Week 6: Famous Last Words

Another week has gone by and I can't believe it is already week 6 of the semester. Each semester of school goes by faster and faster and before we know it, we will be taking finals. Some of us (including myself) will be graduating, which is crazy to me.

This week, I read the Brer Rabbit unit for my reading. I will admit I was not a huge fan of it but I realize I am not going to be a fan of every single reading on here. Brer Rabbit was told in a different style of writing that was kind of hard to read but the overall plot was not bad. I enjoyed writing my story, however, as I was able to write it in my own way and I did an alternative ending, which I love doing to stories. Hopefully I can get some helpful feedback from you all on my story and I hope you enjoy it!

As far as my other classes go, they haven't been too bad. I feel like all my classes are kind of slow right now and it is only a matter of time before the rush of tests, projects, presentations, etc. all come crashing in at once. I am sure all of you know how that feels, especially if you are a senior like me. I finally am adjusted to all my classes and have my own little schedule of how I do things and when I do them. I am taking 3 online classes so while there are still deadlines, I am able to have a pretty flexible schedule, which I enjoy.

This weekend, I am headed to Breckenridge, Colorado for the weekend for a little mini vacation. I have been once before, just not too long ago and cannot wait to get back up there. Breck is a really relaxing ski town with a lot of cool shops and restaurants downtown. I think it will be a perfect little getaway. Since we don't get many breaks in the Spring semester, I thought; I am just going to create a break on my own! Haha. My family and I will be the ones going up there for a few days so it should be fun. I do not know if any of you have been to Breckenridge but this is one of my favorite pictures and one that I saw by searching "Breckenridge" on Google way back before I ever went because I was curious what it looked like and was so eager to go.

Downtown Breckenridge, Colorado 

Storytelling for Week 6: Tar Baby Saves the Day

Author's Note: Brer Rabbit consists of 16 different tales, each tale telling a different story of Brer the Rabbit, who is known for his tricks and witty personality and getting away with different things. In one particular tale, The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story, Brer Rabbit comes across a pile of tar and constructs a doll out of it. Brer Rabbit wants the doll to respond but never does the doll. Brer gets so frustrated that the doll won't respond so he begins to punch it and kick it and the more he punches and kicks, the more stuck he gets into this doll. Then, Brer Fox comes along and throws Brer Rabbit into a briar patch. Eventually Brer Rabbit uses the briers and all the thorns to escape. My story below consists of an alternate ending in which the pile of tar actually comes to life and saves Brer Rabbit. My main goal of this story was to produce an alternate ending because every time I read something, I think "what if this happened?" or "what if that happened?" so this gives the reader a different perspective and a different story in a way.

Tar Baby Saves the Day

There he was, Brer Rabbit, lying in the briar patch all stuck with thorns in his body, bleeding and desperate to get out. He begged and begged Brer Fox to let him out but Brer Fox had no mercy and decided to walk away, leaving Brer Rabbit all by himself to suffer. Brer Rabbit never thought he would get out, although rabbits are somewhat at home in briar patches, this one was thick. This briar patch was essentially a death trap, any rabbit who previously got trapped in there ended up dying a slow death. So there lies Brer Rabbit thinking his life was about to end in a short period of time when he sees something moving just about 20 feet away. Brer Rabbit thought surely that couldn't be what he thought it may be, the pile of tar that he created into a baby. The Tar-Baby wasn't responding to him, there was no way he could've come to life, Brer Rabbit thought. As the large, sharp thorns slowly dug into Brer Rabbits body, he couldn't go on for much longer. Someone had to help him soon or else he would die, just like all the other previous rabbits that had died in that briar patch. Soon enough, he sees the Tar-Baby rise from the ground and run the other way. Brer Rabbit thought that was the end, his only chance of survival was the Tar-Baby somewhat coming to life and saving him. The Tar-Baby came to life, but didn't want to save Brer Rabbit's life after all the punching and kicking he did to the Tar-Baby. After about ten more minutes of extreme suffering of lying in the pile of thorns, Tar-Baby suddenly appears in the distance dragging something of what appears to look like a fox. Eventually they got close enough for Brer Rabbit to realize that it was Tar-Baby dragging Brer Fox toward the briar patch. Tar-Baby slowly dragged Brer Fox to the briar patch and threw him in there, making Brer Fox suffer what Brer Rabbit had been suffering for the last hour. Tar-Baby, once a simple pile of tar that had no life, walks over to Brer Rabbit, gives him his hand and lifts him up out of the briar patch. "Why are you doing this?" said Brer Rabbit. "Why are you doing this after all I did to you? All the kicking, all the punching..." "I am not doing this for you, I am doing this because I hate Brer Fox. I may have looked like just a pile of tar but I have always been alive and I have seen Brer Fox throw several rabbits into that briar patch and I am not going to watch it anymore."

