Sunday, March 22, 2020

Imani Tunstall Essays - Religion, Indian Religions,

Imani Tunstall Tanya Van Duyn 10th grade history October 10,2017 have you ever done something good like help someone with something and then something good happens to you whether it is in this life or the next ?well that is called karma.there is good karma and there is bad karma but either way it all comes back to you.karma is what people who believe in Hinduism. hinduism is the overlapping belief of diverse group that settled in ancient India and does not have a single founder and doesn't have a single text that is scared to the people who believe in this religion, later people migrated into South Asia brought other belief making Hinduism the worlds most complex religion with countless gods and goddess, many different forms of worship but all Hindus do share the same basic beliefs which is everything in the universe is apart of the unchanging all powerful spiritual force brahman.

Thursday, March 5, 2020

The Green Mile (book) essays

The Green Mile (book) essays He wore chains on his arms and across his water barrel of a chest; He wore legirons on his ankles and shuffled a chain between them that sounded like cascading coins as it ran down the lime-coloured corridor between the cells You have just been introduced to the man who was convicted of raping and murdering two young girls, the man who was convicted to meet Old Sparkey on death row (The Green Mile), you have just met John Coffey. The Green Mile is Death row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary, it holds such condemned killers like Wild Billy Wharton and the possessed Cajun Eduard Delacroix with his pet mouse. The new inmate, John Coffey, seems to strike an emotional chord with the head prison guard, Paul Edgecombe, an understanding character but an unfortunate victim of a urinary infection. The minute Coffey is introduced to his cell he seems to break down and on being asked if he had any questions he replied Do you leave a light on after bedtime... Because I get a little scared in the dark sometimes, if its a strange place. This worried, discouraged voice is of a convicted killer but Paul Edgecombe seems to think otherwise. When reading this I seemed to feel sorry for John Coffey because he appears to be emotionally distraught and doesnt contain the mind and conscience of a killer. When Coffey is told to sleep he lay on his bed, feet hanging off the end, and silently started to weep. This part made the reader feel quite sorry for John Coffey as it becomes apparent that John could be innocent and he is going through hell in prison. It makes you wander that if John Coffey should be there. The story starts to turn when John Coffey asks Paul Edgecombe to approach his cell because Coffey claims to feel and know about Edgecombes pain. As Edgecombe draws nearer to the cell, Coffey sits up He patted the mattress beside him, his eyes never once leaving mine Paul Edgec...