Aronofsky Noah Comparison

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Darren Aronofsky, director and writer of the film Noah, first gained interest in the biblical figure Noah when he was thirteen years old. His English teacher assigned the class to write about peace and Aronofsky wrote a poem “about the dove that wings its way to Noah aboard the ark in the Bible.” Fast forward three decades and the 44-year-old director takes a shot on the Noah story, a project he has contemplated ever since he made his breakout film Pi in 1998. Aronofsky grew up in a conservative Jewish household (Masters), however, states that he his not religious (Markoe). Viewers may see that the film has so religious aspects to it, but he was set out to convey a different message with the subtle alterations he made to the traditional Noah’s Ark story. In his adaption of the story in the book of Genesis, Aronofsky was attempting to highlight the environmental aspect that Noah were able to create from a small seed and God’s quick …show more content…

One difference is that in the film, Noah received a seed from Eden where he planted it and was able to grow a whole forest (Noah). The seed Noah received is from the Garden of Eden. The Garden of Eden is a “biblical earthly paradise inhabited by the first created man and woman, Adam and Eve” (“Garden of Eden”). Noah’s use of a seed from Eden to grow a forest is supposed to show the holiness of the forest. God specifically made the Garden of Eden and because God made it, everything that inhabits the Garden of Eden is seen as pure and holy (“Garden of Eden”). The problem in society today is human activity and their lack of effort to conserve nature and it’s natural habitats The addition of this new scene in the movie is supposed to convey how significant nature should be to humans. It’s supposed to send a message to viewers that because nature comes from a holy source, it’s human right to preserve it, let it thrive, and respect

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