Everything you need to understand or teach Hey Jack! by Barry Hannah.
As in Ray (1980), death and despair are all too much a part of life in the Southern town Homer describes. Jack implies that without death and despair, we cannot know life and joy. Even though Jack has suffered the loss of a wife and daughter, he is able to continue living. Even though Homer cannot forget the war, he falls in love.
The past weighs heavily on Homer's community. "These old men . . . you...
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