Summary Mere Christianity begins as a recitation of what is known as the moral argument for the existence of God According to Lewis the moral law consists of the fundamental rules by which the universe operates and to which all residing within are bound And even though considerable intellectual resources have been expended to deny its existence not even those making it their life s purpose to undermine these eternal principles can escape from them try as they might Lewis establishes that natura
Crash is a provocative treatise on racism woven together with a series of overlapping threads Written and directed by Million Dollar Baby screenwriter Paul Haggis Crash was inspired by an incident in which Haggis was carjacked at gunpoint in Los Angeles Racism is a universally recognized affliction but Haggis victimization at the hands of black robbers caused him to explore how living in a city where everyone is cocooned in their car contributed to the problem One theory he posits via detective
Arthur Miller was born in New York on October 17th 1915 When his fathers business failed the family moved from Manhattan to Brooklyn Miller had neither the money nor the grades to attend college His athletic abilities exceeded his academics Miller worked for two years to save enough money to be able to attend the University of Michigan He worked at night as an editor of the Michigan Daily to be able to pay tuition Miller began writing plays at this time and won multiple awards for his achieveme
In Othello by the ever insightful Shakespeare the rise and fall of Othello is portrayed in fantastically painful clarity Initially he displays characteristics of integrity intelligence honesty faith and passion All of these traits are challenged almost forthwith His integrity is tattered when he does not even attempt to excuse his physical abuse of Desdemonda the valued intelligence is assaulted by Iagos managing to convince him of the increasingly far fetched his honesty to himself in that he
In William Shakespeares Othello Othello is the tragic hero He is a character of high position that is destroyed by his own people his own actions and his fate His destruction is precipitated by his own actions as well as by the actions of the characters surrounding him The tragedy of Othello is not a fault of a single villain but is rather a consequence of a wide range of feelings judgments and misjudgments and attempts for personal justification by the characters Othello is first shown as a he
It is easy to mistake Gabriel Garcia Marquezs Love in the Time of Cholera as a fairytale ending storybook romance in which two ill fated lovers eventually consummate their lifelong relationship Although the two lovers eventually find one another after practically a lifetime the novel is scattered with the motif of love as a decaying illness cholera and aging as a repulsive lifestyle Florentino Ariza dedicates his whole life to nurturing his shattered heart In which was broken by his life love F
The play begins on a Monday evening at the Loman family home in Brooklyn After some light changes on stage and ambient flute music the first instance of a motif connected to Willy Lomans faint memory of his father who was once a flute maker and salesman Willy a sixty three year old traveling salesman returns home early from a trip apparently exhausted His wife Linda gets out of bed to greet him She asks if he had an automobile accident since he once drove off a bridge into a river Irritated he
1984 1984 a novel written by George Orwell in 1949 was an extremely controversial topic in the past and maintained its reputation into today The famous Orwell novel predicted life at the year 1984 however we are not seeing signs of his book until present day 2009 In his book Eric Blair Orwells real name warns the reader of the dangerous future where a totalitarian government rules the country and eventually humans will lead to their own demise even if he had never set pen to paper the essential
Governmental Mind Control Nonsensical Myth or Startling Reality He gazed up at the enormous face Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark mustache O cruel needless misunderstanding O stubborn self willed exile from the loving breast Two gin scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose But it was right everything was all right the struggle was finished He had won the victory over himself He loved Big Brother 297 In this powerful scene from his inf
A Prayer For Owen Meany Summary II Pg 309 Pg 617 John Wheelwright writing from his home in Toronto Canada takes the reader on an extraordinary journey of unwavering friendship and belief in God Owen Meany is a very bizarre boy due to his diminutive size and high voice comes from a low class family that runs a granite quarry Reverend Louis Merrill is the doubt plagued Congregationalist minister in Gravesend who often speaks to Owen about matters of religious faith At the end of the book John lea