Jacob

So, Jacob wrestled with God. You can read about it in Genesis 32 if you want.

I've been thinking about this one a lot today. It's a great story. Jacob was a great big jerk - I've never liked the guy. But, I gotta hand it to him on this one. He went after what he wanted and fought hard for it well into the night. I love the sense of urgency in this story, this sense of "I'm not going anywhere until I get what I came for and I don't care what it costs!"

I want to be like that. I want the characters in my plays to be like that.

I love that he limped the next day because he got smoked in the hip. Our struggles leave their marks, don't they?