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As For Me And My House and Surfacing: Heros
The heroes of both As For Me And My House and Surfacing exist within dualistic realities; there is a constant tension between the rational and religious realms. In both books, this duality creates extreme emotional consequences that threatens the quality of life for both heroes. The hero's must therefore search for an answer, an escape or a resolution to the rational and relig ....
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.... anxiety and fear. The need for a belief system is so great that Peterson states that: "We must model meanings in order to survive" (Peterson 8).
The character of Paul effectively articulates the psychological function of religion. Paul articulates how humans search for religion as a belief system in order to deal with feelings such as meaninglessness and insignificance: "[man's] helplessness, they way he's ignored - well, it was just such helplessness in the beginning tha ....
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