that caused Jay to drive out to see his family. As for the ties to the father his ties to his religion and is love for it overshadow much of his feelings for anything else. As a devoted servant to the Catholic faith he feels a deep connection of love to the religion and actually believes that it is the most important love of all. The flash backs that are used in the novel that are a part of the memory of the father are filled with conflict but as shown the love between the members of the family becomes evident even with the father, despite the fact that the majority of these fee
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