Safety need Hierarchy of Need .1 Physiological Needs

digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id helped Elijah to perform the task of his God. Elijah’s presence would be considered more important if he meets the widow’s desire. c. Elijah’s presence increasingly regarded as a disaster. “Cursed be the gods, cursed be they who have taken away my son Cursed be the man who brought such misfortune to my home My only child” she screamed. “Because I respected the will of heaven, because I was generous with a foreigner, my son is dead” Coelho 29 Elijah’s presence increasingly regarded as a disaster. The widow’s anger to Elijah is not controlled. She hates Elijah. She blames Elijah when her son died. The widow is regretting her decision to accept Elijah to stay at her home. She considers that all the good that she did for this is futile. She lost her son. This incident is regarded as disproportionate reward from the God. She blames everything that can be blamed. d. The society of Akbar hate Elijah as the widow hates him. SHOUTING INSULTS AND HURLING STONES, THE MEN and women of Akbar followed in procession the group of guards conducting the Israelite to the face of the Fifth Mountain. Only with great effort were the soldiers able to contain the crowds fury. After walking for half an hour, they came to the foot of the sacred mountain. The group stopped before the stone altars, where people were wont to leave their offerings and sacrifices, their petitions and prayers. They all knew the stories of giants who lived in the area, and they remembered some who had challenged the prohibition only to be claimed by the fire from heaven. Travelers passing through the valley at night swore they could hear the laughter of the gods and goddesses amusing themselves from above. Even if no one was certain of all this, none dared challenge the gods. “Lets go,” said a soldier, prodding Elijah with the tip of his spear. “Whoever kills a child deserves the worst punishment there is.” Coelho 30 digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id The society of Akbar hate Elijah as the widow hates him. They blame Elijah for the death of the widow’s son. Elijah gets punishment from the society. He has to do the punishment as the tradition in Akbar. Not only that punishment Elijah gets but also he can’t fulfill his need to be part of the society in Akbar. Elijah does not get acceptance from the society because of this problem. e. The existent of Elijah is accepted “I shall do as you ask,” the high priest told the prisoner. “Since you have sought the forgiveness of the gods, you should also seek it of the widow. So that you do not flee, you will go accompanied by four armed soldiers. But harbor no illusion that you will convince her to ask clemency; when morning comes, we shall execute you in the middle of the square.” Coelho 33 Elijah had done the punishment as the culture of Akbar. He is deemed to have been pleading to the gods who is trusted by the Akbar public. It is the reason of the high priest to give Elijah one change to begs for mercy to the widow. This change shows that the existent of Elijah is accepted once again. f. The widow hates Elijah. Standing his ground against the shoves and blows, Elijah freed himself of the hands that grasped him and ran to the widow, who sat weeping in a corner. “I can bring him back from the dead. Let me touch your son,” he said. “For just an instant.” The widow did not even raise her head. “Please,” he insisted. “Even if it be the last thing you do for me in this life, give me the chance to try to repay your genero sity.” Coelho 34 digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id The existent of Elijah is undesirable for the widow in her home. The widow hates Elijah. She blames Elijah as the man who brings damnation for her life. Although Elijah is rejected by the widow, he does not give up to ask the widow to touch her son. Elijah wants to return the favor to the widow. The widow has done much kindness to Elijah. At the moment, the position of Elijah is cornered by the society and the widow. g. The widow shows her mercy. At that moment, everyone stopped. The widow had risen and come toward him. Taking him by the hands, she led him to where the cadaver of her son lay, then removed the sheet that covered him. Coelho 34 The widow shows her mercy. She permits Elijah to touch her son. Moreover, she herself brings Elijah to the place of her son corpse. h. Elijah prays to God in order to revive the son of the widow. For long moments nothing happened. Elijah saw himself back in Gilead, standing before the soldier with an arrow pointing at his heart, aware that oftentimes a mans fate has nothing to do with what he believes or fears. He felt calm and confident as he had that day, knowing that, whatever the outcome might be, there was a reason that all of this had come to pass. Atop the Fifth Mountain, the angel had called this reason the “grandeur of God”; he hoped one day to understand why the Creator needed His creatures to demonstrate this glory. It was then that the boy opened his eyes. “Wheres my mother?” he asked. “Downstairs, waiting for you,” replied Elijah, smiling. Coelho 35