Talytha Campos Period 7 Apple Pie is an effective retelling of the Fall of Man (Adam and Eve.

) Apple Pie retells the story of Adam and Eve in the sense that the main character of Apple Pie goes through the guilt from his disobedience to God. Like Eve, the character was tempted to do what they have been told not to. You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die, said God to Eve. In the Fall of Man, the serpentthe temptationcauses Eve to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The serpent tells Eve, For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. Knowing this, Eve found the fruit of the tree to be desirable and went against Gods word. Likewise, the temptation of the apple pie in Gary Sotos account causes the character to steal. Neither character understood the proximity of consequence as they were tempted to sin. Shortly after, both characters enjoyed the apples treasuresin Eves case it would be knowledge, and in Sotos case it is the indulgence of the sweet and gold-colored apple pie. However, one characteristic of the apples in both stories is that they bring shame. As soon as Adam and Eve became aware that they were nakeda result of eating from the tree they covered themselves with sewn fig leaves. It was clear that they were shameful of their deed when they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. In Apple Pie, Soto emphasizes the characters guilt after he has stolen the pie. My face was sticky with guilt. A car honked, and the driver knew. Mrs. Hancock stood on her lawn, hands on hip, and she knew. My mom, peeling a mountain of potatoes at the Redi-Spud factory, knew, emphasizes his guilt and

paranoia on the subject. Apple Pie also includes the sinners thirst, which is their punishment. The character in Apple Pie foreshadows his punishment when he says, I knew an apple got Eve in deep trouble with snakes because Sister Marie had shown us a film about Adam and Eve being cast into the desert, and what scared me more than falling from grace was being thirsty for the rest of my life. Even after drinking water, the author is still replete with the guilt of his crime. This corresponds to the never-ending punishment for eating from the forbidden tree of knowledge of good and evil.