...An exegesis of 1 Enoch Chapters 6-8: How and why this text is considered apocalyptic and its meaning, then and now. The First Book of Enoch VI-VIII VI. 1. ‘And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. 2. And the angels, the children of heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: ‘Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children.’ 3. And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: ‘I fear ye will not indeed agree to this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.’ 4. And they answered him and said: ‘Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.’ 5. Then sware they all together and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. 6. And they were all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn and bound themselves by mutual implications upon it. 7. And these are the names of their leaders: Semiazaz, their leader, Arakiba, Rameel, Kokabiel, Tamiel, Ramiel, Danel, Ezeqeel, Baraqijal, Asael, Armoros, Batarel, Ananel, Zaquel, Samsapeel, Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. 8. These are their chiefs of tens. VII. 1. And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go unto them and to defile themselves...
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...Apocalyptic literature is the exposure of something concealed in the past (Wilcox, J.A., 2018). Some forms of apocalyptic writing are interpretations of dreams and visions, or monsters and angels who speak about God’s imminent plans (Wilcox, J.A., 2018). Four characteristics found in apocalyptic writing include: sense of universality, cosmic dualism, ethical dualism, and predestination. The book of Revelation reveals strict and up-to-date facts and discussions “such as: angelic guides and interpreters, a cosmic perspective and eschatological emphasis, its origin in situations of conflict (good versus evil), distress and persecution for the in-group, striking contrasts and vivid content derived principally from dreams or visions, and an extensive...
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...AP Literature and Composition 14.9.14 The Road’s Question Critic Roland Barthes states, “Literature is the question, minus the answer,” which is present within the novel ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy, who depicts the story of a father and son in a post-apocalyptic world. As the novel develops and the characters grow, McCarthy’s use of imagery and symbolism help create the question of whether or not ‘humanity can survive in a world that has lost everything.’ The man and the boy attempt to find a place that is not overrun with ‘bad guys’ and journey to the south where their hope of warm weather and safety may or may not be found. On this journey, vivid images and events about the people who have survived are seen through their trip. Due to the apocalypse that has struck the world, a lack of food, water, and safety are equivalent, if not trivial to the rape, murder, and cannibalism that has become a certain norm for the remaining humans. Unfortunetly those lack of rights and crimes happen in society today which comes to show that humanity, at its very core, is not much better than it would be in the novel’s situation. However, in the book, the ‘bad guys’ take these crimes and lack of law to an extreme not seen in life today, as seen by the mother of the boy, “No, I'm speaking the truth. Sooner or later they will catch us and they will kill us. They will rape me. They'll rape him. They are going to rape us and kill us and eat us and you wont face it.” The fear of death and...
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...Characters: The man (the father, called Papa) travels the road with his young son. He believes he has been appointed by God to protect the boy, and he does so at all costs, even killing another human being in order to save his son. Unlike his son, the man remains deeply suspicious and even paranoid of other individuals and their intentions, understandably. He is loath to approach other travelers on the road to offer them assistance, while the boy often wishes that he would. The man grows sicker throughout the novel, and his illness is manifested in his persistent cough and bloody spit. At the end of The Road, the man dies next to a stream in a clearing in the woods. The boy is born into the post-apocalyptic world. He knows nothing about the world before the catastrophe. He travels the road with his father and believes that he and his father are the "good guys" who carry the fire. In various encounters with other travelers on the road, the boy continually displays his faith in humanity and his humbling trust in others. Despite their near brushes with brutal violence and death, the boy consistently pleads with his father to help others in need. After his father's death, the boy is rescued by a family of people who assert that they are also the good guys. The wife of the man who is the protagonist has already died, and her situation is only described in flashbacks. She chose to avoid rape and murder, which she believed were inevitable, by committing suicide. She used a...
