Chapter 6 Summary and Analysis

On Simon's seventy-ninth birthday, Og surprised him with a gift. Og remembered Simon mentioning his birth date and also remembered Simon telling him how he had always grown geraniums at his home in Frankfort. Og scoured several stores before he found the perfect gift, a glass geranium. Simon was speechless, very pleased that Og remembered his birthday and went to the effort of getting him a gift. Simon made a big deal out of finding the perfect place for the plant when Og finally suggested that they plant it in the window box Simon had put outside his apartment window for the purpose of growing the flowers but had had no success. Now Og could see the plant whenever he was in the parking lot.

Afterward, Og brought up the God memorandum again. Simon told him he had thought Og had...