Some scholars interpret the story of Adam and Eve completely opposite. Kevin Giles says in Genesis Chapter 3 “we discover that in the Garden is a force opposed to God, yet created by God, and that sin and punishment are possibilities” (Giles, 2014, p.5). Giles interprets this story through the eyes of responsibility. He believes that Adam and Eve are equal and each are held responsible for their disobedience to God. Giles’ disagrees with the scholars that say the woman is subordinate to the man. He explains this in a series of examples. One example he uses is how God spoke to Adam first after the fall. Giles’ argues that there are many times where individuals are addressed in different orders and therefore that doesn’t mean that anyone is superior to the other …show more content…
He says that there are many instances where the second thing created by God was in fact superior to the first, such as “man is created after the earth yet rules over it” (Giles, 2014, p.6). He believes that order is not an indicator of power. In Genesis 3:20, Adam names his wife. While some interpret this as Adam having dominance over the woman, Giles does not. Giles doesn’t interpret any sense of power in the naming of the woman. He also believes that Eve was made for the benefit of her man but only because “he was ‘helpless,’ inadequate on his own” (Giles, 2014, p.6). He doesn’t believe that the woman was solely just made for the man, but also that Adam was made for the benefit of Eve as well. He interprets Adam and Eve’s relationship as one that was always equal. He believes that even though Eve is viewed as Adam’s helper, “a helper can be a superior, an equal or a subordinate” (Giles, 2014, p.6). The most interesting interpretation by Giles is the role of the serpent in the Garden. He interprets the serpent as an indicator for the equality of the man and the woman. In order for the woman to be tempted by eating from the tree of knowledge, a “superhuman” creature had to
A lack of communication between parent and child can lead to insufficient development of language skills, limited emotional bonding, and behavioral concerns. In Chaim Potok’s The Chosen Reb Saunders isolates himself from his son Daniel by raising him in silence. Seldom few words pass between them unless they are debating the Talmud. Over time, their lack of verbal expression results in a decline of their vigor and energy and an unloving relationship. Reb Saunders does not make a reasonable decision by raising Danny in silence because it forms a problematic relationship between the two and presents each of them with numerous mental and physical issues.
In the book, “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer, the main character Christopher McCandless is foolish,brave, and psychotic. He is foolish for dropping everything to go on an impossible “hike” through the Alaskan backcountry, brave for sticking through it, and psychotic.
“The Other Wes Moore” tells a story, two boys that has one name, but their lives are not
1. Briefly describe each of the Wes Moore’s. Include information you believe is important to their life path (community, family life, big decisions, etc.).
James Baldwin once said, “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” In any family, one can see how parental guidance makes or breaks a child’s future. The author of The Other Wes Moore, Wes Moore, explores this idea by contrasting the outcomes of two men with the same name. As a decorated veteran, Rhodes scholar, and White House Fellow, the author hears of a man with his name wanted for murdering a police officer. Haunted by the coincidence, he reaches out to the “other” Wes Moore after he is imprisoned years later. From there, Wes Moore uncovers countless decisions, sacrifices, and mistakes that diverged the two men’s seemingly similar lives,
Life is a form of progress- from one stage to another, from one responsibility to another. Studying, getting good grades, and starting the family are common expectations of human life. In the novel Into the Wild, author Jon Krakauer introduced the tragic story of Christopher Johnson McCandless. After graduating from Emory University, McCandless sold of his possessions and ultimately became a wanderer. He hitchhiked to Alaska and walked into the wilderness for nearly 4 months. This journey to the 49th state proved fatal for him, and he lost his life while fulfilling his dream. After reading this novel, some readers admired the boy for his courage and noble ideas, while others fulminated that he was an idiot who perished out of arrogance and
According to the professor and fiction writer Bret Lott, what makes a story a “good story” is having writing that makes someone consider all possibilities, supernatural or not and by having a story with details that are meaningful to the person writing it. In Lott’s introduction he says, “We are writers who, by the power of Christ, are trying to smash the gates of serious literature with the joy and light and hope of a personal, saving, supernatural God” (3). Lott shows that a good story makes one really have to consider if a supernatural God plays a role in it. For example, one of Lott’s stories was about his prayer being answered by God. The prayer was answered when one of Lott’s students asks, “If I were to read a book from the bible, which
Women were just there to serve their husbands in anyway the men wanted. The first example was in the second creation story God only created man and then realized he needed a helper and then he created a woman with a rib from the man (2). It is saying that women were only really created to help and support men, also its implying that the man helped make the women so he gets control over her. In Genesis 3:16 God says to eve, “your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you,” she ate from the tree so he is punishing her (3). Women were just objects for the men to control, but then in the first creation story God created men and women equally (1). He created them together and to worship the land and populate it. So the two creation stories contradict each other because one the women are equal and in the other story they are completely separate. It gives two different outlooks on the way women were portrayed, but throughout the story they are portrayed more like the second creation story than the
In “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates,” written by Wes Moore the author writes about two boys growing up in Baltimore that share the same name and similar backgrounds but end up taking drastically different paths in life due to many varying factors. The author goes on to earn a college degree, become a Rhodes Scholar, a veteran and more while the “other” Wes cannot avoid the inevitable fate of dealing drugs and ultimately spends his life running from the police and in prison. This reflects how both Wes Moore’s became products of their environment as the way a person is shaped and guided in their developmental years does unquestionably play a large role in the type of person they will become as adults. A lot of elements come into play that help to determine a person’s success or failure, but at the end of the day the most important factors are family, education and opportunities.