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...The book “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy is a post-apocalyptic fiction book. It’s a story about a man with a young boy walking south to find there way to the coast for a presumed better life through a nuclear winter. Although the book doesn’t state where it’s taking place, one can infer that it’s somewhere in the United States. The major characters of this book are the man and the young boy. The man is the opposite of an open book, personality wise. He has no one to talk to about his thoughts because him and his son are alone. His words are plain and simple, yet interesting. All he does is care for the boy the best way he can. Whenever they encounter strangers he is stern because he wants to keep his son safe. The boy on the other hand voices his thoughts. If he has a question, he will ask it. The boy as well cares about his father. The boy is strong when need to be, but is also compassionate towards strangers. The whole book is based on the journey of both the father and child. The whole conflict of the book is that the boy and the father are trying to get to the coast by surviving the horror of storms, winter, cannibalism, and most of all, the...
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...Throughout the entire novel, The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, the father and son are on a physical journey, which aids in their mental integration of the post-apocalyptic society they are faced with. The father and son take a physical journey across the states in search of a better life, but the constant reinforcement that there is not many better options enforces the fact that humanity and the world they once knew has transformed forever. As the ambiguous characters traverse through the roads of the states they slowly realize that humanity is transforming, and their journey helps to portray the comparisons of the life they were leaving behind to the new issues they will have to endure, along with their longing for the old life they had lurking...
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...The Road by Cormac McCarthy, is a novel that is about a captivating tale of survival in a world infested with crime, destruction, and misery. “Gripping, heart-rending story, which explores the depths of despair and savagery beside the heights of love, tenderness and self-sacrifice.”, as the New York Times has described it. Cormac McCarthy shows a dark and scary version of humanity that might come to be true in the future. The Road was published in 2006 and is a national bestseller. It is a novel set in a post-apocalyptic world that is extremely dreary and gray. McCarthy narrates the story of a father and his son in an unknown location after a horrible event has happened. They must attempt to survive in a world where suffering surrounds them. The father and son go into a nation that is overridden by cannibalism and murder. The goal they have is to survive. The Road is extremely repetitive novel. I started the novel with very high expectations and as I continued to read, I came to realization that I did not like it. This book had a decent idea but I did not enjoy the format in which it was written which really made my dislike for the book to develop. A sentence will start out really simple and McCarthy will...
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...In, “Cheer up, it's just the end of the world”, Ira Chermus compares the apocalyptic views of the world and how the meaning has changed over the last half-century. From the religious apocalypse to the nuclear apocalypse, the story defines society as constantly dooming life as they know it everywhere that they look. However, the real threat to fear, the global warming apocalypse seems to be brushed under the rug and forgotten. After discussing all the gloom and doom, the story takes a twist and tries to encourage people to focus on the things that matter and live for a brighter tomorrow. I believe that the implied message is that people need to wake up before it really is the end of the world, because it discusses how people spend their life...
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...Cormac McCarthy effectively displays the world as he knows it thought the story of a father and sons struggle for survival in the post apocalyptic world. His comparisons of the old and new world convey the hardships that have become their reality. The roads allows the reader to both connect with the characters and see the struggle they encounter along their journey. His rhetorical device are a constant reminder of the destruction that struck the world. It is clearly seen through the eyes of the man that all moral value has been lost, following the apocalypse. Their are several mentions to the fact that people are dying all around him and his son, and that in order to survive, many people have turned to cannibalism. “The world soon...
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...The Road by Cormac McCarthy is about a man and his son walking the roads of America in post-apocalyptic times. The man and this son are faced with many issues. One of the main issues is that it is them two versus the evil of the world that remains. People eating people, death everywhere, and plenty of evil people to look out for. His main goal is to look out and care for his son. Throughout the book you can gather one main point from the events and character development. Even when America is burnt to the ground, people are still exiled. Throughout the novel, the man and the boy are alone walking the streets trying their best to avoid conflict. The boy doesn’t want there to be any violence whatsoever. They are trying to avoid people like...
