...Summary of ”The way up to heaven” This story is about Mrs and Mr Foster who is living in England, in London. Mrs Foster is going to visit their daughter in Paris by flight while Mr Foster is going to stay at home. They have an hour in car to the airport and Mr Foster is quite slow at getting ready, which makes Mrs Foster really nervous but they finally get off. At the airport Mrs Foster finds out that the flight is temporarily postponed to 11 o’clock the next day, but her husband is already at home when she finds out, so she calls a taxi. The next day the driver is waiting outside, and once again Mr Foster is slowly, very slowly. When they finally both are in the car, he is missing the present to their daughter, so he goes back into the house, where he searches for quite a long time. Mrs Foster finds the present in the car, and she wants to get him back in the car. She walks up to the door, but then a sound stops her, she listens to sounds from the house. Then she walks back to the car, and they drive to the airport, her and the driver. She spends 6 weeks in Paris, where she sends letters to her husband every week. When she returns home, all the letters are laying on the floor next to the door, and the atmosphere is really cold. Mrs Foster walks into the house and finds out that her husband is stuck in the elevator, most likely dead. Mrs. Foster. * The main character in “The Way up to Heaven” is a housewife by the name of Mrs. * She has a pathological fear...
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...a very distinct picture of both heaven and hell. He describes them both in such a way that makes the reader feel as if they are actually there. The Great Divorce is made up of a lot of metaphors that really make one think about how heaven and hell will be. While C.S. Lewis paints an interesting, thought-provoking image of heaven and hell, it is only an idea. We cannot know exactly what they will look like until we are there. The Great Divorce begins with the narrator standing at a bus stop. The bus stop is in the middle of a very bleak town. The town that he is in is hell. He says, "I had been wandering for hours in similar mean streets, always in the rain and always in evening twilight." He had wandered around for hours...
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...Tanika Hall 000-07-7077 Eng. 120-03 Heaven: What did you expect? Heaven is something that every believer looks forward to; It is talked about in every Christian church, and interpreted different by the various denominations. In the extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven by Mark Twain, Captain Stormfield gives his account of his time in heaven. Patricia Glinton-Meicholas also gives an account of heaven in the extract from How to Be a True-True Bahamian. Both extracts discuss their expectations of heaven, using satire to expose people’s vices. The extracts although seemingly similar are very different, both have a different view on what heaven should be given through the eyes of two very different people. Glinton-Meicholas gives a view of heaven through a modern day Bahamian who sees heaven being as much like the United States as possible; whereas, Twain gives a view from the perspective of a captain from San Francisco around the early 1900s. Throughout this essay we will focus primarily on the differences between these two extracts and how they use rhetorical techniques to deliver their underlying critiques. In both the extract of Glinton-Meicholas and Twain, they give accounts of heaven through the use of satire by exposing vices. Satire is a literary device used to utilizes humor to expose moral corruption and human vices. In Twain’s extract, satire is used to make fun of the way people view heaven. Most people see heaven as an “easy street”. A place where everything...
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...OUR FATHERWHO ART IN HEAVEN Hear our prayer we are your children and we've gathered here today We've gathered here to pray Hear our cry, Lord we need your mercy And we need your grace today hear us as we pray ch: our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name' our father hear us from heaven forgive our sins we pray Hear our song As it rises to heaven May your glory fills the air as the waters cover the sea See our heart And remove anything that is standing in the way Of coming to you today ch: our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name' our father hear us from heaven forgive our sins we pray Though we are few we're surrounded by many Who have crossed that river before And this the song we'll be singing for ever HOLY is the LORD (8 times) Hear our prayer we are your children and we've gathered here today We've gathered here to pray Hear our cry, Lord we need your mercy And we need your grace today hear us as we pray ch: our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name' our father hear us from heaven forgive our sins we pray Lift up your heads, O you gates Swing open wide you ancient doors Let the King of kings Take His rightful place, Make room, make way For the King of grace. Lift up your hands Open up your hearts His vict'ry over sin sin and death is ours. Let the King of kings take His rightful place, Make room, make way For our King of grace. Who is this King of glory Lord of pow'r? His name is Jesus, our risen King. Who is this King so mighty ...
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...Eternal Punishment As a child growing up all I heard was you either do good and go to heaven or you do wrong and go to hell. That’s the Christian way of thinking and that’s the way it is. While I grew stronger in the religion and began to be able to see the bigger picture, I then was in turn able to make a decision for myself what was the right thing. Through reading the Bible, going to church, and listening to elders, deacons, and pastors I determined that this was indeed the Christian view of eternal state that I believed in. There were however a few blanks that had to be filled in, like; 1) Where do we go when we die? 2) What is Heaven? 3) What is Hell? and 4) What is the rapture? These are all questions that many have asked and many have to have the answer to in order to make an educated decision about what religion to follow and what end of time theory to believe in. The Bible states in 2 Corinthians 5:10, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.” In the end, there will be an eternal punishment and only you can determine what your fate will be. In order to stand behind the Christian view of the end of times you must first prove there is a heaven and hell. Let’s start by talking about heaven. Webster’s dictionary defines heaven as, “1.a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods) and the angels, and of...
