It haunts me. That house just stalks my life, yet it stands still. I swear there is a ghost, I swear to god above. The windows are like dark eyes that stare deep into my soul, filling it with dark passion and rage. If I knock on the door, I feel the devil himself will open the door, ready to take me. So I stay cooped up in my room, in safety from the blasted building. Also, because my antics involving said house have made my parents think I'm insane, and they keep me locked in here with barred windows and locked doors. They may think I'm just ill in the head, but I know the truth. The house did this to me. It turned me psycho. But I have a plan. To sneak out of this room, and learn the secrets that house has to offer. As the darkness creeps closer and closer to midnight, I must get ready for my hour of evil.
I dress in all black and tied my hair back. I must look like a fool, but I know I can't be seen. My first challenge is the bars. I try to twist them lose, but I know that I'm too weak with exhaustion. My father has metal cutters; there with him and my mother as they lay in deep slumber. My only chance of leaving is getting those cutters. I struggle to unlock my door with a bobby pin, but I get the door open. I tiptoe my way down the hall. The bright white door that is my parents is now in front of me. I open the door, slowly to keep the noise at a minimal. I hear their slight snores battle against the silence. I put my trust in the street lights to guide me in the pitch black room. I almost give up, until I see the dim shimmer of metal. Yes, they're mine! I tiptoe back out of the room, listening to hear if they are stirring around in bed. Not a sound to be heard. Success. I enter my room and ready the clippe...
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...the house. Was last night just a dream? Maybe I was so tired I fell asleep right here. Well, whatever happened, my parents are going to kill me, Literally. I stumble off the floor, using the door knob to help me up. I get on my feet and twist the doorknob. It was stuck. I slam and slam but the door doesn't seem to open. I turn my back against it and let out a heavy breathe. The complete silence is interrupted by sobs. I look out the window to see my parents crying. My mother is in complete panic. They're pulling papers off all of the telephone posts. Missing flyers. With my picture on them.
"Calm down Hun. I know it's been a rough few weeks, but the police said it's no use anymore." A few weeks? There's so many question I have unanswered, until I look at my hands. They are as white as the boy who held them last. And I see the wood from the windowpane through them...
The problem of evil is a big topic in today’s society and will continue to be for forever. The problem is that so many bad things happen in the world that Gods existence is debatable and if he is real, it is questionable that he is as powerful as the bible portrays him to be. In this case, we ask the question, how can such a good and powerful God not prevent evil in the world? The argument at hand is that if a perfect God exists, there would be no evil in the world and since evil exists, there is no God. In this paper, I will examine both sides to the problem. I will discuss views on why God is in existence and allows evil, as well as views on why God is not in existence based on the fact that there is evil in the world. After that I will take my stance on the issue and justify why I think that way.
Ok. One night my sister and I were at my father’s house. He lives in Kingsville on 10 maybe 9 acres of land in this [small pause, looks at ceiling] I wouldn’t really call it a farmhouse, just a kind of small house out there. The previous person who lived in the house was supposedly shipped to an asylum, for, you know, normal stuff [pause] schizophrenic or something. My sister and I were at the house one night and we were cleaning up the house while my dad was on some sort of job out of the state and my step mom was at work in the hospital. We were doing our stuff, and then the power flickered, and came back on. We didn’t think anything of it. Then, outside of the door, we heard a noise, kinda like a dog barking, but like, just enough not so that we knew it wasn’t. So, we hear this noise, and start to get fre...
The house is described as "breathing of sorrow" and "and air of ster, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all." The house lacks any proper upkeep and is showing signs of decay with age. The overall eerie feeling exuded is attributed to the human characteristics of the dwelling. The windows are "vacant and eye-like". The dark draperies hung on the walls are similar to the dark secrets which Roderick bore. The general interior of the house is dark, gray, and seemingly similar to Roderick personal trauma. The tarn outside...
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world” (Lewis, 1994, p. 91). Throughout history man has had to struggle with the problem of evil. It is one of the greatest problems of the world. Unquestionably, there is no greater challenge to man’s faith then the existence of evil and a suffering world. The problem can be stated simply: If God is an all-knowing and all-loving God, how can He allow evil? If God is so good, how can He allow such bad things to happen?Why does He allow bad things to happen to good people? These are fundamental questions that many Christians and non-Christians set out to answer.
“…And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” (Matthew 6:9-13) As it says in the Bible, we wish to be led astray from evil. However, evil is a very curious subject. For most intensive purposes, evil can be described as cruel, heinous, and unnecessary punishment. Evil is a relatively accepted concept in the world today, although it is not completely understood. Evil is supposedly all around us, and at all times. It is more often than not associated with a figure we deem Satan. Satan is said to be a fallen angel, at one point God’s favorite. Supposedly Satan tries to spite God by influencing our choices, and therefore our lives. However, this presents a problem: The Problem of Evil. This argues against the existence of God. Can God and evil coexist?
