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A 4 page essay that discusses Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It, which can be viewed as a lament to the memory of his childhood and the memory of his father and his brother Paul. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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or performed as a memorial" (Lament). Considering this definition of "lament," Norman Macleans A River Runs Through It can be viewed as a lament to the memory of his childhood,
and the memory of his father and his brother Paul. As Maclean was born in 1902, the world of his childhood has long since past. In A River Run
Through It, there is a sense of nostalgia and grief mixed in with his keen observations of human nature and his thematic content. The text begins with the interesting observation
that "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing" (Maclean 1). Raised by a minister, Maclean explains how Sundays were given over completely to religion,
as he and his brother attended both of the sermons that his father preached, as well as attending "Christian Endeavor." However, even on Sunday, religion was clearly connected in Macleans
family with the natural world, as the boys would walk with their father between services, as Maclean relates that this helped to "restore his soul and be filled again to
overflowing for the evening sermon" (Maclean 2). As this suggests, Maclean offers a mix of the metaphysical grounded in the love of the natural world and presented within the
framework of an idealized childhood. His father, as a "Scot and a Presbyterian," believed that "man by nature was a mess and had fallen from an original state of grace"
(Maclean 2). However, Maclean immediately adds that he early on in his childhood somehow developed the notion that humanity had arrived at this sorry state by "falling from a tree"
(Maclean 2). As this suggests, there is humor mixed in with philosophy and remembrance. For example, the conclusions of Maclean and his bother reach comically and good-naturedly recall the perceptions
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