...We Are Bound for the Promised Land Back in the old days, the communities were a lot more conservative. Every father was the head of the family. Many people lived in small towns, and had farms. Almost everybody knew each other, in each town, and everybody knew if something big had happened, or if something was worth knowing. There were a much bigger difference between boys and girls, and it was not normal to play boys and girls, like it is now. In the text, We Are Bound for the Promised Land, we see some of these points, and we learn about how life was, for a girl named Eilean, back in the days. In the text, We Are Bound for the Promised Land, we meet a girl named Eilean MacLeod. Eilean is a girl living in a small town with her mother, her father and her two sisters. She helps out her family, by feeding the chickens and the cow, wearing a little apron over her dress. Eilean goes to school every day, and has to friends named Angus and Lewis. Angus and Lewis are to boys, and Eilean father is not very happy about that. He wants Eilean to be “normal”, and have friends who are girls, instead of boys. Eilean is the youngest in her family, and is not treated very well, by anybody else, but her mother. Her father is very strict, and at one point he hits her so hard, she falls to the ground. Her mother loves her, but there is nothing she can do, because se does not want the father to get mad. It’s obvious that the father is the head of the family. Eilean seems very quiet, but she isn’t...
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...We are Bound for the Promised Land The extract text from A. E. Watterson’s novel ‘We are Bound for the Promised Land’ is about Eilean who is a young girl. She lives with her parents and her two sisters Mary and Fiona. The sisters and Eilean work on the farm with their mother, while the father is a priest. The family is a very traditional and religious family. A priest is a person who works at the church and helps people, listens to them and talks to them about there’s personal or religious problems. You can describe a priest as a soft and gentle person. Eilean’s father doesn’t act kind and gentle at home. He is very dominant and everything has to be like he wishes at home. “There are no buts about it. It needs to be done.” There is no place for the other family member’s opinions, they have to follow the father’s order and ask him for permission. Everyone in the family obey the father except Eilean. She is the most individual person in the family who goes against her father. In page three of the text ‘We are Bound for the Promised Land’ Angus describes Eilean and Lewis as cowards, but Eilean tells him that she is not a coward and not afraid. She promises to take with them to the beach at a Sunday, to prove that she is not a coward or afraid. Angus and Lewis are Eilean’s friends. They spent time together and her father doesn’t like it. “Katie MacInnes and her friends are lovely girls, you should try to be a bit more like them”. He says. The father doesn’t like that his...
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...“We Are Bound for the Promised Land” “We Are Bound for the Promised Land” is a novel which is written by A.E Watterson. The story is about relationships within a family and finding your own way to live. The main character is called Eilean MacLeod, who is a girl that lives on a farm with her mother, father and her two elder sisters, Fiona and Mary. The moral of the story is finding your own identity and to not let others control your life that might have a bad influence which can affect your behaviour. The story starts out with Eilean feeding some animals. She has a good relationship with the animals and we see that, because she let one of the chickens eat from her hand. She also talks with a cow as if the cow understands her, and this shows us the fact that she is a little girl with a young mind and has not learnt yet that animals do not understand human-beings. Her family is very religious as her father is a priest. Eilean is the youngest one of all her siblings. The father decides everything in their house. Her family follow the old tradition of the mother being the housewife and the father being the head of the house. Eilean wants to live her life by her choices and not by the rules her father has given. She gives the impression of being independent and having her own dreams on living in the city where there are a lot of shops, escaping her life in a small town with her old fashion minded family. Eilian is also described as a boyish girl. She has two good friends, Agnus...
