...In A Separate Peace, John Knowles uses Gene’s journey and his encounters with multiple levels of war to teach readers that war carries lasting effects on Gene of his interpersonal, internal, international relationship with himself and the other characters in the novel. By all means, Gene’s internal relationship with Finny would be jealously because he would always seem to one up Gene.“It was hypnotism. Was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything. I couldn’t help envying him that a little”(25)This quote demonstrates Gene’s internal friendship because it shows that Gene was wanting to be just like Finny and wanting to have the same characteristics as him. He is being desirous towards Finny but he knows he can’t be him. This...
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...Throughout the novel A Separate Peace, John Knowles uses the war to symbolize Gene’s journey as he deals with his internal struggles with hatred towards Finny, and confusion in himself. In the beginning of the story, Gene is ignorant towards his internal struggles as he becomes jealous of Finny. Similarly, the war is not acknowledged by Finny, which is evident when he states, “the fat old men who don’t want us crowding them out of their jobs. They’ve made it all up. There isn’t any food shortage, for instance” (115). Finny pretends the war is not real, in the same way that Gene acts as if his rage towards Finny is normal and justified. Gene uses ignorance towards his own intentions just like Finny uses ignorance towards the war, as a way of dealing with their problems by pretending they are not there....
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...Story of Al-Isra' wal-Mi'raj (The Night Journey) In the name of Allah, the beneficent the merciful. الإسراء والمعراج On 27th Rajab, all the Muslim believers celebrate this as a grand day of Mi'raj as "Grand Eid" and all the Muslims should be proud to have such a prophet like Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing be upon him and his progeny (Ahlul Bayt), to whom Almighty Allah (swt) was also proud and had invited him to visit and talked with very nearer distance as mentioned in the Glorious Qur'an 53:9. Also note that, the Mi'raj of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing be upon him and his progeny has taken place more than once. However, it should be mentioned that Mi'raj in which the daily Salat was made incumbent, without doubt, occurred before the death of Hazrat Abu Talib, who passed away in the 10th year of Besat. Unmistakably, from the Ahadith and books of history, it is mentioned that on the night of Mi'raj, Allah (swt) gave the order of the five daily Salat as being mandatory upon the Islamic Nation. The darkness of the night had spread across the horizon and silence reigned over the face of nature. The time had arrived when the living creatures take rest and sleep so that they might recuperate from their activities of the previous day. Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw), was also not an exception to this law of nature and he wished to take rest after offering his prayers (Salat) in the house of "Umm-e-Hani", the daughter of his uncle and sister of Amir al-Mominin...
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...At the beginning of the poem, Rossetti says "Does the road wind up-hill all the way?/ Yes, to the very end" (1-2). I believe that in these two lines, Rossetti expresses the distress she is feeling with life in general and how she cannot believe it just keeps going on and on. She uses the road as a symbol for the journey of life and she cannot believe it is windy, or difficult the whole way up the hill, or through the path of life. She goes on to say "Will the day's journey take the whole long day?/ From morn to night my friend" (3-4). In these lines, she is in this dialect with someone and is complaining that the journey of life takes the "whole long day," or in other words, she is in awe that it will take her entire life. In saying this, she is expressing how stressful and difficult she thinks of the journey of life and cannot believe she will have to go through the entire process to get to a peaceful place. I believe the person means from birth to death by their response. I think of the person talking to her as some short little elf-eared man for some reason. I picture him nicer than the men from "Goblin Market," but I think I still picture him as a goblin man because he the one that is giving her these answers that are difficult to hear, but is also telling her how to get to a better place. "But is there for the night a resting place? A roof for when the slow dark hours begin. May not the darkness hide it from my face? You cannot miss them" (5-8). Rossetti is searching...
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...chose to answer is about the symbolism in the setting of this poem. In our text a symbol is defined as a person place or thing in a narrative that suggests meaning beyond its literal sense. The simplistic setting represents the author’s need for peace, rejuvenation and a reminder of home, before he starts out again on his journey. Few places can be considered as comforting and peaceful and lovely as a familiar forest covered in snow. Since the writer was not afraid of being alone I believe he must be very familiar with the forest and probably grew up near it. The wood behind my house was a very special place for me. In the summertime it was a place to build forts and have adventures with my friends. On cool summer nights, it’s where my friends and I would pitch a tent and tell scary stories by flashlight. My family and I would go on hikes and discover a new place to pick wild blueberries for a pie my mother would bake that evening. Before the age of computers and cell phones, nature was where we learned about life. It was where the world would stop and we could imagine, dream and pray about the past, present and future. Before the author’s next journey, he is drawn to the quiet serene forest where he can contemplate his life’s journey up until this...
