Fahad Anbaki Stacey Strauc Honors English 10 6/08/2024. What happens when faith and religion become fanaticism and devotion to evil entities? The book The Nun Massacre by Regina Watts explores and communicates the severe and sometimes deadly consequences of blind faith with no control. The Nun Massacre novel showcases the gripping horror story of a sister named Mary who navigates the deadly and ominous halls of an abandoned school run by an evil entity. As Mary's lines of piety and all-out madness begin to blur, Sister Mary must not only face the wrath of the supernatural creatures that haunt the very school she sets foot in but must also deal with the twisted and crazy nuns she works with. This novel has all the themes to keep you flipping …show more content…
The Nun Massacre communicates a strong lesson. Unchecked behavior can lead to devastating outcomes and possibly the death of you or many others. This is proven when Sister Mary is exploited, when strong adherence results in violence, and when betrayal comes from the religious community itself. It's first clear that extremism leads to a disastrous outcome when innocent Sister Mary is exploited by the people in charge. Early in the novel, Sister Mary's unwavering belief is used by Mother Superior, who can also be called Mother Appolonia. Mary was still young when she joined the school, and her unwavering belief was used by the cruel mother Appalonia to try and control her. Mother Apolonia states, “Your unwavering obedience is the path to salvation” [Watts, 45]. Later, after a string of mysterious deaths and horrors seem to flood the school, Mother Appolonia states, “Doubt is the seed of damnation, and it's a seed you must eradicate." Watts,82 These two quotes show how Sister Mary's faith is used as a tool to be controlled by Mother Appalonia to try and control Mary. The things Mother Appolonia says keep Sister Mary submissive and obedient to her and use her as a puppet. This puts Mary and the whole school in more and more danger. This shows how …show more content…
This also shows how strict and fascist the rule is of Mother Appalonia and how much of a cruel person she is. “Sister Agnes was dragged to the altar, her cries echoing in the stone halls, as the whip cracked in the name of discipline” Watts, 137. Another instance shows the nun’s reaction to a person who does not know or follow the rules. The outsider was treated not as a guest but as a heretic, subjected to the same cruel corrections as it was called, as much as the nuns themselves.” Watts, 192. These two quotes from the novel show the convents' obsession with maintaining religious orthodoxy leads to injuries, violence, and hurt for innocent people. The wiping of Sister Anges and the mistreatment of the unknown visitor reveal that this system that they have established is truly fascist and insane, with its only goal targeting innocent people, and they use the name of religion to do so and justify their actions. 2. Finally, the novel shows the true consequences that occur while running a deeply violent and facto-istic system—that betrayal comes within the religious community itself. In the climax of the book, Sister Mary discovers something insane; the reason for all of the cruel violence that occurred and the strict
protagonist postulant Mariette Baptiste. Hansen’s challenges readers to explore beyond his descriptive narrative to find further meaning in the themes of suffering, power, and gender. Mariette Baptist represents a prideful, young woman who challenges and undercuts the Priory of The Sisters of The Crucifixion through her eccentric faith. Mariette’s piety generates discourse within the convent about the sincerity in her disposition for a religious life. The sisters are challenged to see Mariette’s faith as real and pure. Her religious practices involving self-inflicted penances disrupt the conventional ways of the priory. Furthermore, Mariette implores herself
When she was younger she wanted to become a nun. Her mother taught her that religion was always important. She was always a “goody two shoes”. Patria set standards for her younger sisters that were too high to meet. They always felt as if they didn’t do enough.. She treated them all
The worst mass murder suicide in history was the Jonestown Massacre. The Jonestown Massacre happened on November 18th 1978.More then 900 people were killed in the Massacre, 232 of which were children. The Massacre happened on a piece of land in Guyana that the People’s Temple, run by James Jones, had bought. The People’s Temple was a church run by James Jones who preached about diversity and racism. James was not a real preacher, all of his speeches were based on his opinions and theories of the world. He pretended to be a doctor. People would give him money and he would pretend to heal them. He founded his church in 1965. After getting bad press about his speeches, he took his followers and moved them all out to Guyana, telling them they were going to live in a more communal way. Jones’s followers gave him money supposedly for the church, all the working adults gave at least 25% of their paycheck to him and everyone getting social security checks gave their checks to him. The people of Jonestown raised animals and farmed in the middle of the Guyana Jungle, as their new way of life.
Two decades ago a strange series of events ended in the deaths of more than 900 people in the middle of a South American jungle. Though thought of as a "massacre," what occurred at Jonestown on November 18, 1978, was to some extent done willingly. This made the mass suicide more disturbing. The Jonestown cult which was officially named “The People's Temple" was founded by a reverend named James Warren Jones, also known as Jim Jones, from Indianapolis in 1955. Jones, who didn’t have medical training, based his liberal ministry as a combination of religious and socialist viewpoints.
