Part one of term paper
Whittaker Chambers was born in 1901 and grew up in Long Island. The book that had the greatest impact on him was Les Miserables. It taught him that Christianity and revolution are two seemingly irreconcilable things. After going to Columbia University he went to England, where he joined the Communist party. There, he became the chief edit ...

Part two of term paper
... to have an abortion. The child was born and they named Ellen. That was the first moment in his life that led him to lose faith in the Communist ideology. The second decisive moment occurred when his daughter was seated in her high chair. He was watching her and he came to the realization that she could have been created only by design. The implication was inexorable: Design presupposed God. In his autobiography he urges his children to continue to look at the wonder of life that exists with ...