If we're not careful we will read the story of Ruth as if it were one of our common sense formulas.  So when Ruth gets up to work, we might assume that this is a perfect illustration of hard work = success.  But it's not that simple for Ruth who is a single woman in a male-dominated world.  It's not that simple for Ruth who is an immigrant in a xenophobic world.  Life is just not that simple for so many people.

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