Growing up, many tell their children about the Bible story of Adam and Eve. Many people may not realize but most stories written today can relate to the hero’s journey, even Bible stories. The hero’s journey pattern displays itself throughout drama, myths and religious rituals. The story of Adam and Eve follow the hero’s journey except with a twist at the end. The last step of the hero’s journey ends with a return back to the normal world, but that does not happen in the story of Adam and Eve.
After the creation of Adam, God takes a piece of Adam’s rib and makes a women, “She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man (Genesis 2:23).” “And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living (Genesis 2:20).” Adam and Eve live in the Garden of Eden with God and live in tranquility, in a sinless world.
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The first part of Adam and Eve living in the Garden of Eden shows an example of the first step in the hero’s journey.
The character has a comfortable place in life or the ordinary world.
During the peaceful time in the garden God gives Adam and Eve a specific rule. God allows Adam and Eve to eat off any tree except nothing from the tree of good and evil. God explains that death would be the result of eating off this tree. This part of the story relates to the heroes journey’s step of the call to adventure or the problem. Now the decision of obeying or rebelling became upon them. Eve begins to wonder around in the garden, she discovers the tree of good and evil. She notices something different, Satan, in the form of a serpent. Satan tries to entice and persuade her to eat fruit from the tree. Satan begins to ask her, ‘Has God indeed said, “You shall not eat of every tree in the garden’? (Genesis 3:1).” She feels hesitant at first, not wanting to sin against God, but Satan begins to persuade her with all the right words. Eve feels reluctant and does not know what to do. Satan encourages Eve in a negative way to disobey God. As
moments pass by, Eve finally gives into temptation and tells Adam to try the fruit also. After that instant Adam and Eve realize a great change has taken place. Sinning against God changes everything and now they are accountable for their sins. Adam and Eve, both fearful, hide in a bush away from God. This situation that Adam and Eve find themselves in relate to the hero’s journey as the fear or threshold. As God begins to call for them, they begin to worry and are reluctant to come out. Because of their disobeying they start to feel guilty and this becomes their cave, a place of hiding, in relation to the hero’s journey. They try to escape being confronted about their sins but they cannot escape. After making the decision to come out of the bush, they realize they are naked. Around the bush were big fig leaves so they fashion fig leaves to make coverings for their bodies. As Adam and Eve begin to speak with God, God tells them they are no longer allowed in the garden and have to endure the harsh life outside the garden. Adam and Eve spent their time inside the garden at peace however, Adam and Eve realize they could no longer live in the garden. On the other hand, learning the new way of life in a harsh world has its trickiness. The earth does not look as beautiful as the garden and they now sweat from the toil in the fields. They would have to work for their food and learn how to survive on their own. Women now endure serious pain through childbirth,” I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children (Genesis 3:16).” Adam and Eve are given their “sword” or knowledge about their new life outside the garden. Moments later, God sends them out of the garden and they see a flaming sword keeping guard,” So He drove out the man…and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life (Genesis 3:24).” After being kicked out of the garden, Adam and Eve could never return inside again. The long road back or the road of new life starts now. They have never thought of or experience their life outside the garden. Now they begin to endure a whole new lifestyle. God’s presence continually abides with them even though the circumstances are different. As Adam and Eve emerge from their sorrow they begin another chapter in their life. They begin to live their life in the normal realm and begin a civilization in the world. After Adam and Eve had been kicked out of the Garden of Eden, they had a resurrection period or they emerged from a special world, our world. After living outside the garden, Adam and Eve begin to be transformed by their surroundings and began to live and do the things we do today. The last step of the hero’s journey would be to return back and start over, but that did not happen to Adam and Eve. God tells Adam and Eve about their consequences and gets ready to he send Adam and Eve out of the garden for good. Even though God did not plan to send them out of the garden he had to do it because God follows through with his word. Mankind fell into sin and God does not tolerate sin and does not have any part to do with it. The plan that God had for the world, in that instant changes. Adam and Eve no longer stay with God in the garden. In conclusion, this Biblical story follows the hero’s journey in multiple ways. A few examples are: Adam and Eve’s ordinary world in the garden, the problem they face either to rebel or obey and Eve, being reluctant at first, moves into being encouraged by Satan to eat the fruit from the wrong tree. As the last parts of the story relate to the hero’s journey the ending changes. The difference occurs when Adam and Eve do not return to their original beginning like the hero’s journey explains.
Throughout history, it is clear that men are usually seen to be advantaged by the logic of domination while females tend to be disadvantaged. Whether it be in the workplace, household, or even the bible men have always been inferior to women. Through history, cultural norms and stereotypes gender roles were created and have been present throughout society. Although it is believed that males are more advantaged than females the texts Eve and Adam: Genesis 2-3 Reread by Phyllis Trible and The Creation and Fall of Man and Woman explain how men and woman are in fact equal and maybe even disadvantaged by these cultural arrangements. Therefore, throughout history it is clear that gender discourses would allow one to believe that men are advantaged
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