How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Colin put out his hand and laid it on his father's arm.
"Aren't you glad, Father?" he ended. "Aren't you glad? I'm going to live forever and ever and ever!"
Mr. Craven put his hands on both the boy's shoulders and held him still. He knew he dared not even try to speak for a moment.
"Take me into the garden, my boy," he said at last. "And tell me all about it." (27.68-72)
When Colin promises that he's going to "live forever and ever and ever," it reminds us that the author's son Lionel died young of tuberculosis. Can you think other examples of books that seem to fulfill the wishes of their authors? How might it influence your experience of this ending to know Burnett's personal biography? Do you think you would appreciate the last chapter of the book more or less without contextual information, and why?