In the book, Peace Like a River by Leif Enger, Enger mentions many things over and over throughout his story. Light and energy are mentioned repeatedly on occasion representing the power of God almighty. Jeremiah, the father in the story, has a close connection with God and can be even argued as a prophet. He has many traits that parallel him to Jesus. During the start of the book Jeremiah the walks into a locker room. The locker room is pitch black, he hears two boys start to bully a girl. It reads,” Dad's face coming toward them was luminous of itself.” It was impossible for Jeremiah's face to light up because there was no other light found in the locker room. With the light illuminating from Jeremiah's face it scared …show more content…
Although they not appear twice they do reappear and in an interesting way too. In both cases God was very much present. When Reuben was at church and Reverend John he was knocking people to the ground. A light fixture wobbled above Ruben's head who was in the basement. We later find out that light fixtures had a large impact on the way Jeremiah lived at the rest of his days. In the tornado the light fixture was not connected to any power source. When the tornado appeared the light mysteriously came back on Enger writes, “gloriously charged by some storm bent physics.” This storm bent physics was the power of God. Jeremiah should have been afraid of the tornado but instead knew he was safe because he knew that God was with …show more content…
Contradicting that is when there is darkness during a certain time. For example when Davy shots Finch and Baska, or when they are picking on the girl in the locker room before Jeremiah shows up. Darkness is usually associated with the Devil or Satan and light is recognizable with God. When I think of, or picture Jeremiah I always picture him in a lit up room or outside in the day. When I picture his foil, Davy, I see him in the darkness and not always literal darkness but I see him in a dark or troubling time in his life. Always running from someone or something. In conclusion I believe that the power of light and energy, something that only occurs on a couple of appearances, is or can be the power of God or the a Holy Spirit. Also whenever there is darkness it is the opposite, and not every time but on most. If the setting is dark then something bad is going to happen. As Jesus once said in John chapter eight verse twelve, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” This is a true example of how the light and energy from this book is a motif to the power and grace of