The Brother and The Bear

One section that I loved (which potentially may end up relating to my research paper topic) was The Brother, where Jesus sets a new standard for murder--but even more so for love. He seems to hint at controversial subjects, such as race, when he says: "The brother's life as a divine ordinance, and God alone has power over life and death... for the follower of Jesus there can be no limit as to who is his neighbor except as the Lord decides." In his time, he was taking a stand against Hitler's treatment of the Jews as well as the Civil Rights movement going on in America. I am hoping to somehow pull a Mitchell and relate this to Faulkner's "The Bear" and the statements it makes on slavery and racism. I believe that Faulkner was arguing against slavery--not because of the damage that the absence of it caused, but because it left a curse on the land. The degradation of their fellow man left the slaveholders unable to bear the guilt as time went on, for ultimately Ike realized the weight of his and his ancestor's actions: murder. Essentially, I believe Bonhoeffer was trying to warn his fellow countrymen about such actions to prevent the ultimate judgement of their souls.

I commented on Mallory's apostatizing thing...