On March 30, 1852, Anna van Gogh and her husband, "The Handsome Pastor," (Theodorus van Gogh) gave birth to their first child. Alas, the child was born dead. The dead child was named Vincent. One year later to the exact day, Anna gave birth to yet another child. Her second child was named after the dead born child, Vincent. Vincent's early loneliness and isolation sprang from his mother. Anna refused to show acceptance or true warmth toward her son Vincent. Throughout Vincent's childhood he only found comfort in nature, the homes of peasants, and his loving younger brother, Theo.

Vincent lamented the rejection he suffered from his mother for the rest of his life. Vincent must have loved his mother, and so demonstrated this by going along with her dreams for him of becoming a young art dealer, contrary to his life's ambition of serving his fellow men as a preacher. At age sixteen, Vincent was given a job by his Uncle Vincent at a prosperous art gallery named Goupil's. Young Vincent's main regret in leaving the parsonage was that he would miss the company of his beloved brother, Theo.

At age twenty, Vincent fell in love with the big city of London. He moved to London where

The Author, Alan Honour, expresses his prejudices in this biography to profoundly express the dreadful suffering endured by Vincent van Gogh. Alan Honour does not exemplify any glory or successful achievements endured by Vincent. He only over-glorifies the depression suffered by van Gogh. Throughout the biography, the author repetitively describes how ugly Vincent is. This seems to be Honour's way of supporting his belief that Vincent van Gogh was a suffering soul. Anything Alan Honour produced of a positive fashion or trait of Vincent was abruptly cut short, while his negative traits were expressed extensively. This supports my theory that the author is in favor of romanticizing Vincent's tormented soul. The theme of this biography revolves around the multitude of Vincent van Gogh's many failures. Each and every incident van Gogh is involved in seemingly results in failure. In this biography, poor van Gogh fails at everything he attempts. He even fails at suicide. Any friends he made were quickly lost due to his vicious opinions and temper. He failed at selling his paintings, at becoming a preacher, at romantic relationships, at parental relations, at keeping good health, at social relations, at art school, at employment, and at self-worth. Perhaps this tormented genius was only successful at one thing: Failure.

Three months later Vincent wandered into a field and shot himself in the stomach with his revolver in a suicidal effort to end his suffering. He had failed once again. The next morning the thirty-seven year old artist opened his eyes and said, "I wish I could die." A few moments later his prayers were answered and he w

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