John C. Maxwell once said, “There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self-respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.” Arrogance and pride lead people to make stupid decisions that can majorly affect their lives in a negative aspect. Christopher McCandless left his comfortable lifestyle in May of 1990 to travel and live life to the fullest, adopting the name Alexander Supertramp. Then in July 1992, Chris’s journey led him to be isolated in the Alaskan Frontier, trapped in a bus, and on the verge of death. Many people are sympathetic the McCandless’s story and his passing; some argue that he just had a string of bad luck and that his bereavement wasn’t
Richard Wright has been referred to me for therapy regarding his theft from the local theater, and I believe that he committed this crime because he believes that because of his station in society he would never be able to support himself and his family through honest means. Despite the fact that he does hold some remorse for his actions, it would appear that whatever remorse he holds is tempered by his justifications for stealing. A thorough analysis of his reasoning has been conducted and with testimony from the patient to serve as my proof, I will begin treatment to show him the error of his ways.
...to mankind in Paradise Lost - one of the fundamental concepts in Christianity and vital to Milton's objective to "justify the ways of God to men" (1, 26) - the gods in the Aeneid are continually reminding Aeneas that he cannot afford to be distractive by the temptresses that are women because the future of Rome lays in his hands. Milton's God, on the other hand, allows Eve to fall and her blatant transgression caused the loss of paradise and all of creation has to experience the consequences of original sin. In Paradise Lost Eve was expected to submit to her ultimate authority, Adam. Rather, it is Adam in Book IX who submits to Eve's unreasonable discourse on separation. Indeed, the implication of a man (as a superior being) succumbing to feminine wiles and passion is an intense concept which - for both Virgil and Milton - threatened the very basis of their society.
In the debate titled Of the Equal or Unequal Sin of Adam and Eve, two authors; Isotta Nogarola and Ludovico Foscarini, argue about the original sin committed by Adam and Eve. Nogarola first states that Eve lacked a sense and constancy and that she therefore sinned less than Adam did. In her case the serpent thought of Adam as invulnerable due to his constancy. God created Adam to have unchanged opinions and state of mind, in order to avoid falling into the serpent’s persuasion, however Eve’s vulnerability led her to a severe sin. God found Adam guilty for the sin because he esteemed man more highly than woman and led his command towards Adam to not eat the fruit from the tree. Weak and inclined to indulge on the fruit, Nogarola claims, Eve
With Mary’s writing, she implies that God intended woman to be obedient even though she personally disagrees with it. “Heaven will fall in of course; and if she make but an obedient and dutiful wife, she cannot miss.” (Pg. 2423) But we see Mary’s own rebellion is trying to influence women to be disobedient “woman has no mighty obligations to the man who makes love to her;” (Pg. 2424) this same thought of obedience leading to disobedience can be connected with Milton’s “Paradise Lost”. Eve is taught to listen to Adam and Adam is her connection to God. Milton Describes Eve as lesser than Adam very vaguely, “Whence true authority in men; though both not equal, as their sex not equal seemed;” (Bk 4 Ln 295) When God’s angels come to speak to Adam, Eve must rely on Adam to feed her the information and trust in his word. We can see in book 8 that eve is to leave the conversation when Adam is talking “Served by more noble than herself, attains her end without least motion” (Bk 8 Ln 35) With all of these notations that Eve is less than Adam we see how she wants Adam to join her so they will both become equal in knowledge by the statement “Thou therefore also taste, that equal lot may join us, equal joy, as equal love.” (Bk 9 Ln 881) This act is the first disobedience from our “Paradise Lost” characters’ and shows the rebellion from
...ey are now differentiated and divided. Once they shared in their labours, now they are given different roles; Eve is told to bear children and Adam to work the earth for sustenance.