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Seth Fried's The Help Meet

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The story, "The Help Meet" by Seth Fried is an excellent story were it explains how story of Adam and Eve. The story is about how God created Eve for Adam and a new form of life has begun. Fried explains the traditional story in a more modern way of describing God creation of Eve for Adam. The story shows a sexist view stating women being the second sex and men being the primary sex. The story goes to show how throughout history women have always been second to men. In the story, God stated to Eve that Adam was in charge of naming things. However, Eve already knew her name and her purpose. Throughout, the story it goes on to talk about the traditional story and the gender roles of Adam and Eve. Throughout history, women have always been presented

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