July 14 2002 2:15pm page 22 The prologue commences with the author, John Gunther, summarizing his son’s prolonged battle with a brain tumor. The memoir is written in the first person from Gunther’s point of view. It appears that Gunther’s son, Johnny, is the main character. The Forward talks not as much of Johnny’s death as it dose of his life prior to his battle with cancer. However, Gunther goes on to foreshadow his …showed first 75 words of 1076 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1076 total…to Harvard as an illustration to the reader of Johnny’s strong will to live. It seems to me that Gunther and Frances were almost comforted to see him suffer no longer. August 5 2002 3:00 pm page 169 Johnny wears a suit to his funeral. Gunther explains that Johnny is still alive to those who knew him because of his bravery. There are to separate funerals held: A Christian one for Gunther and a Jewish one for Francis.