Job is an image of us, of how we perceive everything around us from God, government, and so on. Humans think we ought to be smart by knowing and explaining everything around us. Unfortunately for us though, there aren’t that many things that we are right about as there is a higher power above us all that knows a lot better. This he/she learns by their life experiences, whether it is a positive or negative experience.
We always perceive that we are right in everything that we do and we condemn other’s thoughts and others opinions as we feel we are highest above all. Thus, the author is strongly trying to highlight the egoistic nature of us, humans. Another highlight from that chapter is that how we perceive a thing is important. Again, the author talks about how different people can perceive the same thing differently. Thus, the author highlights the importance of perception.
Apart from this, we humans want to be recognized for what we believe is right. For example, if we do a good deed, we want to be recognized for it. This highlights our selfishness on getting praise and the joy of being ‘good’ not just genuinely, but more of a fake deed to ensure that everyone around us says that we are good. Again, it comes down to our ego issue. The author is also trying to highlight that we try really hard to differentiate doing the ‘right’ thing from doing the ‘wrong’ thing. This is purely dependant on the individual themselves. Overall, the author highlights 2 main issues, which are our human ego and our perception on things vary as we are different people, thus suggesting that the ‘wrong’ and ‘right’ thing is a mere illusion.