Jonah And The Whale: A Biblical Analysis

I was listening to my friend talking about a TV show called Prison Break. I listened to her unenthusiastic voice talk about how sour frowns cover men’s faces as if they were waiting for death. I’ve never been to a jail before, so I was amazed by how lonely a person can feel when they are being separated from the rest of society. A person becomes so quiet and secretive that they begin to look like a little kid hiding from their mom because they did something bad. I started to realize that being isolated from the rest of the world can change your personality. As I continue to listen, my mind starts wandering to islands. It was the most strangest and outrageous thought. How can an island and jail be the same? I started to realize how similar a
We should explore this because in order to answer our question, we have to travel back in time. The Bible contains a story called Jonah and the Whale, this story describes a different form of an island; however, it is still depicting the meaning of isolation. According to the story it states, "Now the LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights" (Holy Bible, New International Version 1:17). In other words, the island in this case is the belly of the whale because it is isolated from the rest of the world, and there is a lack of resources for Jonah. We now know that it is foolish to think that it is possible to stay inside an organism's stomach, but in the Fourth Century God was the only person a human thought would be able to make that happen. I found it interesting that people would believe something this strange could happen. In addition, it also teaches a lesson that one should listen and do what is told because there can be serious consequences. However, going into the Eighth Century, we start to see a more realistic approach on the island. In the text of the Odyssey it states, "But when day came he sat on the rocky shore and broke his own heart groaning, with wet eyes scanning the bare horizon of the sea” (Homer Book 5 Lines 52-54). In this story, the author shows
Knowing different uses of the island archetype in the modern era will help us determine if the island archetype has stayed the same or if it has changed. In an article called Here's What Happened When This Real-Life Castaway Saw People After Drifting 8,000 Miles At Sea, it talks about a real-life experience about a man who gets stranded on an island. According to the text it states, “The mayor discovered that her son had a few words of Spanish learned from the 'Dora the Explorer' cartoon show her children used to watch, and with the pictures Alvarenga drew a basic understanding of where he came from emerged" (Johnson 24). Nowadays, there is a much greater variety of different cultures and languages. Being isolated from different cultures can make it hard for one to communicate. The island archetype is a way in literature to represent isolation from different people, and in this case it means isolation from different cultures. In addition, it is much harder to communicate when being isolated in a place you are unfamiliar with. Only the most basics, like drawing, can help when communicating. Overall, the island archetype can be use to depict isolation from different cultures and languages and it separates individuals from each other and creates miscommunication and separation. In an article about the