Ragnarok

"What was there in the beginning in the Asgard stories?

In the first age

There was nothing 

Nor sand nor sea

Nor cold waves;

There was no earth,

No sky on high

The gulf gaped

And grass grew nowhere"

This passage is on page 23, and is the second part of the explanation of how the world was created. The "thin child" was wondering how the world came to be and how everything inside it was created. Two stories were promoted: the religious story regarding a "grandfatherly figure who had spent six delectable days making things" (along with the idea of the snake and the concept of temptation with the apple) and the one in the Asgard stories. I think this passage has a lot of relevance with society today because the concept and question "how did the Earth come to be?" is asked by scientists and religious scholars alike and it has been the center of cause of much debate between two conflicting spectrums. Based of what the passage before this one said, the thin child found the second story much more interesting. I thought this passage was important because it revealed a lot about the main character - the thin child. It showed the thin child's curiosity and desire to learn. I was debating choosing this passage and another one discussing how the child would use a hidden light or the light underneath the bedroom door in order to read different stories. Both of these passages demonstrate the child's thirst for knowledge and allow the reader to develop a strong understanding of the child's character. This passage demonstrates how the child uses the book of Asgard and the Gods to make sense of the new world that she has been thrown into. This passage regarding the creation of life and the world is almost like a guide for her as she too has been put into an environment that is completely different from the one that she was used to. Another reason I really liked this passage is because it is almost like the "calm before the storm" as it says that in the first age there was nothing. It is almost foreshadowing the idea that something big is going to be created and it is going to explode out of nowhere.