Despite the massive difference in time, the scriptures still relate to contemporary experience. Two examples, which show this relation, are a movie, The Man Who Sued God, and the episode Homer Badman of television show, The Simpsons. Both Homer Badman and The Man Who Sued God use the story of Job as their medium, to show the link between the bible and modern day experience, and will show you how they do this using in particular techniques such as characterization and plot.
             In The Simpsons episode Homer Badman, the main character of the story is Homer Simpson, who is a wealthy, loving although not faithful man, similar to Steve Myers from The Man Who Sued God, who is wealthy and content with his life and family and Job who is also a wealthy loving, but also a faithful and religious man. The similarity between these characters, both Steve and Homer, to Job immediately suggests an immediate relationship between characters in biblical texts and characters in contemporary films and shows.
             The plot of both Homer Badman and The Man Who Sued God is very similar to that of the story of Job. All three begin in the same way in that all are wealthy and happy with their lives at present. Then disaster strikes and some form of wealth is taken away from them and they are afflicted with pain, in Job's case it's all his possession as well as his family and he is afflicted with boils and sores, in Homer's case it's his prized gummi bear which is taken away and he is accused for sexual assault in an attempt to get it back and in Steve's case it's his boat that is destroyed by the storm and the insurance companies won't pay up for his loss. They all feel they are all being wrongly done by, and declare their innocence. Job wishes he was inborn or that a sea monster (Leviathan) might swallow him up and Homer wants to live under the sea. They then all consult their families, Job's family and friends offer consola
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