34 envious of the Elijah’s presence since the governor respects him. As what Murphy
proposes, Elijah is considered as a kind person through what the commander says about him.
The Israelite has comforted the sick, visited the imprisoned, and fed the hungry”. When anyone has a dispute to settle with his neighbor, he calls
on him, and all accept his judgment, because they are just. The governor is using him to increase his own standing among the people, but no one sees
this. 93
5. Wise
The next personality of Elijah is wise. In the story, Elijah encounters and experiences the trouble with his course of life. Nevertheless, those problems do
not turn Elijah into a selfish person. In fact, he is able to make sensible decisions and give good advice because of the experience and knowledge that he has. Being
well accepted, Elijah tries to share his thoughts to help other people to solve their problems in Akbar. According to Little, what Elijah does here is directly related to
the mental qualities. In other words, Elijah’s actions are closely related to the way he thinks and feels.
There were his thoughts as he headed toward the place in the square where, once a week, he was wont to help the inhabitants of the city to
settle their disputes. In general, the issues were trivial: quarrels between neighbors, old people reluctant to pay their taxes, tradesmen who felt they
had been cheated in their business dealings. 95
Elijah asks the widow to use the time and every human potential effectively. When he sees the widow does not know what to do, Elijah tells her to
learn something, to explore another thing that people can do. People should be wise in spending time and energy and take life as a challenge.
35 What are you doing? “I have nothing to do,” she replied. Then learn
something. At this moment, many people have stopped living. They do not become angry, nor cry out; they merely wait for time to pass. They did not
accept the challenges of life, so life no longer challenges them. You are running that same risk; react, face life, but don’t stop living. 91
When the widow is afraid of the battle to start, Elijah tries to comfort and encourage her. He asks her not to worry about something unavoidable like war or
battle, but the point is that they should have a faith within and make a right choice in facing those problems.
Because I was afraid. But today, waiting for the battle to start, I heard the governor’s words, and I thoughts of you. Fear reaches only to the point
where the unavoidable begins; from there on, it loses its meaning. And all we have left is the hope that we are making the right decision 145-146
Not only earn a sensible actions, Elijah also always tries to see problems and give some wise comments about them. He possesses such a wise point of
view toward a problem and explains the rational solution. After the city of Akbar gets ruined, many people feel so desperate. They do not have a clue about how to
continue their life when everything they have was taken away. Seeing this, Elijah chooses to tell them that there is something beyond that tragedy. There is a lesson
of life that they should grasp from it and again, it seems like a job for Elijah. Tragedies do happen. We can discover the reason, blame others, imagine
how different our lives would be had they not occurred. But none of that is important; they did occur, and so be it. From there onward we must put
aside the fear that they awoke in us and begin to rebuild 212-213
Elijah always tries to use his rational judgment in solving every problem he encounters. The same thing happens when people come to see and ask for his
36 help. They believe that he will solve the problems justly. Further, Elijah does not
mind to help everyone in the City of Akbar, even the governor himself. The Israelite has comforted the sick, visited the imprisoned, and fed the
hungry. When anyone has a dispute to settle with his neighbor, he calls on him, and all accept his judgment, because they are just. The governor
is using him to increase his own standing among the people, but no one sees this 93
6. Young
