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by David James Duncan 1. represents the concept of social interaction between people, whom have very different belief systems. 2. The novel, , enables the reader to understand a child’s idolization of a given sport, in this case, baseball. 3. The novel rep ....

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.... the real humdinger, see, is that I tried for CO status, being a Christian and all. And weird things happened. And…well…I didn’t get it.” Page 358 The dramatic realization of the fact that the war will affect a member of the Chance family is apparent in this quote. The amount of sorrow and emotions felt by the Chance family, and for that matter, all families who had children, brothers, husbands, or fathers, drafted into what many felt was a needless war. The novel brings to life what heartache many Americans had to face during the Vietnam era, a heartache that few in my generation have had the ability to realize. Quote 3: ....