John Henry
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jdmartin61 — 17 years ago(October 12, 2008 04:22 AM)
I wrote a term paper on the novel when I was a junior in high school. I read the novel then (and only then) and I honestly don't remember if the book spoke of the actual cause of John Henry's death.
I remember passages from my one reading of the Carson McCullers novel to this day. Seeing the film as a child (and later) and reading the book as a teenager left a lasting impression on me. Carson McCullers also wrote the stage play that the movie was adapted from.
Regretfully, I know nothing of McCullers's other novels, such as, "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter" and "Reflections In A Golden Eye" which have also been adapted to film.
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juniperjoline — 16 years ago(June 10, 2009 01:13 AM)
No, you didn't miss anything; it's never made clear what his illness is in the movie. In the book, however, it says that John Henry died of spinal meningitis. It's also very sudden in the book, although he screams in pain for three days before he dies.
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rmcrae_deluxe — 16 years ago(November 22, 2009 07:19 PM)
"In the book, however, it says that John Henry died of spinal meningitis. It's also very sudden in the book, although he screams in pain for three days before he dies."
So that's what Berenice meant by him "suffering so". That's so sad.
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bradford-1 — 10 years ago(August 24, 2015 07:01 AM)
Well, I watched the film for the first time last week and made the the mistake of turning on the commentary by a so-called "McCullers scholar," who even before the credits finish rolling, manages to reveal two major plot points!
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