The Cider House Rules By Homer Wells
Love is interrupted by the broken hearts of failure and rejection. A description also examines the meaning of family from a different perspective- an orphanage. In this classic coming of age novel, “the cider house rules”, author john Irving tells the tale of homer wells, an orphan who struggles throughout his life to be a hero to others and eventually reveals ultimately a hero himself. Irving describes the struggle of abortion, which becomes the fight of the young protagonist, homer wells. Homer wells determine where his external ethic and belief should be changed by some other characters fate. This affects him gradually, only until the death of his beloved doctor larch. This makes homer wells realize that what he should do to keep not only
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Larch teaches Homer everything he needs to know to become a medical doctor. By the time Homer reaches the age of 18, he has an opportunity to spend the summer working on an apple orchard when a couple his age comes to St. Cloud's from the orchard to have an abortion. This changes the course of homers destiny, leaving the orphan behind him. While Homer intends on being away for only a few weeks, he ends up staying away from St. Cloud's until after Dr. Larch passes away, decades later. This drags homer to St. Clouds back in tears. Now that he was happy, he forgot the most important thing he was part of, the orphanage. Confused, he struggles to makes decisions weather to leave what happiness he has or to relive the dream doctor larch wish he achieved. When Homer finally takes over Larch's work of delivering babies and "delivering mothers" ( 75), he becomes the hero to women in need of abortions. Homer states, “Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show” ( 79). Homer comes to the realization that how he lives his life as an obstetrician and abortionist is his sole decision. Homer decides to set aside his beliefs of life in order to be a hero in someone else's life. To be a hero is to set aside your personal beliefs and use your knowledge and abilities to help those in need no matter the opposition or
Larch teaches Homer everything he needs to know to become a medical doctor. By the time Homer reaches the age of 18, he has an opportunity to spend the summer working on an apple orchard when a couple his age comes to St. Cloud's from the orchard to have an abortion. This changes the course of homers destiny, leaving the orphan behind him. While Homer intends on being away for only a few weeks, he ends up staying away from St. Cloud's until after Dr. Larch passes away, decades later. This drags homer to St. Clouds back in tears. Now that he was happy, he forgot the most important thing he was part of, the orphanage. Confused, he struggles to makes decisions weather to leave what happiness he has or to relive the dream doctor larch wish he achieved. When Homer finally takes over Larch's work of delivering babies and "delivering mothers" ( 75), he becomes the hero to women in need of abortions. Homer states, “Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show” ( 79). Homer comes to the realization that how he lives his life as an obstetrician and abortionist is his sole decision. Homer decides to set aside his beliefs of life in order to be a hero in someone else's life. To be a hero is to set aside your personal beliefs and use your knowledge and abilities to help those in need no matter the opposition or