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...A Separate Peace Essay Introduction John Knowles’ novel A Separate Peace is the story of Gene Forrester who struggles to come to grips with the guilt over his role in a traumatic event from his childhood. The novel, told as a flashback from the perspective of an adult Gene, looks back on his friendship with a private school classmate and Gene’s destructive feelings of jealousy, fear, and anger. Assignment Write a 3-5 page literary analysis that explores one of the attached essay topics. Structure You might want to think of a five-paragraph structure, but because of the length requirements, you may need to expand on that to adequately explore your topic. Intro: This should include a “hook,” background information, and a thesis. It should clearly lay out what you are going to discuss in your essay. Body: Provide analysis and supporting evidence. Mention several key events or moments from the novel. Include at least three carefully chosen quotes to help capture larger ideas from the novel. Blend them in with your own writing. Conclusion: Finalize your argument with final thoughts related to the main idea. Reminders: This is a literary essay so there should be no uses of “I” or “you.”Include an original title to capture interest. Requirements Your essay should have the following: ✓ A clear argument of opinion and purpose expressed in a thesis statement and introduction...
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...A Separate Peace Essay Introduction John Knowles’ novel A Separate Peace is the story of Gene Forrester who struggles to come to grips with the guilt over his role in a traumatic event from his childhood. The novel, told as a flashback from the perspective of an adult Gene, looks back on his friendship with a private school classmate and Gene’s destructive feelings of jealousy, fear, and anger. Assignment Write a 3-5 page literary analysis that explores one of the attached essay topics. Structure You might want to think of a five-paragraph structure, but because of the length requirements, you may need to expand on that to adequately explore your topic. Intro: This should include a “hook,” background information, and a thesis. It should clearly lay out what you are going to discuss in your essay. Body: Provide analysis and supporting evidence. Mention several key events or moments from the novel. Include at least three carefully chosen quotes to help capture larger ideas from the novel. Blend them in with your own writing. Conclusion: Finalize your argument with final thoughts related to the main idea. Reminders: This is a literary essay so there should be no uses of “I” or “you.”Include an original title to capture interest. Requirements Your essay should have the following: ✓ A clear argument of opinion and purpose expressed in a thesis statement and introduction. ...
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...My Experience at Mary Queen of Peace School My knowledge has grown tremendously at Mary Queen of Peace School. In first Grade, I learned basic grammar and spelling. In Second Grade, my pencil stayed on the paper continually as I wrote in cursive for the first time. It was very exciting and I loved being able to write faster and therefore get assignments done quicker. Math was hard and challenging because each day the class had to complete 100 math problems in a certain amount of time. When third grade arrived, it was on to book reports and short stories in literature. One book report each month was required and I got the choice of presenting my report with a shoebox presentation or poster. There were lots of interesting books I explored and a lot of unique topics I was discovering. Fourth Grade contained more homework, but I got through it. At...
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...different religious practices. He leaves his home with the Brahmins, and travels around with different religious groups to find his enlightenment. In Siddhartha the different environments that he lives in helps shape him and find inner peace. In the story, Siddhartha becomes void of human feelings and temptations due to his life with various cultural practices. “A goal stood before Siddhartha, a single goal: to become empty, empty of thirst, empty of wishing, empty of dreams, empty of joy and sorrow.” (12). Siddhartha...
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...out the detail on how to get there. This course has helped me in the area of financial peace, college written, and spiritual growth. Having financial peace should be the goal of everyone but knowing how to obtain it is a quest of it on. Financial Peace University is the way to go because they have everything that anybody would need at the click of your mouse. Before I took this course I search Google high and low on how to work a budget. FPU have what they call a quickie budget form that start off someone that might not have never did a budget this way a real budget want seem so overwhelming. The biggest problem that most individual have in obtaining financial peace is procrastination like “we will start budgeting after we get the big screen TV.” Dave Ramsey is now my new found friend he said some things to me that needed to be said. The word budget holds a lot of weight because it pertains to discipline. Discipline is defined as self-control something that most people don’t want to deal with. Having a good budget is like having your own private police that lets you know if you are breaking the law or not. Martin Luther King said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”It is best to have control over your financial affairs then they have control over. As we travel on this journey to succeed own...
