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What Does The Bronze Bow Symbolize
The Bronze Bow is a very religious and political book written by Elizabeth George Speare. The Bronze Bow takes place in Galilee, Israel during the time when Jesus was preaching. An 18 year old young man named Daniel bar Jamin, who is the main character and a Zealot, has a lot of conflicting emotions because he watched his father being crucified by the Romans. He vows to avenge his father's crucifixion by overthrowing the Roman empire. However this journey of revenge leads him to separation from his loved ones, to rage, and rebellious behavior against the Romans. Yet it is Jesus’s love that finally leads Daniel to love and forgiveness.
After his father’s death Daniels mother died of grief. He and his sister were taken in by his grandmother. His sister, who also watched his father’s crucifixion, became traumatized and seemed as though she was
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Leah was doing well. Daniel found out about a friendship that she had with a man named Marcus. Daniel found out that Marcus was a Roman soldier, and this enraged him again. He took all of his anger out on Leah. Leah became scared and traumatized again. Daniel sent a friend to find Thacia. When he found Thacia she went and sought out Jesus and Jesus came with her back to Daniel and Leah. Jesus healed Leah and because of that Daniel began to understand that love and forgiveness were far better traits than isolating himself and rage and rebellion. He offered for Marcus to come in to say good-bye to Leah. It was because of Jesus that Daniel learned that hate is the only enemy. Throughout this book Daniel went through a series of trials where he was battling with himself and trying to understand the words repeating in his head that Jesus preached. Little by little, he understands the wrong path that he has taken with isolation, rage and rebellion and finally finds that love and forgiveness are the only way to bend the bow of

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