human and Tranfalmadorian ideals in society. By doing so, Vonnegut links present, past and future using flashbacks that give us a profound insight into Billy’s suffering of a malcontent post- traumatic disorder derived from his previous war tumult. These lapses between different periods of time in Billy Pilgrims life demonstrate Vonnegut’s anti-war perspective by negatively portraying war through Billy’s experiences. Billy Pilgrim serves as an…

History: Squeaky Clean and Ignorant At the age of seven I was taught the story of the first Thanksgiving. My class and I were told of the wonders the Pilgrims explored and how kind and peaceful their meeting with the Native Americans was. We dressed up in handmade frocks and pinafores or vests and feathers as we had a feast and played games. We never once considered the accuracy of the history we were taught, nor the implications of the age old legend of the first Thanksgiving. Nor did I, until…

that it had on the men who fought through it and went on to live out their lives in “normalcy”. The author, Kurt Vonnegut, uses irony, dark humor, and spontaneity to create an unorthodox depiction of the life of one of these said soldiers, Billy Pilgrim, the main character in the novel. In this light, he uses Pilgrim’s experiences in World War II to demonstrate the true nature of war to those who were fortunate enough to never experience it for themselves. The novel’s main theme, the…

The way he went about doing was very harmful to the natives of the land. He was very prideful in everything he did, which got him into many problems throughout his life. He started as a gambling pig farmer, who stows away on a ship to escape his debtors. He…

remain resilient in the face of imminent danger. The Sunlight Pilgrims tells the story of two broken, yet interconnected families. Through an intrinsic need to work together, these families learn how to adapt and survive impending doom. Climate change is ravaging the small town of Clachan Fells in Jenni Fagan’s novel The Sunlight Pilgrims. Temperatures have dropped below zero and conditions are becoming unbearable. The Sunlight Pilgrims chronicles the adventures of Constance, Stella, Dylan, and…

of Hell, the circle reserved for sodomites. Dante’s work and thoughts were greatly inspired by this man, and now his soul is damned to eternity in Hell. If his mentor, whom he so greatly looked up to, could be a sinner, so too could Dante. The pilgrim asks Brunetto about the other sinners who he runs with. Brunetto responds, “In brief, let me tell you, all here were clerics and respected men of letters of great fame, all befouled in the world by one same sin.” (p. 443, Canto XVI, ln.…

Piety, courage, and industry, were the Pilgrims’ most cherished values. They were thought such a necessity because of each values’ strong place in building a stable and prosperous community, as well as keeping a “morally” intact society, the “new Jerusalem.” But “paradise” is not to be gained without challenge and great effort against the “enemy of God” and they came in the form of hardship, privation, and fear. Bradford, Winthrop, Bradstreet, and Edwards wrote of these hardships that they and…

The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation in 1517 when he nailed the 95 Theses on the door of Wittenberg Cathedral. The most basic of Luther’s ideas were … The Bible or scripture was the source of God’s word People were saved by the grace of God (salvation comes as an undeserved gift from God). People are saved by having faith in Christ, not by any “good works” the person could have done. John Calvin preached Calvinism that stressed…

Knights Hospitaller What it is? (Introduction) The Knights Hospitaller were one of the most important and wealthiest Military Orders that were active during the Crusades. They are also known as the Knights of the Order of Saint John the Hospitaller, Knights of Malta, Knights of Rhodes and some others. The name Knights was given since they were knights who protected the people and the name Hospitaller, because of how they started their military order. Knights and monks were the elements that…

landscape as described through four different encounters. William Bradford, Cotton Mather, Mary Rowlandson, and Jonathan Edwards encounter in America all different from one another. The New world was a place where the religion of the pilgrims could be practiced freely and the way it was meant supposed to be practiced. England was a fully developed country that was left for America who was no where as developed as the land they left. In “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford, the American…