Faith Can Conquer All
For the past week, people all over the world have had their eyes on the 2000 OlympicGames in Sydney, Australia. Along with the many different Olympic sports, there are manydifferent winners...of all shapes and sizes. However, it is not the different physical appearances ofthese athletes that are interesting, but the different styles of winning. Some athletes receive theirgold and proclaim their superiority. Others win gold and put people down in the midst of theirvictory, such as Svetlana Khorkina. This Russian gymnast won a gold medal in individualcompetition, but in her first interview condemned Sydney's Olympic organization, whom she feltwas responsible for the error in vault height. And then finally there are other athletes who winwith modesty and thank those that helped them along the way. Laura Wilkinson is an Americanplatform diver who recently won a gold medal in just this way. Not only did she thank those whohelped her achieve success, but she thanked God, whom she felt was responsible for her win.After realizing she won the gold, Wilkinson said, "I can do all things through Christ whichstrengthens me." Her faith in God won her a gold medal. Similar unfaltering faith is
413) And finally, the most important act of faith through courage is when she hears Syke callingbut doesn't respond. Delia's first, most impressive confirmation of reliance on God, is her blind faith whichsteers the way to final independence from her husband. 413) This particular song is actually a literary allusion to the river Jordan in Palestine which signifiesdeliverance, symbolizing Delia's freedom from her husband's cruelty at the end of the story. More courageous efforts by Delia are made to save her marriage, amarriage she is even struggling to survive: "Delia had attempted a timid friendliness, but she wasrepulsed each time. " The female character, Delia, presents her faith in different ways togain victory by overcoming her heartless husband. Delia reflects upon her marriage which has been full of Syke's' other women: "Toolate now to hope for love, even if it were not Bertha it would be someone else. 408) This inner strength and the Higher Power which leads to thecourageous response is one in the same for Delia. Only faith could provoke someone to toleratethose cruelties. Perhaps if he had possessed stronger beliefs in a Higher Power, things would have been differentfor him. However, it is Delia who has the ongoing confidence in God, and it is Delia whotriumphs. 412) The metaphorexpresses the helplessness of the marriage despite Delia's courageous efforts to try. In fact, Delia is so tolerant that she avoids situations whereshe could see her husband and his woman in order to be "blind and deaf. Tolerance is animportant factor in Delia's life since she deals with her husband's constant cheating.
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