The authors and God seemingly treat every situation as though it is black and white even though that is not the case in the real world. I think that there are drawbacks to having flat characters especially in the modern world because the reality is people are not flat. Using flat characters they were able to get the message or lesson across more obviously and efficiently. I think that the lessons would have been more complicated is the authors gave the characters much dimension. I think that sense the writers of the Bible intended it to be a religious text they used their characters kind of like pawns to teach lessons. I have to say God as a character can be considered a “round character” because he can be described with two personalities, loving to the devotional, or quite horrible to those disloyal to him. If the Bible had “round characters”, we would see repercussions and how the death affected people because it would have. Here after Cain kills Abel, we are taught a lesson, and then we move on, there is no further mention of the incident. Normal human beings would be jealous but they would not just suddenly jump to the conclusion they have to kill someone because we are not “flat” characters as to say. I also think that it is easier to get rid of characters if they are one dimensional. Because the characters are not the main focus, but the lessons to take away are, the authors may have believed that focusing on the plot was more important than developing characters. Many people use the Bible as a guide to the way they should live their lives.
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