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Everything Is Illuminated Chapter 28 Summary

How It All Goes Down

26 January 1998

  • Alex is furious about this last chapter. (We thought they weren't discussing their writing anymore, but oh well.)
  • He then says he decided not to give Grandfather the money, because he would never have found what he was looking for.
  • It turns out that Grandfather killed himself four days ago, cutting his wrists in the bathtub.
  • Alex found him and tried to revive him by punching him in the face, so hard that his Mother though she'd killed him.
  • In closing, he says, "I told my father exactly what I thought" (28.20) and that he will not tell Jonathan exactly what he thinks.
  • Welp, that was awful.
  • On to the next chapter!