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| Homer Wells, an un-adopted ], is the book's central protagonist; Homer grew up in an orphanage directed by Dr. Wilbur Larch. Dr. Larch is also secretly an ]ist, and believes that he is doing the world a service because "one way the ] can help themselves would to be in control of the size of their families." Dr. Larch also refers to abortion as "The Lords Work" and trains Homer in the realm of gynecology/abortions in a paternal sense. The novel continues as Homer decides to leave the orphanage with Candy Kendall and her boyfriend Wally Worthington, a young couple who work at the Worthington family apple orchard. Wally leaves to fight in ], but his plane is shot down over ]. Believing Wally to be dead, Homer and Candy have an affair and Candy subsequently becomes ]. Candy secretly gives birth to a boy named Angel at the orphanage (the first child to go home with its mother). Wally is found alive, so Candy and Homer return home, lying to the family about Angel's parentage (they claim that Homer decided to adopt him). Wally and Candy ] shortly afterwards. Many years later, when Angel is a teenager, he makes friends with Rose Rose, the daughter of Mr. Rose, a migrant worker. Rose Rose becomes pregnant with her father's child, and Homer performs an abortion on her. Homer decides to return to the orphanage after the ] of Dr. Larch, and works as the new director. Homer and Candy eventually tell Angel that they are his bilogical parents. | |||
| The novel also follows a sub-plot of Melony, Homer's fellow orphan, and her ]-lover, Lorna. | |||
| The Cider House Rules is about a young man, Homer Wells (Tobye Maguire) who leaves his home at an orphanage in search of a life of his own. Wells was raised in a World War II-era orphanage by Dr. Wilbur Larch (Michael Caine)in the fictional town of St. Cloud’s, Maine. | |||
| ==Controversy== | |||
| Larch operates his orphanage with a gentle touch and a kindly heart, tending to the sick and reading to his boys every night. He leaves the children every night with the movie's best-known line: "Goodnight, you princes of ], you kings of ]." | |||
| The novel clearly supports a woman's right to an abortion. Dr. Larch, the novel's primary abortion-advocate, feels strongly towards the "]" on the subject because he has witnessed the pain an unwanted child brings a woman who was forced to keep it. Homer is initially reluctant with the subject, but understands Dr. Larch's perception when he must perform an abortion on Rose Rose. | |||
| Many ] groups contend that the uncommon scenario of a father-daughter ] is not a strong argument for the legalization of all abortions. The novel also takes on many other cases of an abortion being a necessary option for a woman, including the extremely poor, ] who are incapable of raising a child, and in one instance a young woman who had a botched abortion and died after her "abortionist" left the ] needle in her uterus. Irving uses her as an example for people who are going to perform their own "back ally" abortions and need medical assistance for their own safety. Pro-life organizations state that the novel is ] propaganda, and the assumption that Homer will grow up to be a ] man if he performs abortions is a poor image. | |||
| Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire), a college-age orphan who couldn’t find an adoptive home, has been trained by the doctorto carry on what he calls "the Lord’s work": abortion However, Homer — sensible of the fact that he "could have ended up in the incinerator," initially resists the destiny Larch has chosen for him. | |||
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| After a glamorous young couple — Lieutenant Wally Worthington (Paul Rudd) and his inamorata, Candy Kendall (Charlize Theron) — arrive at St. Cloud’s for an abortion, Homer decides to join them in search of a life of his own. He winds up working with Candy at the Worthington family’s apple orchard. All the other migrant workers are black, but Homer's honesty and open-mindedness win them over. He bunks with them in the barn under the watchful eye of their strict foreman, who has an attractive daughter named Rose. After Wally, an Army Air Corps bomber pilot, is called to duty in Burma, Candy seeks consolation in an affair with Homer. | |||
