Posted by Joffre on 16/9/2009, 17:39:41, in reply to "Re: The Vicar of Wakefield"
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and then it went crazy with head-spinning
: catastrophes. Quite late in the story I stopped to
: say "It is not 'he's gotta be kidding,' it is 'he
: is kidding.'"
That was pretty much my response. And I didn't make the Job association on my own either. I first read The Vicar years ago, before I'd ever read Job, though I grew up going to church and did know the story of Job.
I guess if The Vicar were satirizing anything in Job, it would have to be Job's friends, because Job himself does question God. I am not all sure I think any satire of Job was actually meant. I would have to reread both works, and I don't feel like it.
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