...believers are told to defend the existence of God for the creation is evidence in itself that it had a beginning. What in the universe did not have a cause? For anyone to say categorically that, “There is no God,” is to make an absolute statement for which cannot be proved. The universe did not create itself and we know that there was a beginning in space and time for the universe. Without concrete evidence or proof, how can the atheist declare with absoluteness that there is no God? The Book of Romans says as much when Paul wrote “For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things” (Rom 1:19-23). God’s Promises Are Certain The story of Abram in Genesis 12 and his calling by God contains particular genre characteristics that are unique. The original context of his calling and...
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...Harrington offers a narrative in how poetry’s entity to the public shifted from rather an everyday outlet or enjoyment to that of a scholarly, more objectified and purposeless craft. He starts his overview explaining how F.O. Matthiessen is left having “discovered a renaissance for American Literature that did not include poets,” (Harrington P.496) besides a sole exclusion: Walt Whitman. Poetry has always hung on the precipice of whether being literature or not; swayed, back and forth, by the changing movements of the decades. I’ve come to understand after reading Harrington that poetry is constantly being redefined and reorganized by its place in society and its critics. Yet generally over the last several or more decades its’ art has remained secular from what is knows as ‘American Literature’. Harrington believes “the institutional history of poetry in the US suggests both the importance and the genealogy of the literary- critical split between American poetry and American literature,” (Harrington P. 496.). He notes that poetry used to play a crucial role in cultural conflicts and almost digesting the current day-to-day. He then goes on to argue in which I agree, that by now holding aside poetry as something less in turn stripping its influence on us, literature to us is a contradictory thing. Not including poetry in literature for the people reading it is silly for the two are so intertwined. So much fiction has taken from or found inspiration from poetry. Harrington states...
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...Theodore Roosevelt’s quote brings new light to criticism in my eyes. I always seen criticism as an important part of reaching goals, but I never considered if it was better than achieving the goals. This quote shows that the critic needs to be wary of how much time a person spends achieving their goals. Students have to deal with criticism every semester. It can be hurtful criticism about choice of major, or helpful criticism when peer reviewing papers. This quote helped me contemplate the benefits of criticism and how it affects me as a student. Criticism can be both helpful and hurtful. When people are negatively criticized, they usually think poorly of themselves and often feel hurt by the person who criticized them. While constructive...
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...Michael Flanders once wrote, “If God had intended us to fly, he’d had never given us railways.” Indeed, India’s railways act as the most enduring legacy of colonial rule. Facilitating movement of people and ideas, modern India may not be the way it is today if not for the interconnected railways across the landscape. But an argument arises from discussing the infrastructural advancements of India thanks to British rule: could India have built the infrastructure themselves, making it equal, if not better? While colonial apologists and critics argue over the effects of major infrastructural projects in the 1840s and 1850s in India, it is important to remember that without either, India and Britain would not have developed the same. Although...
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...In the graphic novel I Kill Giant, Joe Kelly has written a story about a young girl name Barbara, the protagonist of the story that’s trapped in her own imaginary world. Unable to accept the fact that her mother is slowly dying from cancer, Barbara creates her own world with the goal to destroy all the giants in order to save her mother from the death. Using the second world as her defense mechanism, Barbara disconnects from the real world and totally immerses in her journey to defeat her mother's sickness. As the Dungeon's Master in Dungeons and Dungeons gameplay, Barbara maximizes her imaginary world filled with fairies, flying animals, and giants. Because she's constantly intertwining with the real world in her own world, Barbara labels as an outcast in the ordinary world. To better understand the meaning and hidden ideas in the graphic novel, the use of literature criticisms is critical for deeper analysis. Reader – Response Criticism When I was eight years old, I used to go out into my backyard and pretend that I was a wizard who was granted with the most powerful power. I danced around and read weird spells and often I wasn't aware of my surroundings because it would be embarrassing if others saw it. My childhood was always full of imagination and the love for my family is what makes me who I am today. When I read the graphic novel I Kill Giant by Kelly, I felt very connected to Barbara because of her ambition and motivation. She didn’t let anyone get in her way...
