Literature And Human Condition
Nipun Dhanraj
Mr. Newell
AP Eng.12, period 2
May 2nd, 2008
Literature and Human Condition
God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
- (Genesis 1, 26-27).
God’s command to Adam was:
You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die"
- (Genesis 2, 16-17)
Adam ignored God’s command and thus begins our nature. Human nature is characterized by ignorance, selfish desire and craving, desire to do good and evil, and greed. Human condition is characterized mostly by suffering, war, oppression, poverty, vain striving, and disappointment. Humans have free will and determination. The determination of humans is why we have achieved our many goals.
In Candide, by Voltaire, Candide......
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