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The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain

            The story of Adam and Eve is a religious one which is often told through the lens of traditional Judaism and Christianity. In his book The Diaries of Adam and Eve, Mark Twain takes spin on the story of Adam and Eve. Taking a humorous approach on the many attempts of Adam and Eve communicating with one another, Mark Twain subsequently sets the tone for male and female conversations. Mark Twain's reorganized biblical interpretations of the activities of the first man and woman form a entertaining, regenerate, and shockingly provoking set of journal entries by Adam and Eve themselves. Twains language combines both well-known elements of the Bible's original story and concepts and references to the 1800's. The dualism present in this book expresses both symbolism and syntax and the battle of the sexes which Adam and Eve are expressed through Twains diction, by giving Adam and Eve personalities Twain offered a new version of the Biblical events .
             According to H.P. Grice, a successful conversation is guided by the "Cooperative Principle" in which participants are expected to follow these guidelines, expect, Twain does a great job of violating all of Grice's guidelines. The first guideline is to "Make your contribution as informative as is required for the current purposes of the exchange" 1. "Make your contribution as informative as is required for the current purposes of the exchange" (Morreall 79), an example of this would be when Adam frequently states "pulled through" (Twain 37) meaning he made it to the next day but he has nothing else to say about the day before. 2. "Do not make your contribution more informative than require" (Morreall 79), an example of this would be when Eve is consistently naming things and sharing this information with Adam. 3. "Do not say what you believe to be false" (Morreall 79), an instance of this guideline would be when the snake turns out to not be evil, when we know according to the Bible the snake is evil.


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  • Grade Level: High School

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