Book Of Ecclesiastes Research Paper

The book of the bible Ecclesiastes was first written by King Solomon, author of Proverbs, and Song of Solomon, other books of the bible as well. He wrote Ecclesiastes following his reign over the kingdom of Israel, and his fall from his sins of idolatry and numerous other sins. It is expressed that in his end years he had great wisdom regarding life which is why many people turn to the book of Ecclesiastes when questioning themselves on what the meaning of life is exactly. In my opinion however the book of Ecclesiastes is gives a false hope unless your have a firm understanding of God’s word and the Gospel. In class we discussed many different ideas and concepts about how Ecclesiastes can be related back to life. The majority of these concepts that we came up with usually involved doing what made you happy and finding happiness in life as the true meaning to life. I think that to be able to decipher what Ecclesiastes is trying to explain to us can be best found by using the rest of the bible to understand. The bible actually teaches us that while we are in this world, our main goal in life should be to honor and glorify Christ with our lives and through that spread his word amongst others. Because of this when looking at other concepts stated in Ecclesiastes I believe they are merely give false promises and hope. One of the key …show more content…
Meursault wakes up every day with no true meaning for his life other than his own physical pleasure. He has spent his entire life living this way and because of this has become emotionally bare and unfaced by much of anything. Santiago wakes up each day however also with not true meaning other than to fish because that is all he has ever known. I believe that both men are the way that they are due to the way that they were raised and have chosen to live their