Religion

KATE AND CARCAR



Positive: 1. faith- what a person is devoted to 2. encouraging- step byoptimistic 3. belief in a stronger power 4. devotion- one can dedicate their time and thoughts to something beneficial 5. salvation- belief in saving one's self from evil 6. hope- always gives someone something to look up to 7. acceptance- everyone is looked upon equally 8. trust- not only trusting god, but trusting one's self to have enough strength to believe 9. honesty- only loyal thoughts are processed 10. heaven- a desired afterlife

Negative: 1. the devil- the master that tries to negatively control a person 2. hell- an afterlife where one does not want to end up 3. temptations- outside sources influencing bad decisons 4. wrong influence- taking sides with someone that does not want one to believe 5. rebel- taking things for granted 6. other priorities- other things in life seem more important 7. not interested- feeling that there is no time for relgion 8. no proof- no physical evidence of religion 9. distractions- other things that keep people from fully devoting their time to god

Positive example from the book: In chapter 13, Jose Arcadio II is born. Immediately, Ursula is driven by the fact that he is going to be pope. This is a positive aspect of religion because it shows how strong Ursula's faith is, to believe that one of her great grandsons would actually become the most powerful Catholic figure in the world. This also shows a great deal of hope. Ursula is hopeful enough that one day, Jose Arcadio II will have enough devotion to his religion to become the pope.

Negative example from the book: In chapter 10, Jose Arcadio Segundo became a very religious man. He became very curious with religion and attended church and recieved communion. However, he became distracted with other things, more specifically cock fighting (page 186). He soon began taking all of the wisdom he learned from Father Antonio Isabel and put it into cock fighting. This is a negative example because instead of focusing and further pursuing his relgious side, he became distracted with silly past times such as cock fighting.