Topic: Evils and Its Symbols

Order Description Write an essay on why you interpret this news report as being about evil as a disruptor of human lives. Use one or more symbols from J. C. Cooper's book and at least one course concept from the unit related to your choice of topic: physical environment, colonialism or genocide. Support your arguments by providing documented evidence from assigned course readings and other materials. Theme: Physical Environment Symbols: Death and hope Definition of death from J.C. Coopers book: Death: The unseen aspect of life; omniscience, since the dead are all-seeing. Death to the earthly life precedes spiritual rebirth; in initiation the darkness of deaths is experienced before the birth of the new man, resurrection and reintegration. Death is also the change from one mode of being to another, the reunion of the body with the earth and the soul with the spirit. The king of Death is often depicted as a skeleton with sword, scythe, sickle and hour- glass; other death symbols are the veil, serpent, lion, scorpion, ashes, the drummer, Death is a symbolized as a dancer, sometimes is beautiful girl, in Hinduism. Siva is a God of Dance and Death. Definition of hope from J.C. Coopers book: Hope: Symbolized in the West by the anchor, or a woman with a globe, cornucopia, pear or beehive; sometimes she has a galleon in full sail surmounting her head. In Christian are she is represented as a winged woman with hands raised to heaven and with an anchor or St James the Great at her feet. Other emblems of hope are the cross of the resurrection and a crown presented by an angel. In Egypt Isis also signifies hope. THEME: Physical Environment Essay Topic : Natural Evil: Haiti shattered by earthquake and hurricane Define the term “natural evil”. How do experiences of natural evil disrupt communities? Haiti is a prime example of a country shattered by experiences of natural evil. Use the two news reports cited below to build an essay about recent Haitian experiences of natural evil. Apply appropriate course concepts of evil and select symbols from J. C. Cooper's encyclopaedia to build your case. Research two sources outside the course curriculum to explore this topic in greater depth. Use these 2 links plus 2 outside sources. HYPERLINK "https://www.therecord.com/news-story/5252733-mcc-and-haiti-five-years-later/"https://www.therecord.com/news-story/5252733-mcc-and-haiti-five-years-later/ The New York Times' perspective: HYPERLINK "https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/world/americas/hurricane-matthew-haiti.html?_r=0"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/world/americas/hurricane-matthew-haiti.html?_r=0. Length: 1000 words, not including notes or bibliography Range: plus or minus 150 words Grade value: 25%