Garden State Parkway

excited for today because we were having a pool party, pizza, and best of all we were going to Busch Gardens. As everyone else was waking up I hopped in the shower. After me was my friend Zach, My other two roommates, were going to take one after breakfast. We woke up early that morning, so we could get a head start, for awhile we just hung out waiting until it was time to eat breakfast and go to Busch Gardens, Logan and I were trying to get Into the closet, But only one person could get inside,…

Halfway through The Diaries of Adam and Eve, Mark Twain describes the upbringing of the two individuals and the feelings they have shown so far. The story goes back and forth between Adam’s and Eve’s diaries, which helps the reader depict the feelings expressed and the actions done at each moment in the book. In the first half of the book we meet two totally different people, Adam and Eve. Adam is a handsome, strong man who is very quiet and uncaring. Eve is a super talkative, energetic,…

Carlos Wallace once said that, "The most dangerous among us come dressed as angels and we learn too late they are the devil in disguise". This quote speaks so many volumes and sheds light on the horrors of false characters, including rapists. Sex offenders don't show their true personality and identity due to their lack of morality. Tim Madigan continues to support this claim by explaining how sex offenders act very charming and receptive of women on the outside. However, on the inside, their…

estate of Mr. Rand could be interpreted as being the garden of Eden. Chance was never taught formal and informal societal norms. It can be interpreted in the Christian tradition that Chance never bit into the Apple from the tree of knowledge and not having done that he remained free of the limitations of knowledge and the sin that comes from it. Chance was Prophet Adam who never took the bite of the apple and thus, never had to leave the garden of Eden. Chance was also not successfully tempted…

Earth was created and what came to live on the planet. He creates the simple things, such as light, sky, and land. He eventually creates the animals that inhabit the planet, including humans. These humans are Adam and Eve. These two are placed in the garden of Eden. Eventually, a sneaky serpent comes along and tricks them into picking/eating fruit from a tree that they were not permitted to touch. God becomes aware of this and chastises all three. The difference between light and dark and good…

If I close my eyes and doubt that everything exists, all I can hear is the heater running in the room I’m in. I don’t really smell or taste anything. I would have to agree with Descartes in that I must exist because I am thinking. I must have a brain or I wouldn’t be able to think, so I am alive and a thinking thing. If I couldn’t think, then I wouldn’t be living. I know I have a body because I can move my extremities. I believe with certainty that I am alive and capable of thought and have a…

always gets in the way to strew the ability to manipulate and dominate, creating never ending hills of destruction and creation. This is demonstrated first in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, there is a tree in the middle which God declares the Tree of Life, representing God’s wisdom. Eve believes that there is another tree in the garden, The Knowledge of Good and Evil, that is the actual center. Therefore, with the deception of the serpent, Eve goes against God’s asking and eats the…

Lewis uses himself as a character in the first chapter “to break down the distinction between his fictional world and our ‘factual’ world.” Lewis grounds the story in real life and history; this makes the story feel tangible. As an author, he draws on people whom he knows to create realistic characters. He knows himself and knows what he would do when presented with a specific task, making himself a ‘player character’ that impresses the sense of authenticity into the story. Creating a story…

and see the world through good and evil. She decides to disobey God and eat the forbidden apple, but she listens to the voice of the serpent and does what he says. It shows that it is a myth because it explains why hubris exists. Eve had the whole Garden of Eden and could eat anything she wanted, besides the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, she did not have to work, did not have to feel pain or fear. That still was not good enough for her, she still had the desire for more. The human trait of…

The famous quote goes, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” and the same holds true for artwork. Everyone interprets artwork differently with a variety of variables that can affect one's interpretation at any given time. In an Interpretation of Michelangelo's Creation of Adam Based on Neuroanatomy, Dr. Frank Meshberger attempts to show how Michelangelo intentionally painted God and the surrounding angels to represent the exact makeup of the human brain. He presents this in the form of an…