Eve Berlin

2) The cover of my story book has a pink Star of David with the title “Bat Mitzvah” on a scroll which represents the Torah. At the top, the Hebrew name “Becky” is spelled out in multicoloured stickers. All of this is on a white sheet of paper that is on top of a black binder. First of all, the reason I put the white sheet on top of the black binder instead of just placing the images on it is because of the contrast in your beliefs and the story. Next the logic behind the pink Star of David was…

and the hope of salvation. Within Genesis God creates the world in six days and rests on the seventh. God creates Adam and Eve as well as all the animals in the Garden of Eden, and forbids them from eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil. A serpent tempts Eve into eating the fruit, and then Eve entices Adam to eat the fruit. Upon disobeying God, Adam and Eve are thrown out of the Garden of Eden to live on Earth. (Short Stories Short) Adam’s will was the will of the species.…

It was a cold night and out though the house, there was not even a peep. The little girl has always wanted to see Santa. She would love to see his house, ride in his sled and see all the reindeer. She believes in Santa but she has never seen Santa. All she has seen is people dressed up as him. The little girl really wants to see Santa this year. All of a sudden, she heard something. It was a voice right beside her. It was so close that she did not even bludge when she herd it. The voice said…

Do you remember the holidays as a little kid? Your class always had a yearly Christmas party, you helped your parents decorate the tree. Constantly you heard “Look how much you’ve grown!” from visiting relatives, and waited anxiously on Christmas Eve for Santa to make his stop at your house. As a little kid there was no greater feeling than ripping open presents on Christmas morning to find the toy you had begged your parents for who would only respond with a “Wait ‘till Christmas,” or “Maybe if…

Paradise Lost presents Eve as a very human-like character. Sure, she ate the apple that brought sin into the world, but as humans we make mistakes every single day. This parallel between godly Eve and us regular humans indicates that we all are imperfect beings who make mistakes often and the outcomes of our mistakes are larger than we can imagine sometimes. Even with this imperfect nature found in Eve and the wrongful misogyny found in the garden of Eden, many readers see Eve as the heroine of…

Curtis, similarly to another response I created, I would like to say to you as well that I cannot find fault in your stance on this subject, however I would also like to take the scripture you utilized a bit further, since many people do not agree that the Old Testament is still applicable to today. In the beginning, God spoke directly to Adam and commissioned him as the worker to bring home the food for him and his family, as God speaks directly to him and says “By the sweat of your face you…

In John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, multiple individuals harbor a natural-born evil within themselves. Steinbeck reveals this idea through an allusion to the Bible’s telling of the story of Cain, an envious brother branded with a mark of evil after killing his brother, Abel. Characters throughout the novel, such as Charles, Cathy, and Cal, depict Cain in various ways, usually possessing a similar name and nature to his. Steinbeck’s portrayal of Cain and his mark contribute to the connection…

Every year when winter comes, the holidays come rolling in, there are several holidays celebrated by families that all involve their own special traditions. For those who celebrate Christmas, a certain little elf has become all the rage and is finding its way into the homes of many and becoming a yearly tradition for millions of families. This little elf is, The Elf on The Shelf, which has exploded with popularity over the past ten years since its debut in 2005, in 2013 it even took place in the…

In Mary Douglas’s excerpt Purity and Danger, she says, “where there is dirt there is a system” (36). Douglas is saying that yes, things can be dirty, but we are the ones who define why something is dirty. By doing so, we create a system. The system is just the ideas we make up of what is considered dirty and what is considered sanitary. Since we are the ones who define the system of dirt, everyone’s system could be different. That means that someone’s idea of dirt differs to someone else’s…

story of “Adam and Eve” is one commonly known. In Zora Neale Hurston’s short story “The Gilded Six-Bits” similar themes have arisen. Hurston has found new ways to represent all characters and objects from the biblical story into her own. Not only are the character’s present, but there’s two common themes as well; The concept of eating fruit from the forbidden tree, and the representation of God and religion. With her short story, Hurston has been able to retell the tale of Adam and Eve. There…