Blood ... Terror ...and Insanity are 3 words you can use to explain Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers. It recalls the Vietnam War through the eyes of Richard Perry‚ an African-American soldier. Perry goes through a lot of changes and sees some of his good friends die in battle fighting for a cause that no one could agree upon. The book has 4 other main characters‚ Lobel‚ Johnson‚ Brunner‚ and Peewee. Myers’ Fallen Angels takes a dive into the harsh reality of modern war. The realistic depictions
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and the reparations owed from the treaty. The Christian response to this‚ and other crises of the time‚ was quite interesting. While Henry Fosdick’s “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” advocated less for doctrine and more towards a social gospel that Walter Rauschenbusch’s “Christianity and the Social Crisis” emphasized‚ Clarence MacArtney’s “Shall Unbelief Win” did not agree with Fosdick. Much of What Fosdick argued for pointed back towards the work of Rauschenbusch. In referring to the kingdom of
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and consequences are not considered. People will go to great lengths to survive no matter what happens in the process. Teenagers are a few of those people who can get lost in this chaotic world and do things to survive without considering the cost. Walter Dean Myers Dope Sick displays the life of a teenager named Lil J‚ who has lived through layers of pain and has to make difficult decisions. His life is troublesome with a drunken mother who has neglected him his whole life and a disappeared father
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Study Guide – CMNS 110‚ Fall 2013 The following is a hierarchical list of concepts‚ theories‚ illustrations and questions of which you will need to have a comprehensive grasp in order to complete the midterm exam. The list is exhaustive – it’s everything we’ve covered this term thus far. If you know everything that’s here (and know where to find it in our readings and lecture slides)‚ then you’ll have all of the answers you’ll need for this test of knowledge. Where relevant/appropriate‚ I
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“”Empty fantasies” these myths certainly are not. On the contrary‚ they contain much more that is real than if they were reporting that which had once occurred”.1 This quote by Walter F. Otto in his book‚ Dionysus: Myth and Cult‚ though used for a specific example‚ articulately and briefly explains why we read myths at all. They tell us not only about the people of the time‚ but also about ourselves. Through myths we can learn about a culture’s values‚ about why we choose to or not to devote our
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Hopeful Imagination Prophetic voices in Exile (Walter Brueggemann) A Book Review by PJ Shrestha METHODIST THEOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Lecturer: Prof. Lim Sang Kook Submission Date: 12/10/2012 HOPEFUL IMAGINATION: PROPHETIC VOICES IN EXILE Walter Brueggemann Fortress Press‚ 1986 In this book Walter Brueggemann looks at the three most prominent prophets during the period of the Jews’ exile in Babylon after and around the time of 587 B.C. What links Jeremiah‚ Ezekiel and 2nd Isaiah is that
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Walter Benjamin and Umberto Eco both present their views on imitation and authenticity in their respective works “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” and “Travels in Hyperreality‚” providing distinctive philosophies on the effects of reproductive technology on society. What are Benjamin’s views of authenticity? How does Eco take the “absolute fake” to be the hallmark of American civilization? Finally‚ does the “absolute fake” or inauthenticity pose a greater threat to today’s society
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Jess Walter’s writing was definitely an interesting read and I felt like it was unlike any of the other readings that we have read thus far. It kept me interested in the story and I felt that was partly because of the mystery that came with it. The end of the story was a little suspenseful‚ not exactly knowing how the story was going to continue until you kept reading. Overall‚ it was a good short read. Gloria Bird’s writing and Sherman Alexie’s writings were my top favorites out of this folder
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Walter Crane was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential‚ and among the most prolific‚ children’s book creator of his generation. His work featured some of the more colorful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children’s stories for decades to come. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings‚ illustrations‚ children’s books‚ ceramic tiles and other
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