The Great Santini by Pat Conroy

In Pat Conroy novel The Great Santini, the reader met the hero Bull Meechem. Bull Meechem has many wonderful qualities and it is very bad. Although he is certainly a father abusing his father, Bull meme may be misunderstood as a racist, but he is courageous and glorious during the war and before his death did. Male bulls are trying to dominate their families and are often doing their best.

Mr. Conroy's family agreed to Mr. Santini, because Mr. Conroy told it during the death of Mr. Santini the great. Those who invented a series of liars to hurt this kind of gentleman, some of the strangers I made and the story of my wife hit the protein, except for the imagination of the most ungrateful son, never happened. I have compiled a comprehensive summary and sold out the price of my father's book. "Pat Conroy died of pancreatic cancer in March of this year, it was reflected in the Facebook account just one week." I tried to find out who I am, I could not imagine, but I saw my river flowing at Beaufort and my own dolphin became proud of it. "

Martha met Pat in 1985. She is watching Peachtree 10K in Atlanta on July 4th. The runner cried: "Hey, Santini!" Martha noticed that she was standing next to Pat Conroy and his father, Donald, the great Santini. She walked to him and started talking. As a child of an immigrant, she was impressed with Pat novel "Water is Wide" inspired by his year to educate poor children in a two-room classroom on Daufuskie Island. Pat is fascinated by the story of her family massacre this time. Occasional encounters with Peachtree Road Race led to dinner and friendship and Pat later imitated his magical beach music character The Lady of Coins after Martha and Sarah's mother.

About 2 o'clock, we stood in front of the grave of Don Conroy, the father of the great Santini-Pat who was the subject of his writing. Pat does not say much, I remember that he talked briefly about the courage of his father compared to what he called for his timid but I remember. I do not know why he said this - but it is certainly not true - but it is a frank and humanitarian moment. In short, I was touched very much.