...of Trumpets); this could lead to doctrinal separation. Sukkot (also known as-“ The Feast of Ingathering”) is not just full of symbolism of the Messiah Yahshua-it is also his birthday. When we look for the symbolisms of light and water in the feast to correlate Yahshua’s Messiahship we cannot overlook the facts of the feast that make man made assumptions border onto heresy. Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” Sukkot is an eight-day festival (Leviticus 23:34-36) as the Jewish people will dwell in temporary shelters symbolizing what their ancestors did in the wilderness. The light of the world was not born in a manger as the “Christmas carols” tell us. The more prospective answer indicates that there were no rooms at the inns around Jerusalem as Sukkot was a required pilgrimage to Jerusalem for Jews therefore; He was born in a Sukkot booth. The focus of Sukkot is to “rejoice before Adonai” and give thanks for the atonement of sins as the Feast is held after the somber fast of Yom Kippur. What better way to rejoice than on the first night of the Feast lighting the eternal candle of Yahshua being born into a temporary shelter? In John 7 and 8 where Jesus uses two customary representations from the Feast of Tabernacles celebration, water and light, to help...
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...10/28/2012 Religion: Buddhism Specific Name of the Religious Place: Pao Fa Temple Type of Religious Ritual/Service: Water Repentance Service 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Time/Date of Observation: 10/28/2012 from: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Address of Religious Center: : 2692 Beckman Avenue, Irvine, CA 92606 A. Background before Religious Center: Originally I had planned on visiting a different Buddhist temple in Irvine to view their Sunday service. But when I arrived, it was in an office building with no obvious religious symbols. I had also researched Pao Fa Temple, and knew they were holding the Water Repentance Service for most of the day, so decided to pursue that option. I used my map feature to get directions and very easily found the temple. It was a in a gated lot, and the temple was visible from a distance. B. Draw a Social Map: The Temple was on Beckman Avenue in Irvine. The major cross streets are Jamboree and Alton Pkwy. The gated parking lot entrance is on Noyes St. and the front entrance to the Temple faces Beckman Ave. and the West. The entrance to the Temple is very ornate with columns and sculptures at the corners and entrance. one standing and one sitting. The first thing you see when you walk into the entrance hall is a shrine to Namo Shakyamuni Buddha with flowers in front of it. To the right of this shrine is a door leading to a reception room. A short distance further is a shrine with two un-named bhodisattva/buddhas. There are plants in front of it and...
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...were, “What did Updike want me to get from this story?” The second question I asked myself was, “Was there any symbolism or foreshadowing in the extreme amount of detail that Updike used in this story?” The last question that I wanted to answer was, “Is that it?” Did John Updike really write a story about dress code of a supermarket? Or, did he write this story about the moral dilemma a young clerk faces when he believes his boss was rude to three underdressed girls? John Updike’s “A & P” was first published in 1962. This story took place in a small grocery store. The main character, Sammy, is a young clerk. He is ringing up a lady whom he describes as a “witch”, when three young ladies enter the store wearing nothing but bathing suits. Updike uses great detail in describing the three girls. The first one that he noticed was described as “a chunky kid, with a good tan and a sweet broad soft-looking can with those two crescents of white just under it, where the sun never seems to hit…” The second girl was described as “a tall one, with black hair that hadn’t quite frizzed right, and one of these sunburns right across under the eyes”. The third girl was given the name of “Queenie” by the main character, Sammy. Queenie was described as the leader of the group. She had “long white prima-donna legs. She came down a little hard on her heels, as if she didn’t walk in her bare...
