5/27/2023 0 Comments Ruth mcbride the color of water![]() ![]() Religion is deeply personal, and not every character experiences it in the same way. Similarly, James’s investigations into Judaism allow him to understand his mother’s past, and, by extension, his own family history. Finding religion is frequently a metaphor for discovering a deeper personal truth as James becomes more religious in his adulthood, he is suddenly granted insights into his mother’s faith and her motivations. This is clearest in Ruth’s conversation from Judaism to Christianity, a change with represents not just a crisis of faith, but a complete reinvention of herself. Regardless of denomination, whether it is Orthodox Judaism or Lutheranism, religion informs the behaviors of its devotees, and by extension how they view themselves. Religion in The Color of Water provides the protagonists with a framework within which they are able to develop individual identities and organize their morals and values. ![]()
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