He's not so much an introvert as a hopeless introspective. He's grown up so much on his own that his mind has retreated to the point where very little of him exists on the surface. Although far from despicable, it's difficult to love Homer as either a character or a person. Homer Wells is an orphan who never manages to escape his loneliness, even when he is "adopted," falls in love, and has a child. On one level, The Cider House Rules is an orphan story. It still resonates with me now, although for somewhat different reasons. I know it's not my favourite John Irving novel, but it did resonate with me when I was younger. It must have been two or three years BG (Before Goodreads). While reading this book, I formed two major opinions: firstly, John Irving deserves every whit of respect he can get as a writer secondly, The Cider House Rules is a very different book now from the book it was then, back when I read it the first time.
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