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...A couple weeks ago, I read the novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, by Mitch Albom. This piece of literature takes place in both Heaven and Earth. On Earth, Eddie, one of the main characters, visits Ruby Pier, mountains, numerous weddings, a river, and the battlegrounds where he fought a war. The main character, Eddie, is killed when he turns 83 years old He wakes up in Heaven to go on a journey to meet five people who were connected with him in ways that he didn't anticipate. The Blue Man, The Captain, Ruby, Marguerite, and Tala, are the five people that Eddie meets in Heaven. They will all teach him lessons. Eddie's father, Eddie's antagonist, used to work at Ruby Pier, and he was not supportive of Eddie and his brother. In...
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...Religions are formed because people want something to believe in. People follow the ways of religions because there is order that tells people how to live their life and how to achieve the perfect afterlife. Although religions tell us these things, each religion goes about it differently. Indian Salvation Religions and Classical Mediterranean Christianity want the same things for their followers but the path to achieving that goal is very different. The Bhagavad Gita, “Song of the Blessed Lord” (reader pg. 73), is a document of the Indian Salvation Religion which is a sacred text that involves a story that explains perfect detachment through one’s caste duties. The Last Judgement is a Christian text that explains how everyone must stand before...
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...The Heaven of Animals By: James Dickey The poem “The Heaven of Animals”, by James Dickey, explores the relationships between predator and prey as well as the controversial topic of whether or not animals have souls. The end of the poem also touches on the idea of a circle of life; death being the centre. The structure of the poem as well as Dickey’s use of poetic devices reflects these themes whilst also painting a vivid mental imagine of “the heaven of animals” for the reader. In the first stanza, Dickey introduces the animals with the simple phrase “The soft eyes open.” (Line 1) Throughout the poem, there is no mention of any specific animal, but in the opening line of the poem, Dickey chose to represent animals as a whole rather than individual species. This hints at the idea of everyone being created equally and everyone deserving the chance of a perfect afterlife. The reader is also expected to draw the parallel between the title and the setting of the poem, because within the poem, it is never said that they are in “heaven”. The vivid imagery allows the reader to fully understand the beauty of animal heaven. Dickey is describing this place as a more perfect version of the animal’s habitat on earth. This creates a sense of fulfilment which is carried throughout the entire poem. The next stanza is the one that raises the controversial topic of animals not having souls. Dickey presents the reader with a very clear paradox: if animals do not have souls, then which...
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...What and where is heaven and hell? Many Christians today can answer these questions based on the beliefs they’ve obtained through the church. Most Christians would answer that heaven is a place in the sky where an obedient person’s soul goes after they die, and hell is a place in the ground where a misbehaved soul goes. These beliefs of afterlife are often taught in Christian churches; however, these beliefs weren’t always this way. This change was important because it answered the critical question in Christianity about the Last Judgment Day. This change took place after the church had to create specific writings of the beliefs of the Christian religion to refute the popular beliefs of Gnosticism and Marcionism. The ideas about heaven and hell came out of neo-platonic philosophy, which played the major role of influence in the Christian religious cults Gnosticism and Marcionism, who then prevailed with the same ideas that were adopted by the Christian orthodox. Another importance of this change in the history of the church is that the Christian orthodox today still practices these neo-platonic ideas that were first present in the Gnosticism and Marcionism. The Christian orthodox beliefs about heaven and hell would not be the same without the Gnostic and Marcionic influences on the church. Neo-platonic philosophy about heaven and hell show up in the beliefs of Gnostics and Marcionites and the Christian orthodox. However, the neo-platonic ideas didn’t show up until after the...
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...The Ambiguity of Weeping. Baroque and Mannerist Discourses in Haynes’ Far from Heaven and Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows. Jack Post Abstract Although Douglas Sirk’ All That Heaven Allows (1954) and Todd Haynes’ Far from Heaven (2002) are both characterized as melodramas, they address their spectators differently. The divergent (emotional) reactions towards both films are the effect of different rhetorical strategies: the first can be seen a typical example of baroque discourse and the latter as a specimen of mannerist discourse. The reference to the terms melodrama, mannerism and baroque does not imply that these films are just formal repetitions of historical periods or that they thematically and structurally refer to historical styles, but that they are characterized by opposing discursive strategies which came to the foreground in a specific historical time and constellation. Because these discursive strategies return in other historical periods and socialpolitical circumstances in different guises and with different aims, they can be compared to what Aby Warburg calls Pathosformeln (pathos formula). The expressive forms, gestures and discursive modes of melodrama, baroque and mannerism can thus be understood as transhistorical (gestural) languages of pathos that recur in history. Résumé Bien que All that heaven allows (1954) par Douglas Sirk et Far from heaven (2002) par Todd Haynes se caractérisent nettement comme un mélodrame, les deux films adressent...
