... brings him to choose Stella as his mate. The quote "In refusing Salzman's well intentioned and rational matches, Finkle-Adam rejects the insufficient first version of Creation, the lonely abyss of self. . . Love without desire meant failing to come to God."(Bluestone 408) perfectly closes Bluestones interpretation of the story. Bluestone's analysis of the story seemed very over interpreted. His concept ... of how Malamud's story was a missing part of the story of Adam and Eve seemed very unreasonable. Bluestone's evidence of the parallels between the two stories made some sense, but it m...

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