Essays about Culture Page 299

C.S. Lewis, who converted from atheism to Christianity, puts together various arguments about Christianity in his book Mere Christianity. There are two chapters in Book 2 that I found interesting and will analyze; Chapter 1, The Rival Conceptions of God and Chapter 2, The Invasion. Each chapter presents different views on Christianity with respect to…

Adrienne Rich’s essay “Split at the Root: An Essay on Jewish Identity” explores her personal journey as a mixed Jewish-Gentile individual in a predominantly non-Jewish society. She discusses the pressure to hide one’s true identity and conform to societal norms, focusing on how religion, ethnicity, and social characteristics are used as means of suppression. Rich…

In the story “Everyday Use,” Alice Walker explores the theme of distorted heritage influenced by society, as well as the true heritage found within family. The narration suggests that Dee, the eldest daughter, lacks an understanding of her genuine heritage. Dee’s perception of her heritage becomes clouded due to her time spent away at school…

Introduction Curiosity is a big part of life, so it’s not unusual that several of us ask questions concerning life and existence. Examples of these questions may be: How did the universe begin? Is God real? Why is life the way it is now? Many of these inquiries have been around since the start of…

Consistently making factual statements is also a testament to Meursault’s amoral nature as it manifests his psychological disentanglement from the world. Meursault would easily convince the masses he is not an outlier by shedding false tears in during his mother’s funeral. He also refuses to cave in when the judge pressures him to declare his…

America is in a perilous state. That is what Hedrick Smith, author of “Who Stole The American Dream”, has taught me. This literary work takes it’s readers through America’s economic and political past, present and future with deep analysis. It questions our country’s fundamental roots and how they have gone astray. This book also comes…

Tony Robbins once said that “only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment”. True fulfillment is a state of being that everyone craves, something that makes them feel complete and truly at peace. Hinduism, a major religion and the one represented in the Mahabharata, focuses…

Religion shapes society by providing a system in which a community is held together. According to the Sacred Quest, we can see examples of how religion can give society its “glue” by looking at the Navajo religion and how their origin story tells them where they came from and how they “fit” into the world”….

St. Anselm of Canterbury was between the age seventy-six and seventy-seven when he died. He was born around the year 1033-1034 in Aosta, Lombardy and died on April 21, 1109 in Canterbury. St. Anselm contributed to the philosophical system and tendencies of Christian thinkers known as “Scholasticism” (Pieper, Josef). He also contributed to the discovery…

Who’s that one person we look up too? It could be a family member, friend, or even a teacher. We tend to find someone who seems to have everything together going on within their life and conductly has a clear mindset of the goals they are willing to achieve. From sticking within the cracks of…