Joshua by Joseph F. Girzone - a Book Report Essay

In Search of the Promised Land Coauthors John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger attempt to depict what slave life was like in their book In Search of the Promised Land. In this book, Franklin and Schweninger recall a slave family’s life based on research done to uncover the life of the Thomas-Rapier family. Sally Thomas, the mother, recalls her family’s adventures of traveling around the United States in search of a promised land that African Americans could be free from poverty and injustice. This book casts a quite different light on the view of slavery. While there is still the fear of being sold and separated from each other.

His mother was very religious and so he took than from her, while his father passed on a deep interest in the military. As a child, Joshua Chamberlain was shy, and he stammered a lot. At a young age he worked in a brickyard and in the timber industry before taking a teaching job in 1846. A studious young man, however, he set his sights on college, and to prepare, he studied Greek, rhetoric, and Latin. Chamberlain was accepted to Bowdoin College in 1848 and graduated in 1852. He then spent three years at the Bangor Theological Seminary. However after he completed his training there, he took a teaching job at Bowdoin rather than work as a minister. On December 7, 1855, he married Frances

Throughout the book, Jericho, Josh’s and November’s friend, is conflicted about his decision to leave band in order to join the football team. In the end, Jericho decides to return to band by telling his band teacher this, “I’m dusting off my trumpet. I need my music. When football season is over, I’m coming back to music class, if that’s okay with you.” I feel the same way about music. When I’m in band class, I’m able to express my deepest feelings in the music. These feelings shine bright in all styles. This includes styles such as jazz, Jericho’s specialty, or even military marches; music gives both Jericho and I a medium for expressing our feelings.

In the Letter to a Birmingham Jail edited by Bryan Loritts, the reader is given several reflections from various individuals who were influenced by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 's A Letter from Birmingham Jail. These various accounts contain an overall theme of injustice, inequality and focus on how the church plays a pivotal role in correcting such societal issues. In the section, A Painful Joyful Journey, the reader reviews the life of Crawford W. Lorittis Jr. and his navigation in the North as an educated black man. In this section he addresses the many societal adjustments he had to encounter throughout life. Often criticized by both the Black and White community, Lorritis sought validation from both groups, as a way to gain self-worth.

In this essay, we will discuss two pieces of literature, Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave”, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”. Both pieces are “about defying what is expected of you in order to do what is right.” Plato’s allegory is about a man who was born a prisoner, stuck in one position, who is later freed and experiences life outside of the cave. King Jr. explains his reason for being in a jail. We will discuss how they were both faced with opposition, and I will detail a time where I was faced with opposition while going again societal “norms”.

In his book Elijah Anderson tries to describe how life is, living in a black poor community in an American town known as Inner-city. In this area everyone is struggling financially and seem distant from the rest of America. The main social class in this town is the “decent” and the “street” families as the community has labeled them. The labeling by the local is as a result of social contest between the inhabitants. The line between a decent and street family is usually very thin, it’s based on a family evaluation of itself labeling itself decent and the other street. The irony is that families bearing a street label may value itself as decent and still valuing other families’ street. However, this labels form the basis of understanding inner-city community lifestyle. The community has many of the white society middle class values but they know the values don’t hold water in the street. They say it does not provide the attitude of a person who can take care of themselves in the street.

Robert Moses has become a controversial figure in urban planning. He has built many important buildings, roads, and parks that make New York City the special place it is today. However, he has destroyed many old neighborhoods and created a different sense of community. Do you think he will be remembered as a positive or negative influence on the growth and development of NYC?

This book presents two individuals, named Richard and Perry, who strived to do a few things once they were out of prison that were very horrific, and unbearable which by any means is not permissible. During and after the killings of the Clutter family, Perry comes to his senses and speaks on the aftermath of what these killings have brought upon him. “The sounds of breathing, the gasps, the hysterical inhalations of a man with a severed windpipe. When Perry said, “I think there must be something wrong with us,” he was making an admission he “hated to make” (110). Criminals who admit on their behavior. The position becomes, are they human beings anymore, or are they dehumanized? The fact that Perry Smith comes to the realization that they are demented, should they be given a chance? The level of detail that speaks

F.) Why was reestablishing oxygen flow to Joseph’s body so important? What processes would be affected by the lack of oxygen?

During the early 1980’s, crime rate in New York was at its peak. To prove this point, Gladwell gives an example of the Bernard Goetz shooting. Gladwell also highlights that Goetz was viewed as a hero and people celebrated when he was easily acquitted on charges of assault and attempted murder. Gladwell mentions this to give us an example of the incidents that used to take place on the subways

The year is 1977 in El Salvador, a time of deep public and political unrest, where injustices are high among the people and there exists a great divide between the rich and the poor, it is during this time that the Vatican elevated Oscar Romero to the position of Arch Bishop of San Salvador. Romero is elevated in hopes that with his quite, passive demurer and diminishing health that he would accept the status quo and not cause a military dispute; however, much to everyone’s surprise, Romero became the voice of the poor and took a stand against the exiguous government and hostile military, which begin to target priests. Romero was passive at first, afraid of government’s hostility, but over time, he did not give up on his people and was

In Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath, he describes the struggle of the small farmer and farmworker. The principal characters define quiet dignity and courage in their struggle to survive and in the caring for their loved ones. Through this novel, Steinbeck displays his respect for all the poor and oppressed of our world.

As there are many satirical components in this book, Heller could not miss the opportunity to observe the science of success in contemporary society. Statistically speaking, the average CEO has been diagnosed with an anti-social disorder which means that they do not have a moral compass. In order to get what they need, they will use these methods in order to succeed. Heller sees that these business leaders are not necessarily intelligent, but more that they have learned the system. Any fool can learn a system and manipulate its outcome; therefore, it does not require a brain, merely a soulless

There are thousands of stories in the Bible, but one stands out in particular; the story of Joseph. The Hebrew meaning of the name Joseph is “may Jehovah add, give increase.”1 Through the life of Joseph we see God add meaning and purpose to his life, just as God adds meaning and purpose to all our lives. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”2 Joseph obediently followed God’s plans through trials and tribulations whereas many other figures in the Old Testament faltered in their faith. Joseph, son of Jacob, is the single most important human being in the Old Testament because of his impeccable faith to the one true God and his story of forgiveness that set the stage for God’s chosen people.

Joshua the High priest, another Joshua than the one who led the children of Israel into the promised land, now standing before an angel of the Lord, and Satan ready to accuse him. The angel of the Lord is Christ, known as a pre-incarnation appearance of Christ. Satan waits for an opportunity to strike out against those God desires to use for His purpose. The accuser is Satan who stands at Joshua 's right hand. Satan was not happy that he had recently come out of captivity in Babylon to work for the Lord. He desired to make Joshua miserable, and to accuse him before the Lord. The Lord stood up for Joshua, rebuking Satan. Christ claimed ownership of Joshua as he was a brand plucked out of the fire. He was a chosen vessel for the Lord 's use, even though he was clothed in filthy garments. Christ had pity on him and cleaned him