In the genealogy which concludes the story, it is pointed out that Obed is the father of Jesse, and thus the grandfather of David.

The story is also the first time that the word Jew ( י ְ הו ּ ד ִ י ) was used, thus denoting a distinction between the Hebrews, the Israelites, and their Jewish descendants in the diaspora.

In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (; ) or coming-of-age story is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood ( coming of age ), and in which character change is thus extremely important.

Early episodes told the story of student Kenneth Barlow ( William Roache ), who had won a place at university and thus found his background something of an embarrassment.

In the later version of the story his twin brother was Lapithes, ancestor of the Lapiths, thus making the two warring peoples cousins.

* the criminal is introduced at the very start of the story and his crime and reasons are carefully explained, thus constituting an inverted detective story rather than a " puzzle ";

A historian from Slesvig, Ulrik Petersen ( 1656 – 1735 ), wrote in the late 17th century that the flag hung in Slesvig cathedral till about 1660 until it simply crumbled away, thus ending its more than 400-year-old story.

The earliest known source for the story thus far is the 1834 book Der Jüdische Gil Blas by Josef Seligman Kohn.

An early example of the Golden Rule that reflects the Ancient Egyptian concept of Maat appears in the story of The Eloquent Peasant, which dates to the Middle Kingdom ( c. 2040 – 1650 BCE ): " Now this is the command: Do to the doer to cause that he do thus to you.

It has been suggested in an article by Roma Chatterji " that the hero or more generally protagonist is first and foremost a symbolic representation of the person who is experiencing the story while reading, listening or watching ; thus the relevance of the hero to the individual relies a great deal on how much similarity there is between the two.

Michael Palin's personal journal entries from the period when various edits of Brian were being test-screened consistently reference the Pythons ' and filmmakers ' concerns that the Otto scenes were slowing the story down and thus were top of the list to be chopped from the final cut of the film.

In the Moses story related by the Qur ' an, Jochebed is commanded by God to place Moses in an ark and cast him on the waters of the Nile, thus abandoning him completely to God's protection.

Six years later, however, Marvel decided to revive the original Jean Grey ; so as to absolve her from Dark Phoenix's atrocities, the story was retconned to make Jean Grey and Dark Phoenix two separate beings and reveal that the original Jean Grey had been lying unconscious in a cocoon while Dark Phoenix's nefarious deeds were committed, in no way responsible for them ; thus cleared of the moral stain, Jean Grey could go on to a further long and varied career.

After the successful Russian Revolution ( 1917 ), the quality of spy fiction declined, because the Bolshevik enemy had won the Russian Civil War ( 1917 – 23 ); thus, the inter-war spy story usually concerns combating the Red Menace, which was then perceived as another " clash of civilizations ".

" The expectations of the audience that have been built up by the presentation of the story, that the story will end with a punchline, are thus disappointed.

Like the novel, the short story tradition has been defined and shaped through the markets available for publication, and thus, the form can be practically traced through the submission guidelines of publishing houses, print and online media that have solicited them.

When said gadget went out of control, Urd used her angel to save Skuld, thus unlocking World Of Elegance, and also revealing the back story as to why Urd couldn't initially call her and why she had Scarlet's egg in the first place-Urd wanted to " try again " since she had believed that she had sealed her angel away forever at its own birth.

The story includes a semi-illegal fictional Minneapolis Worldcon in a post-disaster world where science, and thus fandom, is disparaged.

Prophet's Power, numbered as the second book in the series, is actually a prequel to the first, Hard Crash ; thus it is harder for readers to understand what happened in the story.

World history can thus be a “ creation story ” to tell how the world of human society developed.

A 1997 edition of the book advances all the dates by 31 years ( thus running from 2030 to 2057 ), includes " The Fire Balloons ", and replaces " Way in the Middle of the Air " ( a story less topical in 1997 than in 1950 ) with the 1952 short story " The Wilderness ", dated May 2034 ( equivalent to May 2003 in the earlier chronology ).

According to Patti Bellantoni, colors are used symbolically throughout the film, none more so than red, which is an important thematic signature that drives the story and " Lester's arc ".

The men acted out the violence which had allowed the Morning Star to mate with the Evening Star ( by breaking her vaginal teeth ) in their creation story, with a “ meteor stone .” During the Morning Star ceremony, the captive was shot in the heart and a “ man struck her on the head with the war club from the Morning Star bundle .” By having all the men in the village shoot arrows into her body, the village men, embodiments of Morning Star, were symbolically mating with her.

James Hughes, a landlord in Edinburgh, symbolically barred Darling from his pub, and a passing reporter from the Edinburgh Evening News ran the story.

For example, if a character must break up a schoolyard fight among some boys, it might symbolically foreshadow the family squabbles that will become the central conflict of the story.

