The Diaries of Adam & Eve Themes

The Diaries of Adam & Eve Themes

Gender stereotypes

A lot of the gender-related conceptions could be found in Twain’s book. The woman talks a lot and doesn’t allow for the man to come to word. The man is insensitive and doesn’t understand the female attempts to decorate a home or to be a caring mother. However, what the book states is that although males and females have had their differences since the beginning of the human kind, they can work through their problems and create as well as sustain life.

Love

Love is hard even if you’re the only two living people. Twain’s piece suggests that love comes with time by doing compromises and not trying to change the other. Love is full of disappointments and one feels lonely from time to time, but the point is to never give up on one’s soulmate and fight for love with passion, because this feeling is what makes life exciting and beautiful.

Parenthood

The woman has had a maternal instinct since the beginning of time – or this is what the reader can conclude from the early episodes with Eve trying to tame dinosaurs. And the man has always been curious – trying to understand his children rather than raising them without questions. By giving names not only to their babies but to all animals and plants, Adam and Eve are presented like the parents of all living things.

Curiosity

The world is a riddle and in order to connect the pieces, one has to be curious. And so, curiosity has been one of the profound traits of the human kind which has led to important discoveries such as fire. However, curiosity shouldn’t go too far – as the episode with the serpent suggests, curiosity might also be the greatest flaw of the human race.

Companionship

The human has also always been communicative. Although Adam prefers his solitude at first, he soon learns that it’s better to share every new experience with someone else rather than spending time completely alone. In the process of getting to know Eve better, he doesn’t only learn new things, but conceives the idea of process, of becoming a better man. In the same way, fear evokes in Eve’s heart – she's afraid that he might get hurt or she might lose him. Adam and Eve grow in each other’s company and only become well-rounded persons by living together.

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