Tar-Baby and Brer Rabbit

Bibliography: Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris (1881)

Week 6 Reading Diary: Brer Rabbit

Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris (1881)

Brer Rabbit and Fox, illustration by A.B. Frost

"Den Brer Rabbit scratch one year wid his off hinefoot sorter jub'usly en den he ups en sez, sezee: All a setting Brer Fox. Spose'n you drap roun' ter morrer..."

This.....is definitely a weird type of writing that i am not a fan of so far but we will see as the story goes on. 

"Mawnin!" says Brer Rabbit. "Nice wedder dis mawnin" Although it is kind of hard to read, it is funny picturing them all talking like this and the way they write

 really gives you an idea of what it actually sounds like versus writing in a normal way. 

"Who's enny cowerd?"

"You is. Dat's who. I aint soshatin wit dem, w'at lays down on the groun' en plays dean w'en dar's a free fight gwine on." 

This was one of my favorite quotes of the story so far, as I write in a normal way... i loved how he said "soshatin" at first I was like...what in the world is he saying until I realized it was associating. 

"Bimeby he up'n say, sezee: "Well, I speck I got you dis time, Brer Rabbit,".... "maybe I ain't, but I speck I is. You been runnin' roun' here sassin atter me a mighty long time, but I speck you done come ter de een' er de row. You bin cuttin' up yo' capers en bouncin' roun' in dis neighberhood ontwel you come ter b'leeve yo'se'f de boss er de whole gang."

"Nobody 'roun' fer ter look atter Brer Fox, not even Brer Tukkey Buzzard ain't come ter de funer'l," sezee. "I hope Brer Fox ain't dead, but I speck he is," sezee

I think its funny too that they say "sezee" In this quote they are talking about Brer Fox and how nobody has seen him or looked after him and don't know whether he is even dead or not. 

"Oh, do pray save me, Brer Rabbit!" sez Brer Wolf, sezee. "Do please, Brer Rabbit! De dogs is atter me, en dey 'll t'ar me up. Don't you year um comin'? Do please save me, Brer Rabbit! Hide me some'rs whar de dogs won't git me."

This is an interesting story and way or writing but honestly I can't sit here and say I really know whats going on in the actual story. When you have to read the words and try to understand what they are trying to say and then trying to keep track of whats going on in the story, its a little complicated. I would definitely not adopt this in any of my writing but thats just me!

Thoughts About Comments

Overall, the comments that have been left on my blog have been helpful but I would also like a little more criticism or suggestions of stuff that I am doing wrong and stuff that I could do to help my stories, reading diaries, various blog posts, etc. Criticism is welcome and I will not take it personally if someone doesn't like my writing or the way I write it. I am always up for suggestions. In terms of my commenting on other peoples blogs, I also feel like I could be better. I feel like I often tend to focus more on the positive stuff rather than the negative. I think what makes a good blog post is commenting on something positive AND negative and making at least one suggestion as to how someone can improve their posts. I also love commenting on peoples blogs and being able to relate to them or find something in common with them. I am sure everyone, including myself will continue to improve their blog comments as the semester goes on!

