Category: 11th Grade English

Is Kant’s nature/freedom dualism clearer in ‘Farewell to the Master’ or ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’? Let’s put this into sections. The first question we should answer is “What was Kant’s nature/freedom duality?” Let’s begin with this: Kant insisted that human thought is inexorably riven by fundamental dualities. There are many of these fundamental dualities he speaks of, but above all, the distinction between practical and theoretical reason. According to Great Thinkers, “It can often look as if Kant thinks that rhetorical reasoning and practical reason constitute 2 separate domains of human thought that cannot possibly be joined in a single system: in theoretical reasoning we use the pure forms of sensibility and understanding, that is our pure intuitions of the structure of space and time on the one hand and the fundamental logical structures of the discursive thoughts on the other, to define the basic laws of a realm that cannot be influenced by our moral conceptions of how things ought to be, while we appeal to pure practical reason to determine how truly free beings ought to relate to themselves and one another regardless of what they actually do. Thus it can seem as if in Kant’s view the realms of nature and freedom, while each possesses its own kind of systematic laws and organization, cannot be joined in a single system.”

The second question that needs answering is “What is ‘Farewell to the Master’?” According to Wikipedia, “‘Farewell to the Master’ is a science fiction short story by American writer Harry Bates. It was first published in the October 1940 issue of Astounding Science Fiction on page 58. It provided the basis of the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still and its 2008 remake.” Here is a very short summary. According to Goodreads, “The famous 1940 short story by Harry Bates that inspired the two movies “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” The humanoid alien Klaatu and the giant robot Gnut suddenly materialize in Washington, D.C., in a time-travel space ship. Two unfathomable beings from somewhere else in the universe. The murder of Klaatu ruins Earth’s attempt to peacefully welcome the first interstellar visitors. And one man tries to solve the mystery of why Gnut remains silent, imperious, and unassailable.“

The next question is “What is ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’?” This is basically just a movie remake of the book ‘Farewell to the Master’. It was made in 1951 and was remade in 2008.

Now for the final question, “Is Kant’s nature/freedom dualism clearer in ‘Farewell to the Master’ or ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’?” In my own opinion, I think that the short story ‘Farewell to the Master’ more clearly explains Kant’s nature/freedom duality. The main point that explains this is the sovereignty of the robot. You see, in the book, the robot is just one of the many robots created to be police robots and were given irrevocable power, built to police outer space and to keep the peace. In the end of the book, the robot is portrayed as “the master” instead of the ‘police-bot’ he was created to be.

In the 11th grade English, Ron Paul Curriculum online class, I have been assigned a 2,500 word essay with the following topic: “How important has the theme of optimism been in the development of Western literature since 1493?” In this essay, I will answer this question, and hopefully give you a little more about the English I am doing.

First of all, I have to break this paper down into smaller pieces, so that I can answer this question more effectively. First, what is optimism? According to the Dictionary, optimism is the “hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something.” In my opinion, I think optimism just means to be cheerful, and positive, no matter what. If you said “I am super optimistic today” (you may not say that though) you may be feeling happy and positive. Remember the glass is half-empty half-full scenario? If you are optimistic, you would say that that glass is half-full, but if not, you would sat that that same glass is half-empty.

In western literature published from the year 1493 up until now, optimism has been an extremely important theme in those years. In this essay, I will take you through some important works of western literature, and describe how and where the theme of optimism is in those works. I will also explain why the theme of optimism is so important in those works.

The first of the works I will explain is the book Candide, written by Voltaire. Basically, this book talks about a person going through very improbable (not likely to ever happen) events. Optimism is everywhere in this book! According to LitCharts, “Candide pits the optimistic doctrine of Pangloss—that we live in the “best of all possible worlds”—against the long and senseless series of misfortunes endured by Candide and the other characters. Candide begins the novel as a faithful student of Pangloss, but painful experience prompts him to reconsider his views….Candide suggests that the struggle of human life—an endless cycle of optimism and disillusionment—might in fact be preferable to a static faith in the “best of all possible worlds.” In the end of the book, Candide realizes that the New World is filled with the same war and evil as the Old World, and good is not always rewarded with good. During this time, people began to wonder, “if there was a God, why would he let awful things happen?”. A man named Gottfried Leibniz (the real philosopher and mathematician whose teachings modeled Pangloss, a philosopher in the book) argued that evil existed because God was using it to bring about an ultimate good.

