Onam Essays

  • Personal Narrative: My Heritage

    959 Words  | 4 Pages

    Heritage     Throughout the world there are millions of languages and cultures that can be found in even the smallest parts of the smallest countries.  With so many cultures around the world, there is no doubt that every person comes from an ethnic background, whether they are just one race or are more than one race.  These cultures and languages are often passed down through generations of family.  My entire family’s ethnic background is Indian for as far as I can trace it back to.  From my great-grandparents

  • See Esther: The Agagite

    1071 Words  | 5 Pages

    however, his scheme was unmasked, and he was hanged on the gallows he had designed for Mordecai the Jew. See Esther. HAMAN (Hā´ man) Personal name meaning “magnificent.” The Agagite who became prime minister under the Persian king Ahasuerus (Esther 3:1). He was a fierce enemy of the Jews, and he devised a plot to exterminate them. In particular, he had a gallows erected on which he hoped to hang Mordecai because Mordecai would not bow to him. Through the intervention of Esther, however, his scheme