Natalie Wilson

Easy Breezy Dante is an author of beautiful interpretation, certain theological authenticity, and influential writings. Dante is most well-known from the books Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. All of these books are written to show the representation of the afterlife of a christian. His version of Purgatory is not exactly a simple one, although it may seem like it is. One gets taken to the gates of Purgatory, enters, works their way up to heaven, and cleanses themselves from all of their sins on the way there, right? Wrong. There are so many details, complications, tough actions that need to be done, and difficult situations the people in Purgatory must go through in order to get to Heaven. For example, Purgatory includes the Ante-Purgatory and seven terraces. The Ante-Purgatory is made up of those who were either excommunicated from the church or repented of their sins late. A man named Manfred told Dante that “It’s true that if you die intransigent against the Holy Church, y...

The Consolation of Phone It’s morning again and I begin my routine. The first thing I do every morning is unplug my phone from the charger and start scrolling through Instagram. Then, I check all my Snapchats. After that, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Finally, I actually get out of bed and start to get ready for the day. While I am getting ready, I continue to make sure I Snapchatted everyone and liked all of my friend’s posts on Instagram. All of these forms of social media began to consume me. I do not even realize how much time is going by. I check the clock. “Oh no. I am running late for class,”  I said. I run outside and get in the car. I begin driving and get to a stoplight. I check social media. I get to the next stoplight and I check social media. This happens all the way to school, during school, and after school. I even stay up late in order to check all my social media. I eventually go to sleep, just to wake up and do this all again tomorrow. The next night on...