The entire story functions symbolically ; often a pattern relates each literal item to a corresponding abstract idea or principle.

These women do not have major roles in the story, but Hesse uses them symbolically as facets of the depths of Sinclair's mind.

By physically abusing and threatening the mute Chinese girl, she symbolically rejects the binds of silence and spends the rest of the story pursuing her own form of articulation.

“ Jim ” Lassiter symbolically enters the story as an answer to Jane ’ s prayer to spare Bern Venters of his fate.

In the song, Young tells the story of a Southern white man ( symbolically the entire white South ) and how he mistreated his slaves.

In the story of Bright and the Corn Law agitation, the Crimean War, the American Civil War, and the franchise struggle Trevelyan reflects something of the moral power which enabled this independent man to exercise so immense an influence over his fellow countrymen for so long.

The story reflects the way too many people feel.

The followers of Yahweh found their champion in Elijah, whose story reflects the prophetic teaching of more than one age.

The 11th century date is due to scholars who argue that, rather than transcription of the tale from the oral tradition by a literate monk, Beowulf reflects an original interpretation of the story by the poet.

However, the importance of the law is evident within the Book of Ruth, and the story reflects a need to stay within legal boundaries.

The title of the short story itself reflects the idea that women are invisible during Sheldon ’ s time.

The story reflects Wells's own socialist political views, his view on life and abundance, and the contemporary angst about industrial relations.

The prevalence of kinky sex in the story reflects the hippy ideal of " free love "; characters are both liberal-minded and promiscuous.

The technology of the story reflects the era in which it was written.

Folklorists have suggested that the most popular legends about Whittington — that his fortunes were founded on the sale of his cat, who was sent on a merchant vessel to a rat-beset Eastern emperor — originated in a popular 17th-century engraving by Renold Elstracke in which his hand rested on a cat, but the picture only reflects a story already in wide circulation.

Separating itself from a traditional war narrative, Crane's story reflects the inner experience of its protagonist — a soldier fleeing from combat — rather than the external world around him.

It reflects on the story, as two friends-who seem to be at the top-drift away from each other and begin to despise each other, mirroring the bandmates ' turbulent relationship and eventual splitting of the band shortly after the album's release.

The story of Dylan reflects ancient Celtic myths that were handed down orally for some generations before being written down during the early Christian period by clerics.

Though Guisborough cannot necessarily be trusted on the details of the events, the story reflects the general exasperation the king felt with the prince's favouritism towards Gaveston, and the lavish gifts bestowed on the favourite.

In altered versions of the story, his father goes to jail for not paying debt – it is hinted that he may have died while in prison ( which reflects the author's childhood ).

The story in large part reflects a profound crisis in Hesse's spiritual world in the 1920s while memorably portraying the protagonist's split between his humanity and his wolf-like aggression and homelessness.

It is also notable that the very existence of Hermine in the novel is never confirmed ; the manuscript left in Harry Haller's room reflects a story that completely revolves around his personal experiences.

The story deals with the experiences of a young writer and reflects her own, like in her previous novel A Beginner.

A. Emerton notes that it is “ widely agreed ” that the story of Judah and Tamar “ reflects a period after the settlement of the Israelites in Canaan .” He also suggests the possibility that it contains “ aetiological motifs concerned with the eponymous ancestors of the clans of Judah .” Emerton notes that Dillman and Noth considered the account of the deaths of Er and Onan to “ reflect the dying out of two clans of Judah bearing their names, or at least of their failure to maintain a separate existence .” However, this view was “ trenchantly criticized ” by Thomas L. Thompson.

Morels have been called by many local names ; some of the more colorful include dryland fish, because when sliced lengthwise then breaded and fried, their outline resembles the shape of a fish ; hickory chickens, as they are known in many parts of Kentucky ; and merkels or miracles, based on a story of how a mountain family was saved from starvation by eating morels ( the spelling of the word " merkel " reflects the pronunciation of the word " miracle " in the Appalachian dialect common to the south ).

Journalist Erik Sofge argued that the story reflects the falseness of reality television.

In common with the music traditions of other Asian cultures, such as Persia and India, one strand of traditional Chinese music consists of a repertoire of traditional melodies with tempo and ornamentation varying according to the mood of the instrumentalist, the audience, and their reaction to what is being played, the same melody can be used to serve many different roles be it merry, melancholic or martial ( this can be glimpsed in the love theme of the Butterfly Lovers ' Violin Concerto where the same melody at different points in the lover's story reflects elation, turbulence and dejection ).

Many pieces — objets d ' art, paintings, sculptures, books, furnishings, and rugs — are drawn from the Crown Collection, so that, in Adrienne Clarkson's words, " the mix of furniture and other objects here now reflects the country, the people who came and settled here, and became part of the Canadian story.