Thursday, May 5, 2011
Summary of my Short Story
In my short story, you will learn about the life of a young girl, who just graduated from college, (Princeton University) and has her life all planned out, so she thought. One day in her normal life she woke up with a bad cough, she was coughing so much that it brought pain to her. She went to the doctor and he diagnosed her with cancer. A Christian would normal pray or do a fast of some sort when receiving bad news like this, but this young girl was not religious, and she definitely did not plan on praying to someone her friends called God. She was given 2 years to live if she did not undergo treatment, but she thought that she was invincible, she thought that the doctors did not know what they were talking about, weeks past, and then months. Is she really dying? She thought this numerous amounts of times. She was then “attacked”. She got fired, lost her home, and she could not turn to her friends and family. When she had no one left, and no one else to turn to, she called on Jesus, Satan did not win this battle, although Satan thought he had another follower under his dominion.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
What the devil is like in my Short Story
Everyone knows the story of Adam and Eve. The Lord told Eve and Adam that they could eat anything they wanted in the Garden except from one particular tree, that tree would give them an abundance of knowledge. A serpent came and tried to deceive them, the serpent was never called the Devil or Satan but we refer to the serpent as a symbol of the devil. He tried and was successful in getting them to eat off of the tree. When they ate the forbidden fruit, which we say was an apple today, their eyes were widened. The Lord knew they had eaten from the tree, because when he called to them, they hid themselves. The Lord then told them that they would be punished for their sin, and disobedience. The devil in “Sympathy for the devil” is a more modern rock star like devil. He is described as stylish and vain. Milton’s devil is very powerful and he is allowed to roam the Earth and bring misfortune to others because it will eventually bring salvation to God’s Children. The devil in my short story is very modern. He takes form as other people and sometimes he even takes form as objects. In my story the main character is a non-believer who is very busy, even too busy for church, and definitely to busy to pray. The devil thinks that because the main character is not a Christian he will have an easy target, but he was mistaken. Through this the main character becomes very tied to Faith, and gets a personal relationship with Jesus.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Setting of Short Story
The scene of my short story takes place in an average city. The city is not a real city, but it has all of the characteristics a normal, everyday city has. It has all buildings, loud buses, subways, and trains, and a lot of people. The reason the setting of the short story is so important is because in cities the population is bigger than it is in a normal rural or urban area is. Because of the bigger population there is in cities it means that in my short story Satan has a more open target when it comes to attacking or trying to make someone his subject and Satan can use these people to do evil things, until he meets the main character of the story. Satan can use this big population to his advantage. The reason why I chose a city was because I wanted Satan to be able to have a wide, diverse group of people he could choose from, including different colors, ages, gender, and all religions. This way Satan can show the people that they are excluded or exempt from his powers. Satan is very powerful and all of the people in the city are not capable of escaping his tricks.
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