Rex Walls

Rex Walls is a very interesting character in the novel. I think even the most interesting part of the novel. Living with him must not have been the easiest, but reading about him kept me intrigued in the book, and I think if it weren't for his mischievous adventures, the book would be a quarter as interesting. He may have been a drunk and most of the things he did where bad, but reading the novel to me it seemed like an exciting life other then the malnutrition and poverty. I think when Rex dies, even though few years ago Jeannet lost all her faith in him, she still feels emotional and after all these years, she thinks about doing the skedaddle. "I had this crazy urge to scoop him up in her arms and charge through the doors, and check out Rex Walls style one last time". Even at the first Walls reunion after Rex's death, even Rose Mary claims that life was never boring with their father. When John asked to make a toast to Rex, Rose Mary thinks and then says; " I've got it, life was never boring with your father." It's kind of a sad ending to the book when they are all seperated and barely keeping in conact and even Maureen moves away to California.