Essay Joseph Andrews

Abigail, niese of the reputable Reverend Parris, was one of these characters whose morality was tested throughout

While many obstacles get in the way of friendship, true friendship still lives, even in silence. In the book, The Chosen , By Chaim Potok, two boys, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders, who are very religiously different and both raised in completely opposite ways, develops a deep friendship. Their friendship opens up their worldview to many other different viewpoints in life. The friendship between these two boys is one with great religious significance, starting off with destiny and Gods will. As Danny and Reuven’s Friendship develops, it teaches them to respond wisely to the values of the more complex and secular world. It also teaches the true value of friendship. Because Danny’s father, Reb

The second character, Arthur Dimmesdale is the epitome of hypocrisy. Hawthorne intended his name to have symbolic meaning, Dimmesdale meaning dim or not very bright. Arthur might be bright in the areas of theology, but when it comes to hypocrisy, he is a fool. Dimmesdale says very near the beginning of the book “What can thy silence do for him, except to tempt him---yea, compel him, as it were---to add hypocrisy to sin?”(Dimmesdale 47). He knows what will happen to him if he endures his sin in private, but he is too weak at this point in the book to admit it. The tapestries of biblical adultery, which are found in Arthur’s room, are hypocritical. These are supposed to help him atone for his sins by making him feel guilty, but he feels no better. Arthur goes and preaches every week on how bad sin is, and how he is the worst sinner of them all. These partial confessions just make him more of a hypocrite. Dimmesdale knows how the parishioners will interpret these confessions; he is not blind to their looks of adoration. Dimmesdale enjoys

Joseph Plumb Martin was born “upon the twenty-first of November, in the year of 1760” (Martin 6). His grandparents raised him on their Connecticut farm. Inspired by the Battles of Lexington and Concord he decided to enlist into the army. He was eager to help for the patriotic cause. In June of 1776, at the age of 15, Martin was able to enlist but didn’t want to sign up for a long enlistment. Soldiers at the time were enlisting for a year’s service but he did not like that and thought it was too long a time for him for the first trial, “I wished only to take a priming before I took upon me the whole coat of paint for a soldier” (Martin 16). Orders soon came allowing men to enlist for six months so Martin enrolled in the Connecticut

Voltaire was a famous philosopher that was strongly against an organized religion. A quote from Candide shows Voltaire curiosity of life in general. The quote states, “But for what purpose was the earth formed?” He believed in a more “open” religion rather than a set religion in which you had to strongly abide by. In Candide, the main character comes across many different religious figures in which are depicted as corrupt. This includes the Inquisitor, the Jesuit Baron and the Protestant minister. Voltaire depicts each of these religious figures as self-righteous and morally corrupt. Although, Voltaire does make an exception with the Anabaptist. Anabaptists were often persecuted which led to Voltaire defending them in the novel. James the Anabaptist

is ambiguous. Reverend John Hale was a good man in the sense of being the

Their backgrounds were similar since they both were Puritans and well educated. However, their personality was completely different to each other. Although it is not very clear in the beginning of the play, as the story goes on, it becomes clear that they are different. The major difference between these characters is that Reverend Parris is extremely greedy and self-centered. He cares a lot about his reputation in the town rather than being a good minister. In Act 1, this is shown when he is talking to Abigail about her actions in the woods the previous night. He says, “ Abigail, I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character” (Miller 11). This shows that he is worried about how this whole situation caused by Abigail might ruin his reputation. Additionally, he says, “ It must come out – my enemies will bring it out. Let me know what you done there. Abigail, do you understand that I have many enemies?” (Miller 10). This is another example that shows instead of being worried about the witchcraft itself, he is more worried about his reputation and the minister position. It is also shown that Reverend Parris is more concerned with his salary and wood than his daughter’s health when John Proctor says, “ Mr. Parris, you are the first minister ever did demand the deed to this house” (Miller 30). On the other hand, Reverend Hale is completely opposite from Reverend Parris. As Reverend Hale is introduced, it is mentioned that Hale once gave a woman he does not know “…his kindness and a few days of rest in his own house” (Miller 33). Unlike Reverend Parris, Hale is very kind that he let a woman stay at his house. In the play, he is also described as a very calm guy. When everyone was panicking about the witchcraft, he stayed calm

John Smith is one of the most famous people in American literature history. He was a dedicated man to his country of England, and wanted nothing more than to claim America in the name of the king. During his adventures to the new land he encountered many new things and people including a young Native American woman named Pocahontas. He also wrote many journals enticing people to want to come to America. This shall tell you the story of John Smith from his journeys as a young man all the way to when he finally came to America, and how his writings still influence people to immigrate to America still today.

I am truly honored to accept the Joseph Fleming Endowment Scholarship. Thank you for the honor to receive this scholarship and the assistance for my education from Iowa State University. My childhood dream was to come Iowa State and to study agriculture. I can’t thank you enough for the scholarship award to help me finance my education at Iowa State.

One of the most influential black politicians in American history, Andrew Young has made countless contributions towards the advancement of civil liberties across the globe. In the third chapter of Andrew J. DeRoche’s biography Andrew Young: Civil Rights Ambassador, he successfully details how Young applied his experience in the Civil Rights Movement to his political career to help achieve peace and promote human rights in the United States and throughout the developing world. DeRoche’s research uses many primary sources such as a personal interview, excerpts from Young’s own autobiography, and direct quotes from speeches he made in Congress, making his study both thorough and reliable. Ultimately, DeRoche’s

Andrew Jackson strongly opposed the Second National Bank of the United States. The Panic of 1819 was a key motivator for the destruction of the Second National Bank for Andrew Jackson and many Americans (Shepard Software “Andrew Jackson”); it left many Americans unemployed and hundreds of businesses bankrupt especially farming businesses. A lot of the blame of the Panic of 1819 was put onto the Second Bank of the United States (Remini, American Empire, 164), and Jackson strongly believed it was the bank’s fault. As a supporter of farmers, and the common man, Andrew Jackson targeted the Second Bank of the United States (Remini, American Democracy 161). Though there are many reasons for Andrew Jackson’s opposition, was there

As with playing the “What If” game (asking “what if” incessantly to explore each aspect of a situation), so did a chain of events occur that caused this relationship to form.

claiming his right as a prisoner of war not to be treated like a servant. The

Hypocrisy is characteristic of the adults in this story. The priest is by far the most obvious offender. What is a man of the cloth doing with books like The Abbott (a romantic novel) and The Memoirs of Vidocq (a collection of sexually suggestive tales)? These books imply that he led a double life. Moreover, the fact that he had money to give away when he died suggests that he was far from saintly. Similarly, at first glance Mrs. Mercer appears to be religious, but a closer look

for ten or eleven years, Joseph Andrews was in the administration of Sir Thomas Booby, the uncle of Squire Booby, who was hitched to the prudent Pamela, Joseph 's sister. At the point when Lord Booby passes on, Joseph from the beginning stays in the utilize of Lady Booby as her footman. This woman, much more seasoned than her twenty-one-year-old servant and evidently minimal irritated by her spouse 's demise, is pulled in to the charming mannered, attractive young person. Joseph, be that as it may, is as prudent as his renowned sister, and when Lady Booby 's advances ended up such that even his honesty can no more disregard their