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...Film Review Business is booming, corporations run the show. How entitled are corporations and what is their responsibility towards you and me? “The Promised Land” opened in box office in 2012. It features an environmental dilemma introduced by a corporate presence in a small town outside of Pennsylvania. It was directed by Gus Van Sant with Matt Damon taking the role of the protagonist. Damon plays as Steve Butler who is a representative for an energy company called Global Crosspower Solutions. The film highlights recent and upcoming issue of fracking by questioning corporate responsibilities. This paper will discuss the environmental and corporate issues presented in the movie. “The Promised Land” focuses on fracking which is a process used to extract natural gas, this extraction is done by pumping gallons of pressurized chemically treated water into coal beds. This water then expands the cracks in the rocks allowing trapped methane to escape. The fracking procedures have been reported to contaminate water supplies and affect the health of local citizens and cattle. The controversy behind this procedure first snatched public attention after a documentary called Gasland directed by Josh Fox was released in 2010. Gasland follows Josh Fox as he investigates the issues behind fracking. He interviews family after family to paint a dreadful picture for the viewer. The take home message is very clear, the corporations specifically the oil companies show a complete lack of responsibility...
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...Moving away from the Pentateuch, the biblical account enters into another phase of divine revelation. Whereas the Pentateuch deals with the anticipation of the land promise, Joshua begins with the possession of the land (Birth, et. al. 1999:179). There are three main lessons in Joshua's account of the conquest of the Promised Land. One, obedience and submission are necessary conditions for divine blessing. Two, God hates sin and uses Israel as His instrument to purge out the sin in Canaan (Constable 1991:103-105). Three, God is faithful to His covenant promise to give Abraham's descendants an inheritance. Three characteristics are evident in the Joshua generation that entered the Promised Land. One, they submitted to God's standard of holiness....
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...The Promised Land This 2012 film directed by Gus Van Sant touches on a controversial current event, an environmental issue that is told in a heartwarming story touching on our country's farmland, corporate greed, and, unfortunately, the unrealistic honesty of the corporation's head salesman. I say unfortunately, since I adore Matt Dillon, who plays the lead role of Steve Butler, the corporate sales rep responsible for sealing the deal on getting the poor hard working farmers to lease portions of their land to the corporation, Global Cross, so that they can drill to extract the natural gas that exists underneath all this land. I enjoyed this movie as it had a heartwarming story line, a bit of romance, beautiful scenery and a twist to the plot, however there is the unrealistic characteristic of the lead salesman that is hard to swallow....
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...Spirituals Swing Low, Sweet Chariot If you view the song as carrying a religious message, explain what the chariot represents. What is meant by the word "home"? What is the overall subject of the song? The chariot represents death. The poet asks it to come carry him/her home. Home means heaven. The subject of the song is being tired and wanting to die peacefully. This is an old slavery song and is sung in many churches. If you interpret this song as a protest song, depicting a slaves desire for freedom, explain what the chariot represents. What is meant by the word "home"? What does Jordan, the river that formed the boundary to the Promised Land in ancient times, represent in this case? What does the "band of angels" represent? I do not view this song as a protest song, but if it were, the chariot would mean rescue and home would still mean heaven or a place of freedom. Jordan would represent the gate to heaven and the band of angels would represent a rescue party. For what types of situations would people write protest songs today? People might write protest songs about events like the attack on Paris or about certain political figures. Give an example of a modern-day protest song (name and artist who performs it) and briefly summarize what message it contains. (You do not need to provide the lyrics.) An example of a modern-day protest song is “Wake Me Up When September Ends” by Green Day. The song is protesting the Bush Organization and 9/11. Go Down, Moses Whom...
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...Tasha Hires BIBL 104 June 24, 2012 Summary of the books of the Old Testament Numbers The Genre's of this book are made up of Law and History due to the sins of disobedience and "god" worshiping. Along Israel's journey they were led away to wandered for 40 years in the wilderness before coming into the promised land. In the first 25 chapters of Numbers we see the experiences of the first generation of the Israelites in the wilderness along with the census of the men for battle. The remaining chapters of Numbers describes the experiences of the second generation. Obedience and rebellion followed by repentance and blessing, are themed throughout the entire book. The experiences Moses encountered in this book included his own siblings turning on him and anger starting to control many of his actions, and even due to his own disobedience Moses was unable to walk into the Promise Land. Numbers describes the walk of the Israelites as well as filling the gap between the Israelites receiving the law and getting them ready to enter the Promise Land . Ruth In this short narrative story, Ruth, a Moabite widow, willingly leaves her homeland to care for her mother-in-law, Naomi, who is also a widow. Being a Moabite, Ruth was not a part of God’s chosen people, Israel, but she chose to follow God anyway. God rewarded her for her faithfulness and her kindness to her mother-in-law. First, He provided for Ruth’s physical needs. As Ruth went out to get food, she came upon a...
