It is always interesting and educative to read what different people think about the ways of how the world has been created. There are so many suggestions and powerful ideas that it is hard to believe that some of them are false, this is why it is better to compare them, define strong and weak sides, and take the best aspects into consideration.
In this paper, two passages taken from the field of anthropology will be evaluated and compared. The first passage is An Aranda Creation Story that comes from the Australian tribes and defines the creator as “a living creature, covered with a smooth skin like the skin of a man” (“An Aranda Creation Story” 451).
The second article is devoted to “The Big Bang Theory” that is properly discussed in one of the astronomy textbooks. Its author admits that in the beginning, it was “a great primeval fireball of matter and radiation” (Abell 451) the image of which is hard to imagine even nowadays.
The main idea of this essay is to evaluate the authors’ attempts to contribute the world of anthropology; in the both articles, it is admitted that the earth has its beginning, but the reasons of why the earth appeared are hard to understand; however, the main difference of both passages is the way of how the earth was developed: the first work introduces the idea of the god’s interference, and the second work discusses the natural development of the earth due to the explosion.
Anthropology is the science the main purpose of which is to disclose the peculiarities of humanity and the ways of how the world was developed. The works under consideration may become a significant contribution for this field, and their authors admit that the earth has its own history, and people had nothing in common with it.
Each passage is a unique understanding of earth’s birth. The style of writing chosen by the authors as well as language is simple enough so that the both articles are clear to any reader.
Another significant aspect of the works is the identification of the fact that the earth has its own beginning, and this beginning had nothing in common with Christian beliefs or the dinosaurs, the role of which remains to be important nowadays, or the apes, behaviour of which is usually compared to humans.
It does not matter what kind of earth’s beginning is taken into consideration, the peculiar feature of the both passages is the idea to contradict the approaches, which are highly appreciated in the modern world.
This is why it is possible to believe that the thing that unites both works under analysis is the necessity to create the approaches of world’s development, which are appropriate for different cultures and characterized by specific attitude.
Finally, the main difference of the works is the idea of how the earth was created. In the first passage, the author admits that there was a god, Karora, who “was thinking, and wishes and desires flashed through his mind… sprang into life” (“An Aranda Creation Story” 451).
In comparison to this point, the second work is based on the idea that is free from human or even gods’ interruption. The author makes an attempt to describe the development of the earth as the development of a huge fireball, those main components, hydrogen and helium, were composed and caused the explosion (Abell 451).
In addition, the second work shows that the development of the earth was a long-lasting process, and the time was calculated not in minutes or days but in million years.
Still, in spite of numerous captivating ideas and events, the both passages seem to be weak, and the authors fail to give clear and definite facts to protect their positions. Lack of evidence is probably the main disadvantage of the works under consideration, and this is why it is so hard to believe in the power of the propositions offered.
In general, the works under consideration may play an important role in the history in case their authors make use of more concrete facts and evidence to convince the reader. It is not enough to introduce the idea and describe it from a pure personal point of view.
To make it working, it is necessary to think logically and try to predict what the reader wants to know from the offered source. This is why it is possible to admit that the both articles are interesting indeed and make the reader to believe that world has the long history.
The development of the earth is the question that bothers many people, this is why the ideas that the earth was in the form of a fireball or that the god created the world wishing something may be introduced, still, not many scientists and researchers would be eager to use them with such little evidence.
Still, the worth of the articles analyzed is that people from different cultures could certainly find something interesting for them to talk about.
Works Cited
Abell, George, O. “The Big Bang Theory.” In Critical Strategies for Academic Thinking and Writing by Mike Rose and Kiniry Malcolm. St. Martin’s, 1998, p. 451-452.
“Aranda Creation Story.” In Critical Strategies for Academic Thinking and Writing by Mike Rose and Kiniry Malcolm. St. Martin’s, 1998, p. 450-451.