# Adam — Poetry character guide

> Adam in Poetry by James Weldon Johnson.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0065-the-creation

## Who they are

The first man, shaped from clay by a lonely God who stoops and breathes into him the breath of life in The Creation.

## Relationships

### [Noah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_13_se/characters/noah)

_family_

Adam is Noah's distant forefather, connecting them through the generational chain.

### [Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_13_se/characters/eve)

_romantic_

Adam and Eve are the first human couple, bound by love and shared fate.

### [Satan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_13_se/characters/satan)

_rivalry_

Satan tempts Adam through Eve, making them adversaries in the fall narrative.

## In the story

### [The Creation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_13_se/chapters/the-creation)

The first man, formed from clay by God and given the breath of life.

### [Noah Built the Ark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_13_se/chapters/noah-built-the-ark)

Adam is called out by God after eating the forbidden fruit, and he blames Eve for his transgression.

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