Another good work of optimism happened in 1517, Martin Luther’s 95 theses. According to Wikipedia, “The Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences was a list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 by Martin Luther, then a professor of moral theology at the University of Wittenberg, which was controlled by the Electorate of Saxony.” It was originally published on October 31, 1517 and was written in Latin. Now, some of you readers may be wondering “What does Luther’s 95 theses have to do with optimism?”. Basically, in his 95 theses, he teaches what be believes to be the righteous and Godly way to live your life on Earth. He says that if you follow these standards that he gives in his theses, then you will have eternal life in heaven, therefore having the theme of optimism.

The next work of Western Literature with the theme optimism is one you have most likely heard about. Its name is Robinson Crusoe, written by Daniel Defoe (if you want to know more about Robinson Crusoe, I have other papers specifically on this novel). Let me give you a quick summary of the book just in case you have not heard of it. In the beginning of the book, Robinson Crusoe leaves his home in search of adventure. Later, he is on a ship, sailing to a place where he can build a life, and a storm rolls in, and damages the ship, but does not sink it. Later, another storm comes in and sinks the ship, but Crusoe and some other people escape in lifeboats. Eventually they get rescued by another ship and this ship takes Crusoe and the crew to Brazil. Later into the book, Crusoe builds a plantation in Brazil and becomes very wealthy. Eventually, he listens to some people to go to Africa and get some slaves to bring back, and he says he would. On the course to Africa, another storm rolls in and maroons the ship a ways back from the shore of an island. Crusoe himself survives, everyone else dies. Crusoe then tries to empty the ship of everything useful so he can survive on the island, but he is worried when another storm comes and sinks the ship, along with everything on it. Crusoe then tries to empty the ship of everything useful before the next storm hits. About a little under a month later, he finally empties the ship of anything useful, and a storm comes that night, sinking the ship. He then built for himself a home on the island, on which he stayed for years, 28 years to be precise. He eventually gets off the island and returns to civilization. This novel has the idea of optimism in many parts of the book. For example, for a time before he was shipwrecked, he was a slave, but he escaped and sailed to South America, where he became a very wealthy man. And when he was shipwrecked, he was the only survivor, and he looted the  ship of anything of importance that he needed for survival on the island. He also found a pleasant place to live on the island, and he had a way of harvesting food on the island, so he never starved. And at the end of the book, Crusoe gets onto an English ship, and the captain takes him back to Europe. Also, in the middle of the book, there are four different storms which could have killed him, but they did not. In fact, when he was shipwrecked, the storm that shipwrecked him and the ships crew killed everyone on the ship, except for him. Earlier in the book, he was traveling on a ship with other people, and a storm came and damaged the ship, but did not sink it. Later another storm came and sank the damaged ship, but the crew and Crusoe escaped in lifeboats, where they were later picked up and rescued by a passing ship. The ship took Crusoe to Brazil, where he built a plantation, and became very wealthy. As you can see, this man has a lot to be grateful for. This novel is just teeming with optimism!

