Unreasonable

Read Deuteronomy 4-6

Deuteronomy 4:21 "Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:"

God’s punishment for Moses seems unreasonable for his offense, but after all, He is God. On the other hand, people are unreasonable all the time.

Sometimes it’s because they are too young, or too inexperienced. Sometimes, it’s pure stubbornness.

 

But even the most unreasonably behaving characters need to have good motives why they are acting irrationally. Their emotions might be overwhelming them or the incident might have brought up a painful past. But the reader will need the writer to let him in on the character’s inner drives.