Hatred In John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes Of Wrath'

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Aronnax hopes so. He hopes that Nemo is still alive and that his hatred for everyone has disappeared. The Bible talks about hatred as a bad thing, but only in some circumstances.
Psalm 11:5 “The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.”
But it also says in Psalms that hatred is acceptable.
Psalm 97:10 “You who love the LORD, hate evil! He protects the lives of his godly people and rescues them from the power of the wicked.”
He hopes that he will stop seeking revenge. “Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY," says the Lord.” Romans 12:19.
He also hopes that if he is indeed still alive that he will continue to explore as he did.
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"Have you explored the springs from which the seas come? Have you explored their depths?” (Job 38:16)
In this chapter, the Lord is speaking to Job out of a whirlwind. The Lord is challenging Job. What He is saying to Job in this passage is that He is all knowing for he created the earth and its inhabitance.

“At once this both affirms our search for understanding and demonstrates its limits. The wisdom God puts in our inward parts makes it possible for us to yearn for an answer to the mystery of suffering. Yet our wisdom comes only from God, so we cannot outsmart God with wisdom of our own.” – Theology of Work Project

So the last statement that Aronnax makes is untrue. The right reply is God and no other. Yes, it is true that Aronnax and Captain Nemo spent ten months in the depths of the sea. But that does not mean that they now possess all the knowledge of the sea. Only God does. Aronnax and Nemo cannot outsmart God’s unfathomable wisdom with their small amount of wisdom that they now have of the sea and its

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