Summary

Part Four opens with a quote by a contemporary psychologist who discusses the fact that adults will continue to react in specific ways to anyone who resembles their father. The second quote is by John Milton, comparing childhood to the morning of a day. Chapter 1 returns to the journal. The writer has an interest in death that stems from a dog named Rex. Sebastian and his mother loved the farm dog, Rex, who was infinitely patient, even when Sebastian was a toddler. When Rex was becoming too old to work with the sheep, Sebastian's mother suggested a new dog. His father refused to consider feeding two dogs and threatened to kill Red. Sebastian's mother pointed a knife at her husband's chest, saying she would kill him. Awhile later, Sebastian and his mother heard a gunshot. Outside, Rex was dying. Sebastian and...