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I didn’t know much about the nurture versus nature argument as a child. I knew the basic opinions of both sides; nature, which claimed that humans are born naturally evil and selfish, and nurture, which claimed humans’ actions are dictated by their experiences. I also knew that it was a very controversial topic, and that my religion claimed we were all naturally sinful based on the story of original sin, where the first humans God created, Adam and Eve, are tempted by Satan to eat forbidden…

Anthony Galarza El-202-01 Prof. Almonte 3/10/17 Hopkins View of Nature In Hopkins first poem "God's Grandeur," he connects his faith in God by having this poem focus on the handiwork of God and how man has basically ruined that handiwork which is nature. However, this is more like condemning man for not honoring and taking care of God's gift of nature to us, and Hopkins fully surrenders at the fact that God is in control of everything, including…

In John Milton’s, “Paradise Lost” there is a display of symbolism that comes across his writing. A great example of symbolism is that of the garden of Eden. In Alexander Popes, “The Rape of the Lock” there is a symbolism of materialistic importance and vanity. While in William Blake’s, “The marriage of Heaven and Hell” the symbolism is that of visions of angels and hell. These authors incorporate their symbolism in a way to send across a message whether it is the background story of Satan, the…

The Author Dr. Phillip Zimbardo creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment states how good people can have intentions of becoming evil. He argues that good people can become bad people and that bad people can become good people. In this interesting article the author Dr. Phillip Zimbardo focuses on what really makes people become bad people. He uses Lucifer as an example. Lucifer an angel of God who used to God’s light bearer and favorite angel questions God’s authority and was sent to hell on…

Ovid begins his book Metamorphoses with the creation of earth. The world began with a single element called Chaos, it was found throughout the land until the gods created light and order. With the new earth came the creation of plants, animals, and the human race. However, the gods soon realized the ruin that came with each human. The gods summoned the great flood, which was a fresh start for the earth and its inhabitants. The gods spared all the animals and two humans to repopulate the earth.…

Unlike its prominence in Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, revealing one’s sexuality is only an underlying theme in Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You the Sun. The novel introduces readers to two different narrators, twins Noah and Jude, whose accounts take place at two different points in time. Specifically, the topic of homosexuality and coming out is mainly featured in Noah’s account at thirteen years old. Throughout his side of the story, Noah, who is gay, struggles to embrace his sexuality…

"For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression." (1 Timothy 2:13-14). In Classical Myth, Barry B. Powell notes that both the Holy Bible and Ancient Greek mythology were "composed by males for males in an environment utterly ruled by males" (119). As only males in Ancient Greece received an education and the ability to read and write, we can collect male values through the narratives. After all, the function of myth is to…

This aspect can be depicted through, John Milton’s, Paradise Lost, which expands on the initial chapters of Genesis through the story of Adam and Eve. Paradise Lost follows the story of Adam and Eve getting kicked out of the Garden of Eden after Satan tempts Eve to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. In Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein, the main character, Frankenstein, creates a monster out of dead body parts and electricity. As Frankenstein grows to resent his creation, the monster…

The notion that landscapes have the power to stimulate contemplation about human nature is clearly articulated in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Through subverting traditional adventure tropes from Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe to Ballantyne’s The Coral Island, Golding posits through his dystopian novel that landscapes, rather than delivering a sense of the sublime, provokes us to question our human condition and ultimately elucidate “traits that define humanity” (Orslen) – spite, insecurity,…

The bare human body is a mystery talked about from the beginning of time. The human body is complex, as is life. It goes through many stages: creation, puberty, sexual peak, and old age. The human body has been studied by many. Leonardo da Vinci had various notebooks filled with his findings. Literary fiction also has an array of stories that captivate an interest with the human body throughout the many stages of life. Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, the story of Adam and Eve, Brave New World by…