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...Caniel Snowball 6/17/15 The Shipping News is a story about letting go of the past, the pursuit of happiness and a bunch of knots. Annie Proulx’s clever use of symbolism and interesting array of characters cohesively make an impactful tale and string the storyline together. A theme of having a troubled past becomes clear as it tactfully explained throughout the story to project potential for the growth. Quoyle is the story’s main protagonist who has a mid-life crisis at 36 when his cheating wife dies in a car accident and his parents commit suicide. Proulx describes Quoyle’s past as one with many shortcomings paired with his awkward looking chin and size that encapsulate him in a shell of low self-confidence. His newly found Aunt Agnis appears in his life after his parent’s deaths to bring him to Newfoundland for a new start on life. Quoyle find love and courage in Newfoundland and comes to point where his wife’s death doesn’t haunt him. The aunt, a widowed hard alcohol drinking closet lesbian, throughout the book attempts to stay busy with work and making plans. Upon introduction, Agnis appears to be a flat character but progresses into a more complex character when Quoyle’s father’s incestuous indiscretions with his sister are revealed. The reader can retrieve a sense of how she fits the operating method of someone after a sexual assault. Agnis’s refusal to show weakness or vulnerability and constant need to show she is in control adds depth to her character. When Cousin...
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...the sea and dry land, to suggest the supernatural order vs. the human order. The sea is formless, vast, and unpredictable. The land is security, home, order, what is known. Thomas More paradoxically clings to the safety of law and land but finds himself swept by his religious faith out to sea. Bolt did not want a purely naturalistic play, he says, and the metaphors are a way to add scope and philosophic depth, as in a poem. Thomas More is a home-loving man with his house and family in Chelsea and their well-ordered ways. In addition, he is a lawyer who believes in the law as the safeguard of the citizens: “The law is a causeway upon which, so long as he keeps to it, a citizen may walk safely” (Act Two, p. 153). At his trial, More says to the Court which has condemned him through a perjury, “God help the people whose Statesmen walk your road” (Act Two, p. 157). The government should create and safeguard well-kept roads for the people. There should be landmarks, agreement about the best way to go and how to get there. This is what makes a civilization, and More fervently believes in and lives according to the letter of the law. He believes himself safe, because he knows the law so well that he is sure his silence cannot be interpreted as treason. The Common Man, who provides narration and commentary, remarks in an early scene, “The great thing’s not to get out of your depth” (Act One, p. 43). He himself is the example of this advice, for he always has his feet on the ground...
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...Strong and Faithful to their religion, Indian's banish widowed woman to a life of solitude, loneliness and mistreatment. A women without a man is no women at all, but a barren on society, no one to follow walking with blind eyes. What is a woman to do without the leading hand of a man? In the impactful eye opening indian made film “Water” Canadian writer Deepa Mehta uses strong symbolism and emotion, when she writes a story about the hard life and the mistreatment toward the widows in India. Lying still and beautiful, emerging from a murky pond, the “Lotus Flower” catches the eyes of whoever passes. With new eye’s you watch a young girl named Chuyia, sitting, curious and innocent, she stands out apart from her dead husband, lying beside her covered by a ragged cloth. Passing by a pond in a dirty old cart surrounded by death she stands out just like the Lotus Flower, beautiful, and young....
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...completely different mould. Effi is a 17-year old girl, sacrificed on the altar of German, specifically Prussian, convention and proprietry. Innstetten, the husband, is a flawed, yet sympathetic character. Effi’s adultery isn’t brazen – in fact, unless you read closely you may miss it altogether. The real strength of this novel lies in the control Fontane has on his material. The structure is tight. The opening scenes between Effi and her parents are mirrored with great poignancy at the finale. There is never any sentimentality or melodrama. Effi’s downfall is reflected in the symbolism of the natural world. I was so struck with this that I’vve included some detail in the following paragraph. Don’t read it, however, if you mind spoilers. Effi is established in the first few chapters as a “Naturkind” – child of nature. This works on two levels. Firstly, her behaviour: She loves to take long walks. She prefers the scenery to the museums that her “culture vulture” of a husband drags her round on her honeymoon. But she is also a natural personality: bubbly, girlish, impulsive, adventurous, not inhibited by the starchiness of the society...