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...The founders, Jesus and Mohammad were leaders of these two very distinct followings and are traced historically, had a huge impact on their religion both in the past and in the present, and were worshiped by many. Their messages are also being carried out through the world in present day, by the followers of each religion. Examining and getting closer to the position in each religion that these key people had is extremely important into understanding each religion in present day. Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary in 4 B.C.E, but his followers believe that he was conceived by God, which is known as the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mother. His family was in Bethlehem during his birth, but then later returned to Nazareth where he grew up. He was named Jesus which means, “God saves” (Fisher, 2005). Jesus’ life wasn’t noted until he was the age of about twelve, when he traveled to Jerusalem and his parents left him behind, and was found by rabbis reading the Torah. He was reprimanded by the rabbis, and it started his quest for understanding and connection between him and God. This started his quest of finding himself as well, and the Christian religion began to then develop. Jesus through his twenties was trying to branch out of Judaism and was one of the few reformers in the Jewish faith, and was considered to be a prophet of his time (Stofka, 2012). Jesus hit the age of thirty, and it was when his life started to drastically change and little would he know that his path...
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...Christians make! We not only say that happiness comes through Jesus. We say that the only lasting happiness comes through him. We flatly declare that there is no ultimate peace or joy or fulfillment in sex or money or power or fame or degrees or buildings or gold medals or big estates or anything else that money can buy. Wealth can do many things, but it cannot buy peace of mind. Fame can do many things, but it cannot give us lasting joy. Power can do many things, but it cannot free us from guilt. Wealth cannot buy peace of mind Years ago we used to sing a little song called Happiness is the Lord. The chorus went like this: Real joy is mine, no matter if teardrops start; I've found the secret, it's Jesus in my heart! In its own simple way, that chorus contains vast truth. The joy Jesus brings will last even when our hearts are breaking. Teardrops come soon enough for all of us....
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...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 for this place of what is probably heaven, to get...
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...never asked either because it did not seem too relevant in my life. However, I do get up very early in the morning to get to work at six am so I see the sunrise in the car on my way to work. It brings revelation and great joy to see the sunrise I feel refreshed and it gives me a feeling as though as the God that is in heaven is so real that he gives us a sign that he is working where he is. To many people seeing the sunrise is irrelevant because the simple things in life such as nature do not amuse them. There are advantages and disadvantages of seeing the sunrise .To me some of the disadvantages are that you get tired throughout the day when you have a very long day and your eyes can sometimes burn. The advantages however, is knowing that God is real, that God is a God that shows his people that they are blessed to be waking up every single morning. You feel energized and an inner peace rather than waking late your body hurts and half the day is gone at times when you do not wake early to see the sunrise and carry out your day early. Seeing the sunrise gives you hope that you are closer to your dreams and aspiration, it gives you hope that whenever you’re going through a battle in life that your closer to the finish line. As a university student sunrise shows me that i am closer to graduation date ,that I am way closer to becoming what I want to accomplish each and every day that I wake up. It makes me just want...
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...KINGDOM PRINCIPLES PREPARING FOR KINGDOM EXPERIENCE AND EXPANSION KINGDOM PRINCIPLES PREPARING FOR KINGDOM EXPERIENCE AND EXPANSION Dr. Myles Munroe © Copyright 2006 — Myles Munroe All rights reserved. This book is protected by the copyright laws of the United States of America. This book may not be copied or reprinted for commercial gain or profit. The use of short quotations or occasional page copying for personal or group study is permitted and encouraged. Permission will be granted upon request. Unless otherwise identified, Scripture quotations are from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked (NKJV) are taken form the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Please note that Destiny Image’s publishing style capitalizes certain pronouns in Scripture that refer to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and may differ from some publishers’ styles. Take note that the name satan and related names are not capitalized. We choose not to acknowledge him, even to the point of violating grammatical rules. Cover photography by Andy Adderley, Creative Photography, Nassau, Bahamas Destiny Image® Publishers, Inc. P.O. Box 310 Shippensburg, PA 17257-0310 “Speaking to the Purposes of God for this Generation and for the Generations to Come. ” Bahamas Faith Ministry...
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