Fate and the Creator

#DEFINE Daniel.drinks(Eli.get(milkshake)) \

  if Eli.has(milkshake) && Daniel.has(milkshake) && Daniel.has(straw) { \

      assert(Daniel.get(straw).reaches(room.across())) \

      Daniel.get(straw).drinks(Eli.get(milkshake)) \

  } \ 

Bandy

Bandy's self-righteousness proved his own ruin. Instead of being a centenarian, he died at 99 years old, one year short. And his attempts to grow the church of the Third Revelation only resulted in the death of its false prophet Eli Sunday.

Bandy's sows nursed Eli, with the predictable bad results. Bandy's refusal to let God's emissary, Third Revelation Daniel Plainview, from extracting the wealth and making humanity better, fundamentally meant that Bandy made the wrong choice of siding with the wrong side.

Bandy's grandson William will similarly pay the price: he may have wanted to come to Hollywood to be in movies, but by the time he achieves penance it is too late, and the land has been drilled. 

The dishonest H.W. interpreter

As H.W walks away with his interpreter from Daniel's house, the interpreter fails to do his job: as Daniel is speaking, the interpreter is not doing the sign language even though Daniel is shouting in the back. Even earlier, he had to be prodded by Daniel to translate what the latter had said ("You are an orphan! Ever hear that word? TELL HIM WHAT I SAID!").

How would sign language for this be? It would be interesting to see a video of the interpreter walking alongside H.W and signing "You are not my son, you are just a little piece of competition. Bastard from a basket, bastard from a basket, YOU'RE A BASTARD FROM A BASKET!!!"

The frequency of Daniel's drinks

Daniel drinks Eli's water every day, up. How often and how does he drink other drinks?
- Blood of lamb from Bandy's tract. Up or on the rocks?
- Eli's milkshake, up (how often?)
- Tilford's whisky, up (how often?)
- Whisky, up (how often?)

And for eating.
- Steak (how, and how often?)
- Quail.
- Potatoes.
- Eli (up, once).

Clarity and decisiveness amidst confusion

The folks at Signal Hill were confused and engaged in too much confusion. Daniel, kind as always, thanks them for their time (even though he, Daniel, himself spent more of his time, by traveling over half the state to be with them that night -- all the while being busy with his new well coming in at Coyote Hills and two others producing at Antelope), but realizes he doesn't need the lease amidst such confusion. And he also shows his restraint, by letting them know that he wouldn't take the lease even if they gave it to him as a gift -- because Daniel doesn't need it, so the gifts can be spared for those who do.

The folks at Signal Hill engaged in confusion when visited by the Third Revelation, they were not careful and lost it all when Daniel drilled further north. The right path was always to go with the family man, the one who did his own drilling, the real oil man -- but by not jumping at the opportunity, they blew it. 

H. M. Tilford's need to shout

At the restaurant, Daniel had learned to communicate with H.W. with kind words and affectionate gestures, but H.M.Tilford felt the need to shout to be heard. And the shouting was futile since H.W wasn't looking at him. Like with everything else, the incident illustrates how Tilford looked like a fool. 

Associate the character with the characteristic(s)

Characters:

a. H. M. Tilford
b. H. W. Plainview
c. Paul Sunday

d. Henry
e. Eli Sunday
f. Abel Sunday
g. Daniel Plainview

h. Al

i. Mary Sunday

j. H. W. interpreter

Characteristics:

1. Stupid man.
2. Prophet.
3. Thick.
4. Smart one.
5. Small one.
6. Boy.
7. Looks like a fool.
8. Is just a fool.
9. Bastard from a basket.
10. Slithered out on mother's filth.
11. Who the Lord Has Chosen.
12. False prophet.
13. Afterbirth. 
14. Little piece of competition.
15. The Third Revelation.
16. Little dog.
17. No one.

Answers: TBD