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...kind to Ruth. Ruth learned that Boaz was a kinsman-redeemer and proposed to him. But, he knew there was a closer kinsman-redeemer. He facilitated a deal so he could marry Ruth. Boaz and Ruth were blessed with a son named Obed, who became the great-grandparents of David. Joshua The Book of Joshua is a narrative material. The key theme of this book is about Joshua conquering the Promised Land through God’s commands. Jericho was the first land they conquer after crossing the Jordan River. Rahab, a Canaanite, helped two Israelite spies escape. Due to her loyalty, the Israelites spared her and her family. Ai was next, although the first battle was lost. Ai’s first battle was lost due to Achan’s sin. After Ai was destroyed, Joshua renewed the Covenant of Moses. Joshua then went on to defeat the different kings of the land. After the Promised Land was conquered, the land was divided among the tribes. Before his death, He gathered the leaders, the people of Israel and reminded them that they were not finished with the conquest, that there were many people to be driven out, so they can possess the land. Also he told them to follow the Law of Moses and that they should not serve other god Besides YHWH, the...
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...2 Title Represents Thesis; no extra space before or after; no bold, no underline, 12 pt font, capitalized first word and all words except prepositions (in, on, etc.), conjunctions (and, or, etc.), and articles (the, a, or an) 2. Organization 50 points (20, 20, 10) __ 20 18 16 Intro Sentence Get reader’s attention. Begin with something recognizable and then transition to Numbers—2 sentences maximum __ 20 18 16 Thesis/Main point of Numbers—A thesis statement is a single declarative sentence that states what you want your readers to know, believe, or understand about the content of Numbers after having read your essay—1 sentence __ 10 9 8 Points/Proofs 1. Moving from Sinai to the border of the promised land 2. Rejection of the promised land 3. 40 years of wasted travel 4. Balaam, Balak, and Baal-Peor—the end of the 1st generation Rewrite my 4 points: 1–3 sentences to defend your Thesis 3. Mechanics: 30 points __ 30 27 24 Read through 3 times checking for errors ___ TOTAL Example from Deuteronomy Dino Pedrone, Box 1 Dr. Snyder Pentateuch BIBL 1022 17 November 2011 On the Banks of the Jordan: Reviewing Instructions One More Time Jesus took the time on the night before his execution to teach his disciples how they were to lead God’s people after he left them [intro sentence—you write this]. Just before he died, Moses read to God’s people the Torah, Deuteronomy, so that they would know how to live...
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...Reaction Paper: “Jack Reacher” James Barr, a former U.S. Army sniper was suspected as the man who drives a van into a parking garage and randomly killed five people around the park. Emerson, a police detective discovers a shell casing and the coin used to pay or parking that has the fingerprint of James Barr. Emerson and the District Attorney, Alex Rodin soon interrogates Barr, and the only thing that Barr said is to get Jack Reacher. The story about Jack Reacher starts now. Reacher is a former U.S. Army Military Police Corps officer. He arrives soon after seeing a news report about Barr and the shooting. After seeing Barr, who was brutally attacked by fellow inmates and is now in a coma, he meets Barr’s defense attorney, Helen Rodin, the District Attorney’s daughter, who is trying to save Barr from death penalty. Reacher agrees to be Helen’s lead investigator with some conditions. After Reacher starts investigating, he started to have some doubts about the killing. By further investigating, Reacher realizes that someone is forcing him into dropping his investigation. He is later framed for the murder of a young woman. Reacher eventually met Cash, a former U.S. Marine Coprs Gunnery Sergeant. Helen was kidnapped by Emerson together with the gang led by a former Soviet prisoner who called himself ‘The Zec’. Reacher, with the help of Cash, now rescues Helen from the gang. After killing Zec, Reacher and Cash flee from the scene, making Reacher a wanted man, but with the confidence...
