I agree with Kinnaman’s unbiased assessment of Christianity and I find his research extremely helpful, because it provides us with a clear idea and an approximation of the precise degree of disdain and distrust others have towards the Christian faith. Furthermore, his research permits us to stand apart and examine ourselves as Christians. Kinnaman’s research results uncovered the most common points of skepticism and objections raised by outsiders towards the church and Christianity (Kinnaman, 2007). According to Kinnaman, the six issues or themes outsiders have against believers are the following: 1) Hypocritical 2)
Harry Potter was forced to endure many hardships of death and still needed to face the killer of his loved ones, who was known as the embodiment of evil. These three individuals had to endure many hardships to reach their goal.
The first main idea comes right from the first sentence. Harry states, “[as] young as I was, I knew it was all a lie.” This is a very important thing to keep in mind of how a boy at a young age is able to know that this is not real. This shows that he is an intelligent child. That is until the next line in which he reveals his naïve personality.
Biblical Parallels Are All That Is Needed Weather has shaped this story into a Christian novel by giving Biblical parallels and giving another way to look into the eyes of the Joad’s and the migrants. Even in Biblical times weather has helped humanity by giving us a new start: Noah’s Ark or by leading us into something new that we will never be able to find: The Israelites wandering in The Desert for Forty Years. In The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, the reader rationalizes that Steinbeck hints that the novel is fundamentally Christian by using Biblical parallels: The Israelites in the Desert, Noah’s Ark, and God watching over them.
In To Kill A Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee in 1960. Through the book you notice many themes. One of the themes readers will pick up early on in the book is Man’s Inhumanity Towards Man. An example of this theme is in chapter nine.
Every society strives to be perfect, but the truth is most cannot make the sacrifices necessary to achieve perfection. Every society contains too much conflict since different people's’ views and emotions are constantly clashing with each other. These conflicts are the reason why a utopian society cannot be created. In order to have a perfect society, everyone in that society has to have similar motives to eliminate conflicting ideals. Societies have to be willing to sacrifice certain traits, such as emotions and the truth to obtain perfection, but first, they must ask themselves, “is it really worth giving up these traits?”
Writers of every era and every culture have always been influenced by their surroundings, whether that be the landscape itself or the deeply held beliefs of the people living there. These elements come across in their writings, one of the most commonly seen belief or value that can be found in Early British Literature is Christianity. While most of Britain was once occupied by pagans, after the conversion to Christianity these Christian themes can be found penetrating through every era of literature. The Old English epic poem, Beowulf, draws on Christianity to rationalize some of its supernatural elements, turning the pre-conversion myth into a lesson on faith. The Middle English romance, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, uses mysticism and
According to concepts by Foster in How to Read Literature Like a Professor, baptism is utilized in literature as a symbolic figure of rebirth. Baptism could happen in a variety of ways in literature, however, according to Foster, it must be “death and rebirth through the medium of water” (Foster 163). Their Eyes Were Watching God displays the concept of baptism through the brutal and harsh hurricanes that flood Janie’s home in the Everglades. Before the hurricane demolished Janie’s home in the south, Janie was married to Tea Cake, free to do as she wished for the most part but not completely independent. This was the way she lived, until her quiet, peaceful life was completely demolished by the hurricane.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, whose author is unknown, is an Arthurian Romance/Epic that holds a degree of Christian symbolism. These Christian symbols are intermixed with Britannic Pagan traditions and themes in order to appeal more to the common British people at the time of the early Christianization of Britain. This can be supported by the stories of kings being created in the earlier centuries throughout history. In this particular story, this symbolism is important since all the knights of King Arthur’s Court were supposed to follow a certain chivalrous code of conduct, whether present in the courts or away on some other venture. The chivalric code being the embodiment of Christian virtue and valor, which was expected to be personified
Likewise, Jesus died on the cross to save his people, was mourned or disgraced and later resurrected (cf. Murphy, 2011, 31-33). Good and evil: In both Harry Potter and Christianity, there is a good and an evil side. Representatives that symbolise goodness would be on the one hand Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster at Hogwarts, and on the other hand God.
Great works of literature such as Dante’s: Inferno as well as One Thousand and One Nights contain similar themes such as religion, redemption, and love. These themes encompass the philosophical and religious ideas that can be found in both texts. Although Dante’s: Inferno is written on the base of Catholicism and One Thousand and One Nights is written on the base of Islam, the views we are presented with in both are not unique , but rather found in one form or another throughout history and in various cultures spread across the world.
Keeping It Simple You would be hard pressed to find anyone who does not live under a rock that has not at least heard of Harry Potter, if not read a book or seen a movie. The series has become a cultural phenomenon that has people of all ages as loyal fans worldwide. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was the first book in the series by J. K. Rowling that had to have some qualities to capture audiences. Sure, it is a book about magic and adventures, but there are plenty of books about magic in the fantasy genre that never will have the following that Harry Potter does, so what did Rowling do to make this a meaningful story?
Harry always puts his friends first, and in this book one of the people who are put in danger is his close friend Hermione, and in the end his best friend’s sister is abducted. The book’s theme can be compared to many other books, for example The Hunger Games. Katniss, the main character in that book, volunteers to be a part of a dangerous game so that she can protect her little sister. But the book is also about character development and being a good person.
Harry is a master of virtue according to everything from scripture to business ethics. The focus of harry becomes many symposia such as Nimbus and Prophecy and an expected session topic at scholarly gatherings such as The International Conference on the fantastic in the Arts and Meetings of the pop culture Association. While newspaper and magazine critics tented to focus on the social aspects of the Potter phenomenon scholars looked as well as literary person’s ancestors and social background, structures and theme. Rowling’s books are both praised and criticized as fairy tale, which deals with someone’s formative years and schooldays series with their author justly laude for her gift at creating charming details that sweeps readers through a range of literary
Paganism in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The idea of Christianity versus Paganism dramatizes the controversy over the conversion from Paganism to Christianity. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the author uses religion to create conflicting dynamics within characters and plot. Above all, in the poem, the Green Knight represents the Green Man and highlights the flaws in Camelot and the Christian Knights within its court. At the time Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was written, pagan beliefs and myths were still highly prevalent.