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...phenomenon. As the focal point of unending controversy, globalisation has been both lauded to the skies and decried vehemently – often for the same effects. And in a world where economic integration is widely viewed as “detrimental” to poorer nations, many would agree emphatically with the motion of the house – that globalisation is imperialism repackaged. While making their zealous arguments, however, most critics overlook the fact that by very definition globalisation and imperialism are near-polar opposites. A natural confusion, considering the growing trend of socialistic thought. After all, Lenin wrote extensively about how capitalism was nothing but the parasitic exploitation of the weak nations by the powerful. Central to this perspective is the one where multinationals are considered as monopolistic villains operating in a global playing field without regulations. Here again, with the yoke of the British and the East India company barely off their backs, former colonies can but look upon the phenomenon of integration with deep distrust. And thus, what is in fact the concept of unfettered trade among all countries was blown up to the proportions of an exploitative force to crush developing nations for the selfish interests of the capitalists. At the very onset of our argument, therefore, we arrive at an ambiguity. The benefits of globalisation, of course, cannot be denied even by the harshest critics. When multinationals enter a developing country, they bring with them...
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...The real action of the film is Young Charlie’s loss of innocence as she begins to understand the world as it really is. While some critics, like Martin Blank, assert, “Uncle Charlie has […] corrupted Young Charlie’s innocence forever,”10 this analysis is incomplete. As the opening sequence suggests, Young Charlie was already discontent with her life in her family and hometown; thus her fall was inevitable. As Young Charlie begins to understand Uncle Charlie’s true nature—he is not a savior but rather a “charming psychopath”11—her idealism about life outside of Santa Rosa starts to crumble. In the end of the film, she is presented with potentially bleak choices: marry the detective, live inconsolably with her family, or risk a violent solitary life, like her uncle. Because she has already expressed her discontent with an “average” life in a small town, the marriage or life with her family would inevitably be oppressive, but the alternative is unfathomable. Her living in the house with Uncle Charlie as he tries to kill her is only a physical manifestation of this internal struggle. This reality—preserving the status quo or engaging in violent rebellion—has caused some critics, like James McLaughlin, to see the film as exposing the violent tension inherent in traditional family dynamics, especially for young women. To him, Uncle Charlie’s rage regarding widows is simply a fear of independent powerful women: “[rich widows] are regarded as inhuman and unnatural, unhinging both the...
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...produced to back up their songs were interesting and as visually stunning as the group members themselves. As popular as the band was with their many legions of fans, they were less than successful in gaining the acceptance of older musical critics of the time. The critics bluntly criticized the group’s efforts to produce decent music, at times belittling the band as a unit. Critics also criticized the band’s appeal to a younger fan base, often calling the band a novelty boy-band for pre-teens .The media at the time had a field day with the band as well. Much of the mass media coverage on the band had nothing to do with the music they produced, but with the music videos they made. Duran Duran was quickly dismissed as a video band by the critics and the media. Despite harsh criticism and less than credible media coverage, Duran Duran was a hugely successful band. They were international stars who sold millions of albums worldwide, have had number one hits all around the world, and have produced some of the most iconic songs in music history ( The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll pg.288). Duran Duran was and still is a sublime musical group that should have been given more credit and respect from music critics and the media in general. The origins of the band are as unique as the band’s name itself. Duran Duran was formed in Birmingham, England in 1978. The original members of the...
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...Summary Today’s society consists of a crises where there is a need for crisis management, however critics argue there is not enough being done to assist all nations from this organization. There is little attention from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for developing countries trying to work on their financial situation. The IMF is focusing their attention on developed countries with the expensive plans and rescue operations. There is speculation that short term crisis management has too many negatives including it is too costly, responses are not quick enough decisions that are made are often incorrect, and more. There will be much discussion on the debt crisis and the exchange rate. IMF The International Monetary Fund The is an association of 187 countries, employed to foster global monetary collaboration, secure financial stability, facilitate global trade, encourage high percentages of employment, reach for economic growth between many different nations, and reduce poverty around the world, without discriminating against different countries. Many critics believe this establishment to be positive for the many responsibilities they take care of. For example the International Monetary Fund will provide assistance in areas including giving training and technology to developing countries to help with their own economic structure so they can work on their own eventually. IMF works closely with many different nations and the members included and are involved in the media...
