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Look Homeward, Angel Study Guide

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by Thomas Wolfe
About 92 pages (27,554 words)
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Part 1, Chapter 4 Summary

Eugene is born after a long, hard labor, with Gant raving drunk downstairs. Gant loves the little boy and one Sunday takes him for a walk near a field where there is a cow. The child imitates the mooing of the cow, which excites the father, and he races home so he can tell Eliza. She says, "I'll vow, Mr. Gant. I never saw such an idiot with a child."

One day Eugene wanders into a wealthy neighbor's grounds and toddles into the path of a horse, which knocks him down and leaves a wound on his head. Dr. McGuire comes and tells them it's not as bad as it looks. Even so, he is unconscious for several hours. He wears the scar on his forehead from that day forward.

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