The Allegory of the Olive Tree

Character:

In Jacob 5, the servants have a goal to bring forth good fruit to the Lord of the vineyard. They try many different ways to save the trees, but nothing works so they end up burning the vineyard at the end of the chapter.

Plot:

The opening of Jacob 5 the Lord of the vineyard sees that his Olive tree is beginning to decay. He then tells his servants that they are to prune it, dig about it, and nourish it until it becomes strong once again. The tree then begins to grow in young branches, but the top of the tree continues to perish. The Lord then pleads with the servant asking him to pluck out the bad branches and throw them in the fire. The servant does as the Lord asks him and it does not work. We see this repeatedly throughout the chapter.

Dialogue:

Throughout Jacob 5, the dialogue between the servant and the Lord is simple. The Lord asks the servant to do something. The servant then goes and does what he was asked and comes back to the Lord to tell him the progress of each tree and the vineyard as a whole to the Lord. Once the servant has told the Lord the progress of tree the Lord tells the servant what he should do next to ensure that the vineyard continues to grow.