Comparing and Contrasting Ancient Hebrew and Mayan Cultures
In Mayan Culture, it is believed that humans were made out of mud then got destroyed. Then they were made out of wood and corn. The gods thought that they were too perfect so they deformed the humans. They wanted the people to multiply and follow the Mayan calendar but of course they didn't so, the humans were punished.
In the Ancient Hebrew Culture, Adam and Eve were made out of dust. God's only rule was for the two to not eat from the forbidden tree. In the Mayan Culture story, animals didn't speak but in the Ancient Hebrew story, a serpent spoke to Eve. The serpent persuaded her to disobey resulting in a punishment like the gods of the Mayans did to their people.
In a different Ancient Hebrew story, there was a huge flood to wipe out mankind just like the Mayan story. The only difference with the flood in the Ancient Hebrew story is that God let Noah and his family live; the Mayan story didn't let anyone live during the flood. Both stories also have pourquois (an explanation that explains how something has came about).
In the Ancient Hebrew Culture, Adam and Eve were made out of dust. God's only rule was for the two to not eat from the forbidden tree. In the Mayan Culture story, animals didn't speak but in the Ancient Hebrew story, a serpent spoke to Eve. The serpent persuaded her to disobey resulting in a punishment like the gods of the Mayans did to their people.
In a different Ancient Hebrew story, there was a huge flood to wipe out mankind just like the Mayan story. The only difference with the flood in the Ancient Hebrew story is that God let Noah and his family live; the Mayan story didn't let anyone live during the flood. Both stories also have pourquois (an explanation that explains how something has came about).
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Romanticism in Les Miserables
Cosette is a character that represents romanticism throughout the movie, Les Miserables. She represents the celebration of the individual romantic characteristic. When she was a baby, her mother, Fantine gave Cosette away to a family in hopes of a better life. Fantine worked for money and would often give that money to the family that houses her daughter. The family that housed Cosette treated the little girl very poorly and unfairly. They made Cosette do all the chores like Cinderella and let their own daughter (Eponine) do nothing. They spoiled Eponine and treated Cosette like she was not important, less than she actually is. When Fantine passed away, Jean Valjean took Cosette under his wing and out of the family’s “care”.
Fantine represents strong senses, emotions, and feelings because she becomes a prostitute to earn money for her daughter. She did anything she could to earn that money but then she got very ill. That is when she met Jean Valjean and that is when she told him about her daughter and why she did what she did. She did all of this out of love and out of the idea to support her daughter.
Jean Valjean represents interest in the common man and childhood because he wanted to be a father figure for Cosette. After helping out Fantine and watching her pass away, he takes Cosette under his wing. He takes care of her and makes sure she is safe. He also represents importance of imagination because he imagined being a better person and become major. Cosette represents importance of imagination as well because she imagined a better place to live in her sleep. It’s a castle on a cloud where she doesn’t have to do any work. A lady holds and sings to her that she loves her. She also says that crying is not allowed so everything is happy (imagining a happy place).
Fantine represents strong senses, emotions, and feelings because she becomes a prostitute to earn money for her daughter. She did anything she could to earn that money but then she got very ill. That is when she met Jean Valjean and that is when she told him about her daughter and why she did what she did. She did all of this out of love and out of the idea to support her daughter.
Jean Valjean represents interest in the common man and childhood because he wanted to be a father figure for Cosette. After helping out Fantine and watching her pass away, he takes Cosette under his wing. He takes care of her and makes sure she is safe. He also represents importance of imagination because he imagined being a better person and become major. Cosette represents importance of imagination as well because she imagined a better place to live in her sleep. It’s a castle on a cloud where she doesn’t have to do any work. A lady holds and sings to her that she loves her. She also says that crying is not allowed so everything is happy (imagining a happy place).
Character Values Analysis
In How Much Land Does a Man Need?, Pakhom is a poor man that wants more land. He gets involved with the devil by not even knowing it. “Busy as we are from childhood tilling Mother Earth, we peasants have no time to let any nonsense settle in our heads. Our only trouble is that we haven’t land enough. If I had plenty of land, I shouldn’t fear the Devil himself!” This is what Pakhom said and then unfortunately, the Devil overheard him. In Faust: Faust’s Study, Faust gets involved with the Devil as well by making a deal with him. Faust shows intellectual in this story because being intelligent is more important to him than anything. Pakhom shows ambitiousness in his story because he works hard to get more and more land. Although ambitiousness and intellectual is shown in these stories, a passion for something else is shown in each.
