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By Michael Gerard Bauer. Tom Leyton is a reclusive Vietnam veteran. When Joseph Davidson, his young neighbour and a talented artist, is asked to draw a portrait of him, an uneasy relationship begins to unfold that will force each to confront his darkest secrets. You are to navigate your way through the questions on the blog, putting forth your ideas, and responding to the ideas of others. You can also contribute questions of your own which you would like your colleagues to comment on.
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I think the crux moment of the story was when Joseph started spending time with Tom and Tom started opening up to him and talking to him about things such as his past. After this started happening they spent more and more time together raising the silkworms (which is a very strong metaphor of Tom) and finding more and more about each other.
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OLLIE, at 2:35 PM
I agree with Ollie, I believe the crux moment of the book was when Joseph began talking to Tom about his deep problems. Tom never talks to anyone about his problems and when he does he improves mentally. The two talk regularly and build up a nice friendship and this is the main part of the lesson of the book.
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The Sam, at 10:43 PM
I agree with Ollie and the sam on this one. When Joseph began to talk to Tom and spend time with him Tom came out of his shell a bit. An especially important part was when Tom told Joseph some of his war stories. By talking about these that haunted Tom for years he began to get past them.
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Dom, at 2:05 PM
The crux moment of the story was when Joseph and Tom started talking and communicating with each which then led to both characters 'opening up' as 'ollie' mentioned. This scene that the novel hinged on was fairly obvious and was therefore talked about in the majority of blogs on this webpage.
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Dylan, at 9:08 PM
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