Write a 7 pages paper on references from the bible in boxing the compass. Her meditations relate with an ocean undergoing climate change that is rising in sea levels and temperatures. The chapters in the novella take their titles from the thirty-two points of the compass. The titles range from “0°” to “348°45′.” The thirty-two chapters in the novella engage the reader into the action of boxing the compass.

In her novella, Sandy Florian uses many references from the bible. There are events found in this novel that relates to the bible. Some words and objects relate to those found in the bible. Therefore, this essay seeks to establish the bible references that Florian uses in her writing.

The first reference to the bible occurs by the mentioning of the word paradise and mentioning about the birth of Jesus. The narrator says, “the l is replaced with a cross-linking east with the ambivalent direction of paradise, the place where Christ was born”. (Florian, 7). The bible also talks about the birth of Jesus Christ in the New Testament. The bible says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. (Luke 2:1-20) The word paradise from the bible means heaven or a nice allusion in Boxing the Compass. The use of the word paradise is symbolic. It symbolizes a beautiful place in the novella.

There is a reference borrowed from the bible when the author mentions about Plato and the arbitrary rules. “She reads her bible. She speaks to no one yet she argues that Plato himself articulates the arbitrary rules”. (Florian, 10).From the bible, Pilates was the law enforcers. They set the rules that governed the people. In the bible, Jesus faces a trial before the Pilates. They were hypocritical yet they enforced the law (John 18:28-38). The appearance of Plato in the novella symbolizes the theme of power and authority. This reference from the bible also brings out the theme of hypocrisy. In the novella, the writer says that the woman talks to no one yet she argues about Plato and the arbitrary rules. This&nbsp.shows the hypocritical nature of human beings.