For the first third of Perek 3, the Gever could not be angrier. The gever is certainly angry, and there's definitely someone to blame for all this... but the Gever doesn't actually say who. There's a lot about how he was misled into the darkness and how everything is random. There's a lot about himself- about "I", the individual. But there's nothing about God.
God is finally mentioned in passuk 18 when the Gever says, "Gone is my life, and my expectations from the Lord." The second that he singles out God- the second that he makes it clear that it's not all randomness- is when he starts to think a little more rationally and put some of the pieces together. Before he wasn't mentioning God's name because it hurt. He didn't even want to think about God. He knew that if he even said God then memories of God would come flooding back: the good and the bad. He only wanted to focus on the bad at the beginning. Once he says God's name, the floodgates open up, and he can't help but think about the broader context of things. God has destroyed, but God also does chessed.
The Gever is Olivia and God is President Fitz. They always get in dumb fights and then he calls... and it's all like "hi", and then she remember how much she love him. It's all very cheesy and annoying, but it's also eerily similar to this Perek.
Have you ever been so mad at someone that you didn't even want to say their name? Once you said their name, did anything change?
I think the Gever is singing the blues. He's hurt but all he really wants is to know that God's going to be there for him again after what just happened. What do you guys think?
I think the Gever is angry. When I'm so mad at someone that I won't even say their name and then I do say their name, all the angry feelings just spill out. I don't start missing them, I just start venting. I think the Gever might be doing something similar. He is so angry with G-d for causing all of this pain and destruction that when he finally says G-d's name, he just lets it all out. Maybe while he's venting he realizes all of this other great stuff about G-d.
I agree with you -- the Gever is mad, but he doesn't want to let go of G-d. It's pretty interesting to see how even anger as extreme as the Gever's can't completely eradicate his love for G-d. Personally, I'm not the type to get too angry at people; when I feel like I might explode with anger, I usually go exercise or do yoga or something. I've never so mad at someone that I don't even want to say their name, but I'm pretty sure that I won't be able to stay calm forever. It's also interesting to see that the Gever had to nearly reach the point of rejecting G-d before he could realize how much he was connected with G-d.
I LOVE SCANDAL. You know that though. The Gever is super angry and he just wants to be angry at G-d, and he doesn't want to think about Him because he knows that then he might start to love Him again.. It's really similar to Olivia and Fitz -- she doesn't want to think about him, but as soon as he says hi it's just all over and she isn't mad at him anymore! Once the gever said G-d's name it just started rushing back and then he goes back to loving him.
I think the Gever is angry. When I'm so mad at someone that I won't even say their name and then I do say their name, all the angry feelings just spill out. I don't start missing them, I just start venting. I think the Gever might be doing something similar. He is so angry with G-d for causing all of this pain and destruction that when he finally says G-d's name, he just lets it all out. Maybe while he's venting he realizes all of this other great stuff about G-d.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you -- the Gever is mad, but he doesn't want to let go of G-d. It's pretty interesting to see how even anger as extreme as the Gever's can't completely eradicate his love for G-d. Personally, I'm not the type to get too angry at people; when I feel like I might explode with anger, I usually go exercise or do yoga or something. I've never so mad at someone that I don't even want to say their name, but I'm pretty sure that I won't be able to stay calm forever. It's also interesting to see that the Gever had to nearly reach the point of rejecting G-d before he could realize how much he was connected with G-d.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE SCANDAL. You know that though.
ReplyDeleteThe Gever is super angry and he just wants to be angry at G-d, and he doesn't want to think about Him because he knows that then he might start to love Him again.. It's really similar to Olivia and Fitz -- she doesn't want to think about him, but as soon as he says hi it's just all over and she isn't mad at him anymore!
Once the gever said G-d's name it just started rushing back and then he goes back to loving him.