Rachel's Road to Truth

In Dante’s Inferno, readers follow the journey of Dante and his guide Virgil through the other world, Hell. The story begins when Dante is trapped by a leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf and then starts to cry out for help ( Dante 1 line 32, 45, 49). Virgil appears to Dante and tells him “to climb that hill that brings delight, it is another journey you must take” ( Dante 1 line 77 and 91). After further explanation, Dante agrees to follow Virgil as his guide through Inferno and the two set out on an epic sightseeing trip. Virgil first leads Dante through the gates of Hell, Virgil then begins to show Dante the souls trapped in Hell in each different ring ( Dante 3 intro to canto) . Virgil uses his time with Dante to show the nature of sins and how we must change our lifestyles if we wish to avoid eternal suffering. When Virgil leads Dante into the first ring of Hell, which is called Limbo ( Dante 4 intro to canto ). Limbo is the place where the souls of those who were unbaptized and ...

“Hey Coach!” I yelled across the driving range, to my coach sitting in his golf cart. Coach was still oblivious to the crisis I endured on the course during our practice round the day before. “What?” he responded, disregarding the panic in my voice. “I lost all my golf balls yesterday!”  “Just grab a box from the bus.” he said. Gesturing towards the bus in the parking lot. I walked towards the bus with my head held down in shame and utter despair. After my well deserved walk of shame, I finally reached the bus. “Where are they?” I asked. “Over here!” yelled a muffled male voice. “Huh? What was that?” I replied in astonishment. “I’m over here!” The annoyed voice answered. I realized the voice was coming from a box that had fallen under one of the rows of seats. I reached down and picked up the box, when I opened the box I noticed that one of the balls on top was unbranded. When I picked up the ball, a face appeared on it and the voice said “took you long enough”. “AHH! Swee...