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I have to give credit to a man who can take a look at his life and see where he went wrong, admit to his failures, and find answers to his life’s questions. That being said, I cannot say I respect Augustine any more than I did before reading his confessions.li
Augustine’s look on life and what he considers to be “sin” is exactly why Christianity has rarely appealed to me. Though Augustine has a very drastic view of the religion, it is very similar to my perception of sin and punishment. He goes as far as to say that literary fiction is going away from God, especially tragedy. Augustine defends himself by saying that tragedy makes its audience focus on false drama instead of letting them look inwardly at their own tragedy of being detached from God. It’s not that I don’t understand penitence or the idea of indulging in earthly pleasures being a sin, but I love literature. Metaphor, character development, and alliteration are some of my favorite words. I can’t conceive......


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