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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
“He saw only the face Helen Eliot, perhaps the greatest empire of them all, and he heard her liquid voice, perhaps the greatest achievement of pathetic mankind.”
"No," Homer said. "My brother's dead. He's dead, and all the rest of us aren't."
Spangler knew he had failed, but he decided to try again, to keep trying-lies, truth, anything. "I'm not going to try to comfort you," he said, "I know I can't, Nothing can. But try to remember that a good man can never die. You will see your brother many times again- in the streets, at home, in all the places of the town. The person of a man may go, but the best part of him stays. It stays forever."
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They sat quietly on a park bench, not talking. After a while Homer said, "What am I waiting for?"
"Well," Spangler said, not knowing for sure whether he was lying or telling the truth, "you're waiting for the part of him that died to die in you, too—the part that's only flesh—the part that comes and goes. That dying is hurting you now, but wait awhile. When the pain becomes total, becomes death itself, it will leave you. It takes a little time. Be patient with it, you will go home at last with no death in you. Give it time to go. I'll sit with you here until it's gone."
———-
I wish somebody had told me these words when I needed them the most.
Spangler knew he had failed, but he decided to try again, to keep trying-lies, truth, anything. "I'm not going to try to comfort you," he said, "I know I can't, Nothing can. But try to remember that a good man can never die. You will see your brother many times again- in the streets, at home, in all the places of the town. The person of a man may go, but the best part of him stays. It stays forever."
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They sat quietly on a park bench, not talking. After a while Homer said, "What am I waiting for?"
"Well," Spangler said, not knowing for sure whether he was lying or telling the truth, "you're waiting for the part of him that died to die in you, too—the part that's only flesh—the part that comes and goes. That dying is hurting you now, but wait awhile. When the pain becomes total, becomes death itself, it will leave you. It takes a little time. Be patient with it, you will go home at last with no death in you. Give it time to go. I'll sit with you here until it's gone."
———-
I wish somebody had told me these words when I needed them the most.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I cried so bad😭
I was in the train and had to explain others, I was just reading.
I was in the train and had to explain others, I was just reading.
funny
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm not entirely sure how to describe this book. It's a simple American story about a small town in California, seen through the eyes of two young boys. It's about war...it's about how America is a nation of immigrants...and it's about a certain kind of innocence, found in all the Macauley boys and some adults of the story, that the author seems to treasure. I'll always remember the story of the young man who came in to rob the telegram office, and Marcus' letter to Homer about how no human being can be his enemy. It seems like Saroyan had some kind of faith in mankind that he wanted to transmit in this story. Short read.
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes