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How Much Is Too Much? I have always been told, “that which does not kill you that makes you stronger.” But, I have always asked myself, what if it is this suffering that leads to your death or the death of someone else? What exactly does suffering bring about? In The Book of Job, The Theban Plays of Sophocles, and Plato’s The Last Days of Socrates, suffering is a major theme. In the book of Job, he suffers unbearably and in return gains a closer relationship with God and twice his possessions. In The Theban Plays, Oedipus suffers greatly after finding out the truth. In The Last Days of Socrates, Socrates himself suffers when he is forced to choose between the law and what he thinks is right. He also causes a great number of other people to suffer as he questions them about their beliefs. Unlike most themes, suffering is evident even without much thought. It is the likeness of the issues that develops from suffering that traces their way through these works. If a person could ever get past the pity he feels for Job, he would run across so many important insights. I often ask myself what exactly gave Job the strength to make it through this suffering. Was it God alone? I think that much more came from Job’s ex