... women's feelings, as well as the events that shape their feelings. At times it seems that the stories she learns of are not meant for the ears of such a young child, however she is the only daughter and therefore must learn of the families history. "They traded secrets like bracelets, and these were handed ... " position was to give birth to the most male children, providing the man with the valuable addition of a healthy son that will inherit the blessings of his father. "Like any sisters who live together and share a husband, my mother and aunties spun a sticky web of loyalties and gru...

• Word Count: 1680
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... in a small town of Delphia, 30 miles east of Asheville, Minnesota. He is happily married to his classmate from college. His wife is expecting their first daughter. Hank has a job at Delano Feed and Grain Mill as an assistant manager and head accountant for a modest, but sufficient salary so he can afford to ... difference of three years. He did not obtain a good education by dropping out of high school and worked all his life on the farm owned by his father who passed away while Hank was in college. Jacob rents a small apartment above the hardware store in the town where he was born. He...

• Word Count: 2209
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Isaac Blesses Jacob The story of Jacob was one of many stories that posed moral problems in biblical times. It is in Genesis 27 1-29, the story of how Jacob deceived his aging father Isaac is told. God blessed Isaac, the son of Abraham, after he married Rebekah. He prayed to the Lord to make ... promise to send kids as payment to the woman he imagines to be a roadside whore. But much to Judah's surprise, the woman is was his own daughter-in-law Tamar. Tamar too was committing the act of deception, but she was doing it to obtain what she thought was rightfully hers. Jacob showed no ... he pres...

• Word Count: 2350
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Isaac Blesses Jacob The story of Jacob was one of many stories that posed moral problems in biblical times. It is in Genesis 27 1-29, the story of how Jacob deceived his aging father Isaac is told. God blessed Isaac, the son of Abraham, after he married Rebekah. He prayed to the Lord to make ... promise to send kids as payment to the woman he imagines to be a roadside whore. But much to Judah's surprise, the woman is was his own daughter-in-law Tamar. Tamar too was committing the act of deception, but she was doing it to obtain what she thought was rightfully hers. Jacob showed no ... he pres...

• Word Count: 2350
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... person that reads it and will instill in them the idea that slavery is morally unjust. Jacobs began her slave life as a childhood companion to her mistress's daughter of the same age. She didn't even know that she was a slave because she was treated so well and was also taught to read and write. ... herself, and her children, away from him. She was looked down upon because she had given birth to two children of whom the father was unknown to everyone but herself. The father was a Mr. Sands; a single, white lawyer with whom she hoped would purchase her freedom and that of her children. Ot...

• Word Count: 1681
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... both men with new, more meaningful names. To Abram, He has said, "No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations." (The Holy Bible, Gen. 17:5) To Jacob, a man whom he later sees as God Himself, or an angel, has said, "Your name shall no longer be ... a sacred matter, considered to be of the utmost import. By his wife, Leah, he is given six sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. Leah has also born him a daughter, Dinah. By Rachel, he is given two: Joseph and Benjamin. By Leah's maid, he has r...

• Word Count: 1787
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School