Noah's+Ark

Rain, Rain Go Away God begins to see the wickedness and corruption of man as they start to breed and reproduce on the face of the earth. He decides that he will kill every man and animal that is on the earth because he is sorry that he makes them. A man named Noah, however, has favor in the eyes of the lord. God tells Noah that he is planning on making an end to all living things on the face of the earth. He tells him to make an ark of gopher wood so that Noah can survive the flooding. He tells him to bring his wives, sons, and his sons' wives onto the boat with him. He also orders him to bring two of every living animal onto the boat with him.
 * Background Story: **

Noah brings all of the animals and his wife and sons onto the boat. It rains forty days and forty nights before it stops. The flood lasts for 150 days when Noah sends a dove out to check to see if it is dry. The dove comes back, implying that the waters are still raised as it has nowhere else to land. He sends out the dove seven days later and it returns with an olive branch. He tries once more, and it doesn't come back, meaning that it has found dry land. God promises that he will never kill off every living species again.


 * Noah's building of the Ark was a direct order from god in this biblical story, portraying the theme that you should listen to what you are told and obey orders that are given to you for the best result.


 * Allusions: **

Noah's Ark can be alluded to in many ways. First off, the ship itself can be seen as a form of salvation from whatever problem that may come, just as the boat saved Noah and two of every other living creature on Earth. Noah himself could be viewed as a savior. A Noah in a novel or story could be a person who saves a group of people as Noah did in the old testament. The flood itself could be alluded to as well as a form of destruction or cleansing.


 * ** Painting- seen to the right ** || * "The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge"- Thomas Cole ||
 * ** TV Show ** || * "Family Guy: You May Now Kiss the...Uh...Guy who Receives "- Seth MacFarlane ||
 * ** Movies ** || * "2012"- Poland Emmerich ||
 * ** Play ** || * "As You Like It"- Shakespeare ||
 * **Poem** || * "Noah and the Ark"- Cindy Wyatt ||

The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge- Thomas Cole This painting to the right is a very popular piece by the artist Thomas Cole. The painting portrays the receding of the waters of the flood that caused the decimation of earth, and it depicts the aftermath of the flood as very peaceful and beautiful. This is relating to how the flood cleansed the earth of evil and was used as a form of peace and as a cleanser, just as the flood was in the bible.

//2012 //. Columbia Pictures, 2010. Cole, Thomas. //The Subsiding of The Waters of the Deluge //. 1829. Oil on canvas. N.p. //Genesis //. //The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version //. New York: World, 1962. Print. Shakespeare, William. As You Like It (The New Folger Library Shakespeare). Simon & Schuster; New Folger Edition, 2004.

Wyatt, Cindy. "Noah and the Ark." // Poem Hunter //. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2013