Book of the Dun Cow
Biblical Relationships in Wangerin's The Book of the Dun Cow The relationship between good and evil in Wangerin's novel, The Book of the Dun Cow,is conveyed by farm animals that portray characteristics of religious characters and events fromthe Holy Bible. Wangerin, being a preacher and long-term religious writer clearly showsexamples of these biblical events. The plot and events that happen throughout this novel arevery closely related to the events that happen in the Holy Bible, and can easily be interpreted bythe reader. Biblical events such as David and Goliath, the Birth of Christ, War in Heaven, andKing Alexander's decapitation (Old Testament) can be linked into this novel. In the early chapters of the novel we are introduced to an evil being known as Wyrm. Wyrm represents the Devil in the novel. Wyrm is described as something that "lived in thedarkness, in dampness, in the cold. He stank fearfully, because his outer skin was always rotting,a runny putrefaction which made him itch, and which he tore away from himself by scraping hisback against the granite teeth of the deep." (Wangerin, 23) Wyrm, much like the Devil livedunderneath the earth. Wyrm and the Devil both spent all their spare t
Jesuswas born a common man, and he had to work hard and make people believe that he was truly theLord's son. The Bible describes the battle inheaven as follows: "7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angles fought against thedragon; and the dragon fought and his angles, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place foundany more in heaven. The great battle between Michael and the dragon(devil) almost tells the same story of the battle between Wyrm and Mundo Cani. He could bedescribed as the cockiest cock, and thought of as something way beyond the word arrogant. Neither Mundo Cani nor Pertelote had moved an inch. He scrambled, grabbed a footing, raised the horn, and drove itto the butt through the white flesh. Jesus was not an arrogant controller of his followers. In contrast to Jesus, Chauntecleer was not classified as a "common animal". The wars between Cockatrice's and Chauntecleer's lands were very religious, and couldeasily have been linked to the Holy Bible. Chauntecleer experienced some of the same feelingsthat Jesus did on his missions and journeys in the Bible. Both Cockatrice and Alexander battledagainst the good side, ironically they both were sent to Hell.
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