Hemmings by Abeni https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54 Religion en-us 2017-07-06 17:26:58 UTC 2025-02-08 15:14:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png His daughter Eva stops him as he enters the dining room. She informs him of the news he already knew, subconsciously. hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209641 Reluctantly, he accepts it. Arianne greets him with a drink and neither of them can bear to discuss the matter further. ]]> 2017-07-06 17:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209641 When he goes downstairs, he finds the doors barricaded and the children counting silver hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209642 They tell him that the house is too big and they are moving him out of it. ]]> 2017-07-06 17:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209642 Convinced by his own lie, Alexei decides to win Elena back from her lover hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209643 He packs some suitcases, and prepares to go into town. He plans to buy her a necklace and a new wedding ring. ]]> 2017-07-06 17:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209643 The children are not happy. hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209644 They do not want to ruin their good memories of their mother and besides, there's no evidence of such behavior. ]]> 2017-07-06 17:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209644 Once the family is gathered, Alexei elaborates that Elena has not only gone shopping, but that she has taken a lover hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209645 He's very pleased with her for doing so. It seems to ease the guilt about his own infidelities. ]]> 2017-07-06 17:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209645 Alexei's four children, Arianne, Ilya, Eva, and Katya then come to pay him a house visit hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209646 Alexei is indifferent, but he goes out to buy a cake for the occasion. ]]> 2017-07-06 17:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209646 He calls his eldest daughter Arianne to tell her that Elena has "gone shopping." hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209647 Arianne is concerned that her father is in denial and tells her siblings. ]]> 2017-07-06 17:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209647 Alexei refuses to cope with his grief over the loss of his wife hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209648 Instead, he distracts himself with stories he makes up about her.]]> 2017-07-06 17:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209648 His grown children resent him hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209649 He wasn't present at the births of most of them. He was out with his mistresses. The one exception is his eldest daughter Arianna, who shares many of his interests - like heavy drinking. ]]> 2017-07-06 17:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209649 Too bad, because Elena dies two days later hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209650 Alexei has many regrets, since he was unfaithful to her. He thinks back on her devotion to charity, and the way she left shoes where he could trip on them. They had been married forty-five years. He feels numb. ]]> 2017-07-06 17:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209650 Alexei, an old man living in Detroit, retires from his job because he decides he's exceptionally handsome hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209651 ...for his age. He also wants to spend more time with his wife, Elena. "She's getting younger and prettier," he tells his friend André.]]> 2017-07-06 17:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178209651 how Hinduism began hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178300711 developed from the religion that the Aryans brought to India with them in about 1500 BC. Its beliefs and practices are based on the Vedas, a collection of hymns that Aryan scholars had completed by about 800 BC.]]> 2017-07-08 11:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178300711 how Hinduism began hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178300717 developed from the religion that the Aryans brought to India with them in about 1500 BC. Its beliefs and practices are based on the Vedas, a collection of hymns that Aryan scholars had completed by about 800 BC.]]> 2017-07-08 11:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178300717 who was Brahman? hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178300721 Brahman has many forms, pervades the whole universe, and is symbolized by the sacred syllable Om.Most Hindus believe that Brahman is present in every person as the eternal spirit or soul, called the Atman.]]> 2017-07-08 11:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178300721 What was karma hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178300723 Good or bad deeds that will turn to you in which kind of deed you used.]]> 2017-07-08 11:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178300723 where Hinduism started hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178300733 Hinduism is a religion brought to India from the Arayns]]> 2017-07-08 11:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178300733 what was the caste system hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178300735 A caste system is a class structure that is determined by birth. Loosely, it means that in some societies, if your parents are poor, you're going to be poor, too. Same goes for being rich, if you're a glass-half-full person.]]> 2017-07-08 11:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178300735 the religion of Hinduism hemminaa21 https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178300737 Hindus believe that there is one true god called Brahman.]]> 2017-07-08 11:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hemminaa21/elzmtsz19r54/wish/178300737