The Diaries of Adam & Eve

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The Diaries of Adam and Eve is a comical interpretation of the traditional creation story by Mark Twain. With a personal touch of his depiction to the characters of Adam and Eve, Twain managed to marry his previously written short stories, Adam's Diary, published in 1893 and Eve's Diary published in 1906, into one that now became the Diaries of Adam and Eve. The book is written in a diary form entailing excerpts from both Adam and Eve, which described their thoughts, perceptions, and experiences. In the book, the characters strive to understand themselves, each other and their surroundings, and Twain designs the Biblical account to show what life in the Garden of Eden may have been like. Throughout the story, Adam is depicted as a reserved and thoughtful individual while Eve, However, is the outgoing and talkative and the complete opposite of Adam. Clearly, the two exhibit completely different personalities arguably from their diary entries; Adam's entries are less engaged with everything that is going on around him, whereas Eve's entries are longer and far more detailed in comparison.

At the beginning of the Story, Adam is living as a single human being, but on seeing Eve, who he refers to as a "new creature" he is just...

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