Maart 2013: jaargang 10, nommer 1 - LitNet

34 “I must learn to take the initiative more.”
LitNet Akademies Jaargang 10 (1), Maart 2013
35 “I have seen some of my own abilities. I want young people to take action together against
rape and molestation. I learned about being a daughter-in-law and the responsibilities of
marriage.”
36 “… imagination of the situation …”
37 “I started off with a feeling of irritation because of what I saw as the patriarchal, fairy tale
aspect of the text (a man saving a woman), but then I proceeded towards comfort. I felt light
and free afterward; the meditation spoke directly into my situation: God will reward me. I
must not see the good marks I get as being the result of racial favouritism, but as a spiritual
door.”
38 “… shocked by the kindness expressed to Ruth. It shows us the way to treat foreigners in
these xenophobic times. I was also left with a sense of the importance of instilling prayer in
the youth. Boaz and Naomi were aware of the dangers of molestation but did nothing about it.
We must be different. We need to pray and organise ourselves. I was left with a nice girly
feeling at the end.”
39 “I started out feeling tense for Ruth and was then satisfied. Chapter 2 is about how they
resolve the tension. For me it was a love story, like a Cinderella story.”
40 “I started out feeling pity for Ruth – with the women gossiping about her while she was
working. When they sat to eat, men and women sat separately as it happens in my own
context. However, I ended up happy with her.”
41 “This method calls for concentration, and needs you to be at an optimum level because it
demands that you interact with the text.”
42 Sien eindnota 37.
43 “… what it was really like for Ruth.”
44 Sien eindnota 30.
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