Week 5 Storytelling: The King D-Bo

The King D-Bo

The King's Palace

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Once upon a time, there was a King named David Boren, also known as "DBo" who was the King of the University of Oklahoma. Although DBo was very successful at what he did, one thing had been haunting him for years and years, causing DBo to lose sleep at night and even drive himself to insanity trying to figure it out. 

There was a grade goblin somewhere around this University and DBo had spent over ten years trying to find him until one night, the grade goblin approaches DBo. The grade goblin was a goblin who at night, would fly around campus, able to get into any building and get into any room and any teachers computers and adjust grades and get test files. 

DBo knew of this grade goblin but was never able to catch him and finally, on a foggy, rainy night, the grade goblin felt so sorry for DBo and thought he was so pathetic for not being able to find him for so long, he approached DBo's palace (pictured above). He said "DBo, I know I have haunted you for years and years and years and I am to the point where I feel more guilt than pleasure with all the good I am doing your students but all the pain and insanity I am causing you. Each night I will come by your palace and ask you a question, if the question is answered correctly, I will leave you and this place alone forever. If the answers are not answered correctly, I will continue to haunt you until you get the answer right." These questions consisted of just about anything, historical questions about the university, questions about the goblin himself, questions about DBo's staff and students and even athletics. 

DBo accepted this challenge, as he was just ready to get rid of this goblin once and for all and stop all this craziness going on at his University. Keep in mind, this goblin was slick, he could fly, he could hide just about anywhere imaginable but you could never see him long enough to know what he really looked like in detail. On the other hand, DBo had nothing but knowledge. DBo was the smartest King in the world but did not have any powers, such as flying or hiding so he knew he had to rely on his knowledge to stop this grade goblin. DBo was so anxious and angry and wanted this grade goblin gone immediately that he studied every possible question that may come across him. 

The goblin did not come by for at least a week, making DBo impatient and even more angry until finally after the eighth night of not showing up, the grade goblin shows up and flies on top of DBo's castle. The goblin says "The first question and only question of the night I will ask you is HOW MANY CASTLES ARE THERE ON THIS CAMPUS?" DBo didn't know the exact number so he started to panic, as he did not want to deal with the grade goblin much longer and wanted to get rid of him immediately. DBo did know one thing though and that was if the goblin was around you for more than 5 minutes, his powers would rub off on you. DBo started to make conversation by asking "well what do you classify as castles? Can you be more specific with your question? I would also like a few seconds to think" as DBo was saying anything at this point to try and pass time so he could get to that 5 minute mark. 

The grade goblin knew everything but one thing and that one thing was that his powers could spread if he was around the King longer than 5 minutes. Eventually 5 minutes goes by and the goblin is still lingering around DBo's castle as all of a sudden DBo bursts into the air on track to catch the goblin. DBo flies around chasing the goblin for about an hour until the goblin eventually runs into the football stadium light pole and falls. DBo approaches the grade goblin and pulls of his mask only to discover Greg Fenves, the president of the University of Texas. DBo had finally caught the man who had been driving him to insanity over the last ten years. The grade goblin, identified as Greg Fenves was hacking into all of OU's computer systems to adapt everything that OU was doing so that he could bring it back to Texas. In the meantime, he would hack into professors' computers to adjust students grades and reported that the teachers were the ones adjusting the grades and that DBo was signing off on it. All this time, all this horror, all this pain, all this insanity, DBo had finally found the villain..... only fitting that that villain came from the University of Texas. 