Yet, another author who preforms optimism in his works is William Shakespeare. There are themes of optimism in most if not all of his works. Here are a few examples: In his play Romeo and Juliet, if you read it you would know that it has a sad ending, right? You could be thinking ‘How can there be any optimism in this?’. Well, first I will give you a recap of the play. To begin, Romeo meets Juliet at a party. Now, they are each on different sides of a family rival. But they love each other, so they get married in secret. Now, Romeo goes on a trip, and while he is on the trip, Juliet’s father arranges a marriage for Juliet with a different man, not knowing about her marriage to  Romeo. Now, the pope that married Romeo and Juliet did not tell anyone of the marriage. So he gives Juliet something that will make her seem as if she is dead even when she is not. Then the pope told one of his servants to tell Romeo to come at once. Well, the news of Juliet’s “death” reached Romeo first, and he was devastated. So he bought poison, went to her grave, and killed himself. When Juliet woke up, she found Romeo dead, so she stabbed herself. Well, now the families were really angry, so the pope tells the families about the marriage, and even the prince of the region came and rebuked the families. Then the two families finally unionize together after years of rivalry. So where is the optimism in this? Well, in the end, the two rival families agree to unionize together after the death of Romeo and Juliet because they never saw hope for their future together. In another one of his works, The Taming of the Shrew, the ‘Shrew’ has a harsh tongue. Then she gets married to a man whom, without her knowing, teaches her to be a better wife, and he also teaches her to control her tongue. He even challenged other husbands to see whose wife was more obedient, and he won the bet. These plays do not have a lot of optimism, but at least they have a little bit of optimism. Most of his plays have the theme optimism, maybe even all of them (I would not know because I did not read all of them, I only read a few).

Another of these optimism-themed books is called Utopia, written by Thomas More. This book tells of a perfect society living together in perfect peace and harmony. In this book, it tells that there are six thousand houses in each city, and sixteen adults in each house, so that each city has a limit of ninety-six thousand people. He also factors in slavery as a means of everyone getting served, and everyone is taught about agriculture, and the list goes on and on with principles like these. Also, he mentions that this society builds a military and army for war, but they never start a war. They only build up a military so that they can either prevent a war, or fight in a war if the time comes, but the never start a war. There are many principles like these that More gives throughout his book that he believes is necessary for a perfect society. Now, we probably do not think that some of these principles are necessary for a perfect society today, like slavery for example, but this is what More thought, that these principles are absolutely necessary in every society in order to obtain an absolutely perfect society.

Another book in Western literature with optimism is Johnathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. If you have not read this book, I will give you a swift recap. Basically, a man named Gulliver is shipwrecked on an island inhabited by tiny people. He wakes up only to find out that he is tied up with tiny threads and taken to the kingdom of Lilliput. There he is greeted by royalty and treated hospitably. They feed him, by he consumes more food in one day than a thousand of the tiny people can. They even risked famine by feeding him so much of their food, but it was all worth it. Eventually he is used as a military weapon against the kingdom of Blefuscu, because these two kingdoms hate each other. However, despite all the good he has done, Gulliver is accused of treason because he put out a fire in the royal palace. The people said that they should poke his eyes out and starve him to death. Well, Gulliver escapes to Blefuscu where he finds broken down boat. He eventually fixes the boat, and escapes. So, where is the optimism in this book? Well, he is treated hospitably by his captors, he he is able to learn their language in two months. They also feed him enough food, despite his size, and he helps out in the war between the two kingdoms. It all starts to go downhill when he is accused of treason, but he escapes to Blefuscu, and discovers a broken down boat. He then fixes it and sails away.

Another book with the theme optimism is H. G. Wells, The Time Machine. Here is a brief overview of the book: Basically, a scientist invites some people to his house to tell them of a breakthrough in science: his time machine. He shows them a model of his time machine, and sends it into time, forward in time or backward in time, he does not tell us. A week later he invites new people to his house to tell them his breakthrough. He is late. He finally shows up, all dirty and raggedy. He tells them his story: Last Friday, he tested his real time machine. He went 800,000 years into the future, and there was tiny people living in a completely perfect society, there was no death, no work, no anger, no sadness, it was paradise, except for one minor detail. They were afraid of the dark. Why? Because of the Morlocks, subterranean creatures that hate light. They terrorized the tiny people for years. Now, the time traveler (we are never told his name) wants to escape, but he lost his time machine. He finally finds it in a giant statue of a Sphynx, and narrowly escapes the Morlocks. He went further into the future, and giant crabs almost had him, so he escapes that. Then he went three million years into the future, and when he got there, everything was gone. There was no life, nothing. Death was everywhere he looked. So he went back to his house in modern time just in time to tell the guests his story. The next day he packs up and leaves into “time”, and he takes a camera with him for him to take evidence and show people back home. Again, we do not know if he went forward or backward into time. And this time, he never returns. So where is the optimism in this? Well, he built the world’s first time machine, and it works, so that is definitely good. Also he makes friends with the tiny people, and saves one from drowning. And he escapes the Morlocks and the giant crabs, and he returned to his guests alive to tell the tale.

