Naomi continues to shock us. When she returns to the land where she was once the greatest and richest, as a new person her attitude totally changes. When Naomi is greeted she says a few depressing things. First she says that no one should call her Naomi. Naomi means pleasure and since she is no longer able to enjoy life and experience pleasure, she asks that people call her Marah which means bitter. She chooses this name because she says that G-d made her bitter. She continues to say that she left full and returned empty.
     There are a few interesting things about what Naomi has said to the townspeople and how they reacted. Naomi's mindset is very negative and so far we see that she is only recognizing the bad that has happened to her. Also Naomi has not mentioned Ruth to the townspeople, which makes her seem very selfish to us. This also shows us that Ruth does not mean very much to Naomi. But the way the townspeople act is even stranger. When hearing about Naomi's bitter life they do not seem to care. They do nothing about how she has nothing. They should have offered her a place to stay, food to eat, and many other things to help an old member of their community.