Both of these characters have the value of passion for something. Faust has the passion of knowledge and Pakhom has the passion for land. In Faust: Faust’s Study: he makes a deal with the Devil so he can have all the knowledge he wants in the world. The deal was that the Devil has to be Faust’s slave on Earth only if Faust agrees to be his slave in the Underworld. This may have not been a smart deal but Faust made it because his passion for knowledge was so strong. He didn’t care how this choice would affect him in the future. With Pakhom, he has a passion for land, he wants a lot of it. So he gets involved with the Devil as well as Faust did.
Faust has the value of wisdom while Pakhom has the value of a sense of accomplishment. “What a large tract I will mark off! I can easily go thirty-five miles in a day. The days are long now, and within a circuit of thirty-five miles what a lot of land there will be!” Pakhom thought this after he made a deal with the chief and felt so accomplished. Both of these characters shared similar yet different values in their own stories.
Both of these characters have the value of passion for something. Faust has the passion of knowledge and Pakhom has the passion for land. In Faust: Faust’s Study: he makes a deal with the Devil so he can have all the knowledge he wants in the world. The deal was that the Devil has to be Faust’s slave on Earth only if Faust agrees to be his slave in the Underworld. This may have not been a smart deal but Faust made it because his passion for knowledge was so strong. He didn’t care how this choice would affect him in the future. With Pakhom, he has a passion for land, he wants a lot of it. So he gets involved with the Devil as well as Faust did.
Faust has the value of wisdom while Pakhom has the value of a sense of accomplishment. “What a large tract I will mark off! I can easily go thirty-five miles in a day. The days are long now, and within a circuit of thirty-five miles what a lot of land there will be!” Pakhom thought this after he made a deal with the chief and felt so accomplished. Both of these characters shared similar yet different values in their own stories.
Sample of my writing:
The Khmer Rouge
By: Kaetlyn Bunn
Rich or poor?
It did not matter.
It did not matter what kind of status you were apart of,
Cambodian music was always flowing through the streets at night,
People dancing,
Some laughing,
And kids kicking kickballs.
Great times before the Khmer Rouge.
Adults or children?
It did not matter.
It did not matter how old you were,
Both were still tricked into leaving their homes,
Walking for miles, and carrying their belongings with them.
Someone asks if they can stop and take a rest,
But they get ignored.
Someone gets tired and falls, never getting back up,
But they still get ignored.
Someone wants to say something,
But they’re intimidated by the guns in the Khmer Rouge’s hands.
Rich or poor?
It did matter.
It did matter about what kind of status you were apart of.
High ranking, rich, it didn’t matter if you had a good heart or not,
They were done with, as well as music,
Something that brought all Cambodians together.
Everyone else was forced to work in the fields, cut their hair, and worship Angka.
Forced to give up their treasures,
Forced to starve,
Forced to go to different camps,
And forced to separate from their families.
Adults or children?
It did matter.
It did matter how old you were.
Older people were done with, as well as very young children,
Their bones were frail,
They couldn’t work as well as the others.
The teens, preteens, and young adults were forced fight in the war.
Young and innocent minds,
Turned into killing machines,
Fighting and killing anything that came across their path,
Turning into the thing that they were most afraid of,
The Khmer Rouge.
By: Kaetlyn Bunn
Rich or poor?
It did not matter.
It did not matter what kind of status you were apart of,
Cambodian music was always flowing through the streets at night,
People dancing,
Some laughing,
And kids kicking kickballs.
Great times before the Khmer Rouge.
Adults or children?
It did not matter.
It did not matter how old you were,
Both were still tricked into leaving their homes,
Walking for miles, and carrying their belongings with them.
Someone asks if they can stop and take a rest,
But they get ignored.
Someone gets tired and falls, never getting back up,
But they still get ignored.
Someone wants to say something,
But they’re intimidated by the guns in the Khmer Rouge’s hands.
Rich or poor?
It did matter.
It did matter about what kind of status you were apart of.
High ranking, rich, it didn’t matter if you had a good heart or not,
They were done with, as well as music,
Something that brought all Cambodians together.
Everyone else was forced to work in the fields, cut their hair, and worship Angka.
Forced to give up their treasures,
Forced to starve,
Forced to go to different camps,
And forced to separate from their families.
Adults or children?
It did matter.
It did matter how old you were.
Older people were done with, as well as very young children,
Their bones were frail,
They couldn’t work as well as the others.
The teens, preteens, and young adults were forced fight in the war.
Young and innocent minds,
Turned into killing machines,
Fighting and killing anything that came across their path,
Turning into the thing that they were most afraid of,
The Khmer Rouge.