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The Geese poem to me sounds like hey, yea you feel down and out like some boring animal on earth and you've been trying so hard but, you could be a goose, flying high in the air without a care if you just believe and try.

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Lou Gehrig's disease to me could be interpreted as a metaphor for overcoming original sin.

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A great athlete can shine like a Greek god in American sports, but even when Lou Gehrig stopped being so great, he was given salvation through his fans' grace.

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When all the fans gave Lou Gehrig gifts and such, it was like he was born again because it made him so happy

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When Persepolis fights for a shorter head dress that she can wear in her studio it could also be a metaphor for Persepolis trying to have more freedom and movement in her religion as a whole

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The American dream is you work for what you get while the Puritans believe if you are poor you did something that caused you to be poor.

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In the poem Wild Geese, I believe that Mary Oliver is saying that despite what you feel you have a place here that has been given to you. This is along the lines of Predestination.

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Lou Gehrig almost had a predestination to get sick so that we could learn about the disease

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Convocation makes a statement on women's rights in other religions and cultures and really puts it into perspective

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In Persepolis, the girls already have the puritan eternal damnation because of their gender.

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Persepolis stands up to the head of the school in order to defend her and all other women in her school

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Persepolis challenges the views of her own religion in hopes of a shorter head dress for more freedom of movement in her studio

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Like the Puritan beliefs Lou Gehrig found salvation through his fans (grace).

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Like the Puritan's belief of being born again, Louis Gehrig was very sick, but gained his happiness back from his fans.

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Predestination- was shown in the American Dream, with the black veterans being shut out because of their skin color

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In American Dream, they shut the African American veterans out, which is like original sin, because many people in the 50's thought that African American's were born as bad people, and white's had no respect for them.

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She had no choice but to wear the head scarf and the trousers, which is like the predestination belief of the Puritans.

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In Convocation, she is saved through the grace of the head of the university, like how puritans are saved through god's grace.

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She was sinning and going against the law by having a relationship with Reza. This is like the original sin of the Puritans.

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Persepolis challenges the head minister of her school and almost gets expelled but is saved when she create a new scarf thing for women to wear

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She recovered her self-esteem by rebelling, which is like the Puritan belief of being born again.

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In Persepolis, the girl is saved from being expelled, and is given another chance by the Islamic Commission. - salvation through grace.