It is clear that John does not like what the church has become which is why he refuses to baptize his third son. He does not want his son to be apart of a hypocritical church system. John is also stubborn. Hale tells him that he should immediately baptize his son and start going to church more often to get people to stop accusing his wife of witchcraft, but he is hesitant to do so and does not want
Furthermore, Ben is extremely brave; imagine trying to hide such a great and terrible secret from your loved ones for almost a year, imagine how much courage that would take. Lastly, Ben is a sympathetic person. When Dallas Suzuki, the object of Ben’s lust and admiration, and his girlfriend, tells Ben that she was molested by her uncle as a child, and that her “brother” is really her son, Ben does not reject her and is not disgusted by her, instead, he embraces Dallas for being able to trust him enough to
He did not want to be remembered as a friend of the “devil” he didn’t want to have a blackened name. John wanted to be remembered as the man who gave his soul to protect his family and friends. Signing his name would mean he would be remembered for the bad not the good, John did not want his children living in humiliation, John preferred not to live rather than live with a blackened name. By handing his soul over Proctor believed he would regained his goodness, all the good left in him was his name, and he believed that this was the only thing he should leave behind. Reverend Parris was the opposite to John Proctor, he also feared for his name but not in the same way.
His mother could not bear children until she prayed to God begging for a son and promised to make him a Nazirite (dedicated his life to God). 3. Why did the Israelites decide they needed a king? Because of the failure of Samuel’s sons to serve God and national security. 4.
It is not our job to judge or to set judgment on someone. God will give judgment when the time is right so who are we to try to put judgment on someone. Although it will be hard to really forgive someone that caused harm to a loved one, we have to put 110% in God so that we can be able to do things like this and trust in
No matter how hard you try, you will never recover all of them. Father Flynn understands that even the suggestion that he has had an inappropriate relationship with a boy is enough to irreparably damage his reputation and position within the church. Even if he had challenged and defeated Sister Aloysius' accusations, all of the "feathers" would never be recovered. There is certainly enough doubt in Father Flynn's accusation to say that he is not guilty, and every bit of evidence against him is strictly circumstantial. Sister Aloysius' claim that if her lie was not backed by some truth Father Flynn would have not resigned is defeated by his earlier sermon on
Elvia’s relationship with her father is very important in the novel. He love his daughter dearly but has troubles of his own that he should attend to before trying to raise a child. As Michael Farris a book writer says, “A father who refuses to admit or to work at changing poor, immature behavior reaps a daughter who refuses to trust him”(Farris 26). In the novel Highwire Moon Elvia’s father are both a good dad and a not so good dad. “She guessed she was lucky, compared to most kids in the desert.
The Indians values clearly do not align with the morals and sets of values of Christianity. After the previous missionary finally dies, the Huron ask LaForgue how long he will stay. LaForgue says he will stay for the rest of his life and that he loves them. The Huron then ask to be baptized in hopes that it will cure them from the sickness. Father LaForgue, unlike the previous missionaries, does not lie to the Huron, and explains to them that being baptized will not cure the Huron of their sickness, but their prayers may be heard by his lord and savior Jesus Christ.
Cain and Abel from the Bible. Claudius prays that he may be forgiven by God but that there is not point because he wants to keep what he took out of murdering his brother. Hamlet is a Christian, a fact that hinders rather than helps him in his mission for revenge. Hamlet’s Christian belief is one of the many reasons why he hesitates to carry out the ghost's instructions, why he refrains from turning his weapon on himself. In the most famous of his
Perpetua’s father begs her to renounce her faith and even brings her baby. She refuses all pleas for the sake of her religion, Christianity, and God. In Ignatius’s “Letter to the Romans,” he also shows his detachment from worldly values by claiming he does not need or desire any materialistic things. He looks at martyrdom as a chance for him to strengthen his relationship with God. He views the world as a prison, rather than the actual prison itself.