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| Late in the film it is revealed that Rose (Erykah Badu), the daughter of the crew chief, has become pregnant by her father. Candy, who is aware of Homer’s background, implores the reluctant young man to take the girl to St. Cloud’s, but her father refuses to let her go. By this time, Larch had sent to Homer a medical kit equipped with the tools of the abortionist’s trade, which Homer has kept concealed under his bed. Still hesitant to commit an abortion on Rose, Homer urges her not to "do anything" to herself. Eventually he relents and tells Rose and her father that he can provide an abortion. | |||
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| The title refers to the rules to be obeyed by apple-pickers living in the cider house. For years they have never even read, let alone observed the rules. When they are read out loud, their arbitrary and paternalistic nature offends the workers. They complain: "Somebody who don't live here made them rules. Them rules ain't for us. They think we're dumb niggers so we need dumb rules". | |||
| == Primary cast: == | |||
| *] : Homer Wells | |||
| *] : Candy Kendall | |||
| *] : Mr. Rose | |||
| *] : Wally Worthington | |||
| *] : Dr. Wilbur Larch | |||
| *] : Nurse Edna | |||
| *] : Nurse Angela | |||
| *] : Rose Rose | |||
| *] : Buster | |||
| *] : Olive Worthington | |||
| The composer of the musical score was ]. | |||
| John Irving also wrote the screenplay and won the ]. For his performance in the film, Michael Caine won the ]. Irving himself appears briefly in the film, twice, as the disapproving stationmaster. | |||
| It was also made into a two part play by ]. | |||
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Revision as of 01:16, 1 October 2005
This article relates to the novel, The Cider House Rules by John Irving. The Cider House Rules (film) is also a 1999 film starring Tobey Maguire and Michael Caine, directed by Lasse Hallström.
Plot of The Cider House Rules
Template:Spoiler Homer Wells, an un-adopted orphan, is the book's central protagonist; Homer grew up in an orphanage directed by Dr. Wilbur Larch. Dr. Larch is also secretly an abortionist, and believes that he is doing the world a service because "one way the poor can help themselves would to be in control of the size of their families." Dr. Larch also refers to abortion as "The Lords Work" and trains Homer in the realm of gynecology/abortions in a paternal sense. The novel continues as Homer decides to leave the orphanage with Candy Kendall and her boyfriend Wally Worthington, a young couple who work at the Worthington family apple orchard. Wally leaves to fight in World War Two, but his plane is shot down over Burma. Believing Wally to be dead, Homer and Candy have an affair and Candy subsequently becomes pregnant. Candy secretly gives birth to a boy named Angel at the orphanage (the first child to go home with its mother). Wally is found alive, so Candy and Homer return home, lying to the family about Angel's parentage (they claim that Homer decided to adopt him). Wally and Candy marry shortly afterwards. Many years later, when Angel is a teenager, he makes friends with Rose Rose, the daughter of Mr. Rose, a migrant worker. Rose Rose becomes pregnant with her father's child, and Homer performs an abortion on her. Homer decides to return to the orphanage after the death of Dr. Larch, and works as the new director. Homer and Candy eventually tell Angel that they are his bilogical parents.
The novel also follows a sub-plot of Melony, Homer's fellow orphan, and her lesbian-lover, Lorna.
Controversy
The novel clearly supports a woman's right to an abortion. Dr. Larch, the novel's primary abortion-advocate, feels strongly towards the "left" on the subject because he has witnessed the pain an unwanted child brings a woman who was forced to keep it. Homer is initially reluctant with the subject, but understands Dr. Larch's perception when he must perform an abortion on Rose Rose.
Many pro-life groups contend that the uncommon scenario of a father-daughter rape is not a strong argument for the legalization of all abortions. The novel also takes on many other cases of an abortion being a necessary option for a woman, including the extremely poor, prostitutes who are incapable of raising a child, and in one instance a young woman who had a botched abortion and died after her "abortionist" left the crochet needle in her uterus. Irving uses her as an example for people who are going to perform their own "back ally" abortions and need medical assistance for their own safety. Pro-life organizations state that the novel is pro-choice propaganda, and the assumption that Homer will grow up to be a moral man if he performs abortions is a poor image.