Sample Paragraph - The Chrysalids Final Project:
- Some lyrics from Hozier’s Take Me to Church
Every Sunday's getting more bleak
A fresh poison each week…
'We were born sick, ' you heard them say it…
Command me to be well…
Take me to church
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
The song, Take Me to Church, by Hozier accurately reveals the theme of religious oppression and its negative effects on individuals in John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids. To start, Hozier’s words exemplify the religious oppression and brainwashing experienced by the citizens of Waknuk. For example, the lyrics “Every Sunday's getting more bleak, A fresh poison each week” reflects the toxic dogma of the Nicholson’s Repentances ingrained into the minds of the people of Waknuk. Furthermore, Hozier takes on Wyndham’s critical commentary regarding how people who are different are dehumanized in certain religious doctrines. For instance, the ideas in Take Me to Church of being “born sick” and “command me to be well” accurately communicates that differences ought not to be embraced and must be made better in some way. This is similar to the manner Waknukians view and debase those deemed blasphemous in The Chrysalids. Finally, Hozier’s view in Take Me to Church, exemplifies the religious violence that takes place in The Chrysalids. For example, Sally and Katherine are violently tortured and eventually killed by religious extremists in Wyndham’s dystopian reality. This religious violence is echoed in Hozier’s lyrics: “I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife”. In conclusion, it is evident that Hozier’s song Take Me to Church explores the same thematic idea of religious oppression as Wyndham’s novel The Chrysalids.
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October 21, 2015 - Back to the Future
How do you think a person from 200 years in the distant future might view modern North American society?
In two paragraph response first imagine the world and our society in 2215, a society that has progressed primarily for the good. In the second paragraph, describe what a history book might say about life in 2015.
How do you think a person from 200 years in the distant future might view modern North American society?
In two paragraph response first imagine the world and our society in 2215, a society that has progressed primarily for the good. In the second paragraph, describe what a history book might say about life in 2015.