AGENDA:
The Hebrew Book of Job is part of Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Jewish Bible. Not much is known about Job based on the Masoretic text of the Jewish Bible.
The characters in the Book of Job consist of Job, his wife, his three friends (Bildad, Eliphaz, and Zophar), a man named Elihu, God, and angels (one of whom is named Satan).
It begins with an introduction to Job's character—he is described as a blessed man who lives righteously in the Land of Uz. The Lord's praise of Job prompts an angel with the title of "satan" ("accuser") to suggest that Job served God simply because God protected him. God removes Job's protection, and gives permission to the angel to take his wealth, his children, and his physical health (but not his life). Despite his difficult circumstances, he does not curse God, but rather curses the day of his birth. And although he anguishes over his plight, he stops short of accusing God of injustice. Job's miserable earthly condition is simply God's will.
In the following, Job debates three friends concerning Job's condition. They argue whether it was justified, and they debate solutions to his problems. Job ultimately condemns all their counsel, beliefs, and critiques of him as false. God then appears to Job and his friends out of a whirlwind, not answering Job's central questions. Job, by staying silent before God, stresses the point that he understands that his affliction is God's will even though he despairs at not knowing why. Job appears faithful without direct knowledge of God and without demands for special attention from God, even for a cause that all others would declare to be just. And the text gives an allusion to Job 28:28: "And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding".
Prayer for the Dying Questions (POST comments):
4. What role does religious faith play in the story? How does it influence Jacob, Chase, and other citizens of Friendship? Is their faith rewarded?
5. Jacob is a veteran of the Civil War. How does his experience there affect the way he behaves in the crisis in Friendship? How did the war change him?
6. How would you describe the relationship between Jacob and Doc? How do their different ideas about the world lead to different strategies for handling the outbreak in Friendship?
7. How does Jacob’s relationship with Marta affect his behavior in the outbreak? How do his priorities as a father and husband conflict with his responsibility to the town?
WRITING: work on 2nd person short stories
4. The author incorporates religious faith into Jacob's life in a vast manner. Jacob often parallels references in the Bible with the people in his life. An example of this is when he relates the Soderholm brothers to Cain and Abel (O'Nan 4). Jacob also wants to stay in Friendship, calling it the "Christian thing to do" (O'Nan 31). Jacob religion, not the most powerful, but guides him still.
ReplyDelete5. Jacob relates to the lost soldier as a veteran of the civil war himself, the body feels "familiar" (O'Nan 8) and he sees the body with a in a loving./caring sort of way. His time as a soldier commands honor and duty to the dead from him, probably making him more humble than he was before the war.
6. Jacob wants to bleed out the dead because the dead deserve an honorable burial. Doc fears for the health of the town and doesn't want the disease to spread (O'Nan 26). Their trusting relationship becomes more difficult due to their different strategies regarding the outbreak.
7. Marta wants to leave town with her baby (O'Nan 29) but Jacob denies her this in an argument. Jacob prioritizes Friendship (town) over his own family, his tragic flaw, no doubt. This could be trouble for him later if his family gets sick (dead).
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Jacob and Docs relationship during A prayer for the Dying is that they both play an important role in the town of friendship.Jacob is of much importance to the town but he has little to no medical experience, thus he must rely on the Doc in that regard. It is also apparent that they both share a deep regard for the town Friendship.In the Novel it Jacob narrates his feelings and says "The two of you sit there a minute in the cool room,pondering what this means to Friendship". In regard to handling the situation it comes down to realistic and unrealistic. Doc knows what must be done total isolation/quarantine. Chase and Jacob don't want it to come to that.
ReplyDelete4. Religious faith plays a major role in the story. Because of Jacob's role as a preacher, he has found faith in God, and constantly refers back to the want to pray. Doc doesn't believe in anything but reason, which contrasts Jacobs continual faith in the town.
ReplyDelete5. His experience as a veteran changed his outlook on everyone's character in the town. For example, he views Chase as someone he would like to battle under. Another example is how he won't ride a horse, since he had to hide in the dead body of one during the war.
6. The relationship between Jacob and Doc is a strong partnership, even though they have differing opinions. Doc is the voice of reason, and Jacob is the voice of faith. Because of this, Doc wants everyone to stay quarantined, whereas Jacob understands how people grieve (for example Miss Flynn).
7. Jacob loves Marta, but he loves the town more, and this ultimately affects his family and his relationship with Marta. His priorities are still affected by the war, and so he believes that sacrifices must be made in order to help the whole group.
4. What role does religious faith play in the story? How does it influence Jacob, Chase, and other citizens of Friendship? Is their faith rewarded? basically he prays. He believes if he takes time to pray in the "prayers of faith" they'll be answered.They all believe that the prayers will come to you one day. I guess they're Catholic.
ReplyDelete5. Jacob is a veteran of the Civil War. How does his experience there affect the way he behaves in the crisis in Friendship? How did the war change him? Jacob is a person of honor and humility. In friendships he kinda behaves as a preacher. Someone people look up to; a model citizen. He keeps things intact. The war changed him and made him a better person that is his own psyche and sets designs on how to behave.
6. How would you describe the relationship between Jacob and Doc? How do their different ideas about the world lead to different strategies for handling the outbreak in Friendship? Jacob and Doc both wants to help, but doc wants to help the dying town. Jacob wants to help with the dead solider situation. They're friendship becomes difficult. one of the reasons the friendship becomes overcast was when a solider was found dead.
7. How does Jacob’s relationship with Marta affect his behavior in the outbreak? How do his priorities as a father and husband conflict with his responsibility to the town? Being that the town ha a disease and Marta and her baby can easily be effected by that she wants to move. Jacob is very inconsiderate and puts other things before his family.
