Sentences with phrase «narrative purpose of»

Aside from the narrative purpose of rescuing Princess Peach — for the umpteenth time — and Cappy's sister Tiara, the driving factor of Mario Odyssey's addictive formula is collecting its celestial goodies.

It doesn't have the memorable characters and simple, pure narrative purpose of The Wind Waker, either.

This societal structure is so impractical it's funny, though it serves its ultimate narrative purpose of providing rabid YA fanboys and girls with the same fantasy tribalism that was an appealing foundation for the Harry Potter series.

Not exact matches

You should also add the anti-Trump doom and gloom narrative to your bag of avoidable ideology for investment purposes.

Its primary purpose, however, is to provide the historian with a critical approach to the analysis and construction of intelligible historical narratives.

But the purpose of the hierarchy is precisely to formalize the process of abstraction used by historians, so that they can avoid the logical inconsistencies that often corrupt their narrative explanations and meet the criticism that has been (I think justly) leveled at them.

It's refreshing to read through Bessey's spiritual and theological narrative peppered with thoughtful and insightful reflections on interpreting Paul's biblical stance on women, and a beautiful litany of women in scripture and world history whom God has equipped and used to further God's purposes in the world.

This show suggests this is a common narrative among our generation — that though Dory longs for a greater sense of purpose, life can turn out to be numbingly normal.

Until I read the Bible twice solely for the purpose of searching for what it says about godly human anger, I never even noticed that the Scriptures record Jesus» being angry at least 15 times in the Gospel narratives.

These purposes are realized in a series of events that Gabriel Fackre calls the red thread through Scripture - the central and defining narrative of Scripture, what we might call God's story of redemption or renewal.

The narratives of the Bible report those acts for the same purpose and even prescribe ritual events for the telling and retelling of the sacred stories.

Further, Galatians is closer in form and purpose to the letters of Seneca and Pliny than to the autobiographical narratives cited by Lyons and the advice of Quintilian cited by Betz.

While he demonstrates that his message was not taught to him by the Jerusalem apostles, this is not the sole purpose of his narrative.

The story, however, is his own graphic narrative, written probably between 85 and 95, and for the express purpose, he says, of giving an orderly and accurate account of what had happened.

This power to enable participation, so that the new is not only what comes to us but a new reality which we ourselves make as we express our own creativity and purpose, is one of the great functions of narrative vision, and it must be an aspect of any future - oriented vision which is really open to the new.

Perhaps that's the real test of these narratives; distinguishing between those who would embrace and defend any atrocity for the self - serving purpose of displaying allegiance and those who resolutely reject such atrocities in favor of empathy.

These bald summaries, in which we recognize already the outlines of the narratives in the Gospels, could no doubt be filled in with detail according to the speaker's ability and the demands of the occasion; but it was essential to the Proclamation that the plain facts of the case should be communicated, because it was these that constituted the fulfillment of God's purpose in history.

It has affected how man understands the origin of life (including his own) on this planet, and Christianity has had to contend with, account for, and reconcile its implications with the biblical narrative of creation and purpose as stemming from God.

Regarding the «eternal purpose», I agree with N.T. Wright that there is a grand narrative of the Bible.

The Latin word resurrectio appears to have been created for Christian use, and while the Greek equivalent anastasis is certainly pre-Christian, it does not seem to have been widely used until Christian times, some scholars thinking that, when Paul referred to it at Athens, his hearers mistook it for the name of a goddess.26 The idea of resurrection first came to expression in the form of a narrative, and until the advent of the above technical terms, words of very general usage, such as «raise», «wake up», «stand up», etc., served the purpose of relating it.

As I reread the Genesis narrative, there is some important insight into the purpose of parenting.

He believed, however, that they could be reconciled, for while the glorified body of the risen Jesus is normally neither visible nor tangible, it «temporarily reassumes the human outline, and solid frame, and former appearance, and marks of the wounds, for evidential and instructive purposes».13 In the resurrection narratives the Evangelists «describe the re-entrance of the glorified Body of Christ into terrestrial conditions, effected for the purpose of convincing His apostles of His Resurrection, and of giving them instructions and commssions».14 He believed that Paul, being the theologian, was not concerned with these occasional manifestations, but with the essential condition of the risen Christ and that his is therefore the profounder teaching.

