... are commanded to serve God with their inclination towards evil as well as good. Jews feel that evil is when one does not fulfil G-d's will. The Evil Inclination (Satan) is doing what G-d commanded him to do. He is giving us temptations, because by fighting against our wrong desires we are working to gain our reward, and that's what G-d wants us to do ... . The Hebrew word 'Satan' means 'Hinderer.' G-d created Satan to give us work to do in this world. According to Judaism Satan is here to make things difficult ... surely die.' (Genesis 2:15-17) 'Now the serpent was cunning beyond any be...

• Word Count: 1665
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... so many mixed thoughts because I had never had a baby before. I was only nineteen. Why didn't I ask myself all these questions and think more about literally giving birth prior to allowing myself to get pregnant. "You really dug yourself deep this time Christina! " I thought to myself. I valued life and felt so guilty inside ... try to protect my face. Suddenly Melvin stood up straight and like a tall Redwood tree falling straight and stiff, he fell straight back. I could see a shadow of my brother David standing to the left of us, near the kitchen. I jumped over my other brother Jacob ...

• Word Count: 2115
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... could not choose a name for her, this leaves this poor young woman feeling a void in her young life. When Daisy is eleven years old, she catches the measles from a child at her school. She was very ill and had to stay all alone in a dark room so her condition will not deteriorate. She must ... she woke it was with a stiff body and a vacuum she sensed, suddenly, in the middle of her life. Something was missing, and it took weeks in that dim room, weeks of heavy blankets, and the image of that upside-down tree inside her chest to inform her of what that precious interior ore that everyone...

• Word Count: 1810
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... this lady, and he needs not looking for something in her, like Mattie. She is already what he wants, but he thinks he needs Mattie. The desire for this mistress grows in every way and he cannot hide it from Mattie. Mattie becomes a wreck and turns to liquid opium for her needs. ... them to give up their guns. They decide to fight and most of them died. Virgil was shot in the leg and Morgan was shot in the arm. This began the destruction between the law and the cowboys. Eventually, the cowboys snuck up and killed Morgan. They also tried to kill Virgil but he lived. Now it was ... that t...

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

... 't: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh: because of the unbearable blood. "I was going to," said Jack. He was ahead of them and they could not see his face. "I was choosing a place. Next time-!" He snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk. Next ... time there would be no mercy." (Pg. 31) Jack is shown throughout the story as the type of person who does not like to fail. And when he does, it only makes ... him by society in his upbringing. And also like Jack, Ralph's morals and reasoning can be quickly lost, giving wa...

• Word Count: 2107
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School