David+and+Goliath

The Bigger They are, the Harder They Fall Both the Palestinians and Israel gather their armies up on a line of battle against one another. A champion named Goliath comes from the side of the Palestinians who is a very strong warrior. He challenges those of Israel to fight him, but they are too scared to go up in a challenge against him. A boy named David is told by his mother to bring parched grain and ten loaves of bread to his older brothers who are fighting in the war and ten cheeses to their commander. Everyone in Israel talks of the rewards that the King might give them if they are to slay Goliath.
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David arrives at the camp and wonders who the man was to defy Israel. Saul tells David that he can't fight against Goliath because he is too young. David, however, told Saul that he used to deal with lions and bears, so Saul lets him fight. He clothes him in armor, but David turns it down because he isn't used to it. He finds five pebbles on the shore and puts them in his shepherd's bag to deal with Goliath.

Once David approaches Goliath, Goliath insults him and mocks him for being young. David tells him that he will kill him and cut off his head as a symbol that there was a god in Israel. David lands a stone on Goliath's forehead and kills him. Once he is dead, David cuts off his head using his sword as he has said, and Israel praises him for his success.


 * In this biblical story, David manages to kill Goliath with not much but courage and a slingshot. The theme represented by this is that courage is the most important weapon someone can have- confidence is key to success.

Allusions to this biblical story refer to a character being a David or Goliath. A David is the underdog: the type of person who is unlikely to succeed, but in the end they prevail against a larger enemy anyways. Just like David, they usually have the disadvantage such as the sling he had vs. the sword and javelin of Goliath. A Goliath would be the exact opposite of the David;he or she would have the upper hand, but be defeated or overtaken by someone who is incredibly unlikely to conquer them. The term Goliath can also be used to describe something of a large size, just as Goliath was.
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 * ** Literature ** || * "The Kite Runner"- Khaled Hosseini
 * "Captain Corelli's Mandolin"- Louis de Bernières ||
 * ** TV Shows ** || * "How I Met Your Mother"- Carter Bays
 * "The Simpsons: Bart's Dream"- David Silverman ||
 * ** Movies ** || * "Goliath and the Dragon"- Vittorio Cottafavi ||
 * ** Poem ** || * "The Two Goliaths"- Jessie Pope ||

The Two Goliaths Jessie Pope GOLIATH was a giant, the bully of his side, His coat of mail was brazen, his face was fierce with pride;

And when a shepherd stripling to challenge him was fain, Eleven-foot Goliath ignored him in disdain.

But David didn't trouble, his heart was cool and glad, Though a sling and rounded pebbles were the only  That slender slip of Jesse, he knew his cause was arms he had. just, So he stood up to the bully, and rolled him in the dust.

Those days are gone for ever, but the bully strain survives, Though at the time of writing one can hardly say <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">it thrives; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The chant of Chauvinism has become an idle yarn, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Like the 'Negligible British ' since the Battle of the <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Marne.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Our German-made Goliath taunted Tommy on his size, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">But the drubbing Tommy gave him has caused him <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">much surprise ; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">And a hasty memorandum in the Teuton mind is <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">stored <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">'The little British Army must never be ignored.”

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">De, Bernières Louis. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Captain Corelli's Mandolin //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. London: Minerva, 1995. Print.

//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Goliath and the Dragon //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Dir. Vittorio Cottafavi. 1960.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Hosseini, Khaled. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">The Kite Runner //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. New York: Riverhead, 2003. Print.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Pope, Jessie. "The Two Goliaths." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Poem Hunter //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.

//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Samuel //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. New York: World, 1962. Print.