Human Comedy Essay, Research Paper

One Day Homer Macauley signs up for a telegram delivery job and gets it. While

he delivers these letters he discovers the truth about love, hope, and pain

seeing the reactions on the faces of the people when they receive the message.

He relates his life to the letters awaiting one from his brother Marcus who is

in war. When he is not out sending telegrams he goes to school in which he is

very admired by all of his teachers but Mr. Byfield who despises him. Being a

poor boy is held against Homer, which Mr. Byfield emphasizes trying to get him

in trouble. Getting on with the story. Homer is later faced with a life

experience when his telegram advisor, Mr. Gangley, dies when he is typing an

incoming message a message that states "The Department of war regrets to

inform you that your son Marcus……..", not finishing the statement.

Later, when homer returns home he sees a young soldier on his steps. He is

ovious that he is injured, but he is also holding a message. It is a message

from a dead Marcus Macauley. Homer invites him in and the story ends.