Author's Note: The Twenty Two Goblins is based on tales told by goblins, or "vetala" in Sanskrit, a supernatural creature that inhabits human corpses. The stories are told to the King Vikram. King Vikram faces many difficulties bringing the vetala to the tantric. Each time the king tries to stop the goblins, they tell stories that eventually end with a riddling question that the King is forced to answer. If the King is unable to answer, the vampire will remain in captivity. If the King answered it correctly, the vampire would escape and run back to his home, which was a tree. They are very interesting tales and told in 22 sections, hince the title "Twenty Two Goblins." I will admit I was not crazy about the overall story itself and I couldn't find myself getting really interested in it but I took the plot idea and kind of had some fun with it as I made a story involving David Boren and the University of Oklahoma student body. I thought involving the University of Texas might add even a little more spark to it and an ending that no one was expecting. The whole goblin and king thing really got me thinking and I have been meaning and wanting to write a story involving OU's campus and even David Boren as a "king" because i think it allows the students to really relate to the story a lot better and makes it much more interesting to read.

Bibliography: Twenty Two Goblins by Arthur Ryder (1917)

Week 5 Reading Diary, continued: Twenty-Two Goblins

Twenty Two Goblins, Arthur W. Ryder

City on the Ganges

This is one of my favorite pictures, it looks so surreal and I couldn't even imagine actually being there in person!

"Oh beautiful, my darling! Fair as the moon! White as the moonlight! Was the night jealous of your beauty? Did she carry you away?..." -Hariswami when he saw his wife was gone when he awoke. I love the detail of him describing his wife and her beauty and the emotion he had when he couldn't find her, later on they describe him "sobbing" and in "great pain."

"In this city lived a strong armed king named Hero-banner, who protected the world as a wall protects a city.." This was a cool quote because it somewhat described the power of this King... it will be interesting to learn more about the king throughout the next few sections.

^The picture below is a city called Golden City, which was on the bank of the Ganges. It describes the city and says "where a quarter of the old perfect virtue still lingers in these evil days." There was a king named Glorious and was thought to definitely deserve the name because of how brave he was. He "kept the world from being overflowed,  like the shore of the sea."

This section discusses a group of four brothers and what they do after their father dies. They took all the money and felt like they had nothing else to do where they were now and felt they needed to move onto somewhere else and went on long journey only to end up at their grandfathers house. They also brought a lion back to life, who ends up killing them eventually.

There is a city called Beautiful and in this city, people lived as happily as they did in heaven. I thought this section was interesting because earlier in the semester, I basically wrote about a world of happiness and no sin and living in a perfect world, which basically what the city Beautiful was.

"In the morning, the blessed sun arose in the east, stretching out his rays like hands to warn the king not to go in the forest where robbers lived." This was a really cool quote as it referred to the sun as being the one to guide the king where to NOT go. This is an interesting type of writing that I might look into when writing my next story.



"My son, you did well to kill this sham monk who tried by force to become the king of fairies." In the conclusion, Shiva gives his son the sword, passing along the torch in a way, and he goes off with all the gods.

Week 5 Reading Diary: Twenty-Two Goblins

Twenty-Two Gobblins, Arthur W. Ryder

Goblin in the Tree

"And as the monkey ate the fruit, he split it open and priceless, magnificent gem came out."

I think is a good way to start the story because it makes people wanting to keep reading to find out exactly what the gem is and what is going to happen.

(Talking of the mother's kid) "So his mother took him on her arm and angrily threw him into the blazing fire. And being tender, he was reduced to ashes in a moment."

This was a rather shocking turn of events that I was definitely not expecting... Once again, a very good way to keep the readers interested. This section had a lot of emotion in it too such as anger, hostility, shock, etc.

Praying to the Goddess.... "It was not right, for I was always devoted to you! Then, be my refuge when I pray to you..." There is so much death and emotion in this story, that it is kind of depressing... But it also makes the story interesting as well. This is when Lovely found her husband and brother in the condition that they were in and she wanted to kill herself after what she had seen.

"And after long prayer, he heard a voice from heaven, for at last Shiva was pleased with his devotion. "Oh King there shall be born to you a brave son to continue your dynasty, and a daughter more beautiful than the mymphs of heaven."

