Mark Twain

Reading the "Diaries of Adam and Eve" and knowing it was written by Mark Twain was very odd to me. Its nothing like what I would have expected to be written of him. It seems to be a play portraying Adam and Eve and their fall from God's grace however it definitely is an unconventional portrayal. Firstly, what was with Adam being aloof and dumb in comparison to Eve? Eve apparently got all the intellect and inquisitiveness out of Adam's rib and left none for him. I did find it interesting that Eve seemed to know what a thing should look like and therefore be named as such (ex. Niagara Falls, Fire, Fish, etc) as if God had downloaded everything she should know so she already had a cognitive understanding of the world when she was born. I thought the relationship between Adam and Eve was was most interesting in regards to the before and after eating the apple. It seemed like having the hardship and darkness of the real world (post-apple) was necessary for the love to grow between Adam and Eve - like Eden was just a place of fluffy bunnies and friends where everything was fine, which as a result, made nothing great. If everything is fine than what makes a person feel? There is no difference bewteen good and bad/ saddness and happiness in a place of perfect cohesiveness. It would be numbing.
As for Journalism in Tennessee, it was...interesting. Perhaps a metaphor for how journalism can be in the south? Otherwise, I have no idea...