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William Saroyan’s , deals with ravages of life. Due to these trials, Homer is forced to mature. How he matures is a result of facing the challenges. Two very import themes that help homer mature are family and death. Homer represents the men of the house ....

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.... and only childhood. Death is a very important theme, because delivering death messages is what made Homer mature. For example, Homer told his mother “All of a sudden I feel different—not like I ever felt before.” (Pg. 33) Delivering telegram message changed everything for Homer because he was no longer a child. Furthermore, delivering death telegrams made Homer sick. At the age of fourteen, when Homer had to deliver death messages, this made him realize that one day he is going to die himself. At the end when Homer realizes his brother’s death, Homer said, “What’s a man supposed to do? I don’t know who ....