"One day at the spring festival, the king went to the garden to play with his three wives." I thought this was funny and very different. Its crazy that its completely normal for them to say "the king went to play with his three wives" and the fact that the King has 3 wives. 

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Hye guys! My name is Patrick Schaefer and I am a fifth year senior here at OU, about to graduate here in May. My major is marketing and I plan on going into real estate after I graduate, as I work for a property management company at the moment! I look forward to meeting everyone throughout the semester and reading/critiquing some of you guys' work. Please feel free to comment on anything you want to as far as my writing or anything on my blog really. I would also greatly accept any thoughts/recommendations for any of my blog posts. Thanks! Here is one of my favorite pictures of the University...

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This is one of my favorite songs/music videos of all time. Michael Jackson seemed incredible and it is sad all our generation has to go on is music videos instead of being able to see him live. I respect him not only for his ability to write but his unbelievable dancing talent. 

Week 4: Famous Last Words

So far, this class has been a lot different from all my others as I am slowly but surely getting used to this whole blog thing. I am so used to d2L when doing online classes but have always kind of wanted to start my own blog so here we are! As the semester goes along, I look forward to getting to know more people through their blogs. I have already come across some people that I can really relate to in terms of their lifestyles, their interests, their major and future desired job, etc.  I have also noticed a lot of peoples writings and the creative ways they tell their stories and I look forward to implementing some of those tactics in my writing in the next few weeks!

One event that happened this week that was extremely sad was that the wife of an Oklahoma City Thunder assistant coach died in a car accident this past Wednesday and was one of the bigger news stories of this week, and really of the month. Normally I do not like to talk or write about sad events like this but it really taught me a lesson of how to not take anything for granted and tell your family you love them each and every day, at every moment because you never know what could happen. I have always heard that but for some reason, it really meant a lot this week. I think one of the reasons was because there were so many athletes on TV who knew the coach and knew his wife who died and even the athletes you see every night playing basketball, people who you think are the toughest people on the world... were crying. For example, Kevin Durant was asked about it at practice and had to leave his press conference during the middle of it because he was so emotional. You see your parents cry, you see your friends cry, but rarely do you see athletes cry. People you don't look at as normal people were affected by this in a great way and it just goes to show you how special of a person she was and how she impacted everyones life. 

I thought this picture was perfect and the quote was something that was quite fitting for this moment...

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Storytelling Week 4: Revenge on Shahrayar

Revenge on Shahrayar

Shahrayar, a man who lived a happy life with a happy wife, a man who thought he had it all. Him and his wife Scheherazade did everything together and were known as the happy couple around town. People always saw them hugging and kissing and holding each others hands while always laughing and always having a smile on each others faces. He THOUGHT he had it all, until one day.

One day, he found out that his wife Scheherazade has been cheating on him and he decides to kill her the next morning because he is so betrayed. That was his way of dealing with betrayal and he decides that from that point on, when he marries a woman, he will kill them the next morning simply in fear of being betrayed by another woman like he was betrayed by Scheherazade.

Shahrayer eventually marries 3 women, all of which he killed the next morning because he thought he would or was being betrayed. He was so jaded from being lied to and betrayed by his former wife that he didn't know how to deal with many things. Almost like he didn't know what to do if he was happy and felt like he needed to make himself mad/sad by killing these innocent women, who thought they were happy with Shahrayer.

Eventually, a woman, also known as the fourth woman to marry Shahrayar despite her knowing what he did to all the previous women. She marries him and goes home with him that night, knowing what Shahrayar was planning on doing that morning. Shahrayar had no clue that she had caught on to his tricks long long ago and was expecting to go through with his plan just like he always does.

