Creative Writing: A Separate Peace

(“The World 40) In Genesis, Cain is the devious of the two, and his “offering

The rhythmic motion of the mare’s gait gradually eased the pain some, and he found the lathered smell of the horse soothing" (White 384). If Cain were not a good man, why would he do all of this for some poor black

In this essay I will analyze and differentiate two completely contrasting legacies left behind by Cain and Seth, the descendants of Adam and Eve. Reflecting on the point in time where Eve appointed eponyms for her children, their very names conceptualized a foreshadowing of this apparent contrast. In Hebrew, Cain means ‘spear' and Seth means ‘anointed’ or ‘granted’ a name that alludes to Eve’s utterance found in Genesis 4:25, “God has granted me another child in the place of Abel since Cain killed him”. This sets the tone of the significant dissimilarity of their character later distinguished in the narrative of Genesis. Cain was the primary exploitation for murder, and not only the act of killing, but that of his beloved brother. (Genesis 4:11-16) And in the midst of his child Enoch being born, Cain was developing the world’s first advanced civilized society. (Genesis 4:17) Contrasting, Seth was the third son of

For his sin he was expelled from Eden. From that day on he led the life of an exile, doomed to be "a fugitive and wanderer in the earth" (Gen. 4:12) and denied the rights of a normal man, only to bare the mark of a sinner and warning to others. With this Cain walked into the land of Nod (unknown, evil, dark), only to leave a legacy felt by the generations of his offspring.

According to all the stories depicted in Genesis 4-11, a common theme regarding humans consistently repeats itself. Humans are bound to sin no matter what situation, despite how pure it may seem to be. Overall, the stories tell us that human nature and behavior will outcome in sins. In the story of Cain and Abel, since Cain committed the murder, God cursed him by depriving him of his duty as a farmer and turned him into a wandered exiled to an unknown place. In Genesis 9:6 however, it states that whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image. Those were rules placed by God which conflicts with why he decided to not let someone take the life of Cain after he had murdered his brother. Looking

In Genesis, God banishes Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden because they ate of the “Tree of Good and Evil”, after being enticed by the serpent, “satan” who tricked Adam and Eve because he was jealous of the love that God has for his creation. Adam and Eve and their lineage worked to connect to God and do everything he asked them to do. They have two sons, “Cain and Abel”, who in the beginning seem to be on the right track, until Cain kills Abel. God became disappointed in Cain for shedding the blood of his brother, so He

In Genesis, Cain shows similar qualities to Enkindu. Where Enkindu was searching for recognition of the Uruk people, Cain was fighting for the recognition of God after his sacrifices were not sufficient enough to compete with those of Abel. As a result, Cain kills his brother, showing the corrupt side of

Genesis 4 gives the first example of an act of violence, showing Cain killing his brother Abel. When Cain realized his brother’s rejection of his sacrifice, he became envious, which led to him murdering his brother. The reason for the violence of this case was jealousy. As a result, Cain was cursed to be a wanderer on the earth, which he felt was a harsh judgment. Knowing the violent nature of the world, he thought that anyone who found him will attack him; thus, he received an assurance of God's protection.

God punished Cain, by cursing him from the earth, and making him a fugitive on earth.

But if you do not do right Sin couches at the door; Its urge is toward you, Yet you can be its master.” Here God has explained to Cain that if he continues to give his crops soon he see greater favor, but he also talks of the temptations Cain faces, and fulfills soon after. Adam, Eve, and Cain are all children of god, and he wanted to test out how children acted out of free will. They all acted against his will and they were harshly punished for their insubordinate

He states this for emphasis on how power, in his opinion, always overpowers the act of good or evil. Thus, if an act is good or bad, power will be influenced and the type of act is disregarded because of the powerful influencer. At the end of the story, his conclusions were stated to others and Cain killed his brother, Abel. This was done, mostly, to prove a point of, "God loves lifes" when Abel was saying that he loved God more than his own life. I feel that this act of killing his own brother just made Cain's life even more challenging because he will have to live with the

It is in the Book of Genesis “The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.” (Genesis 15-16). Cain’s immediate feelings are of anger and discouragement. Cain loves God the same as Abel does, but he does not receive the same gratification back from God as Abel did. This is a natural reaction to being rejected that everyone can relate to. Cain is hurt and feels like he is not loved as much as Abel which Cain intensifies and blows out of proportion. Cain let the jealously of Abel’s love overtake him and leads him to committing a mortal sin. He is turned over by mixed emotions in himself and decides to kill is brother because he sees no other way to deal with the feelings he is having. By killing Abel, Cain does not fix any problem, he in fact creates another one. Cain is punished by God because God sees no excuse in Cain’s evil actions and calls Cain to responsiblilty for himself and for his

This translation, therefore, may further hint at a lack of generosity in Cain, a concern with himself and his possessions and possibly representing a defect in his character contrasted with Abel's open-handedness. Abel's offering, they suggest, was a gift devoted entirely to God. By contrast, Cain's was a sacrifice in which he, too, had a share. The implication that Cain might be selfish or greedy is then confirmed by God's observation that he had not diviided the sacrifice rightly, presumably keeping for himself things which by rights belonged to God, and as a result God had not looked providentially upon his

In his book, On First Principles, Origen implied that God's mercy can, and will, prevail against His righteous judgement at the end of times; for nothing is incapable of restoration to the Omnipotent Creator. Contrary to that belief is the story of Cain and Abel in their first and only recorded hostility, where God their Creator in the book of Genesis chapter 4, draws his attention and detest towards the vicious act of Abel's murder.

He whimpered and was in a great deal of pain. Suddenly, with his little strength he