The following essay will be based on the story "Let's go to Golgotha" by Gary Kilworth (1979). The story is about a family from the future who travels back in time to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Before going on a trip, the family had to study the Bible to understand the story of Jesus and learn what to do and what not to do. Then they went to the past, switching from the future to the past (different time zone). After seeing the past, they are able to understand how Jesus was crucified and how they kept him in their memory. I will connect the concepts of time, memory and history in the story. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay History is something that happened a long time ago but is still relevant now. Something that has been done or experienced by a particular person or thing. History can also be a series of past events relating to a particular country, period or people. In the story "Let's go to Golgotha" events from the past of different countries are mentioned. First of all they mention Rome, the eruption of Pompeii. The eruption of Vesuvius destroyed and buried the entire city of Pompeii. The eruption killed two thousand people. The eruption took place in the year 79 AD. The second event mentioned is the military education of Sparta. Sparta was a warrior community, their culture was based on trust and military service. Boys were trained to become soldiers. They trained in very harmful conditions, for example they could not wear shoes. The third event was the Crusades. The Crusades were wars between different religions. In the story, the family from the future travels through time to Golgotha to see the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, of which itself is a historical event. Crucifixion was one of the most painful forms of punishment used on victims of crimes or traitors. Their feet and hands were nailed to a cross. In the Holy Bible (which is a historical text of the Christian scriptures) Jesus Christ was crucified. The Jews were asked to choose between Jesus and Barabbas (who was a criminal), and they chose to save Barabbas. Jesus was crucified in the city of Golgotha. The past cannot be changed or upset. Time travelers were told to dress like natives so they wouldn't look different. “Simon looked at Mandy. Her new brown eyes stared up at him and she was beautiful in a gypsy way," this shows that some of their bodily features had also changed so they could adapt. "I'm glad you came. Mandy whispered in Hebrew,” this also shows that they were also taught to speak Hebrew so that they can communicate with the natives. When the crowd shouted that Barabbas must be saved (and Jesus crucified) they too had to shout the same, as difficult as it was since they were Christians, they could not change the past. Even when they put up the sign “Jesus Christ of Nazareth, King of the Jews,” they had to laugh with the crowd. The present is influenced by the past and also by the future. For example, we would not have Passover or celebrate the resurrection of Christ if He had not been crucified. The events that occurred in Rome and Sparta also constitute an important history of these places which is celebrated every year. Changing or upsetting the past would mean changing the present and that, therefore, will mean changing the future. Time is the continuous advancement of existence and events in the past, present and future taken as a whole. Time can also be a plan, schedule, or agreement about when something should happen or be done. Time can be measured in minutes, days, years, etc. There is a time that is felt and a time that canbe measured by science. In the story, the family and other time travelers agree to travel back in time. The future is different from the past. The world is evolving. Evolution is the way living organisms change and develop over the years. Evolution is mainly caused by climate change. Climate change is the change in global or regional weather patterns. Living organisms must evolve to adapt to climate change. Returning to the past will therefore be difficult because the body is not used to those climatic conditions. In the story, Mary and Simon complain about the heat. They likely come from a future characterized by cooler climate conditions. They seek shade because their bodies are no longer adapted to the heat of the past. Climate change is caused by human activities. Machines do almost everything for us these days. These machines use gas that produces carbon dioxide. Rising carbon dioxide levels are the main cause of climate change. In the story there is a treatment room in which there are machines used to prepare time travelers for the journey. In the story they also complain about walking on uneven terrain and sharp surfaces. In the past there were very few houses. The place was full of mountainous terrain. Due to the very hot and dry climate, there were more rocks than soil. In the future there will be almost no mountains left. The land is filled and covered with concrete, houses and roads. In the text it is shown that times have really changed, the past is so different from the present, and so is the future. In the text Mandy complains that the children have nothing to do. In the past, children were responsible for planting and harvesting vegetables and caring for livestock. Nowadays children have nothing to do because we buy food in shops instead of growing it ourselves. Memory is the ability to remember something that happened in the past. Memory is divided into two main forms. Long-term memory and short-term memory. Short-term memory is non-permanent information that is stored in the brain, it can only be stored for a short period of time. Long-term memory is permanent information that is stored in the brain and can last a lifetime. “A few days before the trip you will all be invited to visit our language laboratory, where for an afternoon you will be taught Hebrew according to the principle of knowledge injection. As you probably know, the knowledge will last a month before completely disappearing from your brain", this statement shows that the language was stored in their short-term memory. In the text they have in memory that the Jewish people crucified Jesus Christ. As they search for a shadow realize that all the natives are in their homes. They are the time travelers who crucified Jesus Christ. Simon says, "I wish we had never come, he looked at me, you know, I'll never forget his eyes until. I will live". This shows that memories can be good and bad. No matter how much we want to forget the bad ones, we can't, they are there. In the passage, the historical events mentioned by Mandy in the story are now just a memory. Although they are terrible memories , we cannot erase what happened in the past. In the passage, Simon says "We have crucified the Son of God, and we will do so on the next tour, and the next, and the next..." When we have flashbacks of our memories of the past or if we think about things what happened in the past over and over again, you will feel like you are doing that thing all the time. Our memories are filled with regrets for the things we did in the past, but unfortunately we can't go back in time. In the.
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