While reading I feel like the characters doc and Jacob had a really good relationship. they had a lot of things in common but they also had ups and downs there relationship was kind of rocky because they both had different ideas. Jacob is one of the main character which leaves him with a lot of importance in his town and he has no medical experience so that where doc comes in and theirs the start of there relationship they both feel the same way about there time. Jacob is a very careless person
ReplyDeletereligeon plays a role in the play because in the novel it mentions two he prays in a way to help keep faith in his heart in a way.Him serving in the war causes him to look at every other character in the book differently based off of what he's gone through.Jacob and docs relationship defintyley has tention. jacobs relationship with marta throws him off a bit and is a challenge because he love his town aswell.
ReplyDelete4. Religious faith is important in the story because Jacob is a preacher and relies heavily on his faith in God. He always feels the need to pray. Doc believes more in reason which is different from Doc and could potentially cause conflict.
ReplyDelete5. Jacob's experience in the civil war changed the way he saw people in the town. It was a traumatic experience for him and even influences some of his decisions afterward, like riding horses. He wouldn't ride a horse because he had to hide in the dead body of a horse during the war.
6. Jacob and Doc have a strong relationship regardless of their different religious views. Doc is different from Jacob because of his lack of faith, being more focused on reason instead.
7. Jacob is very devoted to the town which slightly effects his relationship with Marta. Balancing his relationship with Marta and his devotion to the town as well as his past trauma causes him to make sacrifices and decisions to benefit the whole time.
4. What role does religious faith play in the story? How does it influence Jacob, Chase, and other citizens of Friendship? Is their faith rewarded?
ReplyDeleteReligious faith is an important role in this book because it keeps Jacob sane and it gives him, Chase, and other citizens hope. They are rewarded for the simple fact that they are not sinned in there time of plague.
5. Jacob is a veteran of the Civil War. How does his experience there affect the way he behaves in the crisis in Friendship? How did the war change him?
Jacob has many gruesome memories from the war such as eating horses raw and the loss of his fellow soldiers. This affects him as he is somewhat comfortable with death. Although it bothers him deeply, death does not affect him in the way it might affect others. Seeing that his daughter has passed away in his wife's arms, he does no crying and hardly grieves simply making sure his wife is not majorly effected by her death.
6. How would you describe the relationship between Jacob and Doc? How do their different ideas about the world lead to different strategies for handling the outbreak in Friendship?
The relationship between Jacob and Doc is a strong pair, yet they eventually face struggles down the road. These characters are shocking because of their relationship yet the difference in attitude. Jacob's main goal and objection in life is faith. Whereas Doc is more logical and reasonable. They both want to help out but the way they do is different. This ultimately leads to a struggle for power in their friendship.
7. How does Jacob’s relationship with Marta affect his behavior in the outbreak? How do his priorities as a father and husband conflict with his responsibility to the town?
Jacob seems to prioritize the town over his family and role of being a husband and father. He cares less about the well-being of his family and their health which can cause problems down the road.
4) Faith and religion plays a huge role in the plot, throughout the novel as religion hugely impacts the characters’ actions, beliefs, and their own perspectives as well. The people of Friendship are forced to consider religion as their only hope after disaster strikes Friendship. Their faith gets them through hard times and during times of struggle. Jacob is especially devout as he is a preacher and this affects his behavior and mentality drastically. Jacob is a very selfless person and put others’ lives in front of his own. Another character that is religious in Chase as, being a Reverend, he tries to console the worried and preach to bring everyone together during times of struggle. As the diphtheria epidemic sweeps through Friendship many lives, including Jacob’s infant daughter Amelia, are lost, and religion won’t do anything to stop it, but at the very least, Religion gives the disaster-struck people of Friendship something to be hopeful about
ReplyDelete5) The war made Jacob not want to be close with anyone, he held in his emotions about everything and mostly focused on leading the town. The war made Jacob not want to be close with anyone, he held in his feelings about everything and focused mostly on leading the town. He became completely selfless.
6) Being one of the most important relationships, Doc and Jacob have surprisingly good relationship, even though they disagree with each other on a lot of topics. Their ideas of how to handle things differ, but they always find a way to deal with what is going on. Jacob thinks that the town should know about the crisis so it can be dealt with, while Doc thinks it should be kept secret.
7) Jacob has a conflicting relationship with Martha as he misses his wife and wants to be close to her again, but his duty taking care of the town gets in the way by taking him away from his family. He puts the town before his own family.
4) The book poses the question of whether faith can last in the face of disaster. The main character, Jacob, is a preacher and has strong religious beliefs that he falls back on to make decisions. Throughout the book, he questions his faith as well as tries to hold onto it. I think that Jacob uses religion to maintain some aspect of control, but as people start dying, and religion can do nothing to save them, his religious convictions start to falter.
ReplyDelete5) Because of Jacobs experience in the war, he is comfortable with death and dead bodies. This familiarity makes him well equipped to be an undertaker, but it also makes him desperate to hang onto the people that he loves. I think that he feels tremendous guilt about surviving the war when so many didn't, which carries into his faith and dependence on religion. Also, he is afraid of horses.
6) Doc is more practical than Jacob. His decision making is not bogged down by a need to do everything the "right" way. They disagree over when to tell the town about the outbreak and whether or not to properly bleed out the dead. Doc and Jacob have a strong respect for each other though, despite their differences of opinion.
7) Jacob feels a strong responsibility for his town. As soon as she finds out, Martha wants to leave and escape, but Jacob feels that he needs to stay and take care of the people of Friendship. Jacob puts his job as protector of the town above being the protector of his family. I think this leads to a lot of guilt when his family dies, and is part of what makes him go crazy.