Pauline Pfeiffer Essays

  • Hills like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway

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    affairs, alcohol, and hardship. Many of these experiences Hemmingway has faced, have set the foundation for some of his greatest works. This paper will examine the impact that Hemmingway’s first born child, his alcohol addiction and his separation from Pauline had on the popular short story of Hills like White Elephants. Before writing Hills like White Elephants Hemingway had been married to his first wife Hadley Richardson. In 1921, the couple moved to Paris were two years later Hemingway began to make

  • Was Ernest Hemingway A Tragic Figure In Contemporary Literature?

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    posing as a soldier and kicked him out of the army where he then left for Paris with his new wife, first of four wives, Hadley Richardson. He had one child with her and named him Jack. He later divorced Hadley in 1927 and married his second wife Pauline Pfeiffer. He had two children, Patrick and Gregory. During the second marriage, his father committed suicide and this lead Hermingway to become much more depressed. He cheated on his second wife and divorced her marrying Martha Gellhorn. Martha spent

  • Hemingway's Personal Life and its Influence on his Short Story, Hills Like White Elephants

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    Hemingway's separation from Pauline and divorce from Hadley had on "Hills like White Elephants." Before authoring "Hills like White Elephants," Hemingway had been residing in Paris with his wife Hadley and son, Bumby. During their stay in Paris, Hadley and Ernest Hemingway met a woman named Pauline Pfeiffer. Pauline was more of a friend to Hadley than Hemingway was. Pauline did not think much of Hemingway at first, she thought he was lazy and a no-doer. Later Pauline and Hemingway fell in love

  • Applications of Symbolic Interactionism Theory

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    Applications of Symbolic Interactionism Theory George Herbert Mead begins his discussion of symbolic interactionism (talking with others) by defining three core principles that deal with meaning, language, and thought. The theory states that meaning is the construction of social reality. Humans act toward people or things on the basis of the meanings they assign to those people or things. The second principle of symbolic interactionism is language, which is the source of meaning. Meaning

  • Movie Review

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    that its a missing girl, the girl is trying to get revenge for her death. First off, I would like to say that Michelle Phieffer is great in this movie; she carries her character strongly from start to finish. And unfortunately The movie opens with Pfeiffer and Ford taking their daughter to college, thus leaving them alone in their house for the first time since they were married. The daughter is actually the product of Pfeiffer's first marriage to a musician who now dead (by what means I can't remember

  • The Appeal of Ads

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    The Appeal of Ads When we look at an advertisement, we see what the advertisement company wants use to see in the ad. They have the luxury to cut, paste, and airbrush the photos to their liking and desired look and feel. When we look at ads, we think things and want things based on what we see or what we think we want. Our brains and neglect of reality sell their products for them. They play off human desires and tempt us with images of sexy people and fast cars to sway our view of their

  • Intolerance In 'The Song Of The Cid'

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    Tolerance is the willingness to listen to many voices, making intolerance the insistence on listening to one voice. This intolerance is predominantly shown based on hierarchal power and religious supremacy. “The Song of the Cid” back these claims of vocal intolerance with the King Alfonso VI’s exile and further interactions with the Cid showing the intolerance he has for his subordinates, the view of Christian supremacy projected by El Cid’s men, and El Cid’s dominance of those of other faiths as

  • The Spirit Of Divination In The Story Analysis

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    Often skimmed over, is the story of Paul casting out a spirit from an unnamed slave-girl found in Acts 16. When read using a feminist lens, the seemingly minor text reveals unique power differentials between the girl and the other characters. Every character in the story exploits and uses the girl for a specific purpose, which illuminates the power differentials. The spirit of divination uses her body to speak through, the apostle Paul uses her by casting out her spirit so satisfy his needs, the

  • The Pauline Epistles I: The book of Romans

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    The book of Romans is the book doctrinal written by the Apostle Paul. This book is also a book is unique because it was written and sent without Paul never went to Rome or find churches in Rome. Epistle to the Romans is not to doubt, because in Romans is the basis of the Gospel which is the theme of this book. Therefore it needs to be emphasized that this letter is so important. In these letters Paul provides the most complete statement of the doctrine in the New Testament. If want to know the

  • The Nature Of The Polemical Epistle To The Galatians

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    The polemical Epistle to the Galatians has some of the most explosive and harsh rhetoric in all Pauline epistles. Paul’s writing clearly indicates that he is troubled by the situation in Galatia. Along with the other Pauline epistles, with the possible exception of Romans (Goodacre, 2016b), Paul’s Letter to the Galatians is occasional. That is, Paul is responding to specific problems within the Galatian community (Goodacre, 2016a). The actual occasion of Galatians is as follows: Paul is writing to

