Barabbas & The Fall
The main characters in these two books, Barabbas and Clamence in The Fall, show many similarities in the way that they live their lives. Barabbas is a type of person that was very active in his past, but later on in his life he just takes life as it comes. He has no destination, therefor no real goals in life, but to wait for death. As for Clamence, he also has had a very active life, but he too has calmed down. Clamence, like Barabbas, doesn't have any real goals in life. When people start reflecting on their life they sometimes question their faith in the religion that they believe in. In The Fall, and Barabbas there was some comments on faith that each main character stated. The opinions of the characters in the two books were similar in the sense that they did not believe in God. Barabbas wanted to believe, but was having trouble grasping the concept. In Barabbas, he was sent to work in a mine. In these mines the prisoners were to work in pairs. The way that this was done !was by chaining the two prisoners together. Barabbas was chained to a man named Sahak.When Barabbas was chained to Sahak while working in the mines Barabbas did get down on his knees along with Sahak. "And suddenly they both sank down to their knees in fe
Discussing his faith is one of the things that Barabbas does not talk much about. Clamence, when he hears the girl jump and hit the water, he does not make the slightest attempt to save her, and later on in the book, that same girl plagues him. As for Clamence, he is blunt about his whole confession. Even though Christ's name is not mentioned, that is who took Barabbas' place at the cross. Being that Martinez 12Barabbas was living his life with some guilt, staying in the same place would have probably begun to bother him after a while. " New York: Routledge 1 (1991): 165-203. It seems like Barabbas has a hard time accepting that Christ took his place. Once must consider that in this time that the story took place that there were many brutal acts that took place, and it might have been somewhat understandable for someone to take another's life with good reason. There were just there for wrong doings. He was to pay the consequence for trying to set the whole world on fire, which cost him his life. A mere attempt would have lessened the load of guilt on Clamence, because he himself would know that he at least tried to save this girl. But, it can be unclear on what faith Barabbas has in religion, if any.
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