'A Serious Man': Yahweh To The Cohen Brothers

Yahweh to the Cohen Brothers

Introduction

A decent portion of the population has seen an adaptation of a biblical book, although it is likely that they are unaware that they viewed an adaptation. The movie, A Serious Man was released on October 2, 2009. It was written, directed, and produced by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. They are often referred to as “the Coen brothers.” This movie is a loose adaptation of The Book of Job. The Book of Job was written during biblical times and therefore the author is unknow. However, scholars speculate the author was an Israelite as a result of “God” being referred to as “Yahweh.” The Book of Job can be found within the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.

Summary

The Book of Job is about a man named

The audience is asking “why is this all happening?” just like Larry is. The audience isn’t being spoon-fed any moral message like The Book of Job. In the book, the lesson is laid out straightforward by God’s rhetorical questions. The audience immediately realizes that humans do not have the capacity to fully understand life and god’s creation.

If the message is that we cannot fully understand god’s creation, this could possibly stop further thought about the meaning and messages within The Book of Job. Whereas I still find myself pondering the various meanings in A Serious Man. When comparing the two, The Book of Job seems comparable your mother telling you an important lesson. You listen but you can’t fully take it to heart because you haven’t experienced it. Whereas A Serious Man, is like living through a difficult time and truly learning the value of the important lesson yourself. This is a result of the vagueness that occurs in a serious man.

The audience can decipher meaning from both The Book of Job and A Serious Man. They both offer insight to suffering and the benefit of a positive perspective but A Serious Man allows you to question god through the story. This investment into the story can provide the audience with a moral lesson that is profound and longer

This time, the society is living in a world where a virus has killed most of the population. The survivors have to live underground to prevent infection. A convict, named Cole, is selected to go into the past to help gain information that could possibly stop the spread of the deadly virus. The society unintentionally sent him to a point in time that was 6 years before the virus. He had a violent outburst which lands him in a behavioral health hospital. He meets Jeffrey Goines and Dr. Kathryn Railly here. After multiple misconceptions and mix ups, he is flung back into the past. The society is upset that he wound up in an institution but is willing to give him another chance. Upon his return, he believes Jeffery to be the culprit of the virus. Cole and Kathryn start to develop a romantic relationship and decide to run away together because Cole does not wish to return to his prison cell in the future. At the airport, they learn that Jeffrey is not responsible for the virus, and it is actually the fault of Dr. Peters, a work associate of Jeffry’s father. Cole runs towards the man in order to stop him from boarding a flight, but is fatally shot. Similar to La Jetée, Cole has been having visions of this memory all of his