People are well aware that the forbidden fruit is sweeter, but that’s why few people think. Therefore, we decided to understand this issue in detail.
The history of the issue. Bible myth
All believers or people interested in religion know that they lived, did not grieve the forefather and mother of the human race in paradise, but then unexpectedly. Eva Adam persuaded and they bit off the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, although Heavenly Father told them earlier: "Eat from all the trees, except the tree of knowledge." But even then and now the forbidden fruit is sweeter than permitted, and people could not stand it.
In addition to God, there was a devil
True, there was another character there, which the narrative cannot do without, namely, the devil in the form of a snake. He whispered to Eve about the goodies of the forbidden fruit, and the woman, in turn, told Adam about this. First, our foremother tried, and then the forefather. Here is such a sad story.
In any case, it has since been said that the forbidden fruit is sweet. The meaning of phraseologism is not difficult to unravel: when something is forbidden, it is precisely this that I want to taste the most. The psychological mechanism will be considered later. There is a more interesting question why the Lord placed that tree in paradise, whose fruits can put an end to the problem-free existence of man. There is one heretical version that God and the devil in this story acted at the same time, God wanted to give man his freedom. He did not want to be a master, he wanted a free choice of man in favor of faith.
In fact, this story, although it seems simple, has already broken so many copies and letters written down, so that it cannot be written in a fairy tale with a pen. This myth is terribly paradoxical and deep. The word "creepy" is used here in its direct meaning. However, we started talking. We turn to everyday examples of why and when the forbidden fruit is sweet. The meaning will be clear from the context.
Alcohol, drugs and casual relationships
It may seem that the article is acquiring a highly social character. In fact, all these phenomena are inextricably linked with the almost popular aphorism under consideration.
All parents, like fire, fear that their child (still a son or daughter) will try the prohibited substances. True, here we must make a reservation that alcohol is not illegal, and sometimes it’s a pity, given how much Russia consumes alcohol per year. We are ahead of the rest. Doubtful, it must be said, supremacy.
Nevertheless, parents fear that their child will fall into the clutches of a green snake, and maybe even worse, would prefer shamanistic dances with narcotic substances. To top it off, like a cherry on a cake, crowns all this fear of random sexual intercourse.
Do you know what happens to a teenager when parental control loses vigilance? Of course, he plunges into the abyss of dubious narcotic pleasure. By the way, sex is also a kind of drug, but less harmful than alcohol and illegal drugs. The first question arises, why? The answer is because the forbidden fruit is sweeter.
Psychological mechanism
This is interesting and directly related to the essence of the issue. Usually, the parental vocabulary in parenting is dominated by the word "Not." It’s impossible, this and that’s impossible. Everyone knows this well. This state of affairs is also superimposed by the fact that at the moment in Russia the institution of fatherhood is in crisis. Simply put, only women raise children, and this is not very good, because the father acts as the main agent of the norms and rules of society in the family. But Russia is now tense with this, because fathers either work from morning to night - provide for their families and they are not at home, or they simply disappear after the birth of a child. Neither beneficial effect on human development.
And most mothers (and it’s a sin to hide their fathers too) prefer not to explain their decisions and lower them from above, directively - without comment. As a result, a person develops a persistent feeling that, whatever one may say, the forbidden fruit is sweeter. And it does not matter what the consequences of all this will be. First of all, a person wants to declare his rights and say: “I am!” It can be understood.
The antidote against teen bad behavior
How to avoid such a manifestation? Very simple. To show the teenager the bitter fruits of why alcohol, heroin, and casual sex are bad. Believe me, the visual series is stronger than words. In addition, the material that can be found if desired is not parental fabrications, but real broken fates. And a person will understand: yes, the forbidden fruit is always sweet (the meaning here is unambiguous), but inside the nectar there is bitterness, namely the consequences, the responsibility for one’s actions. However, it will not be sad.
The author of the aphorism Ovid and his successor Oscar Wilde
A little earlier we said that this wisdom is popular, and this is almost true. In the sense that some literary work is so chic that it goes to the people almost completely, and only experts know the origin of certain quotes. So it is in our case, but it's time to open the cards. Phraseologism "the forbidden fruit is sweet" first occurs, according to the dictionary, in the work of Ovid.
There is an interesting interpretation of the sweet fruit. She is found in the famous work of Oscar Wilde "Portrait of Dorian Gray." There, one very cynical character sprinkles with aphorisms. This, of course, is about Lord Henry. Among other things, he says: "The only way to deal with temptation is to give in to it." Despite the paradox of such a thought, it has some advantages.
For example, a person at an early age accidentally or intentionally tried alcohol, and he remained a persistent disgust for him. The same story with drugs. But here, of course, you can try only the lungs, with heavy it is difficult to refuse even after the first time.
Someone will say that this is a dangerous educational system. Of course, dangerous. But prohibiting all the time is no less dangerous. In general, only death is safe. There, beyond the threshold, nothing is happening for sure.
One way or another, but we found out a lot of interesting and informative things. Now the reader will easily answer the question, “The forbidden fruit is sweet,” who said? Among other things, it became clear that “life is a complicated thing” and it is not known how our word or actions will respond to us. Things like Kurt Vonnegut said .