How important has the theme of optimism been in the development of Western literature since 1493? I do not know if most of you will agree with this, but this is my opinion. I think that the theme optimism is in so many books is because people like optimism. They like happy endings. These books I just gave a survey over have a lot more optimism than what I covered, these books and hundreds of thousands of others. Everybody likes optimism. Some books that rarely have any optimism in it, or maybe no optimism at all, I do not like to read in my opinion. I bet that books with more optimism are more widely sold than those books with less optimism. I just think that optimism is a vital theme in most literature and even some movies.

According to Wikipedia, “Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling’s works of fiction include the Jungle Book duology, Kim, the Just So Stories and many short stories, including “The Man Who Would Be King”.” What is one of Kipling’s copybook headings that applies to recent public opinion? According to Poem Analysis, “‘The Gods of Copybook Headings’ by Rudyard Kipling was published in 1919. The speaker of this piece is interested in “copybook headings.” Now mostly unknown, copybook headings were short phrases written by teachers at the top of a piece of paper. These sentences were then copied by students, over and over, in order to improve their handwriting. Generally, these phrases were expressions of traditional wisdom about life.  Things that teachers could easily convey to students and ideally, might inspire them to work harder or be better.” So what is one of these copybook headings that apply to recent public opinion? Honestly, it is very hard to understand these copybook headings. I would say that a lot of them refer to recent public opinion from what I’ve gathered, though, I just don’t know which.

The novel Robinson Crusoe was written by Daniel Defoe. It was written in 1719 and was first published on 25 April, 1719. The novel’s first edition credited the work’s protagonist Robinson Crusoe as the novel’s author. This lead many to believe that Robinson Crusoe was a real person and the book was a story of true events that happened in his life. This novel is very descriptive with every that happens in the book, so descriptive, in fact, that you can create a visual image in your brain of what is happening, it is like you are right there with him. I love that in a book, and I am sure that lots of people agree with me, maybe even you. (You can read my other paper on Robinson Crusoe called Robinson Crusoe, “How important for the narrative are the descriptions of the storms?”)

According to Wikipedia, “Daniel Defoe was an English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations.” This is pretty impressive. Robinson Crusoe was Daniel Defoe’s greatest work, and many people believe it to be the second most translated book in the world. Apparently, he was a very good writer, and obviously people loved his book. It is also still widely read even today.

Now in the title, “Why did he take the coins off the ship?”, you may be asking yourself, “what coins?” Well, just in case you do not know what I am talking about, I am going to give a recap of what I have read.

In the beginning of the book, Robinson Crusoe leaves his home in search of adventure. Later, he is on a ship, sailing to a place where he can build a life, and a storm rolls in, and damages the ship, but does not sink it. Later, another storm comes in and sinks the ship, but Crusoe and some other people escape in lifeboats. Eventually they get rescued by another ship and this ship takes Crusoe and the crew to Brazil. Later into the book, Crusoe builds a plantation in Brazil and becomes very wealthy. Eventually, he listens to some people to go to Africa and get some slaves to bring back, and he says he would. On the course to Africa, another storm rolls in and maroons the ship a ways back from the shore of an island. Crusoe himself survives, everyone else dies. Crusoe then tries to empty the ship of everything useful so he can survive on the island, but he is worried when another storm comes and sinks the ship, along with everything on it. Crusoe then tries to empty the ship of everything useful before the next storm hits. About a little under a month later, he finally empties the ship of anything useful, and a storm comes that night, sinking the ship. Later in the book, the hull of the ship reappears, this time much closer to shore. He decides to explore the ship, and on it he finds some coins. He then decides not to take them because they would be useless on a deserted island, but then he had second thoughts, and takes the coins.

Why would he take useless coins to a deserted island? Maybe it was to melt them down to useful metal, or the help build something, or maybe even to barter a way off the island just in case a ship happens to find him. Whatever the reason, I do not know.

