Dongni's Journal

How the Petra's Wonder is Bolstered through its Desert Location One of the first places that my family and I wanted to visit while we lived here in Israel was Petra. Eventually, after 2 years of settling down and planning, we were able to pack our bags and experience one of mankind's most amazing creations. When I got there I was fascinated by the beautiful and vast desert landscape that surrounded the Petra, and how perfectly the Petra blended with its environment. The location at which the Petra was built was originally deserted but stood in the middle of some very important trade routes that connected the Arabian Peninsula, the Far East, and the Mediterranean. Consequently, it lead to the construction of the Petra despite the lack of proper resources and the amount of ingenuity required to do so. The wonder is made out of sandstone, which is easily erodible through rain and it's the reason that many geologists are amazed at how well kept the Petra is despite being a...

Holes Trailer "Holes - Trailer."  YouTube , 18 May 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEvLRtDKT0c. The award-winning book Holes,  written by Louis Sachar was made into a film in 2004 due to its popularity. The entire plot of the movie revolves around a boy named Stanley, and the infamous Camp Green Lake, which used to be a paradisiacal town with a huge lake in the middle, blossoming trees all over the place, and a peaceful yet bustling town. However, Camp Green Lake has now turned into a desert wasteland completely void of people except for a detention center  that forces lawbreaking minors to dig holes in the desert as a form of punishment but more importantly to find a hidden treasure. Throughout the film, the desert setting evokes the grim sensation of hopelessness that perfectly describes Stanley's feelings throughout the majority of the movie. The desert is filled with environmental hazards that could potentially kill the prisoners such as ven...

Role that the Desert plays in the Bible Old and New Testament Mathew 4:1-11 4  Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted [ a ]  by the devil.   2  After fasting forty days and forty nights,  he was hungry.   3  The tempter  came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God,  tell these stones to become bread.” 4  Jesus answered,  “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ [ b ] ” 5  Then the devil took him to the holy city  and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.   6  “If you are the Son of God,”  he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you,      and they will lift you up in their hands,      so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ [ c ] ” 7  Jesus answered him,  “It is also writ...

A Deserted Sonnet It Appears that we are bound to die soon Has Mother Nature finally rebelled Today all deaths are caused by big monsoons All that challenge her are unparalleled By tossing out into the sky our fume Humanity has all but failed to see That fear despair and gloom will soon consume And put an end to all festivity But still we have all but one chance to win The heart the trust of the newborn children So they can fix and start a new begin For life must carry on with rebuilding If man continues to walk around blind He will eventually fall behind This sonnet is meant to talk about the devastating effects that climate change has already brought to life and the even worse consequences to come. Because of climate change, many people have this preset idea of an inevitable apocalypse that will come and destroy human society as we know it today. However, despite all of this bad news that we are constantly bombarded, there's always this prevailing idea that ma...