Message to Young People Summary

" The holy work of god has to be attended to and if we are crushed and humbled to the very dust, as also laughing stocks to all who know us, we must be faithful and look for rest and peace only in heaven"

Well-known essayist, short story writer and editor, Joseph Epstein, in his observational essay, The Perpetual Adolescent, indicate that modern adults behave much more childish than their previous generation peers. The Epstein’s purpose is to reveal to the reader that nowadays, people want to stay young forever. He creates a contemptuous tone in order to convey to his readers the picture of contemporary grownups’, and suggests how ridicules their immature behavior is. He’s addressing young and middle age people, and pointing out that it’s taking them too much time to grow up and mature.

In the essay "Let Teenagers Try Adulthood", Leon Botstein expresses that the "superficial definitions" of high school students present a reason that they should be allowed to begin their lives in the working world rather than to prolong their education. Botstein is correct in proclaiming that high schools are breeding grounds for "cliques" and "artificial intensity”, and his address of the “flawed institution” of high school is cogent and fitting.

They won’t be able to go out on their own when they get out of college because their parents have done absolutely everything for them in life. They aren’t going to even know how to turn a stove on, they aren’t going to know how to do their own laundry, they aren't going to know how to be polite to somebody when they mess up, they aren't going to know how to do the most simplest things in life because they were consumed with the degree of the triangle if the leg was ten cm and the hypotenuse was twenty-three cm. The child generation is consumed of things that aren’t that important in life, they are now missing their personalities. They are missing their foundation of an

1.1 Explain why working in partnership with others is important for children and young people

Nineteenth-century children’s periodicals such as Boston’s The Youth’s Companion were infused with moral tales like “Frank’s Short-Cake,” which emphasized the formation of proper character at an early age. Fictional accounts of the escapades and frivolity of youth entertained readers, and

Satan cannot stand the idea of subjection, and this also leads to his fall. It is a thoroughly Satanic idea that gratitude to God for creation is an immense debt (4.52), and this also was present before his fall. Satan reasons that repentance is futile, and neither possible by him or allowable by God (4.103-4). Satan says that if he were pardoned, it would not take him long to "unsay / what feigned submission swore," because reconcilement cannot grow where hate resides so deeply (4.95-99). Therefore, even if given a second chance, Satan would choose to fall once more. This ties in with the meaning of second soliloquy, presented later.

Satan’s fall can be easily broken up into four steps: he came to think of himself too highly, putting himself equal to God; he made a following for himself; he plotted a rebellion with his fellow rebel angels; and he attempted to carry out the rebellion. His attempt to overthrow God and obtain power was, however, futile and easily thwarted. Satan was severely demoted and he spent the rest of the plot trying to pervert every good thing as if it would be to any avail to do so. He attempted to exert his own powers over creation and tried to get a foothold so that he could gain more power. His extreme arrogance led to his fall from grace. “This is the same willfulness which lies behind his rebellious claim in heaven that he is ‘self-begot’…What Satan the general refuses to give up here…is…individual glory, which he pursues at all costs.” (Loewenstein, 56-57). Considering that Satan was an angel in the presence of God at the beginning, he had no excuse such as ignorance to claim. Satan’s rebellion began within himself with little else to prompt him. Satan had the ambition to raise a rebel force, but army or no army, he surely would have thought himself more powerful than he ought have. His pride also got in the way of him ever being restored to his former position. “As part of his task of exculpating God…Satan explains that even if he could repent and get back to heaven ‘by act of grace’, it would do

First, to prove that Satan must be something more than a mere “favored” angel, some kind of divine being, let us consider Adam’s longing for a companion (as I think the concept here holds basis): he reasons with God as to why it is appropriate for him to have an equality alongside, and of course, God, “not displeased,” grants Adam’s request, that is to become, Eve. Now imagine God in the shoes of Adam, that is

Following the standards of classic tragic heroes, Satan is a determined leader with an extreme amount of hubris. He knows that God is the most powerful being and yet he still

Satan encourages his followers and reminds them of their original cause. He shows great leadership skills by re-emphasizing their ideas that at least when they are reigning in Hell, G-d doesn't interfere, and although it is Hell it is still worth ruling rather than serving in Heaven. Satan is dwelling on his power which could be seen as his tragic flaw. He is allowing his pride and ego to surface by glorifying Hell (calling it "profoundest") and declaring himself in possession of Hell. He starts to think of the idea of Heaven and Hell as a mindset. He starts to believe that the mind is what creates a place as Heaven and a place as Hell. Satan feels as though Heaven is Hell because he must serve G-d there, but in Hell, he has a true Heaven because he is served and worshipped. This could be determined as his tragic flaw.

...obedience to Christ must be our chief aim, for he alone pronounces words of life. When faced with complex and difficult questions, we would do well to step back from the brink, and once again listen with keen determination to the still, small voice of our Lord, for he alone “will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms,

The problem of giving young adults incredibly long sentences and in some cases, life in prison as a result of being tried as adults is a grave one. Juvenile life without parole is essentially the act of removing a child from society without having given him or her the opportunity to really grow and become the person they could have. The United States is the only country that imposes such a heavy sentence on people under the age of eighteen. Not only are most of the juveniles sentenced to life coming from very troubled homes with little or no direction in life other than towards a life of crime, but the costs of supporting these lifers is immense. Some estimates show that the annual cost of incarceration per inmate is about $31,000, a number which increases to $65,000 beyond the age of 55. A lifetime sentence of a juvenile will cost taxpayers in incredible amount of money.

Thirdly, unity is important between generations of old and young. The younger generation often takes advantage of what the older generation fought for. This generation should appreciate what the past generation died for, and even seek counsel from the wise elders. We must always keep in mind the people who are willing to help us with questions everyone should have a mentor or someone knowledgeable to guide them in the right direction. The barrier between age needs to stop, or taking things for less than what they are will never end.

Aside from his ability to reason, and also to bring others to think for themselves, Satan is also highly independent and refuses to let himself be controlled by someone who he does not think to be worthy of