1. What do you think is the reference of the passage, “The Apple of Eden”?
2. What does the apple symbolize?
3. Does the aspect of gaining wisdom is based on eating the fruit? Explain.
4. Elaborate this line from the passage: “The more I know, the more horrors I see; my knowledge is the epitome of my sin.” What do you think is the impact of this line to the readers?
5. What do you think is the message of the last paragraph? Explain it with at least three sentences.
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“The Apple of Eden” By Marvic Legaspi “Take a bite, take a bite. To the apple that would open your sight.” This is paradiseu that was a thought. Everything we see is just, according to our sight. Everything is right, but never do try the slightest bite on the fruit that the Almighty forbids. But, we did just as how the serpent planned. Thus, the sin (if life flowed like the juice Elf its fruit. The sight was unbearable to my eyes. This is our sin. We were so enticed by the curiosity of why we should not. But not I do see the tmth of all of these. I am not being deprived of eating the hit but rather. protected from the world’s iniquity. The paradise 1 once thought was just a facade of this world” and the apple of Eden made me see its veracity. The more I know, the more horrors I see; my knowledge is the epitome of my sin. As I walked farther into the garden, the thth began to unfold upon my being. I saw the fruit gradually altering my paradise. This fruit contributed industrial revolution that my kin earned progress while it continuously deteriorates this Promised Land. I gazed upon nations and nations being destroyed by bombs created using the forbidden fruit of knowledge” people killing people using the intellect bestowed by the sinful fruit of Eden. I hear fallacy on every corner of this land .. tmths are covered, facts are bumt. suspicions and aocu sations of terrorism and ccup gave to anyone who speaks with just one click. This is the sin. This is a sin. This is— Sin… Nonetheless, I began to see the positivity amidst this madness. Progress might lead us towards a better and brighter tomorrow. Peace was obtained through diplomacy after the war. Communication was integrated through the unceasing innovation of human technology. Wits is progress, and the fruit the bore the sin is the reason for all of these. In the end, the fruit bore more destruction over the ages. And as you read this passage of a lifelong journey bearing this sin, the fruit will still continue to wreak havoc on this paradise. History is its records, memory is its flaw, and time is its weapon” for we will sin for as long as we live. “This is the fruit of sin .. The apple of Eden. Time will tell this land’s destruction This is the sin of the apple that opened your sight.”
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