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...We are Bound to the Promised Land Back then it was normal..? Completely normal to do things like that. It was legal back then, and people would just do it, if seemed necessary. The wife, or woman in the house would mostly stare at it without anything to say, but they couldn’t do that much about it either. Cause back then it was allowed to hit children. To find out we will have to search for the answer in the novel “We are Bound for the Promised Land”, by A.E Watterson Eilean is a little girl with a mother and a father, and two big sisters. They are living in a small village, with a Kirk, where her father is a pastor. We don’t hear Eilean age at any time. But since she is a girl playing with the boys from her class, we can tell that she is about 7-10 years old. She is a girl that wants to decide things by herself, but can’t because her father is strict, and is the one in charge. In the beginning of the novel, Eilean is talking to the animals that live in the other side of the house. That’s a clear sign that Eilean is lonely. Back then the houses were split into two parts. About 2/3 was for the family, and the last part was stable. So that you shared the heat of the fire, with the animals in the winter, so your cow wouldn’t die because of the cold. Eileans relationship to her mother is fine, we don’t want to put that much energy into that. But her relationship to her father is special. Eilean wants to be independent, but her father “knows” what’s best for her and thereby...
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...the only ones allowed to perform the sacrifices. God also tells the Israelites of feasts and celebrations that will happen. They were to use the Sabbath as a day of rest. The Passover was used to celebrate the Exodus and the Pentecost took place as the harvest began. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur were two holy days included in the Tabernacles. During this time God also informs the Israelites of his rewards for obeying and what the punishment would be for disobeying. There are many more instructions given on the Book of Leviticus. All of the information given in the Book of Leviticus created the basis of the Israelite society. Joshua The Book of Joshua is a narrative. Throughout the narrative we learn about Joshua conquering the Promised Land from the commands given from God. The first conquest completed after the crossing of the Jordan River was Jericho. Rehab was important to the conquest. She was a Canaanite that helped two Israelite spies escape. Because of her loyalty to the Israelites they spared her family from death. The next conquest was Ai. Achan’s sin caused Ai’s first battle to be lost. The Covenant of Moses was renewed by Joshua after Ai was destroyed. From here...
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...A DIVISION OF LOXAFAMOSITY The Bible and Childbearing ABORT73.COM PO BOX 9291 - MOSCOW, ID - 83843 Overview: Even though the Bible has nothing directly to say about abortion, it has plenty to say about pregnancy and childbearing. One way to address the issue of abortion is to compare the place of childbearing in the Bible to the place of childbearing in a worldview that accepts abortion. Thus, an appropriate question to ask is: does the practice of abortion, the deliberate termination of a pregnancy, fit well with or sharply conflict with childbearing in the Biblical worldview? (1) Childbearing in Creation The significance of childbearing in the Biblical story becomes apparent starting in the first chapter of Genesis. Genesis 1:26-28 [26] Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” [27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. [28] And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Observations • “Be fruitful and multiply,” a command to bear children, is the very first command given to human beings. • There is a connection...
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...reaches, in Jesus name. I challenge you today, after this anointing service, go and apply for that visa. You and all your family. You won’t be denied.’ This is just a brief summary of the exact scenario I witnessed in a church recently. Is it just me or is there something wrong with this scene? If we don’t think there’s something wrong with it, then maybe we are facing a bigger problem than I envisaged. This is the level of desperation that the Nigerian system has subjected its citizens to. A life where 6 months Visa has now become a prayer point. And when the Visa is obtained, the whole church dances as a show of thanksgiving for 5 minutes. It is not a good sight to behold. This is synonymous to misery. Where going to another man’s land has become the main essence of some people’s Christianity. At this service, I could see the reactions of the congregation to these prayer points. The zeal was apparent on their faces, as they lifted their passports high. They kept shaking their...
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