The Human Comedy

One Day Homer Macauley signs up for a telegram delivery job and gets it. While he delivers these letters he discovers the truth about love, hope, and pain seeing the reactions on the faces of the people when they receive the message. He relates his life to the letters awaiting one from his brother Marcus who is in war. When he is not out sending telegrams he goes to school in which he is very admired by all of his teachers but Mr. Byfield who despises him. Being a poor boy is held against Homer, which Mr. Byfield emphasizes trying to get him in trouble. Getting on with the story. Homer is later faced with a life experience when his telegram advisor, Mr. Gangley, dies when he is typing an incoming message a message that states “The Department of war regrets to inform you that your son Marcus……..”, not finishing the statement. Later, when homer returns home he sees a young soldier on his steps. He is ovious that he is injured, but he is also holding a message. It is a message from a dead Marcus Macauley. Homer invites him in and the