The Book of Job is one of the most celebrated pieces of biblical literature exploring some of the most profound questions humans ask about their lives and extremely well written. The story doesn’t state explicitly state when it was written but some researchers claimed that it might be written around 1800 B.C. The book of Job is generally considered to be set in Arabia and some other specific locations like Edom or Babylon.
Main characters of this story are Job and God. Protagonist of the story is Job because all of this story are about him, Job is spirit of the story. The antagonist of course, Satan played that role. There were many objectors to our protagonist but Satan was considered as the chief antagonist who managed to destroy Job’s wealth, wipe out his children and make him to suffer many other things like nasty skin boil for instance. Job is dynamic character because through the story he changed from a loyal servant who favor god to a man who fall into distress because of his suffering then finally realize his mistake and submit to God’s will in total obedience. God and Satan can be considered as static characters because through of this story, they seem not to change anything inside. God still God, he always has his own rule and ways, he is wise enough to do everything for a reason. In the book of Job, the author used indirect exposition to reveal characteristic of characters. We read the story and then made our own impress about characters. Job is heroes of this story. He has many things that people dream of, a wealthy landowner and owner. He is loyal, faithful and after many tests and challenge, has found the right way to serve god and lived happy fully.
The main conflict in the book of Job is the one between Job and Satan. The conflict of this story has two main sections. The first one focus on the attack of Satan on Job and he react. In the second, it mainly mentioned about consequences that Job and his wife had to suffer because of rising against Satan. The story reach climax when God appear to Job and Job acknowledge the divine sovereignty of God. The conflict of this story was solved by battle between Job and Satan. I think main ideas of this story are about death, faith and question. The dominant theme is the difficulty of understanding God’s decision. Sometime we feel like God has abandoned us or punished human for their sin but it all happens for a reason. This story has taught me many things, help me being more consistent in faith no matter what then being pay off. I also know that everything happen for a reason so never blame anyone or anything for your bad luck. Just keep calm and continue your faith. Even it is a very ancient story, one of the most ancient of stories in bible but the messages it sent still true for any modern time and are able to apply in our time.
There is no coincidence to say that the book of Job is one of the most popular stories in bible. Written style, message are all excellent and meaningful that live forever, in any age we still can find relevance.