With our complete resources, you could find The Human Comedy William Saroyan PDF or just found any kind of Books for your readings everyday. The Human Comedy (1943) is set in the fictional California town of Ithaca in the San Joaquin Valley (based on Saroyan's memories of Fresno. Title: The Human Comedy William Saroyan Author: Sara Weiss Subject: the human comedy william saroyan Keywords. The Human Comedy Summary - e. Notes. com. Ulysses Macauley, the youngest member of the Macauley family, is out exploring the world. Among the many things he sees is a freight train, and on the train there is a black man riding on a gondola car. The man is singing “Old Kentucky Home.” He and Ulysses wave to each other until the train is out of sight. Ulysses’ brother, Homer, is fourteen and has just started an after- school job as a messenger in a telegraph office to help support his family. Grogan, an elderly telegraph operator, and Mr. Spangler, the young office manager.
The atmosphere in the telegraph office is friendly and easygoing, and Mr. Spangler gives Homer a quarter to go and buy two pies for Mr. Grogan and the boy to share. While they are eating the pies, Mr. Grogan types a message that has just come in. It is addressed to Mrs. Rosa Sandoval, informing her that her son has been killed in the war. At the Macauley home, Mrs. Macauley, the mother of Ulysses and Homer, is playing the piano and singing with her daughter Bess. They are playing a song for Marcus, the oldest of the four Macauley children, who is away serving in the U. S. While they are playing, Mary Arena, Marcus’s girlfriend, comes in from next door and joins them. Later, when the young women go upstairs to put Ulysses to bed, Mrs. Macauley sees and talks to her husband—who died two years earlier. Still at work, Homer delivers the telegraph to Mrs. Sandoval and is deeply moved by the experience. When he returns to the office, he has to awaken Mr. Grogan, who is partially inebriated and asleep at the telegraph machine. When Homer returns home, he finds his mother waiting up for him, and they talk for a while before he goes to bed. The next morning on the way to school, Homer talks briefly with an old Spanish- American War veteran. Later, while attending his ancient history class, Homer is distracted by Hubert Ackley III and Helen Eliot. Hubert is a member of a well- off family in town, and Helen is his girlfriend. Homer is attracted to the girl. During the class, Hubert and Homer get into a verbal exchange, and the teacher, Miss Hicks, tells them that they must remain after school. This is troubling to both of them since they are expecting to participate in an after- school track meet. During the class, Homer also gives a lengthy discourse on the human nose and its role in history. Miss Hicks plans to have a talk with Homer and Hubert after school. However, the track coach, Mr. Byfield, comes in and lies to her, saying that the principal has given permission for Hubert to be released. Eventually, Miss Hicks allows Homer to leave too, and when the team lines up for the..
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