How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
I try to think for the first time what it was like to be them: our father, islanding his life, protecting both us and himself, in the midst of war and in a poor country, the effort it must have taken to sustain his illusions of reason and benevolent order, and perhaps he didn't. (26.11)
World War II pops up yet again, as the narrator considers how her father maintained his beliefs (and probably sanity) in light of things like war and poverty. Even out in the woods, it seems like he was not able to isolate himself and his family from knowledge of violence and unreason, if the preceding narrative was any indicator.