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THE CIDER HOUSE RULES. Directed by. Lasse Hallström. United States, 1999. Drama. 126. Synopsis. A compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a ...
The name of the novel, The Cider House Rules, concurs to the idea that rules play a very important role in this novel. Actually, it has more to do with breaking the rules. “We got our own rules.” The words of Mr. Rose, the boss of the apple-picking crew, when Homer asks him why the men don’t follow the rules posted in the cider house. Mr.
The Cider House Rules is a Bildungsroman, or a coming-of-age novel; it is set in the 1930s through to the 1950s. Its protagonist is Homer Wells, an orphan in rural Maine. Homer lives in an orphanage called St. Cloud’s, in a poor inland valley town of the same name. The town was once a prosperous logging town but now is mostly abandoned.
Sep 2, 2020 · Homer Wells' odyssey begins among the apple orchards of rural Maine. As the oldest unadopted child at St Cloud's orphanage, he strikes up a profound and unusual friendship with Wilbur Larch, the orphanage's founder - a man of rare compassion and an addiction to ether. What he learns from Wilbur takes him from his early apprenticeship in the ...
Jun 23, 1997 · “The Cider House Rules is filled with people to love and to feel for. . . . The characters in John Irving’s novel break all the rules, and yet they remain noble and free-spirited.”—The Houston PostFirst published in 1985, The Cider House Rules is set in rural Maine in the first half of the twentieth century.
The Cider House Rules - Full Cast & Crew. 75 Metascore; 1999; 2 hr 5 mins Drama, Comedy PG13 Watchlist. Where to Watch. John Irving's Oscar-winning adaptation of his own novel is a poignant drama ...
The Cider House Rules John Irving, 1985 Random House 640 pp. ISBN-13: 9780345417947 Summary The Cider House Rules is John Irving's sixth novel. Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch—saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud's, ether addict and abortionist.
