Chapter 5-resumé af Brothers

Hvad sker der?

1. Archibald chooses the Church rather than the military career his father favors for him.
2. Mark faints during a trial match, refuses a place in the eleven, and warmly congratulates Jim Corrance on getting it.
3. The brothers and Jim leave Billy’s; preparation for Sandhurst threatens to overburden Mark if he remains at school.
4. Billy warns Mark against attempting too much and privately tells Archie how much his brother gives him.
5. Archie turns Mark’s criticism of his farewell speech into a comic performance that makes the house laugh.
6. The boys cheer Mark, who acknowledges his disappointments, praises Jim’s cricket, and cannot bring himself to say goodbye.

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Billy makes the imbalance in the brothers’ relationship explicit. He asks Archie to accept Mark’s love generously rather than feel ashamed of receiving it.

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