Choices

Choices In the Book of Genesis, an ancient Hebrew story from the King James Bible, we are given the account of Adam and Eve. Eve is led up the path of temptation and forced to make a difficult decision. The outcome of her selection not only affects her own existence, but also that of Adam and their descendants. In the story, Eve is forced to choose between what she knows is right or what will turn out to be only a temporary pleasure. The reader is fully aware of the role of the snake, presenter of the golden apple, an excellent example of the archetypal character the temptress. The apple is the forbidden fruit, the irresistible pleasure, what the decision-maker is fully aware of being the obviously wrong choice, and yet can’t help but have one taste, perhaps to get a rebellious high, perhaps out of curiosity. Or perhaps the character is just plain ignorant. Whatever the motives of Eve and all others in the wrong, it is soon revealed that the easiest choice to make is not always the best. Eve’s acceptance of the apple served to show her own weakness and insecurity in what she believed was just. She eve, apple, eve’s, adam, taste, perhaps, one, make, golden, wrong, through, story, served, reader, pleasure, own, out, others, obviously, must, life, just, genesis, generations, garden, fully, forced, eden, descendants, decision, come, choice, character, book, being, aware