Pandora's Box Book Report

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13. Pandora’s Box
Pandora’s Box was a box given to Pandora, which contained all the evils in the world.
14. Prometheus and the gift of fire
Prometheus, a titan who was known to be a trickster, had given mankind the gift of fire and the skill of metalwork. As a result, he was punished by Zeus, who chained Prometheus to a rock while he had his liver eaten by an eagle every day.
15. Sisyphus’ curse
Sisyphus was a smart, but evil man. He tried to trick the Gods especially Zeus. As a result of this, he was forced to push a boulder to the top of a mountain, and then the boulder would roll back down. He had to do this for the rest of his life as his punishment.
16. Adam and Eve
Adam was the first man created by God, and Eve was made from the ribs of Adam. God told them that they can go to any tree they wanted and eat freely. However, Adam and Eve couldn’t go to the tree of knowledge of good and bad, which was in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve decide to eat an apple from the tree. As a result, this caused them, and their children, to end up dying instead of living forever.
17. Abraham and Isaac
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The Lord told Abraham that the city was going to be destroyed due to all the sinning. Then he proceeds to tell him that if Abraham can find 10 righteous people, the Lord would spare everyone and the city. When the angels came to the city, a man named Lot invited them to his house. The news broke out about the visitors, so some people came to Lot’s house demanding to give them up in order to do sexual acts with them. However, Lot didn’t want that, so he offered his daughter instead. The angels then made the men blind, and the angels took Lot and his family out of the city. God made it rain sulfur, killing all the food and animals. As the angels were leaving Lot and his family, they told his family not to look back. Unfortunately, Lot’s wife looked back, and she turned into pillar of

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