The novel Robinson Crusoe was written by Daniel Defoe. It was written in 1719 and was first published on 25 April, 1719. The novel’s first edition credited the work’s protagonist Robinson Crusoe as the novel’s author. This lead many to believe that Robinson Crusoe was a real person and the book was a story of true events that happened in his life. This novel is very descriptive with every that happens in the book, so descriptive, in fact, that you can create a visual image in your brain of what is happening, it is like you are right there with him. I love that in a book, and I am sure that lots of people agree with me, maybe even you.

According to Wikipedia, “Daniel Defoe was an English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations.” This is pretty impressive. Robinson Crusoe was Daniel Defoe’s greatest work, and many people believe it to be the second most translated book in the world. Apparently, he was a very good writer, and obviously people loved his book. It is also still widely read even today.

Now, in the title “How important for the narrative are the descriptions of the storms?”, what do I mean when I say storms? Now, you may have read Robinson Crusoe,  and if you did you may know what I am talking about, but in case that you do not know what I am talking about, I will give a brief recap of the storms in the book I have read so far.

Now, so far, in what I have read there are four storms. First, Crusoe leaves his home in search of adventure in the beginning of the novel. He is on a ship, sailing to a place where he can build a life, and a storm rolls in, and damages the ship, but does not sink it. Later, another storm comes in and sinks the ship, but Crusoe and some other people escape in lifeboats. Later into the book, Crusoe builds a plantation in Brazil and becomes very wealthy. Eventually, he listens to some people to go to Africa and get some slaves to bring back, and he says he would. On the course to Africa, another storm rolls in and maroons the ship on a reef next to an island. Crusoe himself survives, everyone else dies. Crusoe then tries to empty the ship of everything useful so he can survive on the island, but he is worried when another storm comes and sinks the ship, along with everything on it. Crusoe then tries to empty the ship of everything useful before the next storm hits. About a little under a month later,  he finally empties the ship of anything useful, and a storm comes that night, sinking the ship.

Robinson Crusoe, How important for the narrative are the descriptions of the storms? Well, a narrative is basically just a story, and Defoe writes this book as if Crusoe is the author. It is written in first and third person. So how important for the narrative are the descriptions of the storms? Crusoe describes the storms with much detail, and these descriptions are very important for the narrative, because it helps give readers a visual about what the storms look like, what would happen next, things like that, and that is good for any good story.

In what way did Mandeville lay the foundation for Darwinism? Like I do with all my papers, let’s break down this topic into smaller pieces. First, who was Mandeville? According to Wikipedia, “Bernard Mandeville, or Bernard de Mandeville, was an Anglo-Dutch philosopher, political economist and satirist. Born in Rotterdam, he lived most of his life in England and used English for most of his published works. He became famous for The Fable of the Bees.” Mandeville was born November 15, 1670, and died January 21, 1733. His work The Fable of the Bees was written in 1714. The Fable of the Bees was Mandeville’s most notable work. According to Wikipedia, the main message of The Fable of the Bees is “As they abandon their desire for personal gain, the economy of their hive collapses, and they go on to live simple, “virtuous” lives in a hollow tree. Mandeville’s implication—that private vices create social benefits—caused a scandal when public attention turned to the work, especially after its 1723 edition.” Mandeville’s book The Fable of the Bees triggered immense public criticism during his time. Mandeville is mainly remembered for his impact on discussions of morality and economic theory in the early eighteenth century.

What is Darwinism? Darwinism is just basically just the study of the theory of evolution as proposed by Charles Darwin. According to Wikipedia, “Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS JP was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental concept in science.” According to Britannica, “Charles Darwin, in full Charles Robert Darwin, (born February 12, 1809, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England—died April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent), English naturalist whose scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies.” Now, I do not believe in evolution or Darwinism, but nevertheless, Darwin was a very influential guy in his time, and his works on evolution are still widely accepted today.

