The Strange Detective

The strange detective walked into the big, empty room. He looked around. His hair covered part of his face. The room was dark and it was hard to see. The detective walked over to the window and looked out. His steps made a noise on the bare floor. The guy turned. Was there somebody else in the room? Suddenly, his heart was beating fast. He saw nothing but the furniture. A truck could not stop him now.

The Great Flood

The flood began when people on earth committed too many sins. God saw this and he didn’t like what he saw. He decided to destroy every man and every beast on the face of the earth. Then the Lord decided that Noah shall be warned for he found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Noah built an ark. The ark was made of gopher wood. It was 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad and 30 cubits high. The ark was finally finished after 120 years. I am so lucky to be part of his family. We had to stay in the ark for 7 days before the flood. God shut the door when we were all inside the ark. It rained for forty days and forty nights. Inside the ark, there were clean animals by sevens and unclean animals by twos. For one hundred and ten days, the ark rested on Mt. Ararat. After 40 days, my father sent out a raven. Seven days more and my father sent out a dove; it returned. He sent out another dove. The dove came back with an olive leaf on its mouth. The last dove my father sent out did not come back. Finally, after 57 days, we went out of the ark. We saw a rainbow. It symbolizes God’s promise of never destroying the earth with water.

Pilgrims Progress

One Reason why the book is called Pilgrim’s Progress is because the main character, who is Christian, is going on pilgrimage. Another reason it is called Pilgrim’s Progress is because of the author’s background. The last reason is because He is blocked by people who are trying to stop him. Pilgrims were stopped by the king.

Christian is a sinner who is on a journey to get rid of his sins. He wants to go to Heaven. John Bunyan was imprisoned when he wrote this book. He was imprisoned for doing religious sermons without the king’s permission. He is like a pilgrim. Christian was blocked by Apollyon who represents the devil and who is also like the king who stopped the pilgrims from worshiping God.

I can relate to Christian because I also want to get rid of my sins. Like Christian, I am a human being who can be persuaded and tempted. There will always be someone or something that can be an obstacle in my life, just like Christian. Most importantly, Christian and I are alike because we both want to go to Heaven, or in Christian's case, Wicket Gate.

The book is called Pilgrim’s Progress because it talks about a man whose story is like a pilgrim’s life. It is also written by an author who just wants to worship God. Christian, John Bunyan, and a pilgrim are all alike because they are all people who believe in God and wants to be saved.