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...Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” is about a boy and his father and their travels walking south in a post-apocalyptic world. On their journey they face and overcome many challenges together. The father is very loving of his son and would do anything to protect him even if that means killing him to save him torturing from the ravages that also walk the streets. The book often references grey skies or a soot covered ground, this suggests that the ground is covered in ash. McCarthy does not give the boy or man a name or their location but it is presumed that they are in the United states. McCarthy does not give a background explanation as to what happened to the world in which the book took place. Its to my belief that the earth was scorched by solar...
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...Book report – Angelfall Title: Angelfall Author: Susan Ee Pages: 326 Series: Penryn & the End of Days Genre: Paranormal, fantasy.. Summary: The books is about a seventeen year old girl named Penryn. She is living with her mother and little sister, Paige. They are living in a difficult setting, because they're living in a post-apocalyptic world. Though, the apocalypse is kind of still on-going. Just six weeks ago, the angels attacked and demolished the modern world. One night, Penryn, her mother and sister are on the move. They come across a pack of angels. The angels fight, it's everyone against one angel. They cut off the wings of the angel, and after that they spot Penryn and her sister. And the angels take Paige and then they leave. Penryn was going to do everything to find her sister, and she did. She kidnapped the injured angel, she learned that the angel's name is Raffe. Her plan was to first take care of him, because he was in a very bad state, and then blackmail him into helping her find Paige, because she kept his wings. When Raffe was in a better state, he agreed to help her, because he had to get back to where Paige was held to get his wings sewn back on. He was going to take Penryn to the angels' aerie. He also told Penryn that he has no idea why he, and the other angels were attacking the earth. He said that Gabriel, God's messenger, had told them that God had wanted them to do it. So they did, and Gabriel was killed during the apocalypse too. ...
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...Trusting someone new can be difficult depending on the circumstances of the meeting. Throughout Cormac McCarthy's The Road, a father fights to see his son survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Although he is unsure of his own chances of survival, and does not think they are particularly strong, the father does his best to hide his fears from his son. The father's love for his son and his desire to protect him outweigh his own fear of their bleak situation. However, as the two face more obstacles to their path, the man becomes increasingly less trusting of the fellow survivors they encounter. Furthermore, the challenges they face forces him to question their likelihood of survival. Cormac McCarthy determines that intense situations can impair...
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...The Global Post-Apocalypse Response Paper The foreign movie I watched is a French zombie movie called ‘La Horde’. I had actually watched this movie a few times with subtitles and when reading the assignment immediately thought of this film. This one review written by Felix Vasquez Jr mentions how it is not quite the same as other zombie movies due to lack of emphasis on the characters. ““La Horde” is one of the many zombie flicks that just doesn’t understand a good zombie movie has to be about the people in and around it and less about the zombies”. In this movie the zombies take center stage and you cannot get into the story. However it also mentions in this review how all the audience wants to see in a movie like this is gore. “Necks are chomped on, bodies pile up, and the zombies all look menacing as they gather around the high rise prepared to feast on whatever crosses their paths” This movie is based in Paris in 2008 around the exact same time the economy fell and the EU had to bail out fellow countries of the European union to the financial situation. This movie could be in context to what happened during the financial crisis. The characters in this movie done whatever they had to do to survive and to keep their friends alive. It also shows that sometimes you need make unlikely alliances to achieve something and in this case the police had to make an unlikely alliance to stay alive. The plot revolves around a group of policemen who embark on a mission seeking...
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...After difficulties and hardships, only a person’s true character remains. In Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel The Road, the father and son balance between their earnest scavenge for food and a dying code of human ethics. Taking place in world with no resources remaining, the types of meals throughout the novel symbolizes the survivors’ changing, or persisting, values and integrity. Throughout their journey, the father and son’s shared meals offers insight into the old world’s enduring morals. When the pair share “hard and brown and shriveled” apples found in a barn, the relic from the past suggests that, perhaps, goodness still exists (121). The ancient apples, a symbol of knowledge and temptation, implies how wisdom about teaching...
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