On the surface, Red Planet so far has nothing to do with faith. No one has ever talked about believing in certain things or religion and what not. But if you try to look deep into the story, you may find things of faith that you didnt see before.
- For instance, everyone at the school finds out that Jim back-talked to head master Howe. They are all praising him for his courage and agree with how Jim feels. Jim wants to back down and not drag it along anymore but then his best friend Frank reassures him that everyone believes in him, that they all agree but they are just too scared to step up and say something. Jim ends up starting on his plans because he knows he has the faith of his friends and fellow students.
- Another form of faith that occured earlier in the story was when the large martians scoop want to scoop up the boys. They are both very scared but then Jim has a sense of kindness in the martians. He has faith in them that they are not going to hurt boys or Willis.
- I would think that all of the humans living on Mars have some sort of faith toward the ones who brought human life to Mars. There are still many things that need to be done so that all humans can fully live on Mars as comfortably as possible. All of the people know that it will be many many years until things are completely done, but they still all have faith in that one day Mars will be just as inhabitable as Earth is.
I myself do have faith. Not necessarily a religion. I do believe in god just as much as anyone else, but I feel that I dont HAVE to go to church every sunday so that god knows I have faith in him. I believe in my heart and I think thats all that truly matters. Other things that I have faith in is myself and my family. I know that I can do anything I put my mind to. I have faith in my family in a way that I know no matter what ever happens, we will always be their for eachother. They will always love me and I will always love them.
To me, faith isnt about religion. Faith is just something that you have in your heart. It is something, no matter what it may be, that you believe in. It might very well be a religion or a God, but it could be any other number of things.
3 comments:
Hi Ashley,
It seams to me that you understand yourself well enough to know what you need to do when it comes to your faith. In addition, i believe you when you say that your book has nothing to do with faith, because nither does mine. however you were able to find some connections to faith and religion, and they are good because you went into great details. Good Job!
Thanks for your comment noamg17. Yes, so far my book has no relation to faith what so ever. It took a lot of thinking to come up with something that I could use!
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i love what your saying about faith not having to do with god always and forever, that it comes in a number of forms. its awsome that you have that kind of faith in yourself and your family. i really think faith is somthing that you can only feel between yourself and that direct or indirect object/person/time what ever. it has little ot do with atendance at church/temple/whatever. i feel you.
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