Chapters Thirteen Through Sixteen
Chapter thirteen has no allegorical meaning behind it, but so that I don't give away the plot and spoil it for you, I'll move on to chapter fourteen, where in the final paragraph I am referring to Sirach 32:13. I am also showing the spiritual development of Lisa in contrast to that of her father. I don't recall if I wrote this chapter before or after reading "Judaism For Dummies," but it shows how the Divine prays to His own Divinity.
Chapter fifteen is where I was trying to show that God is a God of love; the first time those three words are uttered in the story, they are spoken by the Divine.
Chapter sixteen, includes an allusion to milk and honey and the cafe (decorated accidentally by me in blue and white, the colors of the flag of Israel!) represent the promise from God to an ageing man of faith. The second half of this chapter is the story of the garden of Eden in miniature, Genesis chapter 3. Lisa is tempted by Monty to forget about her new Love, to leave off going to regular worship. "It won't kill you to miss one lousy day of temple" = "you will surely not die." Lisa does not take the bait right away but buries the conversation in the back of her mind, the details of which she hid from Michael. That's a personal commentary from me; perhaps Eve did not eat the fruit right away but thought about it first and then ate. It also leaves me room to show the dire consequences of how she handles this encounter later on in the story.
And that brings us to the end of Act Two. Remember, the chapters are divided by stars and acts are divided by rose windows!


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