Harold Kushner Chapter 3 Analysis

Harold Kushner composed this book as a response to a calamity that happened to someone that was very close to him, his son Aaron. Aaron had premature aging, also called progeria, which eventually resulted in his death. This event really aggravated Kushner’s religious belief. Kushner is also a rabbi, which made this situation just that much more difficult for him. With this book, Kushner tells us the story on how he kept his faith with God throughout this horrible time in his life. Kushner introduces his religious structure in the format of a rendition of the tale of Job. In chapter three, Kushner tells about unselected and peculiar distress that just happens to show up at the wrong place and time. Kushner explains to us that some of the excruciating events that happen to us are due to the actions of people that are just down right vicious. Some of the woe is due to the rules of conduct. He also explains that some of our pain happens because of the way we deal with the primary anguish. He say this happens because we end up …show more content…
A lot of people though do believe that this is the case. I think that when we tell ourselves or other people that everything happens for a reason, it makes us feel better about the situation. We want to believe that it was God’s doing and not something that just happened randomly. We keep searching for that reason of why a love one died or why we got fired. We always want there to be an answer but sometimes there is no answer. I do believe that God is very powerful, but he is not perfect either, he does not control everything. I agree with Kushner, sometimes things just happen out of randomness. Yes I would like for there to be an answer for everything that happens but things are just not that easy most of the