The Thing!

I would like to center this week's post around The Thing.  I think that The Thing has many similarities to the Jewish people, whether through design or, much less likely, through chance.  The Thing knows he is different and that he appears no longer human, but rather much more like a golem, as we established in class.  That being said, the Jewish people, hassidic anyways, look different that other humans and are judged due to their appearance, much the way The Thing is.  Another side point in comparison, The Thing is a rock.  Technically speaking, his organs are made up of rocks as well now, so he is literally a moving rock.  The Thing has survived circumstances that would destroy any other being, exception being Wolverine, and has been able to withstand different pressures, usually on a daily basis, that would end the lives of almost anything else.  I would like to draw a stark comparison to Jews with this analysis.  Jews have endured pressures that would have, and sometimes have, eliminated other religions.  If any other group, Christians included, had been presented with a trial and tribulation such as the Holocaust or the Crusades, then I doubt they would have had the integrity to survive.  Some would have survived, sure, but to say safely that the religion would be more or less unchanged is idiocy.  Jews have proven time and time again, much like the Thing, that they will come out of almost any situation unchanged and continue striving towards survival more and more.  Resiliency is their main similarity.