Book report on "Look Homeward Angel" by Thomas Wolfe

        Oliver Gant was one of five children born of a Dutch mother and English father in America. As soon as he was old enough, he left his family and set out to see the world. Gant finally landed in Baltimore, where he worked as an apprentice to a headston carver. After apprenticing for five years, he moved South hoping for good opportunities and set up his own shop. He married there, but his wife died …showed first 75 words of 1783 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1783 total…descriptions and situations made the story truly "come alive." What I enjoyed about this book more than anything else was th concentration on the family. Even though the problems I have experienced in my family may be different, I could relate with the mishaps had in the Gant family. This took my understanding of the story to a higher level because I could feel the pains an joys of each individual member of the family.