Punk'd

= Punk'd = By N. Mulligan media type="file" key="Punk'd.mp3.mp3" = Introduction =

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When is enough, enough? Abraham will do anything to please God, anything. Abraham even circumcises himself and almost kills his son, Isaac, to please God. Why? Just to keep a covenant and show his faith to God. Why doesn't Isaac have a say in all this? In my project for the conversation that never happened, I made the conversations that happened before and after this act of showing faith, and I gave Isaac a chance to speak his mind. ======

= Dialogue =

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Isaac: For the record I dont like this, but you are my father and you know whats best for me, like when you circumsised me and said it was to please you God. Witch is really weird but I guess not as weird as this.======

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Abraham: God works in mysterious ways, Isaac. You have to trust what god says will turn out for the better. We have a covenant with him and I have to fallow his every command in order to keep the covenant alive.======

= Dialogue Analysis =

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During the conversation, Isaac is told to do tasks that he knows is wrong but goes through with it because he is loyal. Isaac does not disagree with anything his father does and just fallows him submissively. Isaac has a feeling that the things being done are not good but he does not want to be disloyal: " For the record I dont like this, but you are my father and you know====== whats best for me," (Mulligan). Isaac also puts too much trust into the more powerful people because he knows that he will have consequences if he disobeys Abraham. Isaac is portrayed as someone who knows somethings wrong, but does not have the courage to stand up for what he knows is wrong, which makes him submissive. Isaac knows of his upcoming fait, "There we go, all finished. Time to put you on the sacrifice altar." (Mulligan). But, Isaac will not confront his father out of fear and loyalty. Not only does Isaac have these traits, but so does Abraham. Abraham is loyal to God and will do anything to please God, "Sorry son. God has told me to sacrifice you, and I have to stay loyal to the LORD my god." (Mulligan). Isaac is Abraham's favorite son, and he will kill his favorite son to stay loyal and keep the covenant. Abraham believes in the covenant and the greater good so he will obey every command by God.

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Since Isaac is Loyal, he follows others submissively. In the ainting found on Insidecatholic.com, Isaac is tied up just before Abraham sacrifices him to show his faith to the Lord his God. This act represents his loyalty to a higher power, his father, by following through with whatever Abraham says. The act also makes him submissive because he just follows with the orders when he should be uncomfortable with the extreme demands. In the picture, Isaac is scared, but he is going through with the sacrifice because he is loyal to his father a nd God: “He bound his son Isaac, and laid him on the alter on top of the wood.” (Gen. 22.9) This quotation represents Isaac’s submissiveness because he does not have the power to say “no”. He is intimidated by a higher power. Intimidation is shown through out this story. During the story, Isaac never stands up for himself and tells Abraham he is uncomfortable, he just lets whatever happens, happens. This is not a good trait for Isaac if he wants to be fruitful and multiply.

====Because Abraham is Loyal to God, he follows a higher power blindly. In the painting found on Insidecatholic.com, Abraham is about to kill his favorite son, Isaac, Making Abraham loyal to God’s commands. The knife on Isaacs throat represents how Abraham will go to extreme measures to satisfy Gods needs. This motif of satsfieing God’s demands shows up many times in the beginning times. The people want to follow someone because they crave a structured environment. God makes this environment because he is all-powerful and can change someone’s fait in a matter of seconds. The people of earth fear God so they can live a fruitful life. The people can only turn to God and make a covenant with him, like what Abraham did. God promises gold and riches for loyalty and followers. This is a good deal in early times, and the only deal they can make. Abraham is one of the people to be most successful for this covenant, but had to do some questionable acts to show his faith: “Take your son…and offer him there and a blunt offering” (Gen. 22.2). This demand is not God’s first radical demand, but the most significant. God wants Abraham to kill his son Isaac, just to show his faith and keep the covenant alive. Abraham needs to learn how to question a higher power, and be comfortable with questioning God’s dema nds.====

= About The Artist =

====Marc Chagall was born in 1887 in Russia. He was the oldest of nine children, and showed that he had a knack for painting. Marc's father disapproved of painting but in 1907, he went to a art school in Leon Bakst in St. Petersburg. In 1910, Marc moved to Paris until 1914. During this time, Marc painted some of his most famous paintings. When the World War I started, Marc decided to come back to Russia. When he came back to Russia, he was apointed the Commissar for Fine Arts in Vitebsk. After this job, he became the director of the Free Academy of Art. Over the course of Marc Chagalls' life, he made over 100 paintings about the Bible.====

[|Marc Chagall]: A site about Marc Chagall. This link in his site is his bibliography. [|Marc Chagall] : Another site that talks about Marc Chagalls' life. = Reflection =

When I got this assignment, I immediately thought of the conversation between Abraham and Isaac because I remember seeing something on television about the same subject. In the beginning, I thought this assignment would be a simple, fun acting out kind of assignment, and I was completely wrong. This assignment took a very long time and was very stressful. The assignment was fun, but more stressful because it has a lot of parts to it and with all the other teachers trying to get last minute tests and projects in, it was hard to manage time and work on things that are most important. English took priority over everything, however, because this project counts for so much and is the most complex.

Writing the dialogue was a lot of fun because you got to make the character your own and have some comedy in the script. All of the other work was pretty stressful. On of the most stressful parts on my project was finding information for the artist because it took me over an hour to just find out the artists name. All of the other assignments were stressful but manageable.

I would recommend doing this project next year for the freshmen but I would have it be due earlier and started earlier because when your reading //The Odyssey// and you realize you have a Genesis project due, you mix up some of the characters and forget some of the important details. In conclusion, I thought this project was stressful, difficult, fun, new, and different. I would defiantly recommend assigning this project next year. = Citations =