Even Hick has made it quite clear that to affirm his soul - making theodicy is not to say that every basic structural aspect of the world was designed by God because it was necessary to produce some desired human quality (PhR 40 - 46).
Again, not
even Hick denies this fact.
Not exact matches
In fact, although John
Hick does appear to believe that some types of evil are allowed to develop moral and spiritual character, most FWTs have not
even explicitly stated they agree with this more minimal claim.
I wanted something like that too,
even though Rocky Horror would never set foot in our
hick town.
It's
even possible to read it as a critique of the Reagan administration along the lines of Dan O'Bannon's less - successful The Return of the Living Dead from two years earlier — locating as it does a pair of sweater - and - ascot yuppies (Sarah Berry and Richard Domeier) to play against the aforementioned
hicks (Dan
Hicks and Kassie Wesley), with blue - collar folk represented by our Ash and Linda.
The best way to describe these people, including and especially Ansel's second wife Sharla (Gena Gershon), is they are the epitome of trailer - park
hicks who are not merely dysfunctional as a family, but
even moreso as human beings.
Through it all,
even as
Hick's bond with Eleanor is tested by forces both extraordinary and common, and as she grows as a woman and a writer, she never loses sight of the love of her life.
Maria's mother, for example, might become Maria's co-conspirator, helping Maria find
even more ways to resist the
hicks of Temper.