In what way did Mandeville lay the foundation for Darwinism? Well, Mandeville has been thought to lay the foundation for Darwinism through his own ideas concerning social order. This talk of social order blended rather nicely with Darwin’s ideas and understanding of natural selection (According to Wikipedia, natural selection is “the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the heritable traits characteristic of a population over generations.”). Mandeville strongly believed that every single man acted only to serve himself and pursue his own interests. But he also believed that every man acting only for his own interests was crucial to the economy and to the society. Darwin’s view on this is that people acting only to serve themselves and only pursuing their own interests will eventually lead to a survival of the best type of economy and society. That is my full and complete answer to the question “In what way did Mandeville lay the foundation for Darwinism?”

So, for this week in my school, I have been assigned to read the book Paradise Lost, by John Milton. According to Wikipedia, “John Milton was an English poet and intellectual. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including over ten chapters, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval.” He was born on December 9, 1608, and died on November 8, 1674. John Milton is known for his epic poetry, one of which, is Paradise Lost.

Paradise Lost was an epic poetry written by John Milton. According to the British Library, “Paradise Lost is an epic poem (12 books, totaling more than 10,500 lines) written in blank verse, telling the biblical tale of the Fall of Mankind – the moment when Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, and God banished them from the Garden of Eden forever.” OK, so you can see here that John Milton believed God was real, but he kind of twisted what the Bible says about the Fall of Adam and Eve in order to get an epic poem. The theme of Paradise Lost is then religious and has three parts: 1: disobedience, 2: Eternal Providence, and 3: justification of God to men. According to Britannica, “Many scholars consider Paradise Lost to be one of the greatest poems in the English language. It tells the biblical story of the fall from grace of Adam and Eve (and, by extension, all humanity) in language that is a supreme achievement of rhythm and sound.” The style in which this book was written was clearly influenced by the epic Greek poetry.

After Satan’s rebellion, Satan was motivated more by his envy of God than his jealousy of God: true or false? Well, first we have to look at the definition of jealousy and envy. Jealousy means “fiercely protective or vigilant of one’s rights or possessions”, and envy means “desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable attribute belonging to (someone else).” By the definition of jealousy, we can see that jealousy is fueled by the fear of losing something, and envy, as we see in the definition, means you want something somebody else has. So, we can see that Satan was, in fact, envious of God and God’s position and power over him. Satan wanted that power and position that God has for himself. He thought that if he had the kind of power God has, then he could overthrow God and rid himself of God’s power over him forever. This lust for power and control is what got Satan cast out of heaven in the first place. He was envious of God’s power. He was envious and rebellious and that is what got him thrown out of heaven. But even when he was cast out of heaven, he still made plans to try to get back at God and take his power. He wanted to get revenge. So, he made Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit, even after they were warned by God not to, which got them kicked out of the garden. After that, Satan and his followers were turned to snakes after going back to hell after there mission.

So, after Satan’s rebellion, Satan was motivated more by his envy of God than his jealousy of God: true or false? My answer, is true.

Would In some cases, people can better understand what the author is trying to convey to the reader if the author uses experiences of his or her life. It works better for me. Anyway, this method is very effective in conveying the message of the book to the reader. Some authors do this, but others just leave out examples of their life. Francis Bacon was one of these people. He did not give any experiences of his own life in his essays.

According to Wikipedia, “Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban PC, QC, also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England.” He was born on January 22, 1561 and died on April 9, 1626. He wrote several well known essays. According to Wikipedia, “Essayes: Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed was the first published book by the philosopher, statesman and jurist Francis Bacon. The Essays are written in a wide range of styles, from the plain and unadorned to the epigrammatic.” His essays were originally published in 1597.  There are lots and lots of themes in Bacon’s essays, for example: adversity and prosperity, married life and single life, parents and children, love, envy, revenge, nobility, unity in religion, goodness, superstition, traveling, atheism, truth, death, simulation and dissimulation, etc. Bacon said he had three goals with these essays, to serve his church, to serve his country, and to uncover truth. According to www.literaturemini.com, “Bacon’s essays are reflective and philosophical. The essay is a series of counsels, It is not an elaborate or discursive development of a particular subject. It is neatly direct and frankly didactic. He is moralist and his essays are meant for men of ambition in the Renaissance, which desired self-realisation.” Bacon also put some moral teachings into his essay. According to www.josbd.com, “His essays suggest us not to seek morality only by leaving practical idea. There is nothing wrong with the mixture of morality and the practical idea together. Just as no ornament is possible with pure gold, some crude metal should be added with it so only morality without practical concept of a thing cannot do.”

