Bernard Evslin's 'Prometheus'

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In the Greek Myth "Prometheus" by Bernard Evslin, the main character, Prometheus was punished by Zeus because he gave the humans fire. A long time ago, humans did not know anything about the fire. Until one day, a young Titan named Prometheus tried to convince the lord of the sky, Zeus, to give the human fire. However, Zeus refused to follow Prometheus’s advice and kick him out, but Prometheus didn’t give up, he knew that humans deserved the fire to be happy. After that, Prometheus decided to steal the fire from Olympus without asking Zeus for permission, he did not care about what Zeus thinks anymore! As a result, he was able to steal the fire from Olympus without Zeus finding out. At first, the humans hesitated on receiving the gift but

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