Cain and Abel

Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain, a tiller of the ground, and Abel, a keeper of sheep. Abel brought God the fattest of his sheep as an offering and he was respected and so was his offering. But when Cain brought him the fruit of the land as an offering, no respect was given to him nor his offering. This infuriated Cain. He killed Abel in the fields, and when God asked him where his brother was, he answered that he wasn't his brothers keeper. God knew what had happened, and banished him to the land of Nod.

My relationship with my brother is very similar to this, without the bloodshed and loss of life. When we were younger and my mom was talking to me, he would try to interrupt and get the attention focused on him. When this didn't work he got mad and threw a fit out of frustration of not obtaining enough attention to cure his withdrawal symptoms of yelling and screaming and beating up on his younger brother. I am the Abel and he is the Cain, mother being the God. Now, we get in arguments when one of us is in a bad mood or does something the other doesn't like. Occasionally the physical brutality of the fights in the field rise up, but they aren't as frequent anymore.