Would any of Bacon’s essays have been more persuasive if he had talked about his own experiences? Well, I were to say that if Bacon put his own experiences into his essays, the essays would definitely be more persuasive. The essays would be more persuasive if Bacon put his own experiences of himself into the essays. Like if Bacon had experiences in his life where he used what he wrote about in his essays, and then put that into his essays, the essays would be a lot more persuasive than without his experiences. If he did that, then we could know more about what he meant because he gave us an example of himself using what he wrote about in his essay, and we could understand it better.

Overall, my answer to the topic question is yes, they would.

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, actor, and poet. According to Wikipedia, “He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon”.” He was born April 1564 and died April 1616. He wrote several plays and works. Some of the more famous ones are Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, and The Tempest. He wrote much more plays than this, but these are some of the more well known ones. Shakespeare was a great writer and his works were very well known by the people back then. He wrote plays, tragedies, poems, and sonnets. He is widely considered the greatest writer in the English language.

The King James Bible was an early modern translation of the Bible for the church of England. The publishing of this book was commissioned in 1604 and it was published in 1611. It was sponsored by King James IV and I, hence the name, King James Bible. This book seems too be written by one person, but it was not. In fact, this book was a committee project. It was written by so much more people. This book was written by forty-seven people and six committees. This was a very poetic book. The King James Bible has been described as one of the most important books in English culture. It was also a driving force in the shaping of the English-speaking world. Originally, the King James Bible had thirty-nine Old Testament books, twenty- seven New Testament books, and an intertestamental section between the two Testaments containing 14 books of what most Protestants consider the Apocrypha.

In this essay, I have to find out if Shakespeare plays or the King James Bible is easier to read and understand. So, I have read many of Shakespeare’s plays for my school, and in my opinion, it took me a while to understand Shakespeare’s plays, but once I have gotten used to reading it, I could understand it a lot better. These plays were written in a kind of “form” of writing that most people do not use anymore, so it was really hard for me to follow along with the plays, and I usually need help to understand it.

When I was reading the King James Bible, there were a lot of words that I did not know the meaning to, so it was kind of hard for me to understand it. But I kept reading it and compared the chapters to the same chapter from a different version of the Bible, and I have gotten used to the writing. Now I can understand it a lot easier.

In my opinion, I think the King James Bible is easier to read than Shakespeare’s plays. Shakespeare used a form of writing style that I was not used to, so it was kind of difficult to understand, whereas the King James Bible was also hard to understand, but it was quick and easy to learn to understand the writing, and I was used to the Bible so I knew a lot about what it was talking about.

How important is the idea of covenant sanctions in the week’s readings? Well, I have recently began to read the King James Bible, and I must say, this is the most interesting version of the Bible I have ever heard of or read. The King James Bible was an early modern translation of the Bible for the church of England. The publishing of this book was commissioned in 1604 and it was published in 1611. It was sponsored by King James IV and I, hence the name, King James Bible. This book seems too be written by one person, but it was not. In fact, this book was a committee project. It was written by so much more people. This book was written by forty-seven people and six committees. This was a very poetic book.

Here is an exert from Deuteronomy 28:20 KJV: “The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

And here is that same exert from the ESV Bible: “The Lord will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in all that you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and perish quickly on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken me.“

Here is another exert from the KJV, Matthew 5:13-16: ¹³ Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. ¹⁴ Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. ¹⁵ Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. ¹⁶ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

And here it is again in the ESV: ¹³ “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. ¹⁴ “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that^a] they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Which translation do you think sounds more poetic? I think the KJV Bible sounds better.

How important is the idea of covenant sanctions in the week’s readings? This past week I read Deuteronomy 28-34, Ruth, Lamentations, and Matthew 5-7. In all of these readings, I found out that a broken covenant brings negative implications, and a kept oath promises inheritance in the future.