That’s one way to look at it, ultimate betrayal is another.
God says he will never desert us, but the story tells another tale.
So, is the story a parable, or a historical event?
Of interest is the fact that no one is certain who wrote the book of Job.
Archeologists have actually found the location of “UZ” which means “nowhere”...in a pretty remote place in eastern Syria,northern Jordan and extreme western Iraq(quite possible due to the Babylonians taking the Jews captive). (Some argue was southern Israel where the Edomites lived because of verses describing that section as the land of UZ)So another words Job lived in “Nowhere’sville” if you will.( kind of funny is you take it that way) So if the location is real, it is quite plausible that Job may have existed and the book of Job an actual accounting and not a parable.