West of Eden Essays

There are contrasting opinions about Cathy Ames within the characters from Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden, some of which are her neighbors whom she left them behind with "a scent of sweetness” (Steinbeck; Ch. 8); then there are other characters who thought of her as an inhuman monster who manipulates to do evil and destroy someone’s life. Her beauty does not reflect her actions, making her an innocent illusion, sugar coated, with despicable sprinkles, and poisonous filling. She mostly has evil intentions

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as an unattractive entity. On the other hand, it is possible to see Satan’s seductive nature and avoid choosing him over God. In their military-like discussion under Satan’s leadership, fallen angels decide to stay in hell while Satan goes alone to Eden, willing to conduct their plan of destroying the humankind. Along his way Satan finds Sin. Sin is Satan’s child born by his disobedience towards God. Sin is attractive but somewhat wicked. These qualities are exactly fits what Satan thinks, making

Literary Tradition II 3/28/2018 Twisted Words of the Great Deceiver Paradise Lost is John Milton’s epic poem relating the biblical story of the Fall of Man, the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. In Book Five, the Archangel Raphael relates to Adam the story of Satan’s rebellion and how Satan incites the fallen angels to join him in defiance of God’s decree announcing His Son as king. Despite already deciding to oppose God, Satan consults

At first I thought this issue is merely cultural, now however, I think it goes deeper; this is a creation issue. In the Garden of Eden God made everything and it was good. The God told Adam to “take care” of the Garden (Gen. 2:15), Adam’s family was to “take care” of the earth. God wanted them both to use and to preserve. But Adam’s family had to remember that they were made of dust. They were not God; they were finite, not infinite. To live, they needed to eat. So although God gave them the right

The Faerie Queene (Book One) The book presents an adventurous journey of Redcrosse, one of the Knights in the poem. The hero together with his chum Una gets separated in the forest after Archimago, one of the forest’s evil residents deceive Redcrosse in a dream. The ace later lands in the house of pride where he tints his virtue and remain helpless for a while. Even so, he later recoups his lost grandeur after killing the dragon. The paper describes the twelve steps of the hero’s journey. ORDINARY

The debacle, the war between good and evil, as defined by the author, begins with the telling of creation tales, as the Danes were “[t]elling with mastery of man’s beginnings” (91). Their creation tale is explained as glorious, supernatural, and blessed. Grendel, “whom the creator outlawed,” a seed of Cain, is deemed “a fiend out of hell” (106, 100). Based on context, it appears that Grendel may have at one point been on the “inside,” but because of a murderous act and sin, he is now known as an

Satan did not only encourage them to break the commandment that God gave them, he also gave them false assurance that nothing would happen to them if they disregard the commandment of God. In this regard, the serpent did not force them to disobey their Master, he used the power of persuasion to lead them to disobedience. That power of persuasion was based on lies. He lied about their liberty to disregard the commandments of God, and he also gave them a false assurance to comfort them about the consequences

The bible tells us the reason why human becomes mortal in chapter 3 of Genesis. As a result of the disobedience of Adam and Eve at the garden of Eden, instead of having everlasting life, human becomes mortal. It becomes inevitably that we will age and died. However, despite all living cells have mechanism of replication, regeneration and repair, inevitably we all age and we all die. The aging process seems to be unstoppable and it causes the repair and renewal process of cells to malfunction and

Many works of art, especially literature, has a large focus on deception and how deception pushes a plot and story along the line to completion. This had been used in the long history of literature an uncountable amount of times by a lot of different authors, but one of the most popular works which has a heavy focus of deception and the consequences thereof is the drama, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare. This drama, often just called Hamlet features incredibly heavy

The poem “Something Whispered in the Shakuhachi” by Garret Hongo focuses on a bamboo grower who was a gardener before the start of the war and used the bamboo he grew to make flutes (Hongo line 7 & 9). The poem is very intimate, reminiscent, and lyrical. Hongo ‘s work focuses on one elderly and weak man who is capable of revealing the strength of spirit that can go beyond the most challenging as well as demeaning of circumstances. The narrator takes up the poignant theme of the internment of the

A good person is someone who is compassionate and shows honesty and integrity, while an evil person is someone who does not care about the needs of others. In the short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates, the main character Connie encounters a mysterious man in the parking lot of a diner. He later shows up at her house, tells her to go for a ride in his car with him, and introduces himself as Arnold Friend. After Connie speaks to him for a while, she realizes that

Lying is the most committed sin. Everyday people lie whether small or big. Every human knows that lying should not be exercised, but sometimes, in certain situations, lying is necessary due to the consequences of telling the truth. In the Bible, James 3:8, quoted is “But no human being can tame the tongue, it is a relentless evil, full of deadly poison.” This quote says that lying happens frequently; no one can resist it. It also says lying is deadly, which is also shown in the Bible within the

In various cultures, traditional stories of a universal beginning relate to the beliefs and rituals that are prevalent within that society. Although these creation stories differ among cultures, all display similar characteristics which constitute archetypal settings of creation myths, such as a great tree, the landmass from a watery chaos, and the fall of man. In the Iroquois’ creation myth, “The World on the Turtle’s Back”, the display of archetypal settings parallels the creation depicted in the

the serpent is depicted as a negative force. It is the thing that denies humanity of immortality or some pleasure. In the Bible the serpent is a sign of temptation. The serpent convinces Eve to eat fruit from the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden. This was after God had told her and Adam that they were not allowed

Genesis says that there is one god and Popol Vuh says there are many, both stories are about the trial and error the gods face while trying to create humanity. The god in Genesis makes the mistake of letting Adam and Eve roam free in the Garden of Eden assuming they will not eat from the tree of knowledge. Of course, they eat from the tree, with encouragement from a serpent, and were banned from the garden. Later on in the story, “God saw the wickedness of man”(Genesis 70), and so there could be

Feed by M.T. Anderson is a story about main character Titus, and his friend/girlfriend Violet. The story takes place many years in the future and centers around the relationships of the characters, and the Feed, which is an implant in your head. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is the story of a man, Siddhartha, and his journey towards Nirvana. Symbolism can be found throughout both Feed, and Siddhartha, but used in different ways. In Siddhartha the symbolism is used to help the reader understand the

Love’s Absence and Death’s Presence The outcasts and the unloved grow to either become the protagonist or the antagonist of a story; Unlike in John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden, rarely is there a Cathy simply filled with pure malevolence. What separates the good and evil characters? “Timshel” or “thou mayest,” as Lee the Chinese house servant puts it which means that the characters have a choice of which path they will take. But what if there is no choice for the character? Cal faces this lack

ones.” They believe they have ultimate wisdom and truth and the rest of us are just dumb sheep who can’t lead our own lives and thus are in need of rulers who know what’s best. Let’s look at how all of this got started. It started in the garden of Eden in Genesis of the Old Testament. If this “so called”, secret society is as powerful as some people believe, how did it come to gain such a strong and far-reaching influence? Where did the Illuminati originate from and, if it is a secret organisation

Throughout the tragedy of Hamlet, Shakespeare borrows metaphors of the Garden of Eden to in order to parallel the fall of Denmark and the disintegration of Hamlet’s family with the expulsion from Paradise. Hamlet’s father, the late king, talks about his villainous brother as a hateful snake, who killed him to get his power and wife and how weeds are growing over the kingdom. Next, Hamlet speaks about how the country of Denmark used to resemble Paradise, but now is lost to sin and corruption; but