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Everything Is Illuminated Chapter 14 Summary

How It All Goes Down

28 October 1997

  • Here are the details of this letter:
    • Alex thanks Jonathan for sending him a duplicate photograph of Augustine for Grandfather.
    • Alex and his father fight because Grandfather won't accept payment from Father.
    • That payment would be nice for Alex to have, since he's saving to go to America, and he wonders why Grandfather didn't take it to give to him.
    • They talk about writing a bit (no, Sammy Davis Junior, Junior won't be "killed in a tragicomic accident while crossing the road" (14.7)).
    • Alex asks Jonathan for magazine articles about America.
    • It seems that Alex mainly wants to go so that his brother, Little Igor, can have a better life.