  • Communist Controversy over Film Salt of the Earth

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    encountered violent opposition from agencies such as the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Labor and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. What particular element of Salt made it seem so threatening and subversive? According to film critic Pauline Kael Salt was nothing more than "shrewd propaganda for the urgent business of the USSR." (Kael, 331-332) She unhesitatingly asserts that Salt is "as clear a piece of communist propaganda as we have had in many years" (Kael 331-332). In short, Kael

  • Cultural Encounters in Acts

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    “And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere – in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). This statement, spoken by Jesus at the beginning of the book of Acts is indicative of what was to follow. Indeed the Acts of the Apostles, believed to be penned by Luke the Evangelist, documented the beginning of the Christian religion and its dispersion out from Jerusalem (). But when it came to bringing the message out of Jerusalem and to the

  • New Perspectives on Paul

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    pertaining to Pauline Research and to provide some possible implications from their outcomes. The new perspectives on Paul can be rather confusing for the general layperson, so it is the goal of this paper to clarify and explain these new positions in contrast to the prevalent and classically held orthodox view that contains many doctrines that the church has stood upon for years. The term, “New Perspective on Paul,” was a coined phrase used in 1982 by James Dunn that named the ongoing Pauline Research

  • Apostle Paul's Prayer Thesis Statement

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    parts: thanksgiving, petitions, and praise. Authorship, Date, and Purpose The text names Apostle Paul as the author (Eph. 1:1). Although the text is clear, some scholars have questioned Pauline authorship; however, these claims are insufficient in comparison to the claims of the text and the general acceptance of Pauline

  • Paul, the Motherly Paterfamilias

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    Paul, the Motherly Paterfamilias Introduction In Paul's time the role of paterfamilias in Roman households—as well as in general society—was that of an authoritarian ruler with absolute control over all people in his realm. In his letters to the congregations that he had founded and towards which he felt paternal affection, the apostle Paul transcended this dominating relationship by expressing deep emotions of longing and affection. He also nurtured them by sharing his life with them and

  • Rolfing

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    Rolfing Rolfing is a scientific and organized system of manipulating the muscles in the body to their correct positions. Rolfing is a controlled approach within the general field of structural integration. Rolfing was originally called "structural integration." Some people still use the words, structural integration, instead of Rolfing (www.smart.net/~astro/define.html). Developed by Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D., this practice includes the process of teaching the body how to move by manipulating the

  • 2 Thessalonians vs. 1 Thessalonians

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    authenticity of authorship of 2 Thessalonians. Many scholars believe that 2 Thessalonians is a pseudepigrapha. However, its acceptance into the canon, the eschatological theme, and its similarity in context to 1 Thessalonians supports authenticity of the Pauline authorship. 2 Thessalonians’ installation in the Marcion’s canon and the Muratorian canon confirms its authenticity because this shows that it was fully accepted as a work of Paul as early as c.150. In order for a book to be considered as an authoritative

  • How Hemingway's Life Influenced His Writing

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    Ernest Hemingway infuses his novels with life experiences, creating characters and plot lines based around his own romantic encounters. Agnes von Kurowsky was Hemingway’s first love, shaping how he would continue to behave in his romantic relations with his following four wives. Hemingway’s taste in strong minded, ambitious women molded the characters in some of his most notable works, from For Whom the Bells Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, and The Sun Also Rises. Conflict and Hemingway’s desire for countless

  • Ernest Hemingway

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    Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in a small community of Oak Park, Illinois. He was the second child out of six, with four sisters and one brother. The area Ernest grew up in was a very conservative area of Illinois and was raised with values of strong religion, hard work, physical fitness and self-determination. His household was a very strict one that didn’t allow any enjoyment on Sundays and disobedience was strictly punished. Ernest’s father taught him good morals and values that he

  • Ernest Hemingway’s Life and Accomplishments

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    Writing being only one of Ernest Hemingway’s many amazing accomplishments throughout his lifetime, he changed lives all across the globe. Ernest Hemingway was a very brave, unique and passionate man. He received awards and prizes in his life, only small markers in his life compared to what he actually accomplished, both personally and for his country. Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Illinois. When he was in high school, he wrote for the newspaper, Trapeze and Tabula. When he