Sunday, October 27, 2013

New Girl, High School Musical, Freeze frames, and Kohelet

In ה:יב-יג, the עמל argues that their is a רעה חולה in the world where people save up all of their money and then it is lost. In ה:יז-יט, he purposes a solution to this issue. Similar to the נהנה, the עמל says that instead of saving up all the money and then losing it, you should enjoy your portion and spend your money. Although this is similar to the נהנה, the נהנה's reasoning was different that the עמל's. The עמל's reason for enjoying was because he couldn't take his money with him after he died. The נהנה's reason for enjoying was because man has not control over his life.
In season 3 episode 5 of New Girl, the poor bartender character, Nick receives a bag full of money at his door supposedly from his deceased father. He has the option of doing two things with the money; he could pay himself out of his debt or he could spend the money on materialistic things. קהלת also had this potential for good or bad. Nick ends up spending a large portion of his money on useless things, until his girlfriend/roommate takes his money and pays his bills for him. Unfortunately, קהלת did not have someone to help him make the right decision, therefore he ended up doing the bad thing.
So, קהלת continues to search for the meaning in life so he can have a happy ending and freeze frame like at the end of High School Musical.


1 comment:

  1. I did not think of this relation to High school musical, but I see now that as Troy grows up he realizes that he can become who he wants to be. He goes from basketball boy to someone that grows on singing and not being afraid of what his friends think.

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