Human Comedy pain

A detailed Summary of Human Comedy pain

In the Human Comedy by William Saroyan, Mrs.

Macauley, an intelligent mother of four in Ithaca, California,

states, "If a man has not wept at the world's pain he is only half

a man, and there will always be pain in the world."(p.131)

People are different in many ways but how people deal with

pain gives the world an insight to the character of that person

and who they truly are inside. In a section of the Human

Comedy, Mrs. Macauley shares her view of people, pity, and

When pain is present in some people, they bottle it up on

the inside and let it fester. This causes pain to be distributed to

others because that person with the pain cannot deal with it.

"The poor unfortunate evil man will drive pain deeper into

Mrs. Macauley describes the person who tries to contain pain.

on his luck and there was a war going on so he thought it didn't

world and all have a different way to react to pain. Sometime in

relieve the pain of all his mistakes, but all it would really do is

from the community had a problem, she had some advice or

insight to give. When homer asked why he cried she told him,

one's life we are each man and this is what makes us human.

Approximate Word count = 528
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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