In James Mitchners's historical novel The Source Ur's view of himself and his place in the world changes as he faces confusing inner struggles. At the beginning of the chapter Bee Eater, Ur feels like he knows everything about his life and is in total control of his life; he is, "happy as a man could be" (87).
             Things start to change in Ur's life, when a pebble simply falls into a well and creates a ripple. Ur looked at his face, which was now all distorted because of the ripple, and was confused at why this happens (88). Another change in Ur's life occurs when rain comes, and he is unable to stop it (104). Ur is obscure at why the rain is falling and why it won't stop when he tells it to. Then his wife starts to scream at the storm, "Storm go back! Go back and leave our fields!" and it "abated" and the "waters receded".
             A third and final thing that bewilders Ur is the death of his son-in-law (119). They went out to hunt a wild boar and it attacks Ur's son-in-law and kills him. This is the first time Ur experiences a death, and he has no idea why this could have happened; why did the boar attack? What happened to his son-in-law? Ur feels like he has no control over anything.
             At the end of the chapter "Bee Eater", Ur realizes he doesn't know everything about life, and that he might not be in control of his life, and he is curious about what other supernatural powers are out there. The changes Ur experiences in his relationship to his position in life represent the changes humankind experienced throughout the Neolithic Revolution.
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