Jonah And Intertextual Dialogue Analysis

Antonio begged God to forgive Andrew (Antonio’s brother) “Your brother has sinned with the whores, and so I condemn him to hell for eternity!”(Pg.173). Antonio’s demeanor portrayed confusion and fear of why he is the chosen one to save his brothers when he is hopeful for their saving of him. “Oh, I cried, forgive me Lord! I have sinned, I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed.

Throughout this novella, the denied ability to have an exclusive title other than just a number, the critical circumstances of the feared concentration camp Auschwitz, and the disability to obtain a soul, all contribute to Elie’s incredulity towards his faith. Family titles and names are a prodigious gift from God. To acquire a name means that there is an importance for the individual’s life. Without names, an individual has no meaning and no worth. The SS men have replaced their captives original names for irrelevant numbers as shown in the following quote, “I became A-7713.

So finally when he is about to pass he confesses his sin publicly, and is saved from the torment and presumably from Hell itself. Now Satan or Chillingworth cannot fathom that his victim is now gone, out of reach, in a place where he isn 't going, now

The people had already put aside their emotions for others, and began to give up all hope for a better life, and then the public executions made many give up their religious beliefs and hope for a nice afterlife. Whenever the gallows first showed up, and the first hanging of a boy took place, Elie thought, “this boy, leaning up against the gallows, deeply upset me”(Wiesel, 62). The sense of justice and that the good were rewarded and the bad were punished began to fade. The Jews can see that the judges in the camps can do as they please and choose who lives and dies, and that the sentences are not always fair. The crematorium did not involve them looking death in the face, but with the gallows they were dehumanized because they could not look away from the facts that life is not fair and just, and that their beliefs should be doubted.

By using biblical allusions, he is relating to people of holy nature and those that have strayed from religion that would understand the “falling from grace” and the “thirst” remaining. The biblical references shift from beginning to end. In the beginning Soto uses the references to show his guilty sin, treating it as a dirty secret that fuels his “boredom for sin.” Then near then end the references become dark in the recollection of his sin. Relating to Adam and Eve being cast out because of tasting the forbidden fruit and being unable to contain their want in comparison to himself being overcome by “sweet” and

However, despite his tenacious attempts to separate himself from a godless world and live in purity, Nathan continuously perverts the Word of God, thus demonstrating his failure to defeat his enemies. He clings to the Apocrypha, a collection of books that Jews and Protestant Christians generally reject as canon; he boldly proclaims “Jesus is Bangala!” during his services, warping both the Kongolese language and his audience’s perspective of Jesus Christ; he acts ashamed when he has sex with his wife, much like the shame that Adam and Eve felt when they realized they were naked after disobeying God. In fact, Nathan behaves as if every encounter with other human beings is his reenactment of Jesus being tempted by Satan. He uses the Bible as a weapon, or a punishment; he is defensive and

The cruelty and hardships Elie experiences brings forth a distrust in humanity. During Elie’s first exposure to the anti-Semitic movement, “all he [feels is] pity”(Wiesel 7). Eli’s reaction exemplifies his progressive severance of relationships to prolong his illusions of hope. Within the “hermetically sealed cattle car”, Elie encounters the “shattered” Mrs. Schachter (24). The insane woman highlights the Jews disgust towards the somewhat inevitable insanity they face.

In a passage, Elie states, “Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live” (34). As a dedicated follower of God, Elie gets frustrated by God’s silence. Several Jews wonder where God is when men, women and children were exterminated within the matter of seconds. Elie wonders how God can allow such cruelty to occur. In a similar event, Mr. Wiesel gets beaten by Idek.

You are blind, your ears and mind as well as eyes” (23). Oedipus mocks the blind prophet, but eventually becomes​ what he had laughed at: a man who no longer sees the world of lies surrounding him, only the truth. After Oedipus understands the underlying truth, he blinds himself; he has become like Tiresias, blind to the world yet can finally see his despicable fate. Tiresias merely told Oedipus the truth, but it was Oedipus’ own fixation on the literal meaning of blindness wrong that caused his eventual downfall. The prophet is able to see past the literal meaning for blindness, unlike Oedipus who is fixated on it.

In the tragedy of Othello, the protagonist Othello transforms from a loving husband to a paranoid shell of himself, tortured by delusions of infidelity. At the beginning of the play, Othello and his new bride, Desdemona are married despite their differences in age, race and background. Othello was initially accused of using “witchcraft” to lure Desdemona into marriage. After Desdemona assured her father before the senate that her loyalties are now divided between her father and her new husband and she was willingly embarking on this new chapter, he bestowed his blessing upon the couple.

Many who had a faith, had their relationship with God put through several trials and tribulations. Some relationships prevailed, and some failed, but the questioning was fundamental. As Moshe the Beadle says, “I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.” (pg 33) The Holocaust forced many people to ask horrible questions concerning their relationship with God, but the fact that one is asking the questions in the first place, still proves their faith.

Kingsolver’s first goal of the Poisonwood Bible is proposing how an individual could make peace with the aftermath of their worst mistakes and flaws, as shown through the voices of the Price girls. Kingsolver’s decision to leave Nathan Price voiceless represents the seemingly untouchable arrogance and offensiveness of large powers that drag peaceful innocents into conflict for their own gain. Nathan has no voice because Kingsolver wanted him to be viewed from the outside. Nathan is the uncontrollable darkness that festers in humanity; he is the crimes of a previous generation that are inherited by a new, unsympathetic one that is helpless to change its past and must come to terms with it. Therefore Kingsolver’s main goal of the Poisonwood Bible was for different generations and their individuals to question their preexisting beliefs and spark moral conversations and debates amongst each

Sweet Rebecca Nurse shall hang! Poor John Proctor, his reputation torn to ruins by the very people that claim to follow your justice! Still unwilling to cave into confessing a lie even after being sentenced to his untimely death. I have not upheld the justice of my Lord as he has, and yet he is the sinner! Why do the wicked benefit while the just are persecuted?

Not only did they experience discrimination as a whole, Wakatsuki and Wiesel experienced discrimination first hand, In Night when Wiesel first sees Dr.Mengle he claims that “He looked us over as if we were a pack of leprous dogs.” What we can gather from this is that Dr.Mengle was not fond of the Jews in any way. Wakatsuki from Farewell to Manzanar also experiences discrimination. When Wakatsuki receives a new teacher she claims that “She would have nothing to do with me. ”(Wakatsuki 29)

In 'Night ', one of the key themes entails Eliezer’s struggle to uphold his faith in a compassionate God. Throughout this text, the writer highlights his loss of faith in various aspects. At the beginning of this narrative, Eliezer’s faith in God is unconditional. In an attempt to elaborate on the reasons behind this absolute faith and devotion to God, he asserts “Why did I pray?... Why did I live?