Homer fills the paternal role that Larch previously held for the children of the orphanage, saying, "Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England". Larch fabricated college credentials for Homer and used reverse psychology to convince the orphanage board to appoint Homer as the next director. Homer learns that Larch faked his diagnosis and medical record to keep him out of the war. Eventually, Homer decides he too should go where he is most needed and returns to the orphanage, where he is greeted joyously by both the children and staff. Larch has succumbed to (what he is told was) an accidental ether overdose. Immediately following this decision, Homer learns that Dr. Wally returns from Burma a paraplegic, and although she loves Homer, Candy decides to go where she is most needed. Arthur then makes his own injury worse, and as a last request, asks Homer and another worker to tell the police that his death was a suicide. A few days later, when Rose tries to run away, her father notices and goes to say goodbye Rose stabs him and flees. Homer decides that he must help Rose, and agrees to perform an abortion, with Arthur's assistance. Rose confides in Homer after he finds out himself that she is pregnant and experiencing morning sickness. After Arthur and his team come back to work at the orchard the following season, it comes to light that he has raped and impregnated his own daughter, Rose. Homer and Candy become much closer during this period of harvest and spend more time together while Wally is in Burma fighting. Consequently, they feel that they can ignore these rules. When Homer reads them the rules of the Cider House that have been posted, the workers observe that the rules have been made without the occupants' consent by people who do not live there and so do not face their problems. Arthur and his team are migrant workers who are employed seasonally at the orchard by the Worthingtons, but are illiterate. He goes to work picking apples with Arthur Rose's team. While Wally is away, Homer and Candy have an affair. Larch has diagnosed that he has a heart condition. Homer is exempt from military service because Dr. Homer lives on the Worthington estate in a bunkhouse called the Cider House. Wally's mother, Olive, owns the Worthington family apple orchard where Homer settles in as a worker. Wally is a pilot on leave from the service. Homer leaves the orphanage with Candy Kendall and her boyfriend, Wally Worthington, a young couple who came to the clinic to have an abortion. Larch wants him to take over his position after he retires, but Homer finds this idea impossible, because he lacks formal medical education and wants to see more of the world than just the orphanage. After several years, Homer is very skillful and confident in performing obstetrical duties. Homer disapproves of abortions, and, although he has been trained by Larch in the field, he refuses to perform them. Homer, the oldest among the orphans, is very bright, helpful and even-tempered, so Larch trains him in obstetrics and abortions as an apprentice, despite Homer's never having attended high school. Larch says to the boys, "Goodnight you Princes of Maine, you Kings of New England", as both encouragement and a kind of blessing. Conditions at the orphanage are spartan, but the children are treated with love and respect, and they are like an extended family. Larch is addicted to ether and also secretly performs abortions for women. Homer is returned twice by foster parents his first foster parents thought he was too quiet and the second parents beat him. This guide uses the 2012 William Morrow Kindle Edition of The Cider House Rules. The novel was made into a movie directed by Lasse Hallstrom in 1999. It was published in 1985 by William Morrow and Company. Rubino (Set Decoration), Renee Ehrlich Kalfus (Costume Design), Sharyn Cordice (Makeup Artist), Brenda McNally (Hairstylist), Peggy Schierholz (Hairstylist), Ellie Winslow (Makeup Artist), Barbara A.Homer Wells, an orphan, grows up in a Maine orphanage directed by kindly, avuncular Dr. The Cider House Rules is the sixth novel by the American Canadian author John Irving. , Bob Weinstein (Executive Producer), Harvey Weinstein (Executive Producer), Lila Yacoub (Producer), Rachel Portman (Music), Oliver Stapleton (Director of Photography), Lisa Zeno Churgin (Editor), Kerry Barden (Casting), Billy Hopkins (Casting), Suzanne Smith (Casting), David Gropman (Production Design), Karen Schulz Gropman (Art Direction), Beth A. Gladstein (Producer), Meryl Poster (Executive Producer) more. Blomquist (Producer), Bobby Cohen (Executive Producer), Leslie Holleran (Producer), Richard N. John Irving (Novel), John Irving (Screenplay), Alan C.
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