During the middle of the night, she decides that she is going to return the favor and murder Shahrayar. Before Shahrayar actually dies, she is able to tell him that this is revenge and justice for all of the women that he had killed before. Shahrayar, before he officially dies, says that he killed all these women out of fear and just wanted to be loved. He also said that he felt less betrayed by his former wife that cheated on him when he killed all of these women. Killing these women was like his therapy. The fourth wife had finally caught onto his tricks and fooled Shahrayar into a plan of her own and that was to KILL him before HE killed HER, just like the previous women who had been killed. Later on, it turns out that the fourth wife of Shahrayar had also previously killed 4 MEN because she was cheated on by her first husband. Turns out, Shahrayar and the fourth wife were living the exact same life, doing the exact same things but Shahrayar had no clue. So, did the fourth wife get pleasure out of this?? Yes, she avoided her own death by killing the man that would have killed her the next morning but what will she do now? Will she keep going on with her plan??

Scheherazade

Author's Note: There are many different stories in the series of Arabian Nights but all stories focus on the sultan, Shahrayar and his wife Scheherazade. Shahrayar finds out that his first wife is unfaithful to him and ends up killing her. He then decides he is going to marry a different woman each night, and then kill them the next morning to prevent any further betrayal. Scheherazade, his vizier's daughter, decides this pattern is absolutely cruel and she makes a plan to end this pattern. She marries Shahrayar, and then begins to tell him a story that night. However, she stops the story in the middle, so that he will be excited to hear the rest the following night. Then the next evening, she finishes the story and then begins another, following the same pattern for 1,001 nights, until Shahrayar has a change of heart and stops his pattern of killing women each and every morning. The picture above shows Scheherazade, the wife of Shahrayar. I chose this image because I like having an image of what the characters look like and in this case, this shows both Shahrayar and Scheherazade. As far as my story goes, I really like to look at ALL of the characters perspectives and think of ways that the story can be turned around and told by another side, which is why I chose to write my story where Shahrayar is the one who is killed instead of the women getting killed. 

Bibliography:
The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang (1898)

Week 4 Reading Diary: Arabian Nights

The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang (1898)

The Fisherman

"And he declared that he was quite sure that at bottom all women were as wicked as the sultana..."
This story started out with a bang to say the least, while describing a woman who deceived the Sultan and the Sultan discovered death and put her to death.


"I have only a year to live" the merchant said as he agreed to return to the genius in a year to be killed.
This part of the story also uses great imagery in describing the merchants journey with his horse.


"During this time she studied magic in order to carry out her wicked scheme" This quote shows how cruel the wife of the Old Man was as she did not want to kids and was creating some sort of wicked scheme while she was asked to take care of them while the Man was gone.
Later when the man returned, he was told that his "slave is dead" and she had not seen the child for months.


"At first I refused, but she begged so hard and promised to be a good wife to me, that at last I consented. I got her some beautiful dresses and after having married her, we embarked and set sail. During the voyage, I discovered so many good qualities in my wife that I began to love her more and more."


"This man is the most faithful and virtuous of men. If he wished to take my life, why did he cure me?"


"The bird replied: my good master, the lightning, thunder and rain disturbed me so much all night long, that I cannot tell you what I have suffered." The reason I liked this quote was because my plan for my storybook style is animal stories I found it interesting reading this right after I decided I might want to tell my story from an animal perspective.


"Take these fish and carry them to the Sultan, who will give you more money for them than you have ever had in your life..."


"Then this wicked enchantress changed the capital, which was a very populous and flourishing city, into the lake and desert plain you saw. The fish of four colors..." I like the style of this writing and will consider adopting it when writing my own story because of the detail.

Storytelling Styles

Topic: My topic will involve the Animal Stories of Jataka. The first story I am thinking about using is The Monkey's Heart  and another story I am thinking about using is The Language of Animals Both of these stories offer up a lot of detailed animal stories that I look forward to reading into even more than I already have. I feel like I can be very creative with these stories and this topic, considering it discusses the previous lives of Buddha in human AND animal form. This two interesting, detailed stories will help me put together a very creative story in my opinion.


