Where The Wild P and J's Are and Chaptah 13 of Daniel

I saw Where the Wild Things Are over the weekend and by golly I thought it was wicked good. Spike Jonze does an interesting portrayal of the "Wild Things" since each one represents Max in a way (I cannot remember if this is how the book is done or not) it made me think of the Bible. Sorta sucked since I was really enjoying the movie and my mind got to wandering. But I was thinking of the P, J, and all the other writers and how they are used to explain the Bible in different ways to get different points across. I also thought of how Dr. Sexson spoke of the Bible being in our everyday life even if we do not "live" it. Whether it is through movies like Pulp Fiction and Where the Wild Things Are or by moral obligations of helping someone in trouble.

Wallace Stevens does a great job of putting his feelings for Susanna on "paper" for us. The way he describes everything through music is the perfect way for me personally to gain an understanding for his feelings. I love music going to a live concert no matter what type of music from classical to hip-hop hearing the instruments is completely different from through headphones. “Thinking of your blue-shadowed silk, Is music. It is like the strain” allows us to see the sway of her dress in the wind. It reminds me of the scene in Boondock Saints, where the FBI agent played by Willem Defoe investigates the first murder and puts the headphones on to listen a classical song while pretending to conduct an orchestra.

Then in the book of Susanna (in the Bible) we are shown a man who falls for a woman. This is a story of how a woman's desirability can become troublesome for a man's thought process. We are able to see Susanna's connection to Eve even although she may does mean to seduce the two elders as it is all Eve's fault for the fall of mankind. It is womans original sin to have men fall in love with them. In Wallace Stevens poem we see a direct connection to Susanna in the lines, "Of a green evening, clear and warm, She bathed in her still garden," which is exactly how the two elders capture their peeping Tom images of Susan.

Finally we are able to see the devious elders get put into their place by Daniel who is the present day 'Super Trooper' and uses his police academy training and separates the two culprits. By doing this he discovers the true story behind seeing Susanna in the nude. But it is only when Susanna cries out to God that (s)he is able to send Daniel as if to say, "I am almighty and only save, once you bow down." Almost another sign of his loneliness an assuring himself through this "miracle" he has another loyal servant because he has proved he is almighty through this act of God.