Preston Grissom

Till We Have Faces #2

            It is clear that in the beginning of the story the Father is a raging lunatic.  He gets drunk and murders his own subjects for no reason whatsoever.  His subjects are fearful and loyal followers of their King but do not passionately submit to his authority for that very reason, they are terrified.  Quite frankly I would be scared too.  Any man that will throw his own daughter pisses me off to be honest and if I knew he could kill me and have no punishment I am sure my emotions would be warring inside of me.

            His power, and Orual’s power in office is a depiction of the inevitable terrors of absolute rule.  No human should have absolute rule.  I cannot think of one man or woman who is so remarkably humble and giving that would not become drunk with power at the practice of kingship without checks. 

            I recently read about a man who repented and ask for the forgiveness of Bill Clinton.  He did so because he saw the Christian news tore him to shreds after his adulterous sex scandal.  Steve Brown said, “I think we missed it.  I think we missed a chance to tell him that if we were in his position of power and rule we might have succumbed to such lows as well.  We forgive him.”  This is the innate issue of absolute rule in the hands of sinful men and women.