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...Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day, and is widely regarded today as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet. As quoted in an article,” The Romantics, in particular, acclaimed Shakespeare's genius, and the Victorians worshipped Shakespeare with a reverence that George Bernard Shaw called "bardolatry"”. In the 20th century, his work was repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance, and is currently an active part of education curriculums. His plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied, performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world. It is safe to say that although Shakespearean plays were set in the Renaissance Era, they are still the epitome of English literature and are revered by theaters, performers and audiences alike due to their remarkable credibility in portraying everlasting political, social and moral issues. http://www.neptunetheatre.com/content/Shakespeare_hat_trick His plays move from romantic to tragic, humorous to serious so much so that he not only caters to all tastes but also all times by portraying the political situation of his times as well as the way of living. Even Romeo and Juliet, considered by many as a die –hard romantic scripture actually highlights political issues. One of the main political aspects of the play was when count Paris uses...
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...god or gods in every nation on the face of the earth including the most primitive societies. The reason being that after the fall of man in the Garden of Eden as the bible describes in the book of Genesis, man was separated from His creator and became spiritually dead. With a fallen spirit and a blinded mind, man who was created with an intuitive belief and knowledge of the existence of God was drawn by the religious instinct within him to worship something or someone. Unable to find his creator, man produced deities out of his own imagination to worship. Deities of stone, wood, water, fire, air, sun, moon, stars, mountains, birds, kings, emperors etc. giving birth to several religions, the majority being polytheistic and some are still today. Man missed the object of his worship, worshipping the creation rather than the creator. The bible says “Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever.”(Romans 1:25). God none the less had an elaborate and well-designed plan for the restoration of fallen man. A plan which existed from the very beginning even before man transgressed, to show the fallibility of proponents of Deism that present an absentee god who created the universe and went into oblivion, leaving man to his own fate and the universe to run itself. The deistic view of God falls short of the truth because the bible reveals God laid His plan of salvation from the foundations of the earth. The bible...
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...Jean Michel Basquiat had once said “I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic find out what art is.” Jean was a very powerful role model in art culture, to influence and change the perspective of humans who criticizes art for the color of the artists. He didn't mind being judged by looks, when people talked about his personality and despicable awful color for skin he didn't mind. When people criticize his art only by the color of his skin he gets indignant because no one is avow to have the power to criticize people. Jean wanted people to see how it's not a sin to blend different cultures together. Jean Michel Basquiat was an important figure in Black History because he proved to people who judge him his...
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...People that have a positive attitude are the ones more likely than ever to endure a trial than anyone else who does not have a positive attitude. This fact was especially true in World War II because it helped many people in the concentration camps to endure. In fact, some who endured with a positive attitude became a Holocaust survivor. The theme of "The Diary of Anne Frank" reveals that from childhood to adulthood that having a positive attitude is relevant today when times get harder. Anne did not did not complain or become bitter about hiding or her situation in life. That fact was really commendable for Anne to have a positive attitude because she was living in the time period of the holocaust. Even though the Nazis were cruel, she still believed that there is good in people. In the Drama: "The Diary of Anne Frank", it says: "I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart." (Frank 1). This quote is a good example of maintaining a positive attitude because Anne...
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...Our Future with Science and Technology In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Huxley describes a chilling vision of a totalitarian society ruled by both manipulation and conditioning of its' citizens. It ways eighty one years ago that Huxley made this fictional world into a piece of literature that still resonates with his readers today. Social engineering and technology of modern society were either at its' infancy or not even created yet when Huxley wrote his book. The maturity of these ideologies and technologies that makes Brave New World touch close to home. Is it possible to bring a world of chaos to order or is it just a proclivity of the human condition? In Utopia by Sir Thomas More, the city Amaurot is the city of Hythloday's research of Utopian society. His mention of the lack of privacy among its' citizens can be very relevant to today. While we can still lock our doors and windows, close our curtains and blinds, the amount of privacy one has has been increasingly diminishing. With the advent of federal approbation of various ways of the government to invade on a person's right to privacy is a slow progression to the possibility of losing our privacy completely. Others argue that discretion of these actions should not be a worry of the common citizen. They argue that if you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide. It is a way of justification of a deplorable act on our everyday privacy. And the debate will only continue to escalate as the rapid evolution...
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