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...Yellow analysis and interpretation A short story by Peter Carty In a contrast to nature mankind has always seemed small. Nature with its dark rivers, gigantic mountains, forests filled with danger and endless oceans. Nature can swallow you in one breath if you let it and can through your life make you scared and make you feel not noticeable and hopeless. Suicide is normally caused by problems like these that a person cannot seem to overcome and either way it’s a desperate act. In the novel Yellow written in 1999 by Peter Carty, a man named Jon is sent to Egypt to write an article about scuba diving. An Italian man named Berto is to teach him on a team containing Jon and another student, Brian. Through the considerations and reflections of this protagonist, Jon, the reader gains information about his fears, problems and inner conflicts, which end up causing his suicide. In this analysis of the story I will focus on characterization of the protagonist, Jon, narrative technique, language, the significance of the setting, symbols and at the ending and at last I will elaborate on themes, draw perspectives to other texts and finally make a conclusion. Through the analysis I’ll focus, among other things, on the question: can nature be tamed, owned and transferred into something that is subject to mankind? The story starts out with no introduction, in other words: in medias res. The reader is thrown directly into the story and that emphasizes that nothing is given to the reader...
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...not used in every work of literature, but they are tools to help bring the reader into the story more, making the reader become excited or antsy about what is coming next. Looking at the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and the short story “Used to Live Here Once” by Jean Rhys, there are a couple of similarities and a few differences in their techniques. These techniques are what can make a poem and a short story differ are; symbolism, tone, point of view, foreshadowing, and rhythm will be discussed here. Symbolism A symbol in literature “is something that has a literal identity but also stands for something else-something that is widely understood and has been developed over a long period of time or by common agreement” (Clugston, R. 2010, sec. 7.2, para 1). Symbols are used by an author to help hint at what might be the true situation. In another words, symbols can help explain what a character is feeling without stating it out right. If a character is felling peaceful then they might comment on how blue the sky is as they walk, blue is a symbol for peacefulness. Frost’s poem uses very few symbols during the course of the...
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...Daniel Bragg Symbolism of a Journey Eng125: Introduction to Literature (ABG1222A) Professor Olabisi Adenekan 7-1-12 When it comes to reading poems and short stories, it seems that you can always find something more, the deeper you dive in to the respective works. The authors I am about to discuss were able to bring in readers with the use of imagery, tone, symbolism, and everyday understanding, among other things throughout their works. Without imagination however, I don’t believe it would be possible to truly get what each writer has intended their work to mean. You have to look close and pay attention to be able to visualize the symbolism in each of these literary pieces. In Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken”, and Jean Rhys’ short story “I Used to Live Here Once”, the consistent theme between the two would be; no matter who you are, you are the only one who chooses the road you take for your life’s journey. In other words, you choose your own destiny. And although they took different ways to say it, both Rhys and Frost use imagery, tone, and symbolism frequently to enhance the telling of their literary works. There are many people who travel a distance in life to find the path they should take or to remember the path they once took. In the poem “The Road Not Taken”, and the short story "I Used to Live Here Once", there are many similarities and differences. The authors’ use of describing a path helps them personify life’s journeys and self-reflection. Robert...
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...The Theme of Symbolism in Literary Works ENG 125: Introduction to Literature August 1, 2011 The Theme of Symbolism in Literary Works There are many literary works available to discover different themes, such as, symbolism. There are stories of death, love, racism, and much more, and not only that, but they are found in any form of literature from dramas to poems to short stories. However, the symbolism of the “journey of life” is most interesting because most people are drawn to stories that involve human nature, and knowing that they are able to connect to the story or people in the story, on a more emotional or personal level. The poem, The Road Not Taken, and the short story, Used To Live Here Once, are literary works that are both about viewing life from different perspectives. With both of these literary works, the reader is captivated by the mystery of the unknown future, and the challenges of the present from two very different perspectives. The Road Not Taken was written by Robert Frost in 1916, and is a poem about someone making a decision to go down one path versus another, and how taking the “path least traveled” is the best way (Clugston, Sec. 2.2: How Use of Persona Effects Your Response To Literature, para. 4). The symbolism that is being displayed in the poem is that of the literal and physical path that the storyteller is contemplating walking down, against the action of taking a path or making a choice in life. The poem is written in a first...
