When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near” (BIBLE, Luke 21:5-28). The apocalypse is a widely known idea of the destruction of the world and the salvation of the righteous. Many people and cultures have very different views and ideas regarding the apocalypse. One theory is that the world is going to end on December 21, 2012. The Mayans predicted this through their extremely advanced mathematics, engineering, as well as astronomy.
From a secular view point beliefs about Eschatology can be separated into three categories; the end of the universe, the end of the world and the end of life on earth. People believe that there are three possible scenarios about the end of the universe which include the big crunch, the big freeze and the big rip. The big crunch is one of secular ideas about how the universe will end. The big crunch is a developing theory that the universe will collapse into the same state that it began and then another big bang will occur to start of a new universe. Due to these constant cycles of the universe expanding and contracting (big band, big crunch) it is believed that the universe should last forever.
‘The violets’, ‘A Valediction’ and ‘Sharpness of Death’ Gwen Harwood poetry deeply explores many aspects of the human experience. In ‘The Violets’ her poetry explores the passage of time. That the passing of time is inevitable and brings about loss and change. This poem explores the nature of memories and the role they play in finding solace for this loss. ‘A Valediction’ explores the importance of the balance between physical and spiritual love.
December 21 2012, the world is supposed to end, but is it really? There are three main thoughts or ideas of destroying earth; these are the Mayan calendar coming to an end on December 21 2012, objects from the universe destroying us, and natural disasters on earth. Researchers and Scientists tell us not to worry, that these ideas won’t come true. The Mayan calendar shows that it ends on December 21 2012, but it’s wrong because we misread the calendar .The Mayans didn’t know about leap year so technically the world was supposed to end last year. Australia’s one day ahead of us and when it was December 21 2012, for them the world didn’t end for them either.
Milton Helpern sums death up by stating that “Death may be due to a wide variety of diseases and disorders, but in every case the underlying physiological cause is a breakdown in the body’s oxygen cycle” (pg 67). Not all strokes victims will die. Instead, miniature strokes will little by little arise in physical effects of the body. A wise old woman told Nuland, “Deaths keeps taking little bits of me” (pg 67). The medical report of this woman’s situation says that after every attack she felt a little older and weaker as she became more cautious of walking, forgetful, fragile writing, and life became less significant.
28) He supports this statement with an opinion that the West is in a state of social and moral decline from drug abuse, sexual immorality, violence, etc. As these things are definite cases seen in this region of the world, these issues have been part of the earth since the fall of man. This area of Mortensen’s article shows weakness by exhibiting issues that fall on the world as whole and not just in response to a decline in Christianity’s influence on the culture or any cultural response to the geological associations relevant to debates over when the earth
Both texts “Brave New World” and “Blade Runner (Directors Cut)” are science fiction texts of different time periods, where the composers present a bleak view of the future. They show a common vision that people have lost their way, that we are becoming the commodities, that human worth is measured quantitatively, and that emotions are basically absent. Although presenting in very different text types, they both show great concerns for humanity. Ridley Scott, in his film “Blade Runner” (1982) presents a world where technological progress had reduced humanity. This is a world of Los Angeles 2019, where relationships seemed impossible, huge buildings dominate and no sense of the natural world exists.
One of the questions asked in general, can any disaster happen on this date? NASA replied back saying our planet has been getting along for 4 billion years and that it plans on doing it’s job even past 2012. 3. Another question answered by NASA is “Does the Mayan Calendar end on December 21st, 2012?” Well technically it does but it doesn’t necessarily mean absolute destruction and chaos. It just means that the Mayan “Long Count” ends and then we enter the next “count”.
As the story develops we see more foreshadowing. “She was sick for a long time. When we saw her again her hair was cut short, making her look like a girl, with a vague resemblance to those angels in colored church windows—sort of tragic and serene.” (Faulkner) This implies Emily, actually relieved by the death of her father, returns to a younger state of mind. Now she can do what she wants and decides to go out and about with Homer Baron. The subsequent part of the story has the purchasing of
Kayla Meadows Instructor Rita Rogers ENG 131-IT3 10 May 2014 Literary Elements Used in “[Stop All the Clocks, Cut Off the Telephone]” In the poem “[Stop All the Clocks, Cut off the Telephone]”, W.H. Auden is able to incorporate the usage of personification, metaphors, and imagery effectively to help the reader feel the overwhelming grief the speaker is experiencing over the loss of his or her loved one. Auden is able to draw a vivid picture of the grief felt after the loss of a loved one. The speaker wants to be able to stop time so he or she does not have to feel this sorrow any longer. The use of personification, metaphors, and imagery draws you into the poem and makes you feel the pain and grief of losing a loved one while also communicating the theme of death.