I've always been intrigued about the fact that at least one of the characters in novels written by John Irving loses a body part. A hand ... leg ... penis ... It never fails. Well, I just started reading A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving and sure enough it happens. This time, the character that loses a body part is a beloved stuffed armadillo toy ... This paragraph I think explains Irving's reason for it all ... to show that we all go through loss. And the loss is painful. And regardless of the pain, regardless of how utterly unacceptable it all is, we still have to find a way to live with that loss. Don't we?
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