Exodus: How It Passes By Leilani Hall

I have chosen to talk about the story of exodus from the bible, the exodus movie, and the contemporary poem “How it passes” by Leilani Hall. Naturally I was drawn to Greek mythology as my topic first but, since I learned much more about the biblical stories this semester I wanted to discuss this side of mythology instead. I personally feel like these stories affect people more in their day to day lives than the stories of Greek myth. Although Greek mythology remains influential, biblical mythology is considered a worshiped religion by a vast amount of people around the world. I was also very interested in the stories not having grown up in a religious home and only hearing or reading them out of curiosity growing up, and never had the pleasure of discussing the deeper meaning until this class.

I chose exodus specifically

Anytime I have gone to church we talk about the new testament, and exodus showed me how the new testament God and old testament God are very different. In exodus God seems more like a jealous tyrant, smiting those who do not believe in him with plagues that kill and harm the people of Egypt. With the last plague even killing the first born sons of the non-hebrews of Egypt. In churches I’ve gone to today they teach how forgiving God is for any digressions you have, and even say that doubt in faith is normal and will only make your faith that much stronger once it is gone. This just seems like an entirely different religion than the one displayed in exodus. This is carried through even more in the movie exodus as God is portrayed as a child. This portrayal, in my opinion, fits the actions and decisions he makes throughout the story.