In both chapters seven and eight the central theme is their own titles. “My People” deals with all the different people that make up the town and how each of them is important but in retrospect they seem insignificant. An example is when he is asked to be in the parade. He does not believe he is special enough to be in the parade among the butchers or loggers or farmers. Especially under the title of “Writer” because he knows that Cartwright wrote a book before him. The EMS heart attack was also important because, though the victim tried fighting him and Perry would be happy if he never say him again, that guy has his place just like everyone else. Chapter 8, “Death”, is a very serious chapter. He talks about how each death and each person is a memory. The very last paragraph talks about each different place that will be remembered because of a death. My favorite point Perry makes in this chapter however is the acknowledgement of death. “Death is coming. Why not give it a nod now and then?” This makes you think long and hard that death is inevitable and we shouldn’t take it for granted.
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