My claim that we have evil in this world because of our libertarian freedom does not fully answer the notion of “the problem of evil”. Saying we have evil in this world is just like saying we have bad decisions in this world. Bad decisions just like evil do not have a form. Every decision that God makes is a good decision therefore God cannot do evil. Human beings initiated evil. In fact, the first human beings (Adam and Eve) gave ongoing birth to evil because everyone ultimately came from them. So everyone after Adam and Eve is inherently evil. This idea is evident in our lives because every human being has committed evil. The ultimate problem is not how an all-powerful God can exist while evil exist, the ultimate dilemma is how a holy God can accept human beings that are not holy. Stephen T. Davis in “Free Will and Evil” writes, “All the moral evil that exists in the world is due to the choices of free moral agents whom God created” (Davis). Davis argues that free will is the answer to the problem of evil. This is consistent with my view that evil exists because of our libertarian freedom. Unlike Hick, Davis is consistent with my answer for evil and he is also consistent with how evil is solved in regards to heaven and hell. Davis states, “I do believe hell exists, but I do not hold that it is a place where protesting people are led against their will to be tortured vengefully. I believe that the people who will end up separated from God freely choose hell and would be unhappy in God’s presence. Having lived their lives apart from God, they will choose eternally—to go on doing so. So it is not a bad thing that they do not spend eternity in the presence of God. People who will prove to be incorrigibly evil will never come to th...
(1265) along with other disturbing words to stress the mood of horror. Furthermore, the house evokes suspense as it strikes the reader with curiosity as to why the building presents such a dreadful and uneasy feeling. Poe describes the house with further detail emphasizing its ghostly traits: “Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene” (1267). Poe describes the house using very descriptive and daunting words contributing to the story’s depressive mood as well as its suspense.
The house evokes fear inside the narrarator, just in its mere physical apperance alone. “I again
Evil is the violation of a moral code. Evil is the dualistic opposite of good. Evil causes harm. While scattered dictionaries may offer these clear-cut definitions, in reality a theme so prevalent in all spheres of life from the dawn of man takes on limitless forms. The word itself has come to symbolize the dividing line between regular people and callous monsters; demonic criminals who show no sign of compassion and no adherence to virtue. Ideas concerning evil have been strung along through the schools of theology, the minds of society, and the theories of philosophy throughout the history of mankind. The dichotomy between the opposing ideas of good and evil sets apart a gray area ignored by the black and white view of morality. In this gray area, reason, incentive, and relativism come into light. It is only when one investigates the meaning of evil from religious, social, and philosophical vantage points that they may truly discover the nature of evil.
The Arch-Fiend, in 'The fall of Satan'; by John Milton, is a minded firm person who gets his word across to others. His stubborn attitude and arrogance shows that he is the strongest and smartest. The pride that made him believe he 'equaled the Most High,'; meaning he felt equal to God. The story, describes Satan's appearance, his action, his words, and his effect on others.
On 666 Lucifer Street is the perfect house for you.The exterior of this house will amaze you. The deep, dark, and misty woods will make you feel squeamish just as there are spiders crawling up and down your back. The vines that spring up and down the cement walls will grasp irregular visitors if you get too close. The heavy wooden door is rotted to pieces but that's exactly how you want it, right? The dark spots that you down from the windows smell delightful and really make the house irresistible to have. The board up windows show how that windows have been broken off and never replaced it's a wonderful thing because it makes the inside even more dark and frightening. This exterior is by far the best
The narrator begins by portraying the house to look like typical horror movie houses. It’s a large, pretty house, with locked gates, and is far away from the street and other houses. When they initially moved into the house, she feels spirits right away, saying “there is something strange about the house—I can feel it.” (377). She later declares there is a peculiar smell in the house. “It creeps all over the house. I find it hovering in the dining-room, skulking in the parlor, hiding in the hall, lying in wait for me on the stairs. It gets into my hair. Even when I go to ride, if I turn my head suddenly and surprise it, there is that smell!” (385). The way she phrased this brings the presence of the dead to the atmosphere. Spirits are often described as “hovering” and “creeping” around, popping up unexpectedly. She says it’s hiding and waiting for her, which probably scares her.
It is impossible to deny the existence of evil in the world as we as human beings experience pain and suffering every day. It is generally accepted that there are two different types of evil – natural (based on God) and moral (based on humans). Moral evil is caused by human beings and occurs when humans inflict suffering on other people like September 11th, world wars, the Holocaust and other human related travesties. We also inflict evil on animals with testing or hunting for game not using the animals as God intended for fur or food. Humans also have obliterated the environment with pollution, destroying the rainforests and the way we litter and think nothing of it.
The house is similar to the mind in other ways. It houses inner demons and fears, which can be heard stalking its prey. It also contains a "basement"...
In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, evil is portrayed through various types of situations, characters and symbols. Over the course of time, these boys demonstrate elements of human nature beyond civilized human beings as they are put in a society and environment where there are no rules or civilization set in place. Golding shows that human nature, when free from the constraints of society, draws people away from common sense into savagery. His arguments state that human beings are savage by nature, and are moved by urges toward brutality and dominance over others. William Golding shows that humans, when taken away from there society, hide the potential to be evil which slowly releases from within. The use of characterization, symbolism, and character development are literary devices that Golding uses in Lord of the Flies to illustrate that all humans are inherently evil.