Bibliography:
1. The Monkey's Heart  The Jataka, or the stories, of Buddha's former birth, edited by E. B. Cowell, vol. 2 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1895)
2. The Language of Animals The Jataka, or the stories, of Buddha's former birth, edited by E. B. Cowell, vol. 2 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1897)

The Jataka Tales of the Buddha

Possible Styles


OU Campus: I think using OU's campus as a prime setting for my story would be very easy because I am familiar with all the areas of the campus and there are so many different areas you could use for cool settings for all of the animals. This would also give readers a good image of the story, considering most readers would be students of OU who are familiar with campus. Maybe each animal could have a different home such as Dale Hall, Price, The Union, etc.


Story told by the animals: This of course would be story told directly from the animals, which would be very interesting cause I could make into some sort of "animal language" by creating my own language in some sort of way.


Detective Story: I think this would be a really funny way to tell the story. I love any movie or TV show involving detectives so I am familiar with the way they talk and act and could use some of those TV shows and movies to help me write my story.


Neighborhood Gossip: This would also be a funny way of telling the story as this could combine with animal's telling the story. All of the animals could gossip about what is going on and throughout the gossip could be the main story line. I also think this would be a lot more fun to read if it was told in a gossip type way.

Week 3 Storytelling: The Story of No Sin

The Story of No Sin

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

Once upon a time, there were two people in this world, a man and a woman. And the Almighty God, who created this man and this woman named Adam and Eve to live in a world of paradise. A world with nothing but positive things and happy moments. Adam and Eve were meant for each other. Adam and Eve traveled together, going on different journeys each and every day, experiencing different food and different sights across the world, while learning everything from the Almighty God. God taught them how to live, how enjoy life, how to do everything right, not to ever make any mistakes and live life without sin, which Adam and Eve never knew of such a thing called "sin." They lived a perfect life and eventually God created more men and women to follow the path of Adam and Eve. These men and women new to the world, would follow Adam and Eve's path and learn everything from them. They simply lived the same life as Adam and Eve, no lies, no mistakes, no sadness, no pain and no death. Everyone born in this world lived a life of eternity.  Everyone in the world lived a dream of happiness and lived with everything they could ever imagine. After a few years of traveling and living a life that everyone wishes to live; a life full of happiness and perfection, Adam and Eve decided it was time to part ways. The main reason Adam and Eve decided to part ways was because they felt like they had done everything that they could possibly do in their life. They had done everything together that they could possibly imagine... Traveled the world, ate all the great food they wanted to eat, met all sorts of new people without ever having a sad moment at any point in their life. What else is there to do?? You have lived life to the fullest, what more could make you happier? Adam and Eve did not know the answer to this question and decided that they would be better off going separate ways and starting a whole new perfect life with another person to travel with them, doing all the same stuff they did with each other. In a way, Adam and Eve felt life was getting boring and were somewhat getting tired of one another. In a way, they wondered, is this what life is really about? Everything we ever wanted, we have. Anything we want, we can get. Is there anything more for us to do??

Author's Note: 

My story is based on Adam and Eve and how they were created by God to be the first man and first woman. They were created to live a life of paradise on earth, however Adam and Eve eventually fell into the life of suffering and sin, living through ups and downs, constantly committing sins and begging for God's forgiveness. Fortunately for Adam and Eve, God was forgiving of their sins. This story lead me to think... What would life be like without sin? What would life be like without suffering and pain? My whole point of my story is that Adam and Eve had everything they ever wanted, but they never experienced any pain or suffering, allowing them to grow as stronger people. In my opinion, life is all about getting through your most painful moments and toughest challenges and Adam and Eve did not have any of this and it grew them apart. It was almost as if life was boring without sin and suffering. So my main questions from this story is... What do you think life would be like without sin and suffering? Would we grow as people? Would life be boring like it did with Adam and Eve?

Bibliography:

The Forgotten Books of Eden, Rutherford H. Platt, Jr. (1926)