Topics for Discussion (Give 5 points per right answer)
1. Melville's Moby-Dick begins, "Call Me Ishmael." We say it is told in the first person. In what person is Genesis told? From whose viewpoint?
2. Who is the "good guy" in this story? Who is the "bad guy?" Can you make a strong case for the reversal of roles?
3. Traditionally, the apple is considered to be the fruit the serpent offered to Eve. But apples are not endemic to the Near East. Select on of the following, more logical substitutes, and discuss how myths came into being and are corrupted over a long periods of time: olive, fig, date, pomegranate.
4. Why is the word Lord always in capitals and the name God always capitalized? Shouldn't the serpent's name be capitalized as well? If no, why?
5. If God created everything (see Genesis, Chap. 1), why did he create problems for himself by creating a serpent who would lead his creations astray? Why did God create a tree he did not want Adam and Eve to know about, and then go out of his way to warn them against it?
6. Compare and contrast Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling panel of the Expulsion from Paradise to Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
7. Was Adam being a gentleman when he placed blame on Eve? Who was Quisling? Discuss "narking" as a character flaw.
8. God grew angry when he found out he had been defied. If God is omnipotent and omniscient, didn't he know? Why couldn't he find Adam and Eve when they hid?
9. If God had not wanted Adam and Eve to taste the fruit of the forbidden tree, why didn't he warn the serpent? Could God have prevented the serpent from tempting Adam and Eve? If yes, why didn't he? If no, discuss the possibility the serpent was as powerful as God.
10. Using example from two different media journals, demonstrate the concept of "slanted new." (42-43) "The Deathbird" (in the 2024 collection Harlan's Ellison' Greatest Hits)
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