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...Symbolism in Journey “A Worn Path” and “A Road not Taken” The symbolism of a journey is represented in the short story “A worn Path” and the poem “The Road Not taken”. In each a journey is being taken. While representing two different types of journeys, they each display symbolism that is representative of each story. In “A Worn Path”, the journey of struggle to overcome racism and in “The Road not Taken” is regret of having to choice between two paths. Using symbolism in each form makes the story and poem more reverent to the reader. The symbolism is like imagery for both the short story and the poem. The short story “A Worn Path” is written by Eudora Welty. The story is set in the south during a time when racial tension was still prevalent. African Americans are just moving out of slavery and into being free. The story tells of the journey of an old woman making the familiar trip to town for medicine for her grandchild. She is met with obstacles, adversity and also with respect. The old woman’s name is Phoenix Jackson. The author takes care not to describe Phoenix as a black woman, but instead describes her with colors that are representation of the mythical creature of the same name. The author description of Phoenix as” her skin had a pattern all its own of numberless branching wrinkles and as though a whole little tree stood in the middle of her forehead, but a golden color ran underneath, and the two knobs of her cheeks were illumined by a yellow...
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...The science fiction film “Sleep Dealer” is set in a future, dystopian Mexico where advanced technology has become a pervasive part of society’s everyday life. Technology is typically perceived as an augmentation to society. However, the uses of the technology depicted in the film are not only unjust, but also destructive and incriminating to society as a whole. One particular technological advancement depicted in the film that appears to have the greatest impact on its people is the “node”. Such “nodes” are implanted into willing “workers” that are then able to “connect” into a virtual world through the nodes. In this virtual world, they are able to perform any type of labor through robots. Because of the existence of these nodes, society has become subjected to corruption, especially Mexico. Such exploitation of this technology includes: the corruption of the United States military by power abuse and dehumanization of the people in Mexico by using migrant workers through preprogrammed virtual labor. Despite the fact that the nodes carry the destructive nature brought on by the effects of their existence, the symbolic image that these nodes depict undergo fluctuating evolution throughout the film and ultimately ends up transforming from a symbol of destruction to a symbol of connection between the protagonists as well as the oppressed people of the film. The node’s symbol changes throughout the film. As the film progresses, the symbol of the node changes, depending on the scene...
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...description, creating such edgy and fierce scenery for the set of the commercials. Currently, all of the commercials for Almay have the same actress to promote the makeup which is Kate Hudson. She is the voice behind the commercial and uses descriptive words to portray the makeup, which not only draws the consumer’s attention to give into the makeup, but also makes the product sound that it is a promising good quality. A cover up made to appeal to the beauties who don’t get enough beauty sleep, is advertised with its name, Almay Wake-up Make-Up. Hudson describes this cover up to have “hydrating water, cooling cucumber, and nourishing minerals to refresh your skin to give an allover well rested look”(Almay Wake-Up Make-Up commercial) . This is what is said about the cover up and what makes it sound so convincing is the pair of words that were used in the description. The words hydrating water, cooling cucumber, and nourishing minerals create a perfect solution for the consumer that...
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...(Gilgamesh) was granted powers and with these powers such as knowledge, Anu granted him the totality of knowledge of all (line 4) describes how Anu the father of the gods gave Gilgamesh the power of knowledge. He built the city and raised its walls in all it magnificent splendors. He carved on a stone stela all of his toils, and built the walls of Uruk-Haven (Line 9-10). Also look at the wall which gleams like copper (?), inspect its inner wall, the like of which no one can equal (lines 11-12). These text describe the walls and how the city Uruk was built by a mighty being like Gilgamesh. This at the end describing the city and certain thing built by Gilgamesh such as the Temples, Gardens, and the league (probably referring to the ocean or body of water). Another passage from I is the 3rd passge from which the people of Uruk prayer to he gods. This passage shows how the people of Uruk don’t enjoy Gelgamesh as a king due to how he treats his people for ex. Gilgamesh does not leave a girl to her mother (?) The Daughters of the warrior, the bride of the young man (line 5-6). Gilgamesh is all powerful so no one can challenge him and he deemed as a bad King as how he treats his people like wild ox. The people get fed up with the treatment and they pray for the gods to make him his match (a zikru). All this so explaned in line 7 of the next passage. (Let them be a match for each other so that Uruk may find peace (line 7 of the 3rd passage). Tablet II This tablet describes the continued evolution...
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