Even though Charles and Sinbad are essentially the same person, the fact that the contributing factors that make up their personalities are so contradictory of each other, they end up as extremely different people. ... This particular section of the novel, of Sinbad's preliminary encounter on this new land, closely emulates the story of Adam and Eve, taken from the bible, out of the book of Genesis. ... The first thing that happened after Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit was " the eyes of both of them had been opened, and they realized they were naked- (Genesis 3:7); as did Sinbad ...

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• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate