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I agree. The story in the book is just an instrument for Saroyan to tell us his own thoughts and put them into his characters. Of course its completely unrealistic for boys that age to be so philosophical even though young people (not yet corrupted by world and modern society) can give you one of the purest and most beautiful insights, which you as an adult may never think of. For me it was completely magical to read about them, I imagined the story like it was happening in some very distatnt old country where is everything simple as is day in the life of youngster just running in the streets. And the horrors of war were something that was present but very distant and in contrast with child games. That is the power of this novel.
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Jul 25, 2019 01:24AM
I agree. The story in the book is just an instrument for Saroyan to tell us his own thoughts and put them into his characters. Of course its completely unrealistic for boys that age to be so philosophical even though young people (not yet corrupted by world and modern society) can give you one of the purest and most beautiful insights, which you as an adult may never think of. For me it was completely magical to read about them, I imagined the story like it was happening in some very distatnt old country where is everything simple as is day in the life of youngster just running in the streets. And the horrors of war were something that was present but very distant and in contrast with child games. That is the power of this novel.
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