Misfit • "But it wold've been better for all of you, if you hadn't of reckernized me" • "I call myself the Misfit because I can't make what al I done wrong fit what all I gone through in punishment" • "She would have been a good woman, if there was somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life" Grandmother • "You're the misfit! I recognized you at once!" • "I just know you're a good man" • "Pray Pray" 2. Give an example of dramatic, situational, and verbal irony from the story. Be sure to label your examples.
Diandra Suarez November 16, 2012 Luke/Acts Critical Book Review-Reading the Bible from the Margins De la Torre presents Reading the Bible from the Margins as a book that brings perspectives to the standard way of reading the Bible. He makes the point that only one interpretation of the Bible was considered due to the dominant culture’s power (Delatorre 8). Despite this power, Delatorre hopes to show how the marginalized are spiritually empowered. Although the Euroamericans, or people in power, are not racist, they all have a privilege which will dominate above the marginalized and therefore they must be educated on the disenfranchised. By viewing Scripture from those who are oppressed, readers can learn God's will for us with a better
I think living celibate lives is virtually impossible in today’s society. I also think it’s a silly thing to expect of people. The bible contradicts itself quite often, for example, the bible tells us ‘to go forth and multiple,’ however in 1 Corinthians 7:9 it tells woman who aren’t married to stay like that and that it is good to be unmarried, meaning they aren’t able to have sexual relations. Modern Liberal Christians are more understanding about the society in which we live in; although they do of course still follow the rules and regulations, often they will be more allowing. However, the main reason for marriage is to have children,
She was given this temptation by a magazine titled True Confessions and her feelings about purity perhaps changed because of this. Layla says “maybe our sins are not big enough for god to fool with, grandma” (Marshall 997.) This quote stood out to me because it makes me believe that Layla Jay had to have been greatly influenced by True Confessions because she has always been taught to follow the bible and to not commit adultery. The magazine tells the stories of lust in such detail as “tingling sensations” and this makes Layla Jay tempted to experience these feelings. She is highly attracted to Bobby so when the chance came to kiss him she did it, regardless of what her grandmother taught her.
She just knows words to say. This is shown by her shock in Manly’s change of behavior, from a simpleton and Bible salesman to someone who declares about the truth he sells, “I hope you don’t think I believe that crap! I may sell Bibles but I know which end is up and I wasn’t born yesterday and I know where I’m going!” leaving Hulga alone, “sitting on the straw in the dusty sunlight.” (O’Connor 388). Similarly the Grandmother would like to think of herself as a good person, but it takes her encounter with The Misfit to really make her a good person. All throughout her encounter with The Misfit she begs and pleads not for the life of her family but for The Misfit to spare her life.
Most would agree that whatever is in ones bible they would adhere to because nobody wants to be considered a sinner. Both Jehovah Witnesses and the Mormons have strong moral values and believe their bible/books are the truth. The problem for me is if you think outside of their belief box, Jehovah Witness go by one book, where Mormons have three. It is hard to imagine that so many different bibles, literature and ways of teaching would make anyone a believer or non believer. Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses are comparable when they speak of Satan.
You can feel the resentment she has towards Deacon Mcreedy when Clareese thought “But she could forgive him-if Sisters could even forgive Deacons- for she could have understood that unmarried man might have needs, but what really bothered her was how he ignored her (page 271)”. You can also sympathize with her situation “She didn’t want to sing. Didn’t feel like it, but she thought, I will freely sacrifice myself unto Thee: I will praise Thy name, O Lord, for it is good. (Page 281)” The stories continues shifting and flashbacks told more about Clareese’s character and helps you see why she felt the way she did versus Clinton just telling us why he feels the way he feels. The structure of the story helps you understand the setting.
Why do bad things happen to good people? Does the book of Job help here? I’ve been asked before, if God is so loving and we are forgiven then why does God let the innocent and defenseless suffer so? Even my own sister when we were younger said that she didn’t believe in God, because if He did exist then he wouldn’t have let us suffer so much at the hands of the people who were supposed to love us. After my step-father died she did a complete 180 and started going to church and brought up my nephew and niece believing in God.
It is a common sight for authors such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens or Sam Harris to be threatened and insulted by readers of their book’s. One would think that with all the Bible’s wisdom and love, it would be rare for a devoted Christian to insult the writer of a book that they had the choice to read. Unfortunately for the Divine Command Theory, this is not the case. The opposite is true. In a response to the film The God Who Wasn’t There,
E) It is important for Christians to believe in miracles discuss this statement. I believe it is important for Christians to believe in miracles because in the Bible many miracles are mentioned and by a Christian disagreeing with this they’re denying a part of their faith and so if a Christian did not agree that miracles exist how is it that they can claim they are a Christian? Christians most of the time would never disagree with the existence of miracles because for example, many people claimed that Jesus was not the Messiah or Son of God and therefore the only real proof Jesus had was that he performed miracles and by denying that miracles actually happened then you are in theory denying that Jesus was the Messiah. That is why, in my opinion it is essential for Christians to believe in Miracles otherwise they are practically denying half of there faith and the thing that separates Christianity from Judaism. Christians could argue that they believe Jesus was still the Messiah and everything he stood for is what they believe in but maybe the authenticity of miracles today can be questioned as there is no Jesus around to prove them being performed by a Deity just as the definition says there should be.