Maggie DeMarco extra credit

For extra credit I chose to read Aimee Bender's, "Job's Job's." This story consisted of a man who was forced to go from job to job because of threats from God. Anytime the man was doing something he enjoyed, his life was threatened if he did not discontinue with the job. He tried out many occupations, but every time he was threatened. He kept losing job after job until God finally puts the man in a box where he is unable to do anything. He cannot speak or see, and there are no windows or doors for him to escape. This is where the story ends.

At first after reading this story I was rather confused. I wasn't sure of the message that Bender was trying to portray. Could it be that we never really know what we want in life until it is gone? Maybe God was testing the man to see if he would be able to find something he really did not like. At the end, the man is forced to sit and do nothing. This could be an opportunity for him to see that maybe God was not punishing him, that infact God was trying to show him more to life. It could be that God wanted him not to settle for something that was less than he, and he wanted him to live to his fullest and try out many things.