All cultures in the world attempt to discern and rise above and beyond death, through science, religion, and art. Death is a natural process incapable of being ignored. Many believe it is a passageway into the afterlife; however, there is no certainty of where one goes, besides back into the earth. In Virgilio Pinera's "The One Who Came to Save Me,"" a man is plagued in his deathbed with his own impossible question "when will it happen? Through the use of magical realism, Pinera portrays the narrator's obsession with conquering death by determining its exact time. The main character may be just a delusional old man who fabricates this "one who came to save [him],"" in order to cope with his own passing, or perhaps, Death truly does grant him the precious favor of predictability. In any case, writing this short story may have been Pinera's own way of coping with death, presenting to his audience the absurdity of dedicating one's life to it as did the old man. .
The narrator faced his dying mother at ten, and watched a man's gruesome execution through a bathroom stall at twenty. This man knew when he would die as he said, "'But you're not going to kill me '- (36). "The explanation was uttered at four minutes and five seconds past nine in the evening, and his throat was slit at four minutes eight seconds past nine, he knew the time of his death precisely three seconds beforehand."" This use of time and numbers and calculations shows the man's inordinate infatuation with death and his attempts materialize it into something that he can more easily perceive, something carried out at a scheduled time " like "the precise moment I brush my teeth- (37). Though he needed precision to pin-point death, his obsession is soon dissipated in the rapture of young love. "When you're full of life, you only have time to love and be alive. [ ] What's an old man? You think you know?' Of course she didn't know either.
"And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved- (Joel 2:32). After asking, one should make a public declaration that they want to be saved, and follow the Lord. ... I had two already, but I couldn't leave the little guy, so Caesar came home with me. ... He's now healthy and happy and came all the way to Nebraska for college with me. ... God didn't have to save me. ...
The Irish, who were just starting to become literate, copied any book they could get their hands on in an attempt to save the civilization. ... I really enjoyed reading the conclusion that Cahill came to. ... The thing that stuck me most wasn"t actually included in the story. ... However they came together as one, and made a huge difference. ... I will always be the one who constantly believes and has faith and hopefully I will come out on top in the end. ...
Neo, being "the one" is most important to Morpheus because like Peter, Neo is the one who will rebuild the world. ... Do you know who this is? ... "Who do you say I am?" ... But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!" ... Neo, like Peter, is the one chosen to save rebuild the world and is therefore a hero. ...
It sometimes confuses me and I keep asking myself who I am," my Japanese-American friend said to me once before. ... The bracelet has several small charms and one of them is a small boat like the one you would imagine from the city name "Venice". ... I heard that the Europeans had a hard time to live in uncultivated land at the beginning and then the Native Americans saved their lives. ... Now they create this one great country. ... Now it's time to make one big world. ...
With the increase of unemployment came the decrease in Flint's population. ... It became clear to me at that point that Flint was hopeless. ... Tourist attractions were built to save the town and the memory of what it was. This was probably the greatest hope to save Flint, but unfortunately the effort was not successful. ... The people should have been more involved seeing as how they were the ones struggling. ...
Pardon me for being a Christian, in our society today it is a shamed thing to many people to even speak the name of our lord Jesus in a public place, people look at you cross eyed, do they not? ... I believe my father may have been saved, it may not have shown, but as a young man, he believed, and once, you are saved, you can never go back. ... It wasn't love at first sight, but things worked out and3 years later came my sister then in 10came I. ... Her son/ my nephew Thomas Michel mattigan is one of those closest to my heart. ... She has married a man she loves, who in return loves her...
Piggy who had the idea to "use this to call the others" first saw it. ... The conch was very powerful it shows when Ralph " lifted the conch." and said, "Seems to me we ought to have a chief to diced things". ... Ralph is the chief of the group who made many rules for the boys to follow. He came up with a rule so that every one would not talk at the same time. " I"ll give the Conch to the next person to speak. ... Later on in the chapter when they start on their hunt to kill Ralph, Jack is " stark naked save for paint and a belt." ...
It began to rear up and came into my lane. ... The only thing that would have saved Randy was a spleen operation. ... "This comforted me." says Barry, "It was the same relief we all came to accept when mom died." ... There will be only one world working together. ... Why me? ...
That is one feeling I can say I would never wish upon anyone even my worst enemy (Johnson). The one thing I remained doing through all my feelings is going to church, I felt that if anything could help me it would be God. ... All I wanted was someone to come and pull me out of the dark and save me from myself. ... I was always told by pastors to count it a joy when temptations and trials come upon you, they told me to read James 1: 2-8 and it would help me. ... That is my positive moment and it all came from heaven....
