... Christ was crucified. Gene represents Judas and Finny represents Christ. Finny, the central character of the book, symbolizes Jesus in a number of ways. First, he had to die. It was predestined from the beginning. Just as Christ was without sin, and therefore the perfect saviour, Finny is without corruption from the war (which represents sin) ... and starts managing crew rather than excelling at a sport. He then joins the war after school. In doing this he "kills himself" by giving up to the great sin of war (In the bible, sin and death are almost always the same thing in that sin equal...

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• Grade Level: High School

... thou art not so," "Death, Be Not Proud," by John Donne. John Donne's sonnet uses a lot of personification in his poem, narrating death as to be speaking of a person. One of the examples of him using personification starting in the first stanza "Death, be not proud, though some have called thee ... death referring to it as "Mighty and dreadful," mighty being something great, and dreadful being a feeling of extreme fear. Donne also attributes his poem religiously, implying upon our fate with death, "One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / and death shall be no more: Death thou shalt die...

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... Jesus Christ. (Mathson, 2004) The poem was written in 1927 and published in 1930 by Ariel poems. Elliot's poem was written after his conversion to Christianity and confirmation in the Church of England. He usually visited churches for the sake of peace, contemplation, and spiritual refreshment. Elliot had a sense ... is about alienation and a feeling of powerlessness in a world that has changed. In time the wise men realize that this materialistic world has to die for there to be born a kingdom of paradise. The magi expect that the birth of Jesus will be grand but they find that it is q...

• Word Count: 972
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School