Character Sketch From The Book Of Ruth

A Raisin in the Sun, play by Lorraine Hansberry depicts the life of the Younger family. Youngers is an African American family living in Chicago in 1950s, they are struggling for money. As the play proceeds, they run into a plenty of problems. The younger family is slowly tearing apart. Ruth younger the wife of Walter Lee Younger is holding the family from ripping apart. Ruth is the person who supports everyone in the family. Ruth's capability of thinking through and beyond with her fearless and rational nature makes her mature, selfless and loving women.

Ruth is a Biblical story loved by many. A story of God’s unexpected plan panning out in a style that only He could come up with inspires many to trust His direction. The movie, titled The Story of Ruth, conveys this message though the movie does not always adhere to perfect Biblical accuracy. The addition of certain events and characters enhances the movie’s appeal, yet distracts from the factual account presented in the Bible.

According to Brenda Shoshanna, an author and psychologist, “Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness” Everyone on Earth has their own unique identity, and if they do not have an identity they will always be struggling to find it. In The Color of Water by James McBride, the author tries to understand his mother’s identity in hopes that it will help him find his own as well. After learning his mother’s life story and going back to her hometown, James finds that Ruth’s family made the most impact on her identity because of her hypocritical father, kind mother, and her evasive siblings.

In the book The Color of Water by James Mcbride the main character Ruchel, later Ruth, lived through some of the most dangerous and prejudice times in history. Being part of a Jewish immigrant family from Poland, Ruth’s childhood was everything but easy. Her father, Tateh, was a dictative man who mistreated his family and tried to control every aspect of their life. He also forced his racist and anti-Christian views upon those around him. Ruth’s mother, Mameh, was not much better than her father. Mameh allowed herself to be suppressed by Tateh and did little to help with the abuse of her children. As Ruth grew up her parents flaws helped to mold her into the person she became.

Throughout history, sports have become a regular family interest, and were very well known in the year of the “Roaring Twenties” (R, A, 2010). The weekends were always filled with baseball fans in stadiums, waiting to cheer on their favorite team or player. One of histories greatest athletes fulfilled a dream during this era and would forever be remembered as baseball hero.

God gives and He takes away, and in the book of Ruth we see God taking away Naomi’s husband and both her sons, but that is not the end of her story. The book of Ruth is a story of God providing for the widow. In Ruth, God supports Naomi by providing a loyal companion in her daughter-in-law, with substantial food, and a husband for her daughter-in-law.

Another North American Native American society that the culture evidenced in the Book of Ruth has key similarities with is the Cherokee Indian group. The Cherokees moved into modern day North Carolina during the Archaic Period and remained there until their removal in the 1800s by the United States Indian Removal Act, which relocated all southeastern Native Americans to Oklahoma. In the same way as the Cahuilla, the Cherokee and the Israelites share the common practice of levirate marriage. However, the Cherokee and Israelites share other similar cultural practices that the Cahuilla Native Americans do not practice. For example, both of these cultures put a heavy emphasis on horticulture. They both planted and farmed crops as a major means

In the novel The Color of Water Ruth's life choices are affected by her childhood and the attitudes she observed from her father. She recognizes all her life that her Jewish faith separates her from the society a little bit. She grew up in a time period of great prejudice against Jews, yet she still had great friendships with non-Jews. As she gets older, she ends up living as a Christian woman married to a black man. (McBride 236) This was due to the fact that she didn’t want to grow up to be anything like her father.

I think this because she says, “Who is this lady and how does she know me?” Ruth also seems unsure and lies to her because she thinks she can’t keep her secret.

After the presidency he practiced law to support his family. Although it is known that he had collected a small fortune of $350,000. He settled in a spacious house in Princeton, New Jersey. The townspeople treated him like royalty. Later in 1904 he wrote a book called Presidential problems. It was based on some of the most controversial decisions he had to make while in office. He never wrote his autobiography like he had meant to. In 1904 his eldest daughter Ruth died and freinds say that he never fully recovered and in fact he physically looked older after her death. He died in 1908 in Princeton of a gastrointestinal disease. He suffered from a sever attack while on vacation with his wife in 1908. He was immediately rushed by vehicle to

Ruth’s father was a rabbi. He was traveling rabbi preacher. Ruth says he was just like preachers would see on TV except hem preached in synagogues. Ruth also says that “he wasn’t so smooth-talkin” like other traveling preachers. This occupation forced Ruth and her family to move often.

Right away in Ruth May’s first segment, she characterizes the differences between her relationship with her mother and her father. “She’s soft on her tummy and the bosom parts. When Father and Leah went away on the airplane we just needed to lay on down awhile,”(215). She seems much more comfortable when her father isn’t around her and her tone indicates how her relationship with him is and how she views him. Her tone is also very calm in this first segment.

Everyone has things they don’t like about their past. In the book The Color of Water Ruth’s perspective of her past changes over time in the book because of Ruth’s relationship her mother, Ruth’s relationship with her father, and the Jewish wedding she went to at the end of the book. There are many times in the book where you can see Ruth struggling with her past. Ruth’s relationship with her mother was definitely one of those times. A good example of this is in the book The Color of Water on page 129, when Ruth says, “Mameh .”I think this is a great example of how your past and the people in your past change the person you eventually end up becoming an adult.

Ruth is experiencing a split—a struggle between opposing dimensions of herself. This conflict is between the part of her that wants to change and the other part of her that

The book of Ruth gathers much attention from its readers because of its briefness and simplicity. The book of Ruth is set in ancient Israel in the later portion of the Judges era, as it serves as a bridge between the Judges rule and the monarchy is 1 & 2 Samuel. This order comes from the Septuagint, and is very close chronologically. The book has a relative calmness to it that sharply contrasts the environment it is set in. To the inexperienced reader, the book may seem like just a short story, with little historical background. However, to the experienced and diligent biblical reader, it much more than that, as it contains many themes that are viewed through the all important eyes of a woman.