In analyzing this story, there are several other interesting facts that merit further exploration. For instance, throughout the story all references to the little convent girl use black or dark references. But, when plunging to her death, the author describes the little convent girl as a "flutter of white petticoats, a show of white stockings". What is the significance of the sudden color change? Also, Since the reader must assume that the little convent girl is Catholic, what can be concluded about a proper catholic committing suicide?
The thought of even having to touch the aides disgust Mary because they are a physical representation of the reality she is denying. When she is told that she may have to kill her daughter, she reacts poorly, as most would expect a mother to, however she has gone to extremes. She accuses her husband of having never loved their daughter and that the only thing keeping them married was the daughter and that without Jennifer, Peter would have left Mary (156-158). This intense outburst from a woman who is usually so calm when tragedy affects those outside of her narcissistic bubble only goes to show further the indifferent attitude of denial. When made to recognize the oncoming death, she cannot fathom it, and tries to find other reasons for Peter trying to get her to come to terms with “murdering” her daughter.
On the 29th o April, 1977 Captain Cook, commander of a British fleet, landed on the eastern shore of Australia, in an attempt to claim the land under the name of Britain. The land was to be claimed by Britain as a land where the British government could send convicts; in an attempt to ease the struggle in the over flowing prisons. Upon Cooks arrival, he was ordered to follow three rules of claiming a foreign land. They were;
is very upset and think that they are the cause of her "death". Also, the Friar
The My Lai Massacre of 1968 was a horrific blemish of brutality on America’s past. During this massacre, a company of American soldiers callously massacred the majority of the South Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai civilians, including women, children, and elderly. To this day, it remains unclear precisely how many South Vietnamese lives were taken during the massacre, but it was estimated to be as many as 500 civilians. (My Lai Cover-up Attempt) Higher-ranking U.S. Army officers covered up the events at My Lai and downplayed the fatalities among other soldiers. After a year of silence, a soldier knowledgeable of the My Lai event, searched to find justice for the South Vietnamese who were murdered by revealing the brutality of the American company. This act sparked a surge of intercontinental outrage and brought specific investigation to the issue. In 1970, only one of the fourteen officers charged with misconducts associated to the dealings of My Lai was
Regarding the connection between the aunts and angels, the woman talks about them being her family, and at first you see them as guardians but straight afterwards they are portrayed as prison guards with harmful weapons. This irony plays a strong part in who is meant to play the good guys and who the bad.
The Rape of Nanking, also known as the Nanking Massacre was a six week period when mass numbers of Chinese men and woman were killed by the Japanese. Embarrassed by the lack of effort in the war with China in Shanghai, the Japanese looked for revenge and finally were able to win the battle. The Japanese moved toward the city of Nanjing also known as Nanking and invaded it for approximately six months. Even though the people of Nanjing outnumbered the 50,000 Japanese, they were not as masterful in warfare as their opponents. Chinese soldiers were forced to surrender to the Japanese and the massacre began in which around 300,000 people died and 20,000 women were raped. The Japanese leaders had different methods of killing that were instructed to the soldiers. However, the prisoners of this “City of Blood” soon found their liberation and their justice was served.
The Kwangju Massacre, also widely known as the Kwangju Democratic Uprising to those who support the movement played a significant role in the course of democratization of South Korea. This research paper focuses on why the Kwangju Uprising occurred and the role of the United States. Many South Koreans felt that the United States supported President Chun’s military government and outlook the injustice that was taking place in Kwangju. The Kwagju Massacre ended with the army seizing the Province hall once again on May 27th 1980. Even with the defeat, the Kwangju Uprising gave aspiration to the citizen that they are able to bring change in the government policies.
Jonestown massacre, led by Jim Jones, was known to be a massive genocide that took place in the jungle at Jonestown, Guyana, South America on November 18,1978. There were total of 913 people who died drinking the cyanide mixed kool-aid.
When 1937 arrived, Japanese soldiers raided China’s capital of Nanking and began to mass murder citizens. A sole leader of the Japanese Imperial Army was non-existent. There were many of people in power such as generals who allowed these behaviors to occur. Baron Koki Hirota, Foreign minister at the time, proceeded to do nothing while being well aware of the Japanese’s persecution of the Chinese. These unsympathetic murders of those who were thought to be Chinese soldiers as well as woman, children and elderly. This massacre lasted between the 1937 and 1938. Within this time 300,000 Chinese citizens were viciously killed. This genocide is called Rape of Nanking because of raping the woman before killing them. Most likely this group was selected because the second world war happened in Asia. This was significant because a country was able to kill half the population of another. I believe the reason of this Genocide was for Japan to take advantage of China while expand Japan. Most likely the Japanese wished to exterminate China’s entire population.
...100 years, it is vital that viewers understand that this is a flawed system and that this is not only the fault of the church. Despite this fact, most viewers will likely make the inference thatthe nuns were partially victims to this system themselves.