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...throughout his lifetime as chronicled by a collaborative effort between Alex Haley and Malcolm X in The Autobiography of Malcolm X. His biggest tribulation being when he was once imprisoned. Imprisonment is his Call to Action in the hero's journey. When Malcolm was put away he is introduced to his savior in those hard times. The Islamic religion. “.. I had sunk to the very bottom of the American white man’s society when-soon now, in prison- I [Malcolm] found Allah and the religion of Islam and it completely changed my life,” (Haley 174). This is an important moment in Malcolm's life because this religion gave him something to believe in during those hard times. This situation connects to the call...
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...The Hero’s Journey is a philosophy by professor, author, and philosopher Joseph Campbell stating that all hero’s go through this common cycle consisting of three stages, the Separation, the death and rebirth, and the return. In Campbell’s philosophy, he believes there are two types of deeds a hero can go through, a psychological and a physical. And in the Joy Luck Club Jing-mei goes through a psychological transformation to make a psychological deed. Campbell introduces this idea of a psychological deed in one of his interviews on PBS, “ The other kind is the spiritual deed, in which the hero learns to experience the supernormal range of human spiritual life and then comes back with a message.” After reading the Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, it...
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...of the Expedition created a diverse military Corps of Discovery who would travel with them on their two-year journey to the great ocean. In the summer of 1804, the explorers would travel upstream, northwest on the Missouri River to Fort Mandan, a trading post, where Corps of Discovery set up camp, wintered, and prepared for their journey to the Pacific. In Spring of 1805, is when Lewis and Clark set out on their journey. Soon Lewis and Clark would encounter their first Indian tribe, as well as meeting...
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...Kayla Turmel Eastern Religions Peace is Every Step Paper Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist. He lives in the Plum Village Monastery in the Dordogne region in the South of France, travelling internationally to give retreats and talks. He has published more than 100 books. He was born in central Vietnam in 1926; At the age of 16 he entered the monastery at a Temple near Hue, Vietnam, where his primary teacher was Dhyana Master Thanh Quy Chan That. A graduate of Bao Quoc Buddhist Academy in Central Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh received training in Zen and the Mahayana school of Buddhism and was ordained as a monk in 1949. He lived through the Vietnam War, seeing all of the terrors of war. Nhat Hanh taught Buddhist psychology and Prajnaparamita literature at the Van Hanh Buddhist University, a private institution that focused on Buddhist studies, Vietnamese culture, and languages. At a meeting in April 1965 Van Hanh Union students issued a Call for Peace statement. It declared: "It is time for North and South Vietnam to find a way to stop the war and help all Vietnamese people live peacefully and with mutual respect." Nhat Hanh left for the U.S. shortly afterwards. That’s just the beginning of Thich Nhat Hanh’s life story, his life is a very active and involved one. Nhat Hanh's novel "Peace is Every Step" is a work that centers on the concept of meditation and enlightenment. Hanh bases his discussion on Zen Buddhism, using...
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...My father once told me “Every journey you undertake in life will eventually reach an ending”. He told me his journey as pharaoh of our land would one day cease and the next rightful heir would take his place, only for his journey to end and another to take his place, and so on for eternity. “Simply the circle of life”. He taught me that you need to achieve as much as possible before your journey ends, and if that means going to war to take something you need, so be it. He was killed in battle when I was 13. It infuriated me that his journey had been so selfishly ended with a simple clash of swords, when mine was only just beginning. By the time I had turned 15, Egypt had fallen into an immense drought and many people were dying. Crops were deteriorating, trade was dwindling, and our civilization was falling apart at the seams. Something needed to be done. The city of Kadesh, although a small Hittite city, had abundant resources, enough to get our land back on track and relieve the hardships we were facing. Something needed to be done, and it was decided we would invade the small town in order to regain our city’s vitality. It was time to draw our swords in a clash that would save our city. It was then, that the small city of Kadesh became known as “the deceitful city of Kadesh”. The war went on for many arduous months, with the small community proving to have more brute then first anticipated. Many of our men were dying, and the pharaoh is always the one who received...
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