Essays on Forgiveness

Simon Wiesental’s The Sunflower represents a very complex problem in our world especially in keeping up a good relationship with others. It provides lots of dilemma, irony, and hesitation which relevant to our matters nowadays. Simon, who is a former prison in German’s concentration camp, meets about a dying Nazi soldier, whose job was slaughtering…

Spousal Emotional Abuse (SEA) is a critical issue facing women in North America (Reed & Enright, 2006, p. 920). Approximately 35% of women have experienced various forms of SEA with long-lasting negative psychological outcomes (Reed & Enright, 2006, p. 920). Forgiveness Therapy (FT) is a new therapeutic modality which can potentially treat women who experience…

Several researchers have conducted research studies in the field of forgiveness and religion. Following is a review of some of the few prominent research studies and their findings: Conducted a meta-analysis with 53 articles, reporting 70 studies that addressed gender and forgiveness. Methodological moderators such as: a]type of sample, b]target of forgiveness, c]trait, state or familiarity/marital…

People tend to say the quote “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”. The quote basically implies that when someone gets something from you, they have to pay it back with something of equal value in return, whether they like it or not. Constitutionally, the said quote applies. When a person commits…

Through the novel Les Miserables, Victor Hugo depicts the rigor and cruelty of the French society in the 19th century. Although human beings all have the inclination toward sinning and making mistakes, the harsh and inhumane laws enforced by a corrupt government system made people miserable, forming many prejudices. Jean Valjean, the protagonist of this…

Many of us can believe of person who has hurt us severely. How hard it can be for us to forgive that individual. Even if we avoid seeking retaliation. we may keep on to a score. Our society doesn’t encourage forgiveness. On the reverse. when we are hurt we are told: “Don’t acquire angry ;…

The central theme of the poem “Blackberries” by Yusef Komunyakaa is a young man’s day spent devouring handfuls of blackberries. Komunyakaa vividly describes the stains left by the juicy berries, as well as the memories they evoke. The narrator’s fingers are not only stained by the berries’ juices, but also by the blood from picking…

It was a particular time of the year, when foreigners or as some call them “khawajats” visit our country, Sudan. Hours went by, and nobody opened their car windows to hand me money. Despite that, I couldn’t help but notice how complex and sophisticated the cars were. The shiny gloss that appears every time the…

Everyone commits mistakes, however, not everyone is willing to admit they did something wrong and apologize. Forgiveness in business is essential in keeping a harmonious working relationship among the organization members. But, to be able to receive compassion and forgiveness in the workplace, one must be willing to acknowledge his or her mistake and offer…

Summary In this journal article the authors, Hall & Fincham (2005), give great insights of what self-forgiveness actually means. Self-Forgiveness have various definitions that are given in the social sciences literature and the philosophy literature. In the social science literature self-forgiveness is define as self–love and respect in the face of one’s own wrong doing,…