Suffering

Suffering is an intricate part of the human experience. In a perfect world, people should try to help others that are suffering. However, what is the distinguishing factor that makes one responsible for helping another? In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, and in On Job by Gustavo Gutierrez both authors discuss the suffering of the innocent and the responsibilities that one owes to the suffering. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley argues that Victor is responsible for easing the creature’s…

spiritual combine to induce an entire-bodied aching experience. One suffering cannot be entirely disconnected from another, and it is from this reality we infer human suffering. Euripides’ ancient (431 BCE) tragedy Medea presents the human experience in an original light, wherein three prominent figures are imbued with a sense of insanity, or mental suffering, as a result of, or in correlation with, their emotional and physical suffering; combining conventions of tragedy (assumptions that the…

revolves around the central idea that good cannot exist without evil because suffering is essential to salvation. Throughout the work of literature, everyone suffers, including the innocent. This concept of innocent suffering leads many people to doubt the good of the world and God; however, people, such as Ivan Karamazov, fail to realize that one cannot experience good if they do not know evil. The idea that suffering leads to salvation is developed in the Brothers Karamazov because of Ivan’s…

Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, is the story of Rodion Raskolnikov and his suffering. The book starts off in Petersburg, Russia. Raskolnikov is a college dropout, who is obsessed by his Great Man Theory. In this theory, great men rule the world. They are able to go around the laws, for the bettering of humanity. Raskolnikov wants to fit into his own theory. He wants desperately to be a great man. To test his theory, he kills a cheating pawnbroker. The realization of what he…

and suffering. Pain and suffering are feelings that occur by multiple times in a person’s life, but many people feel that pain and suffering are not real; they think we only feel pain and suffering because there is an absence of something else. I believe that, because pain and suffering are distinct sensations, they have to be real and not just the absence of other emotions like happiness. Through multiple real world situations that can occur in a person’s lifetime, I will…

Have you ever wonder, why there is so much suffering on the poor if there is a God who is on their side? The answer is faith. During the 20th century, Gustavo Gutiérrez started a movement called liberation theology in which he defines in his book A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation as, “The theology of liberation attempts to reflect on the experience and meaning of the faith based on the commitment to abolish injustice and to build a new society” (174). He started a…

God allows sufferings to happen in life since suffering can bring forth hope, conform people to His image, and glorify Him. Though most people believe that suffer is hopelessness, God allows suffers to happen since it can bring forth people hope in God. For sin had…

Suffering can come in a variety of forms. The suffering in King Lear is severe as well as being so violent that many characters tested beyond their limits of endurance. Suffering occurs through the most painful acts human beings can do to each other. In King Lear, whether it be the shredding of human flesh, the breaking of human bodies, or even the removal of someone’s eyes, no physical form of suffering is as impactful as the emotional suffering saw in the play. In Shakespeare's King Lear, the…

John Steinbeck, the author of Of Mice and Men, uses a legion amount of circumstances that exclusively portray the inducement of human suffering. The assets that promote human suffering, including friendships, loneliness, and even dreams, can be recognized in John Steinbeck 's Of Mice and Men novella. Steinbeck’s novella has included something that was rare and unusual during the 20th century; the friendship of two men, George and Lennie, who both dream to “ live offa the fatta the lan’ ”(14).…

the fall in the earlier years. Unfortunately, all humans will not be able to stay away from life changing accidents, sin, or the evils of the world. The pain and suffering that will occur in everyone’s life will have anyone asking Why me? Christians and people who don’t consider themselves Christians may become angry because of the suffering in life. Joni’s life changed dramatically at the age of 17, due to an unfortunate accident that left her paralyzed possibly for the rest of her life.…