MD3PAD 205-207

[Toby G Levy]

        Although Mason's father thinks of bread with almost spiritual
adulation, Mason is terrified by it's seething liveliness, and by it's
representation as the body of Christ.

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        Mason recalls falling asleep once when he was young with a
pillow consisting of a risen raw loaf and the bread infiltrated his ear
and spoke to him.

        Mason's father tries to convey the terror of unconditional love
to his son and how they have to work their way through it, but the two
are doomed to fail to communicate.

        Chapter 21 begins on page 207 with Mason musing on his days in
Sapperton with Rebekah. The village was full of bickering over property
rights and other pettiness. Mason stated his needs to live in a larger
city and Rebekah could not understand him.