Summary
Boston businessman
Adam Friedman goes a little crazy—or becomes a little holy—after the death of
his beloved wife. He becomes a very different kind of superhero. In a frenzy of
mitzvot—good deeds, commandments—he saves lives and helps the needy. His
teenage daughter begins to wonder if there isn't something more than a shared
joke to the Mitzvah Man T-shirt she has designed for him. When Friedman is
propelled into the headlines, followers gather on his doorstep. Voices, dreams,
and auras visit him. Miracles occur among family, friends, and strangers alike.
But while some hail the Mitzvah Man as a modern-day prophet, others brand him a
madman, and he is in danger of losing custody of his daughter. Through his
experiences of love and loss, beauty and pain, Friedman's daily quest reveals
the unexpected ways in which God may inhabit us.
Criticism:
John Clayton's "Mitzvah Man" is a short story that inquires the realization of the purpose of one's life. This is simple story about Adam Friedman's need to repair the world who finds comfort through living the mitzvot, the instruction of goodness, justice and compassion. The universal theme motivates people who are concerned about the environment and helping others. The role of the writer here is to take what we know, the ordinary and makes it extraordinary, relates it that sometime in the past we live simply following the ways God.
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