The purpose and focus of the narrative is not the miracle.

Gustafson's Christology may not satisfy many creeds and churches, but one suspects that important things remain to be said about his understanding of the narrative pattern of Jesus Christ and how it discloses God's purposes as well as the contours of human life in appropriate relation to God.

This pattern reflects one of the most common narratives throughout scripture — that of God using humans to be his hands and feet in accomplishing his purposes in this world.

Do we only criticize scientists who draw inferences for the meaning and purpose of human life from their larger visions of the cosmos and our place in the grand narrative?

There is another meaning and purpose to Matthew's abrupt interruption of the narrative and his identification of Mary as «the virgin.»

The only logical conclusion to be drawn from this is that, in one and the same institution, God assigned two complementary purposes to marriage; but wished, in separate narratives, to stress first one end and then the other, so that we could better understand the synthesis, harmony and interdependence of these two ends.

For all Christians, however, the narrative has always spoken of the cost of redemption; and for all, I submit, it nurtures faith by its powerful statement of a meaning and purpose that incorporates tragedy.

Since the shooting, people on social media have been quick to share stories suggesting that there were multiple shooters, that the shooter had ties to terrorist groups, that authorities are purposely hiding information to manipulate the narrative for political purposes or, even absurdly, that this shooting was some sort of «false flag» operation orchestrated by shadow groups to fool the public.

The narrative effects that purpose in part by allowing the listener to understand more than the subjects of the story do....

But of course a book, even a political one, isn't like writing a speech or policy paper, it has to have a purpose, a compelling narrative, inside information and a dash of colour.

The Con - Dem narrative suits the purposes of headbanger mentality in the Conservative Party because the more it is encouraged the stronger it will be.

The problem is that the scarcity of social housing has allowed a new and more hateful narrative to develop around its purpose.

Progress argues: «We need to provide a stronger narrative about the overall purpose of a Labour government and the direction it wishes to take the country in.

But the last third of Under The Skin serves a purpose, beyond providing the simple satisfaction of a narrative and an ending.

But by concentrating on the lives being lived outside of the celebrations, and the personal narratives that led seven very different kids into the scene, Kiki keeps the focus on the value of a safe space, of a community that provides structure and purpose for youths battling homelessness, illness, and prejudice.

Critics Consensus: Laden with schmaltz and largely bereft of evident narrative purpose, North represents an early major disappointment from previously sure - handed director Rob Reiner.

The record accomplishes what Eno has proposed is ambient music's main purpose: to heighten one's sense of their surroundings while allowing their own narrative to fill the music with meaning and context.

It's the way that the movie feels so cold, and incurious, despite its incredible detail (it's a rare Netflix original film where constant pausing might make it even better) dynamic cinematography (using wide and full aspect ratios for narrative purposes) and general glimmers of newness.

In brief, there are no likable characters, the narrative is spotty and confusing, however, the show serves its purpose in that it only relates any kind of interesting story or characterization to girls between the ages of 14 and 18.

Critic Consensus: Laden with schmaltz and largely bereft of evident narrative purpose, North represents an early major disappointment from previously sure - handed director Rob Reiner.

The vapid plot line follows the same narrative arc as «Tootsie» but hasn't the heart or purpose of that film.

A lot of scenes in the film just don't make any sense and don't add anything to the thread of a narrative that runs through it, but they are striking and do have an effect on you, which is perhaps the purpose.

Instead, we get some decent set pieces followed by surreal bits of narrative that seem to serve no real purpose other than to suck time.

This is perfectly in keeping with the style of the Broadway production, which features much more of this style than the film does, with Condon beefing up the dramatic dialogue for purposes of an easier narrative and deeper characterizations.

Hurly - burly activist sessions spin off in multiple directions, seemingly without a single line of coherent narrative purpose.

The narrative twists and turns are mostly unremarkable teen romance stuff, but it all serves a greater purpose certainly less trod in mainstream American film, illustrating the essentially destructive nature of the closet.

The dialogue is flat and forgettable, and the scenes have no sense of drive, purpose, or narrative meaning.

From the use of the framing device, insertions of historical footage and animated interludes, to the staging and blocking of the murder scenes, everything serves a purpose that helps build a narrative that's at once lucid and unspeakably nightmarish.