The movie Entertaining Angels follows the life and journey of Dorothy Day and how she changed from an atheist to a Catholic. The movie begins with a quote from Dorothy Day about her looking for the abundant life but not knowing how to find it. At first, Dorothy thinks she can find completeness in communism and protest for rights, but she gets pregnant and has an abortion. She then discovers the church and converts from an Atheist to a Catholic. Many times in the movie Dorothy is confused and looking for God’s help. Near the end of the movie, the other Catholic Workers yell at Dorothy for caring for the poor more than her daughter and the newspaper. Dorothy runs to the church screaming where is God and asking him to guide her. After she returns …show more content…
The first quote is by Dorothy’s brother’s wife. When Dorothy and her daughter are first staying with her brother, they brother and wife get tired of all the poor and homeless staying and eating in their home. Dorothy then shows them that those people had been donating what very little money they had to help them out. The brother then asks the wife if she is comfortable continuing to do this and she says, “you never know when you may be entertaining an angel.” This quote displays justice because it teaches us to treat each other equally and to always help out those in need no matter who they are. Another quote that exemplifies justice is one by Dorothy while talking to the Cardinal. The Cardinal tells her to change their name from the Catholic Workers because it doesn’t follow the Church and its views. Dorothy tells him, “if you feed the poor you’re a saint, but if you ask why they’re poor you’re a Communist.” This quote shows the injustice in the system. Dorothy and the newspaper the Catholic Workers were actually writing about the inequity of treatment towards the poor. She was trying to find a permanent solution to end poverty and to make a change, but everyone above them wanted her to stay quiet. The last quote is by Dorothy again. After fighting with the staff of the newspaper, and fending off maggie, Dorothy has a revelation. She apologizes for being arrogant and
This illustrates Dorothy cleansing herself of these demons and overcoming them to reach her
Dorothy 's early life was not one of faith. Once she had her second child she decided that she had to divorce her atheist husband and become Catholic. After being baptized she dedicated the rest of her life to helping the poor. She not only volunteered but also tried to change conditions. Dorothy said, “Where were the saints to try to change the social order, not just
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere.” Justice in every case is different in every way possible. In The Poisonwood Bible,a novel by Barbara Kingsolver scrutinize justice and injustice throughout the novel to help readers dictate soleful rightness which she uses allusion from the Holy Bible and moral dilemma to show readers how Leah’s character inception of reality. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere The Poisonwood Bible is basically about a caucasian family going to the continent of Africa to start anew.
Maggie on the other hand, is characterized by her unattractiveness and timidity. Her skin is scarred from the fire that had happened ten or twelve years ago. Those scars she has on her body in the same way have scarred her soul leaving her ashamed. She “stumbles” in her reading, but Mrs. Johnson loves her saying she is sweet and is the daughter she can sing songs at church with, but more so that Maggie is like an image of her. She honors her family’s heritage and culture, by learning how to quilt and do things in the household, like her mother views their heritage.
The first allusion the author made was towards the Declaration Of Independence. For example, “the declaration of independence said that ‘there are certain inalienable rights for the people, and among them are life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness… we hold the view that all men are created equal’... did they mean to say that all men are created equal but one person was born to inherit $10,000,000,000 [ten billion dollars] and another man was born to inherit nothing?” (Long 11) In the quote, the author elucidates to readers that no man should have an unfair advantage over another by making a reference to the declaration of independence.
In this quote, Equality breaks out of the Palace of Corrective Detention to do what it takes to present his own, personal discovery to the World Council of Scholars. Equality in order to obtain his freedom finds himself
Justice through Truth in A Thousand Splendid Suns Many people use lies to further their own well-being. However, justice cannot be reached until those lies have been discovered. Khaled Hosseini’s novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, follows the journey of two Afghan women, Mariam and Laila, through their lives where they struggle to survive in a time of fear and war. Through his characters and their relationships, Hosseini reveals the relationship between truth and justice, specifically that justice is only served through truth.
This quote illustrates how dissatisfied Moody felt with the way blacks were being treated in the segregated south. Not giving into hatred shows her resolve and commitment to helping end segregation. Even though Moody feared for her life at certain times, she overcame her emotions to go on a be
In the book To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee uses theme in chapter 9 to show the reader how the world isn’t fair. My quote from chapter 9 is when scout says “ ‘You ain’t fair’ I said you ain’t fair’.” (Lee 97). This quote takes place during Christmas time. Atticus, Jem, and Scout were at one of their relatives house.
Florence Kelly delivered a speech before the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia on July 22, 1905. She used rhetorical analysis such as pathos, anaphora, and logos to enlist working men to vote for the reform of child labor laws. Florence Kelly tries to assert the urgency of the situation to the audience using anaphora. She remarks, “We do not wish this. We prefer to have our work done by men and women.
King goes on to state, “Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” This works because it gives these items something everyone can relate to or imagine. Like water, justice can be strong enough to change people. Justice is also natural and essential for people to thrive. And, finally, according to King, Justice is clear.
Ruth shows her kids that they need to work with their problems rather than push them away, like Beth did. An example, of how Ruth felt about when she was discriminated but there is nothing she could do but to life with it, “She couldn’t stand racists of either color” (Chpt. 4, p.
It also states that injustice is the violation of rights of others, or unjust or unfair treatment. In Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, ten people are dead, and the claims are the deaths of those people are acts of justice. In And Then There Were None, the justice is not served in the death of the ten people because it is not known whether they are truly guilty or not.
The justice theory states that justice is at the advantage of the stronger; however, there have been cases where even the strongest have been defeated. Take Ovid’s Apollo and Daphne for example, or from a biblical perspective, the Book of Judges, or even Elie Wiesel’s novel Night. These writings each
The American Government is made up of three branches: judicial, legislative, and executive. Americans are very fortunate to have a judicial system in the United States, which is based on the idea that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. The same problems still happen today in 2018 that happened in 1957 when the movie Twelve Angry Men by MGM was made. Common reasons jury duty is not popular include taking time off work, not getting the same amount of pay as if one is at work, and simply just not wanting to be there. People will always be biased from their own experiences.