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Lauren Bailey ENG 101 Dr. Ellis September 22, 2020     Blog Post 2               Human beings were designed to thrive in a very specific environment. I am convinced (especially after reading these three works) that there are some necessary elements for that habitat of societal flourishing. What I noticed in the three readings, is that they at least include but of course are not limited to, faith and the inherent and integrated element of working and serving others.              To being with, I want to discuss the relationship between faith and service, as seen in Milton’s poem. Milton discusses his daily work in conjunction with his faith. He says that he was overcome, “Lodged with me useless, though my Soul more bent / To serve therewith my Maker, and present/ My true account, lest he returning chide” to serve God and present his good works a...

  Analysis of Milton, Soto, and Kolvenbach           While reading Milton, Soto, and Kolvenbach, one theme was shown in all three readings. This common theme was making the best out of what you have.  In “When I consider how my light is spent” by John Milton, he shares his experiences of being a blind man. He feels he can’t connect with and serve God if he doesn’t know what is in front of him to begin with. Milton feels he is wasting space on God’s planet and isn’t worth God’s time. But what he realizes later is that God doesn’t need his service. As said in the poem, “God doth not need either man’s work or his own gifts.” Milton knows God values him, even if he is blind.  “A Red Palm” by Gary Soto discusses the struggles of an immigrant. The father struggles all day to barely make ends meet. He works hard, sometimes physically exhausting himself, so there can be food at home for his son. But at the end of the day, he still can smile and...

When reading these three pieces of writing a central theme I concluded was discovering hope in life and embracing it. Overcoming adversity within one’s life is depicted in each piece of work. In the poem  “ When I consider how my light is spent ”  by John Milton the speaker is struggling is with his religion now that he's blind which makes it challenging for him to resume his practice as a poet .  “ In A Red Palm ”  by Gary Soto, follows the perspective of a father working hard to provide for his family and his regret of not valuing his education how he is adapting with that result. Lastly in “The Service of Faith and the Promotion of Justice in American Jesuit Higher Education ”  by Kolvenbach emphasizes the values of Jesuits through educating and embracing justice.   Though not evident each piece of writing in an intricate way possess a similar larger implication. First, the more comparable John Milton’s and Kolvenbach’s piece of writing, emphasizing...

     After reading all three pieces by Milton, Soto, and Kolvenbach, I had a hard time, at first, finding a common theme that jumped out at me. I reviewed my annotations and the information that I had highlighted and immediately made the connection. All three literary pieces describe work to some extent. I did not recognize this at first because they describe it in different ways and situations.      In the first piece, “When I consider how my light is spent”, Milton describes work through the life of a person who has been blinded later on in his life. He begins to explain how God put each human on Earth with a specific gift that we must utilize to serve Him. Although this person may think that they are useless to God since they are blinded and can no longer work for Him, it is later revealed that God appreciates a faithful person just as much as a worker. Just because you are no longer able to utilize the gift that God gave you, does not mean that your rel...

  Ainsley Jodlbauer To work for something takes passions and determination, which not every individual has. The three works read, each with a different author (Milton, Soto, and Kolvenbach) all possess a similar theme: work. However, each piece does this in very different ways, yet all connecting and sharing similarities.  Milton’s piece, “When I consider how I spent my life”, tells the story of a man who has been blinded, but despite his set back he continues to thrive forward in working hard in life for God. The author's overall purpose of the short work is to explain that setbacks don’t mean that quitting is the right option. We see this similar outlook on life in Soto’s piece, “A Red Palm”. He tells a story about a man who puts all his effort into work each day in order to support his wife and children. In the middle of the writing, we see that the man thinks back on his failure in school, and how if he had done better life might be easier. His lack of success with schoo...

  To me all works of literature share a common theme. That theme is life through the view of a person. In  Milton’s poem we read about a guy who is blinded and trying to live his life. In Soto’s we read about the day in the life of some dad. And in  Kolvenbach’s we read about people living religiously through faith and justice.     Out of the three pieces of work read, my favorite was “A Red Palm” by Gary Soto. This poem was my favorite not because of the meaning behind it but the use of  words and metaphors in this poem. I did like the meaning but what really sold me was the wording. For  example,  one line was  “dirt  smiles under each  fingernail”. The personification of the dirt in a realistic way  has blown my mind. The meaning of this line is that the dirt goes under the persons fingernails,  the way that our fingers curve makes it look like a smile.  The way the author thinks about things differently really bro...

  Date & Time is a story filled with poetry about the author, Phil Kaye. It is quite a unique story because of the way he set up the timeline. Usually stories have a beginning, middle, and end. But not this one. Instead, his stories are portrayed as the end, the beginning, and ends with the middle. One of my favorite quotes from this poetry is when he says, "every great story has a beginning, middle, and end, not necessarily in that order, we are all great stories though not all written as chapter books". This really spoke out to me because I do believe that we all have these beautiful lives and stories to share but you may not think that every part of the book is the best part. In the beginning(middle) it shows Phil's young age of when he was a child. Within this chapter you will be thrown into a time when he was with his childhood best friend. "Before the Internet" is also one of my favorite parts. It takes you back to when you'd play these fun games w...