General Moroni, on a General Level

Assigned Section: Alma 62-Helaman 5 

First I reviewed my assigned section of the Book of Mormon to find four general human experiences that people could easily relate to. I then reviewed several people's blog posts and found Lizzy Sainsbury's post and related three of her experiences to those in the Book of Mormon. I did this on a general level, rather than a spiritual one. 

Example 1-Character (Alma 62: 1-8)

In the start of Alma 62 we see a war captain (Moroni) rejoicing that his friend (Pahoran) is not a traitor, though he had suspected he might be. Moroni then goes to his resucue. Moroni and Pahoran were friends generally, although Moroni did accuse him of being a traitor at one point. Ultimately, Moroni went to Pahoran's defense. 

In the same way, from her post it seems like Lizzy occasionally argued or annoyed her sister (and was similarly bothered by her younger brother) but ultimately it was clear that she cared very much for her family and would do almost anything for her in the same way that Moroni went to pahoran's defense. 
 

Example 2-Plot (Alma 62: 12-26) 

Moroni, a war captain, was determined to retake the city of Nephihah. His enemy, the lamanites, wouldn’t come out to meet him, so Moroni spied on the city at night, and came up with an idea. The idea was to climb over the city walls using ropes, and then surprise the enemy in the morning. This plan was executed perfectly, and there wasn’t a single Nephite lost.  

Example 3- Description (Helaman 3: 4-11) 

Because of disputes in Zarahemla, many people leave the city traveling over large bodies of water into many lands without timber that were desolate. Because of how desolate the land was they made houses of cement. They didn’t harvest any wood in the desolate land because they needed it to grow, so instead they had a shipping system to transport wood to their settlements in the north. 

The vivid description and imagery of Lizzy's backyard in her post ( especially the pool of water at the bottom of the slip-n-slide, the pleasant smells, and the mud) creates an idyllic scene, which stand in contrast to the description of a desolate wilderness devoid of trees in the land northward in Helaman 3. 
 

Example 4-Language (Helaman 5:5-13) 

A Father tells his two sons about who they are named after, and also reminds them of many things which are written in the scriptures. His emphasis is for them to remember things that have passed, and because of his teachings they became teachers and began proselyting. 

Just like Lehi and Nephi (the brothers, not the father and son) had a very strong relationship with each other and their father, Lizzy talked about how her family (and especially her sister Mary) was clearly influential in her life.