It's about how you say it

I never knew Rut to be the great person that we learned about. All I had learned about her was that she was modest when she was in the field and bent down a certain way that Boaz became interested in her. I never had fully read the story in depth with actual understanding. I never knew the person that she really was - a caring person who will do anything to help the ones that she loves.

We first see this when she refuses to leave Naomi when Naomi asks her to and Orpah goes. She tells Naomi "Where you go, I will go." It was Rut's persistence and dedication that showed that there is more to come for her as a person and that she will really help out Naomi. Naomi didn't even talk to Rut the whole way of their travels, but she still continued with Rut.

When we first met Boaz, he gave Rut the ability to take whatever she wanted to take to make sure that she was satisfied and full. Without looking further into that, you would think that what he did was fine because he gave her food and that's what she needed. When we learned about it, though, we saw that he knew who she was and what he was supposed to do, he just didn't do it.

When Naomi asked her to go to Boaz because they need to continue the family name, Noami gave specific instructions on what to do and what to say to Boaz to make sure that he will do the right thing this time. When she went there, she followed exactly what Naomi said, but she said one thing extra. She said that he is the redeemer and he has a responsibility and from then on, he changed so much and did what he was supposed to do and more.

In Rut, when the characters are first introduced to us, we hate them for a while because the way that they are presented to us. At the end of the book, though, the story comes together and the characters redeem themselves (no pun intended) and prove to be something worth taking from.