Thursday, April 20, 2006

The fall of man

Upon reading the description of Pap being like Adam, I though of Pap as being made from mud. Adam was made of mud, God formed Adam out of mud and breathed life into him. Then it hit me. Adam was the fall of mankind. Pap is sinful and is Huck's fall. Yet, even with this awesome referral to Adam's original sin, Twain had more to say with this. Twain wanted to make a point that Pap is bad, but so is everyone. Adam sinned and so do the rest of us because of that. No sin is worse than another. In fact, Jesus said, "those who are without sin cast the first stone." Twain was pointing out that we are so quick to judge Pap because he seems so easy to critique, when really we should take a step back and look at our own lives. Pap is bad but think of some of the things we do that are not so great and go against God's plan for us. Adam was the fall of mankind, therefore we all are sinful, ALL our sinful.

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