NOTES / CHAPTER SUMMARY: THE CIDER HOUSE RULES BY JOHN IRVING

CHAPTER 8 - Opportunity Knocks

Summary

Melony stayed at York Farm for a few days after the harvest was over, but the day the outdoor shower was frozen, she decided to move on. She began walking and soon a young man in a truck, which smelled of wood stain, offered her a ride to Bath. A city that was much closer to Ocean View and whose residents could direct her to Heart’s Haven or Heart’s Rock, though Melony didn’t know this.

Wally returned for Thanksgiving. Though Candy had been home on several weekends from school, neither she nor Homer had found a way to initiate a meeting without Wally. The Kendalls, Worthingtons, and Homer spent Thanksgiving together. Homer was still seeing Debra Pettigrew but not getting very far sexually. Only if he marries her, he told Wally, would he ever be intimate with Debra.

Dr. Larch and the nurses received an enthusiastic review from Snowy Meadows questionnaire from the board of the orphanage, but Curly Day’s questionnaire, who believed Homer stole Candy and Wally from him, showed nothing but resentment. Nurse Angela wrote Homer telling him the least he could do was send back his questionnaire and not forget where he came from.

In light of the board’s mettling, Larch wrote to Homer about his fictitious heart condition. Larch told him not to worry and that Homer could lead a normal life; he only had to avoid extreme stress and exertion. Homer wondered if being in love with his best friend’s girlfriend was extreme stress. He also believed that his relationship with Melony had.........

Notes

In this chapter, Homer and Candy confess their love for each other. But Candy also admits she also loves Wally. Candy cannot choose between them. Instead, she wants to “wait and see.” As shown in later chapters, Candy takes this stance often. It is one of the rules that she lives by. Candy would rather let time take its course in the hopes that.........

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